The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-05
GOOD THING FOR THE COTTON
Oklahoma Knows Now What Diversity of
Crop Means.

| Oklahoma. City, o. T., Aug 4.-Fol-
! lowing is the weather crop bulletin for
Oklahoma for the week ending Monday.
August 2:
The pas. week was very hot and dry
4 cloudless SKY every day and with the
exception of heavy shower al Still
water on the morning of the 20;h ult..
amounting to III inches. no rain is re-
ported from any section. The nights
have been cool without dew.
Theaverage temperature for the week.
So degrees, is 2.3 degrees above normal.
The dry. hot weather has been favor
able 70 cotton and from the entire cot
ton region the crop is reported to be in
good condition, growing and fruitins
nicely.
a light TO fair crop of early cora is
ripening and the harvesting of this crop
has begun. Late corn is in fair cond'-
ton in the western portion OF the west
ern section and in counties in the 9TH
err sections visited by the heaviest rains
Of last week At the best. but light 10
fair crop will be made. Everywhere
rain IS needed. not only for corn but for
all late crops. The ground is too dry
for blowing. and pastures are either
drying Up or are very short.
The yield of grapes. peaches. pota-
toes and melons is large.
Farmers are making nay and thresh-
ing their wheat and oats as fast as pos
sible.
Correspondents remarks from the var
ious sections are as follows:
Prudence-Only one rain since July
Is: ground too dry 10 plow; farmers cut
ting corn: potatoes being dug. and yield
very satisfactory; wheat being thresh-
ID as fast as machines can be had.
Alva-Past week very hot and dry;
corn will make not 10 exceed one-tnild
Of crop under the best conditions from
now on; all late will be short.
Waynoka-Still hot and dry; corn
crop will inevitably be short; cane. /
kalfir and other forage crops at a stand (
still: pastures drying up.
Stillvater-1.11 inches Of rain on the /
29th.
Kildare-Week dry and not: corn
ranges from a full crop 70 almost moth I.
ing: grass getting dry; a good deal OF ,
plaNiHS pSiuS done
Cross--One or two rains in the next I
two weeks viii make corn: hay fine: .
threshing. hsying and blowing the &C.
cuHa;ions % the day; preparations be-
ing made u greatly increase the acre
age of wheat.
CENTRAL SECTION.
Normandy and very not; late crops
suffering for rain.
Thurston-Very dry and not: ground
too dry . piow.
Heno1ssey-Dry and corn burning Up;
cotton doing fairly well
Tccumseh-Dry and warm: cotton do
iag wei; cozn needing rain: grass yet
fair; too dry for vegetables; ground 100
dry 10 pIow
Sacred Heartfelt and dry. corn al
mosr ruined ia This vicinity: cotton ali
right; grass drying W: a;s fruits Up
ening
K!nghsher-very dry: rain neesss
badly; cotton looks wei but needs light
rain.
Fort ReD0-crops suffering from
5-lu-r
and dry cotton dGsay
well. all o,her crops in need Of rain. y
SOUTHERN SECTION.
Ove-brook-X-eeh dTV and hJt vita
,c2l nights: cotton frulting nicely an3
Going vel. pastures e@srsne saor. ara 1
n s5-7e instances Stock Ezter rca.ce
Purcell-vsry dry, co-n almost made: .
,o.;o7 dong vel; re'3-s gcof: neaa .
ain - co3i the air.
Ansisrko-Pss: week very YARN. b. ,
% hot winds; needing rain pretty BAL ;
>; co-- VII - a fair crop. wheat snd :
ats being taresae5. nlilet sn= ass aay ,
yood
WEST ERN SECTION
S@r---Hc- AMI dry. some late >a-n
leeds rain badly: co1toa dong nicesy.
,E5s.= ground stiu moist en0aga - :
,.ow
P.tns-1-Coo5 week - eli c-Sps:
s-iy con- -pe1srE, farmers busy GU
NJ hav an. Sa-eSainz.
Ta5nz=-Fiof AMI dry week ss-sosi {.
eating 10; wins csrz II psz-ss a-ss :
.ear tAs Er51r5 deep e1iaTs:ei >7rn
Offering rns, cz1e snz ksH- sarx :
reli. aaoca rns.sef Tag being MAZE. ec- .