The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-28
FIRsT-CLAss GROWING WEATHER.
In Some Parts of Oklahoma too Much Rain
is Reported to Have Fallen.

Oklahoma City, o. T., June 81
(SpeciaD-The United States depart
ment of agriculture. weather bureau
has just issued weather crop bulletin
No Is, of the Oklahoma weather-croI
service, for the week ending June "a
1895, as follows:
Good rains fell throughout the ter
ritory during the first three days Of
the week, Monday afternoon and night
Tuesday and Wednesday. Since then
with the exception of a shower north
of Enid, Garfield county, on the after.
| noon of the 18th, the weather has beer
! dry and warm with continuous sun.
shine during the day. and cool nights
Some of our reporters in the eastern
/ and northern sections report too much
rain, making ground too wet to cult
| vate cotton, and two or three in the
central and northern sections think
more rain would be beneficial. but as
a whole, better growing weather could
| not be desired.
Corn. which two weeks ago was
! thought to be ruined, has kept up the
| start of last week and is making rapid
| growth. 1t is almost made in portions
| of southern and eastern sections, while
| elsewhere it has attained a fair growth
and is coming in tassel. The present
! outlook is favorable for a good crop.
During the early part of last week a
great deal of late corn, broom corn,
| caffir corn. millet, etc, was planted
1t all came up nicely and is growing
fast.
oats are being harvested. 1t is fair
in and Washita counties, western
section; very light in the northern sec
ton, with very few fields worth cut
ting in the central section. 1t is best
in portions of the eastern and southern
sections.
In portions of the Chicka saw nation,
northern Chockataw, southern Chero-
kee and eastern Creek nations, the
heavy rains during the early part of the
week prevented the completion of the
oats harvest. until it became dead ripe
and much of it fell down. Oats and
wheat in shock were also injured.
Some wheat has been threshed in the
eastern section only. While the yield
is not uD to the average it is a No. 1
class. the kernal being plump and
large.
Cotton has grown rapidly during the
week and is now pretty nearly in nor
NAL condition for this time Of the sea-
son. Heavy rains prevented it from
being worked during the latter part of
last and this week, so that generally
ii has got weedy and needs cultivation.
During the last of this week this is
being done, and few more days like
the close of this week will see all fields
clean.
Pastures are generally good every
where and steadily improving.
Hay is being made in the southern
and eastern sections, and with suffic-
lent rain from now on there will be be
plenty of hay and forage crop for next
winter.
Peaches are ripening and coming into
town and markets by the wagon load.
They are not so large as they should
be and the flavor not so fine, owing to
drouth in May and early June. Grapes
were generally injured by the long dry
spell and the yield promises to be very
light. Plumbs are ripening and what
few there are look we'll. Berries will be
plentiful.
Early potatoes are abundant in por-
tions of the southern. eastern and
western sections. Late potatoes are
growing fast. Many were planted af-
ter the rains of last week. Colorado
beetle are doing much damage 10 the
plant, in the eastern section particu-
larily. Throughout this section, too.
chinch bugs are hurting the corn most
The highest temperature within the
week. 9S degrees. occurred on the after
noon of the oath; the lowest. 81 degrees
on the 18th. The average tempera ture,
l6.6 degrees, was tenth degree above
normal
The following rainfalls are reported:
Arapahoe, IL: Claremore. p; Ardmore,
very heavy; Watrloo, .25: Lansing, II;
Perkins. $50: Otego, .25: New Ponca,
heavy: Britton, SO; Union. so; Guthrie,
.05; Oklahoma City, 49,: Hennessy, 200,
on the night of 18th: Headlton. IS:
Wayne, LOO: Norman. fine on the 18th:
Kildare, S-25; Prudence. so; Kingfisher.
40; Purcell. 1.S1; CaddO, excessive;
Tulsa, 20; Campbell excessive.
JAS. /. WIDMEYER,
Director Oklahoma Weather Service.