The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-10
LAST WEEK IN TIE FIELDS.
A Cold Snap in All the Districts East
of the Rockies.

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WASHINGTON, Msy 9.-The signal
bureaus weather crop bulletin. issued to-
nav. saws: The week has been cold in ell
the agricultural districts east of the Rocky
mountains, and frosts have occurred later
in the season than usual as far south as the
northern portions of the South Atlantic
and Gulf states. While the temperature
has been but slightly lower than that ex-
pected for the season along the Calf and
South Atlantic coasts, IL has averaged from
g to s. lower than usual throughout the
central valleys, lake region, New England,
and the Middle Atlantic states. Normal
temperature has prevailed along the Pacific
coast. while the week was warm over the
plateau aud Rocky mountain regions
A DEFICIENCY IN THE RAINFALL
sThere was a general deficiency in the
rainfall east of the Rocky mountains dur
ing the week, the only regions reporting an
excess being a small area, including por-
tions of Missouri, Arkansas and Indian Ter
ritory, the southern portions Of Illinois,
Mississippi, Texas and Eastern Florida.
There was an excess in rainfall in the
Rocky mountain districts and on the Pacific
coast, except in Southern California Only
local showers were reported generally
throughout the region east OF the Mlssls-
sippi and in the Upper Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys. aud continued absence OF
rain in the principal agricultural ditrlcts
has been unfavorable to growing crops, not
withstanding the previous excess in moist
ure due to precipitation in the early part OF
the season.
AN UNFAVoRABLE WEEK
''The weather during the past week has
been generally uufavorable to growing
crops, owing to the unusually low tempera-
ture and the deficiency in the rainfall over
Ao of al
districts east of the Rocky mountains
Previous rapid growth in the central
valleys and northwest has been greatly
interrupted by cold wave, which extended
as far south as the Gulf and South Atlantic
states during the week, attended by damag-
ing frosts as far south as Tennessee aud the
Carolinas.
DAMAGE TO FRUITS.
"While frosts did but little damage to
staple crops, it is generally believed that
early fruits have been seriously damaged in
the states of the Ohio aud Central Misss-
sippi valleys. Missouri reports that in the
eastern and central counties grapes were
greatly injured and corn and
potatoes cut to the ground. In
Dakota high winds, with frost, did some
injury to wheat, oats, barley and fruit; rain
is needed in few localities. and unfrosted
crops are doing well. The reports from
Michigan are conflicting as to the damage
20 fruit caused by the frost, while in Ohio
the damage is estimated at from 30 to 50
per cent. In Kentucky all fruits suffered
severely; grapes are ruined and many
gardens will have to be replanted.
IN THE COTTON REGION.
"In the cotton region cool nights have
slightly damaged the cotton crop, aud the
absence Of rain makes the present outlook
very unfavorable east Of the Lower Missis-
sippi, while reports from the West Gulf
states show that the cotton prospects are
favorable
''In the Middle Atlantic states crops are
generally suffering on account Of drought,
but reports indicate that the damage to
fruit resulting from recent frosts 10 much
less than at first estimated. New York re-
ports the fruit prospects good, wheat excel
lent, and large acreage OF oats and pota-
toes. The frosts in the fruit region in the
Hudson valley, central lakes and Lake Erie
did little damage TO grapes and peaches.
PENNsYLvANIA's FRUIT
pennsylvania reports enough fruit es-
capped injury TO give good prospect.
lin Southern New England nearly all
vegetables were cut down by the frosts,
and fruit and tobacco much injured.
Reports from New Jersey state that
early blooming fruit was considerably
damaged, but that brisk, dry winds saved
the fruit crop from entire destruction. The
damage to early vegetables ranged from 80
to 80 per cent