Evening star., 1895-06-11
GOOD CROPS PROMISED
Last Weeks Weather Improves the Farmers
Chances
All the South Atlantic Crop Condi-
tiOns Look Favorable and Re-
ports Are Encouraging.

The weather bureaus review of the
weather for the week ending today gives
the following interesting outlook on the
condition of crops:
Upon the whole the week has been more
favorable to agriculture than any week of
the season since the period from May II.
There has. however, been too much rain in
portions of the gulf states, where it has
been rather cool for cotton, while drought
conditions exist over portions of Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, northern Ohio,
West Virginia and New York.
Corn has made good growth during the
week and is generally in promising condi-
ton. Nebraska reports corn in excellent
condition; good crop is promised in Iowa;
in Kansas and Minnesota it is growing
well. In the southern states corn continues
| in excellent condition.
while cotton has generally improved
during the week, 1t Is reported backward
and in need of warmer weather Texas re-
ports the crop two weeks late.
Winter wheat harvest has begun in
Texas Oklahoma and in the southern por-
tons of Kansas and Missouri, and will be-
gin in southern Illinois and Indiana this
week.
"All reports Indicate that the outlook for
spring wheat is excellent.
Tobacco planting continues under favor
able conditions in Maryland. Virginia and
Kentucky. In the last-named state nearly
plants are scarce
Light frosts occurred in New England
on the Sth. but resulted in no damage.
Killing frosts occurred in Minnesota and
Idaho, causing injury to gardens
The week was warmer than usual in the
| upper Mississippi valley, while on the At
lantic coast the temperature was normal.
The rainfall was nowhere excessive except
in western Kansas, the lower Ohio valley
and Colorado.
The South Atlantic crop reports promise
well, as follows:
Observation-Disclosures and
! rainfall slightly below normal; farm work
progressing favorably and growing crops,
especially corn, made considerable improve
ment; tobacco, cabbage, tomato and sweet
potato planting progressing; some hay will
be made the coming week; condition Of
fruit crop still uncertain.
Notwithstanding weather and
light rain during week have caused crops
| to make rapid advancement; tobacco plants
set and doing we'll: wheat, oats and hay
doing finely, although some damage "e-
cherries harvested.
North Carolina-Raleigh-F of week
warm. latter part too cool, but generally
favorable, with beneficial showers Wednes-
day; wheat ripening, harvest two weeks
late; some oats cut; farmers about up with
work and planting nearly finished.
South Carolina - Coumbia-Crops show
marked improvement, with fields generally
clean; cotton stand uneven, but greatly i'm
proved, corn looking well; wheat and oat
harvest begun, with fair yield; rice about
all planted, looking promising; melons.
sugar cane and sorghum poor; early fruit
ripening
Georgia -Atlanta-Favorable week for
farm work and crop growth; rainfall un-
evenly distributed and more needed in CEN
tral. eastern and southern counties; cotton
late. but improving rapidly; oats being
harvested in southern counties and ripen-
ing further north; fruit still fine.