The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-07-18
WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN.
Signal Service Report on Tempera.
ture and Crop Conditions.

Signal Service Report on Temporal
ture and Crop Conditions.
The official crop and weather bulletin
for the past week shows the average to be
three to six degrees cooler than the aver
age throughout the Mississippi and Ohio
Valleys. Heavy rains have fallen in Ok
lahoma, Missouri and the northern por-
ton of the Gulf region. Through the
Southern States the average fall has been
from one to two inches more than the
usual amount. The lake legion and up
per Mississippi Valley had practically no
rain. Nebraska and the Dakotas suf-
fered materially from drouth.
Corn has made very rapid growth dur
ing the week and. except in Michigan, the
general outlook for this crop is excellent.
Arkansas reports the largest crop in
years. and in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa.
Illinois and Missouri the outlook is most
promising. The general outlook for spring
wheat continues most lattering. Winter
wheat harvest is practically completed
and thrashing continues general. Some
damage in shock has been caused in Mary
land by heavy rains; also in Missouri and
Kansas. Tobacco is growing well in Ken
lucky, but the crop is uneven. In Mary
land it is in excellent condition and in
Ohio it is improved, except in the central
part of the State. where it is suffering
from drouth. From the Central and
Southwestern States the reports are as
follows:
lllinois-Last week very favorable eX-
cept in southern counties; wheat and rye
thrashing general, yield light. quality
poor; oats harvest completed in southern
and progressing in central counties; straw
short, yield light; corn growing finely
and generally laid by; hayilg continues
with very light crop.
Minnesota-All late sown crops and
grasses injured in south half by drouth
now intensifying and spreading; rainfall
in north half ample: haying general; bar
ley, winter wheat and rye harvest begun;
corn growth good; wheat prospects con
tinue excellent.
South Dakota-Above normal tempera-
ture, high southerly winds, two exceeding
ly warm days and only scattered
showers, mostly light, have been injurious
10 small! grain and grasses over q mum
Of counties; corn grew rapidly and po-
tatoeS did well: rain needed generally.
Nebraska-Cool, dry week; wheat and
rye harvest has progressed rapidly in
southern counties and thrashins com
menced. the yield is less than half Il crop:
oats ripening fast; corn has made good
growth and is in fine condition, some
early planted tasSeling.
kanSas-Cool. cloudy week, with exces.
siv. rains, have generally stopped harvest
ing and thrashing and injured grain in
shock. but has been beneficial to all other
crops and furnished abundant stock
water: corn generally tasseling and begin
ming to silk and never more promising:
flax. fruit. pastures and potatoes fine.
lowa-Weather favorable except seri-
Gus need of rain in some eastern countless;
oats harvest begun, with prospects of
heavy yield: corn has made rapid adj
yancement and other crops are in satisfac-
tory condition.
observation-disclosures over upper PENN
suia which were poorly distributed: in
lower peninsula there has practically been
no rain. and drouth continues with great
severity: hay and wheat very poor crops.
and oats will give a light yield; corn is