Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-18
The Weather and the Cvops


The weather-crop bulletin of the Signal Of
fee says: The week ending August 1G was
cooler than usual over the entire country east
of the 9th meridian, the average daily temper-
allure being about three degrees below the nor
NAL for the week, except in northern New Eng
land and the lower Mississippi valley where
about the seasonal temperature prevailed.
There was less than the usual amount OF rain
generally over the region east Of the Rocky
mountains, except along the Atlant coast
south OF Boston and in portions of Georgia
Alabama. Arkansas southern Missouri, north
ern Minnesota and western Kansas and Ne
braska, where local excuses are reported
There was an excess OF rain in eastern Colorado
where i'll localities the rainfall exceeded three
| inches. No rain occurred in northern Ohio
southeast Michigan, northwest louisiana the
interior of Texas and on the Pacific coast.
Only light showers were reported from the
Ohio, upper Mississippi and central Missouri
valleys and these showers were not sufficient
| to relieve the drought conditions in those Sec
tiOns.
The drought continues in South Dakota. and
! the weather during the week was generally I'M
favorable, causing permanent injury to crops
| IN some localities. The weather conditions
were generally favorable, and resulted in i'm
provement in the crop conditions from Kansas
and Nebraska eastward to Indiana although
| more rain is needed All crops are suffering i'm
Michigan. and corn has been seriously injured
| by continued dry weather. In Kentucky and
Tennessee corn and tobacco were improved
! while in Arkansas the weather was too dry for
| corn. but cotton is doing well and is in good
| condition. Throughout the cotton region from
| south Carolina westward to Texas the weather
| during the past week was favorable for all
| crops, except In western Texas, where the
| drought continues aud has caused some ipiury
| to late cotton. Cotton picking is in progress in
| eastern Texas and louisiana, where some dam
! age Is reported from drought although gener-
| ally the crop Is III good condition The wea-
| ther has been favorable Ill the rice and sugar
| region. where rice harvest is in progress. and
| cane Is IN an unusually good conditio1 In
! some sections of Alabama cotton has been in
| jured by rust, and in North Carolina cotton il
| still shedding. although the weather was favor
| able. More sunshine is needed in South Car
olina. where the crop is beginning to open.
| Crops were generally improved by the favor
| able weather of the week in the middle Atlantic
| states, although some sections need more rain
All crops are growing rapidly. Potatoes and
] grapes promise fair in New York; early tobacco
| IN Pennsylvania will be ready for cutting dur
| ing the coming week. and New Jersey reports
| corn, potatoes and all truck maturing nicely.
but more rain Is needed blowing commenced
ground very hard; yield OF potatoes will be
| large. New England reports drought affect
| ing crops, potatoes rotting slightly, tobacco
cutting Is in progress in Connecticut. with fine
| crop promised" Favorable weather condi-
| tons are reported from the Pacific coast. and
| good crop of hops is being secured. A
! superior fruit crop is reported in California
| except in Lake county.