The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-10
WEEkLY CROP BILL ETTN


Seattle. Wzsa. Sep; s-weather AMI
crop conditions have not changed ma o.
rally during tire past seven days The
past week was mach ike th4 greyioBs one.
beng warm during the middle and Eara-
Ing cool dur.1x th@ close On me Eaole
Ire temperature was about normal Corn
siderable fog and smoke prevailed. az
tines nearly obseuriHg the SSH. 40 rain
feil excepting on TIRE lsf u rhs month -
Stevens county, and a slight sprinkle
scarcely more bar fire mslsg In local
tss 81 the ~estern section un tae Igh. So
u i'aay ee SAD gnAr IRE Ero8tA continues
tn Tire western section. while ia thu east
err section ne heavy rains OF August -
a-4 81 we're fo'low@s by warm. drysnE
weather. This @ss fortunate. a. regards
grain yet tafeshet. and in few casss
uncut. TnTcsh-rs Is general II vsrious
paris OF The state. IN ths southeast q "a
about over. The prevailing repori is %
Isht Yield OF wheat. varying from fair
to very poor
Western sectiou--Rain greatly needed 10
Jay TIE chick covering q GUST aE1 revive
the dried Up pastures II would. however
ser. oussy interfere with The harvesting
ana thgesainr OF oats wfrra "a nor We:
flashed In the northern counties Pots-
toes are approaching maturity. and Dig
glag will soon begin. Late vegetables are
dosrr hettpr than would he expected. csa-
gias this week in a few feds o. Pierce
county. From Ia Conner Skag't county.
tha report comes that cutting oats IL al
mos, finished. sn5 few farmers arr evan
fhreshing. 50 far "a learned the crop is
far yield and of good quality. Garden
truck "a suffering somewhat for want %
rain. corn Is not filling gp good: tcu2s-
toss are rip@ning sns are quite plentiful
this year DuDgerex Clailam county
wheat. TIRE principal F~S.n raised thls see
son. IS harvested ard taresa.ng IS almost
finished. Root crops and lafs po,atoes
need ram badly. Orcas-SiraVeasteta ap~
pies are going forward. Apple trees
where cultivated. have made a very ans
growta por; Angeles-A3pIes and p'uTs
rlpening and are su.l crop except on
high dry land Aphis tutHrinE cabbage
and r0tabagas. East SoN a1-fscot har~
vest weather. oaf not hot enough % hurt
Other erons, which have been helped BY
heavy dew. oats fair % good Potatoes
better thar vas expected. Tomatoes
ripensug fast. Uoughton-orions about
All slpenea Bradshaw an1 Columbia
plsfns a good crop. Hungarian FTenca
al silver prIn@s a ran crop. hu' l'aitsn
praaes failure, Keut-Bar,ie,t pears
coming rs now. @ne quality. bar no yield
Rack Diamond Turnips sov'n ln Jaiy are
doing fairly NAL cons 3ertng arynes~ ~
the san and Sc past nor wa rer. Spring
paw-n Clover Is no. doing as We'll 50 usual.
Tlttls Rnek--Caohare sr; te~nlps SIRE o@-
tar feslfoysf ny the green spo's TOO 8-F
ID n.os f0r fau gan Artichakes, nof~1
fa~ standing f~y weather. ha3ll dr.~3 un
Cran5 Mouu3-Crain al cur, pastures
DIS. COWS nes-iv dry Fera Nl-Ta-@sh.
trr All Ha.ahe4 good creP ~ peas sw*@t
eorn - ~ea1y cor use. Roy~Hop ricktnT
begins ln ore ward this week erting-
Cover pastures IN Eo0t con3tion. = ~
rtrkt~x cor, rlen~s3 SeNfensNer kaagma
tr- finely. South Bera-Nery warm
weather. 1rvsnz ~ pastures very fsst
Nsan.sst1t eY--Ratu - r~s1 "a FOR pastures
--A~r~ was rails enough ne las. seek -
t~ae~e me rotate anf corn crops. bath OF
wrl-h a~~ booking w*u Tn thls T,cinitv-
rasfeYn S~ctlcn-The rains - August
u ara 81. amounting ia prec - atom 20
u~~sr4s q ar taeh ln Inc lsas - eastern
e,snfgss and sorusN 2 At less farther west
A.. not 90 sseA damage as w8s feared in
r,tttrw and safienlnE grain. Wheai was
-, - ~pftzred - - SIR es1t CIV
~arrs, weather irnm ~d1atsly fo.lsw nr Grsea
o.. me gratn sn5 the kervels tseia14es
swafa Thre~n.uE was Sc, aye3 two or
So. laws BAT resumed Nt:h e resh a.
-, s. q, 60 8ry rno4Ea. FAstursxe "a
s~earfw revived oy he sosk - rata Z, e
~~0a4Ntv too ate fer Ray unzze-fAf good
- 80 veges aelSs Eho4rN ST0ae trsak cora
49, rota:o-. we're benefited. Lae F~oana
nas e~4n lsfl 81 good co0Gssoa for .leR-
s~r ars g. a@3 sntHw 49, G~tc~ seas
N~stHav tn ~on@ seetGan& tArg f~w
sNa4t exs~sc-s - rwpo~fs -a1 ~ gwen
kstte Fat ct arasnsrH sr1 fs3 z2w
crra~ or sore saTruS- tarr eotex zs.
.n+ e,tatse. osre9t s-3 ~ late rafss -
-fes rf~ra~3e snt rsany *atpees r-r-h
tsvtfs th--Es~Avr rams on th@ G.~f s-rra -ra
tA~eshfng Ft- c-r weHs sane a. E. Etnte
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