St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-10
WEATHER AND CROPS
Bulletin Of the Siginal Office
Touching the Prospects
for Both.
a General Deficiency Of Rain
fall in Districts East of
the Rockies.
Secretary Tracy Is Not Wor-
rying Over Reeapture
of the Itata.
Consul Cortes, Though Some
Consul Cortes, Though Some
what Indiscreet, Will Not
Be Sent Home.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The following
weather crop bulletin was issued from
the signal Office to-day: The week has
been cold in all agricultural districts
east of the Rocky mountains, and froStS
have occurred later in the season than
usual as far south as the northern pOr-
tions of the South Atlantic and
Gulf states. While the tempera-
ture has been but slightly low
er than that expected for the
season along the Gulf and
South Atlantic coasts. it has averaged
from 3 to s degrees lower than usual
throughout the central valleys. the lake
region. New England and Middle At
lantic states. Normal temperature has
prevailed along the Pacific coast, while
the week was warm over the plateau
and Rocky mountain regions. The cold
weather during the past week has ma
terially reduced the seasonal eX
cess of temperature previously reported
I'm the Upper Mississippi valley and
thence eastward to New York; and
this date the excess In temperature over
the central valleys and Southern states
amounts to generally less than one de-
gree per day, while in Texas and on the
generally less than one degree per day.
There was general
deficiency in Rainfall
east of the Rocky mountains during the
week, the only regions reporting an eX-
cess being a small area including por-
tiOns of Missouri, Arkansas aud Indian
territory, the southern portions of Iii
nOiS, Mississippi, Texas and Eastern
Florida. There was an excess of rail-
fall in the Rocky mountain districts
and on the Pacific coast, except in
Southern California. Only local show
ers were reported generally through
out the region east of the Mis-
iSsippi and in the upper Mississippi and
Missouri valleys and the continued alb
sence of rain in the principal agri-
cultural districts has been unfavorabIe
to growing crops, Notwithstanding the
previous excess in moisture due to pre-
cipitation in the early part of the
season. The seasonal rainfall continues
in excess, generally from Texas north
ward to Dakota and from Alabama
and Georgia northeastward to New
England. In the Mississippi valley
the precipitation generally exceeds 80
per cent of the normal. except in por-
lions of Louisiana, where it is less than
10. 1t was very dry in Southern Georgia
and Northern Florida. The recent rains
on the Pacific coast have proved special
ly favorable to farming interests in that
section. The weather during the past
week has been generally unfavorable to
Growing Crops
owing to the unusually low temperature
and deficiency i'll rainfall over the
greater portion of all agricultural dis
tricts east of the Rocky mountains. The
previous rapid growth in the central
valleys and the Northwest has been
greatly interrupted by the cold wave,
Which extended as far south of the gulf
week, attended by damaging frosts
as far south as Tennessee and
the Carolinas. While the 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 and Central Mississippi val
leys. Missouri reports that in eastern
and central counties grapes were greatly
injured and corn and potatoes cut to the
ground. In Dakota high winds, with
frosts, did some injury to wheat,
oats, barley and fruit; rain
needed in few localities and un-
Reports from Michigan are conflicting
as to the damage to fruit caused by
frost, while in Ohio the damage is es-
timated from 80 to 80 per cent. In Ken
tucky all fruits suffered severely, grapes
ruined, and many gardens will have to
be replanted. In the cotton region cool
nights have slightly damaged the cotton
crop, and the absence of rain makes the
present outlook very unfavorable east
of the lower Mississippi, 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 is much less than at first
estimated. New York reports fruit
prospects good, wheat excellent, large
acreage of wheat and potatoes. FrostS
In fruit region in central lakes and Lake
Erie did little damage to crops and
peaches. Pennsylvania reports enough
fruit escaped injury to give good pros
pect. In Southern New England early
vegetables were cut down by frosts ,and
fruit and tobacco much injured
Reports from New jersey state that
harly-blOOming fruit was considerably
damaged, but that brisk dry winds
saved the fruit crop from entire de-
struction. The damage to early vege-
tables ranged from so to 90 per cent.
In California, hay, strawberries aud
cherries slightly damaged by rain.
Other crops vastly improved. In Ore
gon the weather was beneficial. but
more rain is needed east of the Cascade
range. The frOstS which occurred dur
Ing the week did little or no damapa