The southern argus. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Cherokee County, Kan.) 1891-1???, 1891-09-10
CROP WEATHER.
Too Much Wet in the East and TOO
Little in Texas.
ApRETTY GOOD YIELD NEVERTHELESS
Cotton the Only Crop Seriously Deterior-
ated-Not Much Daniage BY Frost, But
Cold Retarding Corn-GrGat Potato
Harvest.

WASHINGTON, Sept THE weather
bursat 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 is from one to three weeks late The
potato blight is increasing. Hops badly
| damaged by moisture. The toEaeeS harvest
| Is well advanced.
Pennsylvania-Corn Is excellent but needs
warm, sunshiny weather to mature it. The
buckwheat crop will be unusually large.
Tobacco citing continues and the crop is
| reported fine. Potatoes otly slightly dam-
aged By rot; crop very large. 6etdihg has
been delayed by wet weather.
New Jersty-The cranberry crop promises
an Average yield. The weather has been nm
| favorable for rpenifig fruit and vegetables,
and the ground Is too wet for digging pota-
toes and for blowing and seeding.
| Observation-Disclosures, potatoes ana TOBACCO
| were injured by rain in southern Maryland
| Otherwise conditions were favorable to
growing crops. sunshiny weather is needed
| in all sections.
| VrSnia-Crdr1s advanced. bat tobacco
! needs dry, warm weather.
| North CarUlina-Cotton is Opeiiihg very
slowly, some rust and shedding reported.
| Tobacco curing progressing ranidly. The
| weather has been TOO cool for best results.
South CaroIina-Cotton has been seriously
| injured by cool, cloudy weather and contin-
| ued heavy rains, the damage being estimated
at from 20 to 80 per cent. Nearly i've inches
| of rain fell yesterday
Alabama-There has been no material
change in 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
ic f..riD had jv n N
! effects of drought rust, worms and opening
of immature bolls and promises from 20 to 40
per cent less than month ago. Other I'M
| 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 njuring 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 deterorate The cool nights have
been injurious and the condition of cotton
has fallen off from 10 to Is per cent.
Texas-Un ess general rains fall within ten
days late cotton ana the top crop will be
/ ght. Cool weather has checked the ravages
of the boil worm. Cotton picking is pro-
crossing rapid y. TIL ground is TOO dry for
blowing.
1GHueSSec-1He CROWN OF COTTON mas been
checked by cool nights Late corn and to-
baccO doing well. Fa'l blowing has been re-
tarded By dry welther. Crops generally are
+ promising condition.
Kentucky-The weather has been generally
beneficial TO crops. The corn crop prom.
isP3 to be the largest in years. Tobacco
shows some Improvement but is below the
average, the early crop being cut Late
fruits and potatoes abund mt Fall blowing
progressing.
Ohto-Corn promises we'll and will mature
in two weeks. Ruckwheat is a heavy crop.
Glover is C can and is good yield. Wheat
sowing is in progress and the soil is in good
condition for blowing and seeding
Michigan-ThG weather has been too cool
for marked Improvement in corn and pota-
toes. Corn will be safe in ten days. Fall
seeding is progressing.
Ilinos-Corn l. maturing slowly owing to
continued cool weather. The soil is in ex-
cellent condition for blowing. Light frost,
without injury, on the 4th instant
Indiina-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 h We two weeks without frost
so per cent of the cora will be out of danger
Late corn will require month Fail plow-
ing and seeding is in progress, with in
creased acreage.
Wisc0nsin-Thc conditions were unfavOr-
able to corn, buckwheat and potatoes. Frost
occurred in nearly all por ions of the state
on the 4th with considerable damage TO corn
and buclwheat in northern counties and
slight damage to tobacco and corn in south.
eTn cOuatics.
misunderstanding progressing Frost
seriously damaged garden truck in some To-
caitti"s and also greatly injured corn in
northern and central counties and slightly
in southern. Two wee ks of warm weather
in the southern portions of the state will |
mature corn.
North and South Dakota-The North Da.
kota harvest IS advanc n, but has been re-
tarded lay delayed ripening of grain In |
South ID kotl late haying. threshing and
marketing are general Rain Is needed gen.
orally for ale lay and TO prcpars grounds |
for p.owirg.
Nebraska-The week has been generally |
dry. cool and sunshiny. The bulk OF The |
corn crop requires three days to mature in |
south Nebraska and fifteen days in north |
Nebraska will pI5ce it beyond danger from |
frost Light frost occurred on the 3rd, but /
did no damage.
Missour-A splendid week for farm work. |
but too cool for maturing corn.
kansas-Cool sunshiny weather with very |
little rain has been favorable for haying and |
harvesting, hut unfavOrabie for the late corn |
crop and has made the ground too hard for |
tall blowing. Light frosts occurred on the |
ard and 4th, bat no damage is reported.
Coiorado-Thrd crop OF alfalfa IA being /
rut TOreshlng is general in the san Luis |
valley. and the harvest il progressing favor /
ably in the Arkansas valley. standing crops /
are fine aud ali fruit reports are favorable
Oregon-ThreshiDg il nearing completion |
and wheat anu oats are 2 heavy yield. Hop |
picking is progressing: hop lice and mold /
Injured the crop considerably. About %, 01y /
bales of hops are produced i'm Oregon.
California -The weather has been favor
bic To crops. Potatoes are plentiful and /
prices so low that some Of the crop will be
eft IN tie ground More bales Of hops than /
ast season, owing 10 an increased acreage
In southern California grapes peaches and
pears are being shipped to canneries n car
Dad lots.
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