Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-08-17
CROPS SUFFERING FROM uN.
USUAL WEATHER.
While tho North IL Praying for Rain the
south Suffers from Unusual Precipita-
tass i-Frosts Prevail Where Cool Weather
Never Before Appeared In August.
Corn 10 Burning up.

QlHecent STATE weather services OF the
United States Weather Bureau, are as
follows:
neutrality-suspicious. below norma
sunshine above normal and rainfall below
aud badly distributed, in some sections
none being received. Late rains beneficial
TO corn. pastures and gardens Wheat and
oat thrashing still progressing. Come
blowing for wheat
IndianR-Few local showers aud cool
weather benefited corn in good soil; that
In light AMI clay ground needs rain much.
Wheat and oat thrashing continues; Yield
good.
wisconsin-First of week hot and last
berries considerably. NO rain except light
local showers. Corn and potatoes perma.
nently injured by drought and generally
past help Pastures dried up in all Sec
lions and diaries suffering severely.
Iowa-Pnrtial relief was afforded last
week by local showers and low tempera-
ture, but tho drought is u%nbroken. Corn
and other unharvestcd crops steadily los
ing ground.
Minnesota Drought unbroken, but
cooler. with light frosts Thursday and Fri.
day doing slight damage. Harvest we'll
along. Wheat yielding better than ex-
pected. Corn, potatoes aud pastures dry
Ing.
cooler. Wheat. oats, and barley harvest
will be completed this week. Except in
scattered localities, drought injury to
corn, flax, and millet irreparable. and
farmers cutting corn for fodder. Hay light
and scarce. and potatoes suffering.
Kansas-Cooler weather. with good rains.
except In the northern halves Of the mid
die and eastern divisions. have improved
crop conditions. Outside OF rain belts
crops not improved. pastures are brown,
and prairie fires have occurred.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS below normal;
local shOwers over greater portion OF every
section. admitting OF plowin. for fall
wheat. Grass and pastures improving.
cotton shedding slightly.
hio-Loc rains nave benefited corn.
potatoes and tobacco considerably. but
the distribution was very irreguiarly made
Corn on low ground promises we'll, but on
billy ground. especially In north pnrt OF
State. the damage is irreparable: Wheat
scarce and of poor quality.
Netraska = Scattered showers nave
helped corn In small areas; generally corn
slightly poorer condition than u week ago;
hay u very light crop; much corn being
cut for fodder.
Missouri-Rainfall badly distributed and
the drought continues in many counties.
In southwest section corn in good condi-
tion. with prospects for whole crop; In
other sections it hus improved in some
counties. while Others show q decline.
Mtchtgan-DrOught still on and corn. po-
tatoes, beans and pastures suffering se-
verely; some corn being cut for fodder;
corn deterioratins. Light frost Sd and 4th
did slight damase.
Arkansas-Week particularly favorable
for all crops; cotton fruiting ab%undantly;
early corn about laid by; another rain
needed to make late corn; both paintings
are fine; largo crop sweet and Irish pota-
toes and watermelOns.
kentucky-Local rains improved corn
and tobacco in some sections. but in others
these crops are seriously affected by
drought especially upland corn; forward
tobacco being topped; pastures very poor;
hemp standing drought we'll; potatoes im-
proved.
North Dakota-All small grain has been
seriously damaged by drought. particular
~ wheat. the berry of which has been
and potatoes suffering except in q few lo-
calities; pastures drying up; harvest
nearly half finished
Poor Outlook for Corn.
The past week has been one Of ex-
cessive rainfall over the greater por-
ton of tho Southern States. while
showers in some sections quite sufi-
cient to relieve the drought fell over
the middle Atlantic and New England
States. In portions of the Carolinas,
Georgia, and over alarge part of Texas
weekly rainfalis ranging from four to
six inches are rer orted. More than
the usual rainfall has also occurred in
northern Michigan and over limited
Mississippi valleys: but over much
the greater potion of the u
try from the Alleghanies We tward, in
Guiding the principal corn states, little
or no rain fell during the week, and the
drought condition previously reported
in that region has in some sections be-
come more serious. Unusually low
temperatures occurred over the central
valley, Gulf States, lake region and
New England, many stations reporting
the lowest temperatures yet recorded
during the first decade of August,
light frosts occurred in Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigal 4, caus ng con-
siderable damage.
While lowland corn has improved
somewhat during the week in Ohio,
Indiana. and Illinois, the showers that
have fallen in these State, have been
insufficient to help the crops in the
uplands. In Michigan, Iowa, Nc
braska, and South Dakota the condi-
ton of the corn, except over very linn
tied areas, is more serious than was re-
ported last week. and it is being cut
for fodder in South Dakota, Nebraska,
and Michigan. Throughout thesSouth-
ern States corn is reported as in excel
lent condition. and a fine crop is prac-
tically assured in South Carolina Geor-
gia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Upon
the whole reports rs to the condition
OF cotton continue favorable. although
too much rain has interfered with pick
ing in Texas, and caused shedding and
rust to some extent in South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
The cranber y crop, which has pre-
yiously susta med injury from forest
fires in New Jersey and Wisconsin, has
been further damaged in the last
named state by recent frosts. In Ohio
tobacco is suffering seriously from
drought. Spring wheat harvesting is
progressing rapidly, and will be COM
pleted in South Dakota this week. In
Minnesota the yield is better than was
expected, but in North Dakota the
berry has been shrunken by premature
ripening.
PLOT TO TAR TARsNEX.
One of the Consplrators Makes n Full