St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-22
THE COUNTRY's CROPS.
General Resume of the Present
Outlook


WASHINGTON, March 21.-The follow
ing weekly weather crop bulletin was
issued from the signal office to-day:
Temperature-The week has been cold
er than usual east of the Rocky mount
aims. the departure from the normal
temperature being greatest in the Gulf
states and in the Upper Mississippi
valley, where there has been de-
ficiency in the average daily temper
ature of about six degrees. On the At
lantic coast and IN the Missouri val
lev, the temperature of the week
has been slightly below the normal.
while from the Rocky mountains west
ward TO the Pacific coast the week has
been warmer than usual. the excess in
temperature increasing westward to-
ward the coast. The temperature for
the season from Jan. to March 20 has
been in excess generally in all agricult-
ural districts east of the Rocky mount
aims except Texas, the greatest excess
being i'll the lake region, where the
daily temperature has averaged four de-
grees above the normal. The winter
has been cold in the Rocky mountains,
where the daily temperature has aver
aged about four degrees below the nor
NAL Although an excess of clOudineSS
is reported from the greater portion of
the country east of the Rocky mount
aims, atteeded by general rains, the
areas in which excessive rain
falls occurred during the week are
limited. the most marked excess
sIve precipitation including portions of
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
and the extreme southern portions of
the South Atlantic states and Texas.
Heavy SHOWS occurred in the northern
portions of the lake region and Dakota.
Along the gulf coast, the precipitation
for the week amounts TO about all inch,
although in the interior of the gulf
states the rainfall was very light. About
One-half inch is reported from the Mid
die Atlantic states, the lower lake
region and the Ohio valley, while in
New England the rainfall was very
light. On the Pacific coast. south of
the Columbia river, the rainfall amounts
to about one-fourth of an inch, while in
Western Washington one inch is
reported. The rainfall for the
season is generally in excess
except in the southere portions of the
South Atlantic states, and in Washing
ton, where excessive rainfalls were re-
ported this week. In the cotton and
tobacco regions of the South there has
been from One-fourth to one-half more
of moisture in the winter and spring
wheat regions, except in portions of
Illinois and Missouri, where slight def
ciencieS are reported. In Kansas, Neb-
raska, South Dakota. " estern Iowa and
Montana. the seasonal rainfall ranges
from 30 to 100 per cent greater than the
average of previous years. Cold weather
has continued during the week gener-
ally throughout the Northern states
which is generally frozen and spring
work delayed. In the Northwest,
the ground is generally covered
with snow, which is dlSap-
pear1ng rapidly and which will furnish
sufficient moisture III the spring wheat
region to assure an excellent start for
the crop. The weather was favorable
throughout the fall wheat region, eX-
tending from Virginia and Ohio west
ward to Kansas and Nebraska, over
which the conditions are reported as
favorable and prospects excellent.
Farm work is in progress as far south
as Kentucky, Missouri and Southern
Kansas. although the season is back
ward. In New England the weather
was unfavOrable for sugar making but
favorable for fruit, the latter conditions
extending over the fruit regions of the
Middle Atlantic states. where the low
ltIl Dcldlu(O OCCulItu al NiihS ~ UNi"9
the budding of fruit trees without
injuring them. The week was cold
in the South Atlantic states and too
much rain has retarded farm work.
Frost injured early vegetables in South
ern Virginia on the 10th. North Caro-
lima reports winter wheat and oats in
good condition, and South Carolina re-
ports little work yet accomplished
Generally throughout the cotton region
the week has been the most favorable
of the season. Corn planting is being
pushed vigorously, and ground is being
prepared for cotton. except i'll Texas,
where cotton planting is we'll under
way and grain dong well. The week
was very favorable in Arkansas and
Tennessee where conditions are all
reported favorable: work is progressing
rapidly; and fruit generally unlnjured.
The special kilograms have not been re-
ceived from the Pacific coast. but the
weather during the week. as shown by
daily reports, was generally favorable,
well distributed showers having oc-
Cured throughout California, aud heavy
| rains on the Northern Pacific coast.