Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-06-19
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN
or the Missouri State Board of Ag-
riculture and U. ). Signal Ser
vice for the week Ending
June 18th, 1891.

The rainfall was almost contln-
uous the first five days Of the week
in all parts of the state. In the
extrome southern portion the soil
Is In fine condition. In the CEN
tral eastern portion great injury
was caused to wheat and corn by
excessive rains and floods.
The temperature has been above
the normal.
The sunshine has been below
the normal. On four successive
days the sun scarcely made an ap-
pearance.
The wheat prospect declines
during the week, the greatest In
Jury being from lodging and rust.
The injury from insects is not 30
great as expected. In Washing
ton county red beetle has entire
ly destroyed the ost louise, Har-
vesting is in progress in south
Missouri.
Oats and meadows have improv-
ed during the week, corn is small
but looks we'll. The continued wet
weather has delayed cultivation
aud the crops are getting foul and
weedy.
The apple crop continues to de.
cline but peaches are excellent and
other fruit fine.
CORRESPONDENTS REMARKS.
Audrain. Tao wet to pIow, ats
coming up. Mrs. C. R. Gamble
Bates. Busy caltiva5ing corn,
meadows never better. H. 0
Haynes.
Boone. Excessive rains have re-
tarded work. r. S. Martin.
Benton. TO wei for everything
but grass. j. X Caldwell.
Galloway. Rainfull since June
lst, 5.54 inches. Corn getting
weedy, grass improved. j. l..
Erwin.
Cedar. Some rust in wheat, corn
fine and in good shape. |. M.
Flood.
Cole. Corn small and needing
work. Too much rain. j. i Hun
ter.
Carroll. Everything doing well
considering the great amount OF
rain that has fallen. NJ. Shirley.
Cass. General condition OF
crops good but retarded by wet
weather. A. j. Sharp.
Christian. Corn small but
promising, wheat harvest begun.
FL. +. Davis. Wheat good, grass
moderate, corn fine and growing
wei peaches 100 per cent, apples
so per cent. ". II. e. Miller.
Dade. Excessive rains, wheat
harvest begun, promised yield
above tie average, fax. meadows
and pastures fpe. 3. NJ. Neal.
| Dent. Cora needing cultivation,
grass and wheat heavy. oats light.
j. E. Organ.
franklin. Rain, mud, lots OF
wheat down, rust, oct louise, high
water, nothing TO mako farmer
smile this waek. q. IT Ross
tremendous rains have caused
great injury to all crops Il. Vel
lenkanp
Gasconsde. Zoo wet for wheat,
grass and corn doing well. S. W.
Mauhshund.
Iron. Too wet, corn growing
but weedy, potatoes fine. I. 2.
Russell.
Maries Creeks never so high,
wheat along the botte N is ruined,
corn is washed up, an the soil of
some of the best felcli is gone L..
Maris.
Marion. Too mnch rain, grass
and oats doing well. j. K. Dud-
ley
Aloniteau. Much injury to
wheat on bottoms from lodging
and rust, the crop will still be i'm
mense, no damage byiinsects, corn
looking well but getting foul. r.
Q. Roache.
Miller. Too much rain, fine for
potatoes and gardens. S. New
ton. Grass and oats have been
benefited, wheat and corn damag-
ed by rains. n. j. Shepherd.
Nodaway. Corn and wheat
greatly injured by excessive rains.
Corn very weedy. b. L. Cook
Corn small and weedy, other crops
doing we'll. NJ. 3. W. Harman.
Ozark. Had four weeks drouth
but fine rains have put ground in
good condition. S. 4. Beach.
Polk. Wheat lodged and dam
aged some by rust and louise.
Corn needing work. g. L. Tuck.
Pulaski. Destructive rain storms
fences torn down, wheat and corn
damaged, fruit above the aver
age. j. [. Quinn.
Ste. Genevieve. Wheat injured
by lodging, rust and louse, corn
late and weedy, clover ruined. L.
B. Whiteledge.
Scotland. Growth of crops slow,
wheat lodging. j. W. Pulliam.
Shelby. Corn small and weedy,
wheat has declined 20 per cent in
the last ten days from fly and hail.
j. e. Bishop.
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