The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-17
LAST WEEK IN THE FIELD.
COOLER WEATHER THAN USUAL
IN EVERY SECTION.

Less Than the Usual Amount Of Rain
Fast of the Rocky Mountains. Except
/ Along the Coast-some Sections
Suffering From Drought-How Cot
! ton Shows Up.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. - The weather
crop bulletin. issued to-day, says: The
week ending Aug. 16 has been cooler than
usual over the entire country east of the
ninety-seventh meridian, the average daily
temperature being about 80 below normal
! for the week except In Northern New Eng
land and the lower Mississippi Valley,
where about the usual season temperature
prevailed. The week was also cool over the
southern and central plateau region, but
was warmer from the Rio Grande Valley
north ward to Dakota and on the Pacific
coast, the greatest excess in Temperature
occurring in Northern Texas, Western
Kansas and Indian territory, where the
daily temperature was about g. above nor
mai for the week.
The RAINFALL
There has been less than the usual
amount of rain generally over the region
east of the Rocky mountains, except along
the Atlantic coast south of Boston, and in
portions of Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas,
Southern Missouri, Northern Minnesota
and Yves ern Kansas and Nebraska, where
local exec 5ses are reported. There was an
excess of rain In eastern Colorado. where,
in 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.
WHERE RAIN is NEEDED.
"Only light showers were reported from
Ohio, the Upper Mississippi and Central
Missouri valleys, aud these showers were
not sufficient to relieve the drought coudi-
lions in these sections. The drought con-
tlnues in South Dakota, and the weather
during tho week has been generally IN
favorable, causing permanent injury to
crops. In some localities frost In
the early part of the week did
little or no damage. The weather condi-
itions were generally favorable and
resulted in Improvement in the crop con.
ditions from Kansas and Nebraska east
ward to Indiana, although more rain Is
needed. Ali the crops are suffering IN
Michigan, and corn has been seriously in
jured by the continued dry weather.
I'm Kentucky and TIE Inessee corn and
tobacco we're improved, while in Arkansas
the weather was too dry for corn. but cotton
is doing well and is in good condition.
IN THE COTTON REGION.
Throughout the cotton region from
South Carolina westward to Texas the
weather during the past week has been
favorable bfor all, crops, except in w estern
Texas, where the drought continues, and
has caused some injury to late cotton. Cot
ton picking is in progress in Eastern Texas
and Louisiana, where some damage Is re-
ported from drought, although generally
the crop is in good condition.
''The weather has been favorable in the
rice and sugar region, where the rice har-
vest is in progress, and cane is in an
unusually good condition.
RUST IN ALABAMA.
SIN some sections of Alabama cotton has
been injured by rust and in North Carolina
cotton is still shedding, although the
weather was favorable More sunshine is
needed In South Carolina, where the cropi s
beginning to open.
"Crops were generally improved by the
| favorable weather of the week in the Mid
die Atlantic states, although some sections
need more rain. All crops are growing
rapidly.
Potatoes and grapes promise fair in New
York.
PENNSYLVANIA FIELDS.
early tobacco in. Pennsylvania will be
ready for cutting during the coming week,
and New Jersey reports corn, potatoes and
all truck maturing nicely but more rain
needed. Flowing has commenced. The
ground is very hard. The yield of pota-
toes will be large.
"New England reports drought affect
ing the Gro. S.
Tobacco cutting is in progress in Con-
necticut, with fire crop promised"