The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-02
MISSOURI CROP REPORT.
Warm Days and Cool Nights
Needed the Most just
Now.

The state Board of Agriculture
sends out the following:
The weather conditions of the week
just past were like those of the pre-
ceding week only much more decided.
The intense storm area that passed
eastward with its attending rain, hail,
sleet, snow and high winds, and the
following cold wave, was most deter
minal to the agricultural interest since
its influence is likely to be felt during
the entire current week. Weather
bureau stations at Keokuk, Leaven-
worth, Kansas City, Springfield,
Columbia, Hannibal, st. Louis and
Cairo show a daily deficiency in tenn
perature Of between seven and eight
degrees. The extreme northwest and
southwest show deficiency in precipi-
tation also. but the remainder If the
state, especially the central section,
show large excess. Drying winds
and cool, bright weather are needed
for a day of so to prevent the ground
from baking, after which warm days,
cool nights and little rain for short
time will be most favorable to farming
interests.
At the time of the issuing of the
last bulletin the weather conditions
were already influenced by the ap-
prOach of the storm area and rain was
general over Missouri on the evening
Of the 18th. The storm center was
then over the Indian Territory and
southern Kansas and moving north
eastward. BY the next morning
the center had moved to the functions
of the boundaries of the Indian Terri
tory, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri,
and One-fourth to one-half an inch of
rain had fallen over the entire Mis-
souri, Valley. By evening the center
had moved to central Missouri with
heavy rains and high winds attending
and temperature falling rapidly in
the western portion of the state.
BY the morning OF the Goth the cen
ter was in Iowa. \ marked cold wave
was spreading over Missouri, and the
rain had turned 10 hail, sleet and
snow. These conditions continued
till the morning of the Dist, when
freezing temperature with ice from
One-eighth to three-eighth of an inch
was reported from northern counties
and frost over the entire state. Two
such marked storm periods as have
the last two weeks rarely
occur As closely together. Such days
as were experienced during last week
SAVIOR more of midwinter than spring
weather and no fair estimate can be
made of the financial loss to the state.
Very little can he said that tavOrs
agricultural interests. Grasses have.
Of course. made a steady hut very
slow growth. Wheat has ST red
from the cold and rain, except in some
few spots that are favored by the gen.
eral topography of the surrounding
Oats that had sprouted have |
held their own finely, but those sown
stand good chance of rot
ting. Corn is in bad condition, and
a very small portion of the expected
acreage has been planted, what has
been planted is reported rs rotting
and the ground is now 80 wet and
cold as TO preclude any planting for
some days. Gardens are at stand
still. Fruit has suffered both from
wind and frosts, but the extent of the /!
damage is as vet undecided. Greeks !
and branches are high, but not dan
gerous. Slight damage by hail Is re-
ported from scattered areas.