Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-10
CROP WEATHER.
Too Much Wet in the East and Too
Little in Texas
GOOD YIELD NEVERTHELESS.
Cotton the Only Crop Seriously Deterior'
ated-Not Much Damage By Frost, But
Cold Retarding Corn-Great Potato
Harvest.

ated-Not Much Damage By Frost, But
Cold RetardinE Corn-Great Potato
Harvest.
WASHINGTON, Sept THE weather
bureau of the department of agricult-
ure has issued the following weather
crop bulletin:
New York-The conditions were generally
favorable for growing crops and seeding.
Corn il from one to three weeks late The
potato blight is increasing Hops badly
damaged by moisture. The tobacco harvest
Is well advanced
Pennsylvania-Corni s excellent but needs
warm, sunshiny weather to mature it The
buckwheat crop will be unusually large.
Tobacco cutting continues and the crop Is
reported fue. Potatoes only slightly dam
aged by rot: crop very large. Seeding has
been delayed by wet weather.
New Jersey-The Gran berry crop promises
an average yield. The weather has been un-
favorable for ripening fruit and vegetables,
and the ground Is too wet for digging pota-
toes and for blowing and seeding.
Observation-Disclosures potatoes and tobacco
were injured by rain in southern Maryland
Otherwise conditions were favorable 20
growing crops. Sunshiny weather Is neeoeo
in all sections.
Vireinia-Crops advanced, but tobacco
needs dry. warm weather.
North Caroiina-Cotton is opening very
slowly, some rust and shedding reported
Tobacco curing progressing rapidly. The
weather has been too cool for best results
South Carolina-Cotton has been seriously
injured by cool, cloudy weather and contin-
ned heavy rains, the damage being estimated
at from 20 to 80 per cent Nearly five inches
of rain fell yesterday.
Alabama-There has been no material
change ia the condition of the cotton crop
since last report The rains arrived rather
late for cotton, but benefited potatoes and
vegetables.
Mississippi-A cool, dry, sunshiny week
had hi
effects of drought rust, worms and opening
of immature bolis and promises from 20 to 40
per cent less than a month ago Other un-
matured crops are beginning to suffer per-
manent injury.
Louisiana-The weather has been unfavor
able to cane and cotton, rust and shedding
being reported from northern parishes and
cool nights iniuring the top cotton crop
| Rice is being harvested with good yields
| Warm rains needed
Arkansas-The weather has been favor
able to all crops save cotton, which contin-
ues to deteriorate- The cool nights have
| been injurious and the condition of cotton
| has fallen off from 10 to 25 per cent.
Texas-Un general rains fall within ten
! days late cotton and the top crop will be
light. Cool weather has check ed the ravages
| of the boil worm Cotton picking is pro-
blowing.
Tennessee-The growth of cotton has been
| checked by cool nights Late corn and to-
| bacco doing we'll Fail blowing has been re-
| in promising condition.
kentucky-The weather has been generally
beneficial to crops. The corn crop prom
| ises to be the largest in years Tobacco
shows some improvement but is below the
average, the early crop being cut. Late
| fruits and potatoes abundant Fall blowing
progressing.
| Ohio-Corn promises we'll and will mature
in two weeks. Buckwheat is heavy crop.
Glover is clean and is good yield Wheat
| sowing is in progress and the soil is in good
condition for blowing and seeding
| Michigan-The weather has been too cool
| for marked Improvement in corn and pota-
| toes. Corn will be safe in ten days. Fall
1 seeding is progressing
Ininois-Corn is maturing slowly owing to
| continued cool weather.. The soil is in ex-
| celIent condition for blowing. Light frost,
| without injury, on the 4th instant.
| Indiana-Corn. though ripening slowly,
| continues in excellent condition Flowing
for wheat nearly completed but sowing has
| not yet commenced. Slight frost in north
| ern counties on the 9Th
| Iowa-If we hive two weeks without frost
! 60 per cent of the corn will be out of danger.
Late corn will require a month Fall plow
| ing and seeding is in progress. with in
| creased acreage.
| Wisconsin-The conditions were unfavor-
| able to corn, buckwheat and potatoes Frost
| occurred in nearly all portions of the state
| on the 4th with considerable damage to corn
| and buckwheat in northern counties and
| slight damage to tobacco and corn in south
| ern counties.
| MISUNDERSTANDING progressing. Frost
! seriously damaged garden truck in some 10
| calities and also greatly injured corn in
| northern and central counties and slightly
| in southern. Two weeks of warm weather
| in the southern portions of the state will
| mature corn.
! kota harvest is ADVANCING, but has been re-
| tarded by delayed ripening of grain. In
| South Dakota late haying, threshing and
marketing are general. Rain is needed gen.
1 lfxyfr ofo hQV md to
| for pIowing.
| Nebraska-The week has been generally
| dry, cool and sunshiny. The bulk of the
| corn crop requires three days to nature in
| south Nebraska and fifteen days in north
| Nebraska will place it beyond danger from
| frost Light frost occurred on the 3rd, but
| did no damage.
| Missouri-A splendid week for farm work.
| but too cool for maturing corn
! kansas-Cool sunshiny weather with very
little rain has been favorable for hayng and
| crop and has made the ground too hard for
| fall blowing. Light frosts occurred on the
| srd and 4th, but no damage is reported
coiorado-Third crop of alfalfa is being
cut. Threshing is general in the San Luis
valley and the harvest Is progressing favor
| ably in the Arkansas valley. Standing crops
are fine and all fruit reports are favorable
| Oregon-Threshingi is nearing completion
| and wheat and oats are heavy yield. Hop
picking is progressing. hop lice and mold
injured the crop considerably. About ~, Ooo
| bales OF hops are produced IN oregon
California-The weather has been favor
| BILE to crops Potatoes are plentiful and
prices so low that some of the crop will be
| left in the ground More bales of hops than
| last season. owing to an increased acreage.
| In southern California grapes. peaches and
| pears are being shipped to canneries in car
| load lots.
| The Sultan in Fear of His Life.
LONDON, Sept 6.-The Standards
correspondent at Constantinople at
tributes the change in the ministry to
the sultan's suspicion of a plot to take
his life, caused by a sudden extin-
gushing of the gas in the palace dur
ing a recent storm and an explosion of
fireworks, on which occasion the sui
tan dismissed and arrested several Of
fcials.
Thrown Out of . Window.
JEFFERSON Tex, Sept: "a sensa-
ton was created in colored society last
| NIGHT nv Rev John Bolton of the