The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-07-18
oErIcEAL oRor REPORT.
Prospects In the sonth Arc Greatly I'm
Dr1Ved,


Prospects In the south Arc Greatly I'm
proved.
Washington,J July 1.-THE second week
ly crop report OF Professor Willis l..
Moore the new chief of the weather
bureau, gives the results by states as
follows;
New England-Hay harvesting de-
layed; small fruits. generally light
crop some damage by hail,
New York-Much hay secured in ex-
cellent condition, although crop is ex-
ceedingly light; wheat yielding well;
fruits slightly improving; grasshoppers
and potato bugs very destructive.
New Jersey--Growing crops in SPLEEN
did condition; detructive tornado did
great damage to crops.
Pennsylvania-Bot harvesting and
! haying we'll advanced; oats improved;
corn, potatoes, ana truck doing we'll.
Maryland-Wheat thrashing pro-
| crossing, average results; heavy crops
of oats and hay; tobacco in splendid
condition; truck looks well; peach crop
heavy in places.
Virginia-Garden truck coming on
| well; hay and .oat crop about secured,
and thrashing wheat in progress; yield
reported fair; cut-worms damaging
| corn.
| North Carolina--Corn will be one of
the finest crops ever harvested; cotton
poor but progressing; all other crops
| good.
| South Carolina--Cotton small but
| fruitng freely; condition of corn not
uniform; sweet potatoes a partial
failure; tobacco being cut and cured.
Georgia-All crops doing finely; corn
very promising; cotton small, but i'm
proving
Florida-Crops generally satisfac-
tory. except cotton, which is shedding;
large quantity of fodder and hay har-
| vested.
Alabama-Marked improvement in
| all crops; sorghum especially promis-
| ing; fruit continues good
| Mississippi-Cotton greatly improved
/ and fields being rapidly freed from
| grass and weeds; corn the finest and
| largest crop ever raised in the state;
| vegetables and fruit of all kinds album
| dant.
Louisiana-GeneraIly favorable week
with no rain In southern parishes,
where rain is needed for ice; cane
improving; rice and corn good.
Texas--Heavy rains have damaged
cotton and hay, also small grain.
| Arkansas--All lowland cotton IS seri-
ously injured, but upland cotton will
be good corn slightly damaged, but in
general the prospect is excellent.
Tennessee-Gieneral rains causing
| much damage;t corn generally finest
i for years; some tobacco "Frenching,"
| but generally growing we'll; too much
| rain for cotton
Kentucky--Corn fine but being dam
i aged by shinch bugs; tobacco improv-
ing rapidly; meadows poor.
Missouri-W Wheat sprouting In shock
and oats considerably damaged; too
| wet for cotton, corn excellent;i tobacco
potatoes and7 fruit doing we'll. "A
4 Illinois WeeK generally favorable,
except in rorthern section; corn doing
1 we'll; pastures and gardens improved.
Indiana-Faif weather during week,
| Favorable to harvesting; needs rain i'm
northern portiont
West Virginia--C oats, late gar
dens and grass doing well, and will be
j improved by recent rains; some wheat
thrashed; yield very good.
i Ohio-General conditions droughty;
corn fair; all crops need soaking rain
4 Mlchiglan-Drought continues; consid-
cradle corn is curling; wheat harvest in
| progress: very light yields.
4 Unconstitutional partly broken;
pastures, corn and potatoes suffering;
haying completed except on marshes;
rye and barley mostly cut, and oats
i nearly ripe; barley and oats show heavy
yield.
4 MISUNDERSTANDING we'll advanced;
barley harvest progressing, grade UNI
even, yield large; oat cutting just be
gun; corn improving.
Iowa-Showers afforded much relief;
oat harvest in progress, and crops are
generally doing we'll.
North Dakota-Some slight damage to
grain by hail and hot weather; rye and
barley being harvested; hayiIig COM
menced; corn doing well.
South Dakota--Continued drought I'M
\ favorable to all crops; barley harvest
general, and DAT harvest begun.
Nebraska--Hsrvest of small grain pro
crossed rapidly: corn has grown slowly;
rain is needed
Kansas Rain very beneficial to grow
ing crops, but sprouting grain in shock
and stack in southern counties and In
terfering with harvest
Oklahoma-Cotton damaged by excess
sive rains and boil worms; prospects
for all late crops good.
MISUNDERSTANDING commenced with
fair crop; winter wheat and oats begin
to head.
Wyoming Excessive rains in south
portion and dry lin north portion; crops
at standstill on account of cold
weather.
characterization fairly favorable
i fall wheat excellent, but spring sown
Backward haying general and nearly
completed; lucern crop slightly below
average; small fruit abundant.
Colorado-Wheat crop failure in east.
ern border counties; corn, fruit and
melons very promising.
| New Mexico--Crops generally have
! done we'll; stock greatly improved.
Utah-Wheat harvest commenced
rye and barley being cut and oats are
heading out; vegetable crops DOING
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