The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
Rains in South Atlantic and
East Gulf States
N DROUGHT IN IEXb2
AND OVER THE EASTERN r...
MOUNTAINS SLOPE
HAVE PROVED UNfAvORABlE 10 rr.a..


aa'i"ilN l"F '"' wee" 'A3A-@
29th. says:
Confirmed heavy rain~ l-..
rpr,xar,II, iii In, SonIh Af-..
E,st emf States. while .l-..
80. IN nnrtiuu, nr u,-l..
.,.I N~i>..nfi ana ..n,r.I..
49,, ~. St,t.s &c III. Es--.u.
1f,untain .l.n. TN. wreck f..
y.-y fly,utIl,. III tine New
and the Middle Atlantic Stan.
lake region and generally thr-
thc Central valleys. the hi-n f
turpS @f3yor;u.e The randi |r.st...
,rmsS
Nitb ihn cyccptian Of ts.rt.,
Kansas. \rbra~kl. Missouri si..
Dakota. where the late crun I..
injured tx drought and cNr,-~rl. F..
The week has been very Favorable.
corn which is maturina raIf....
favorable conditions t|hrouuh...
central and northern porri.4s ..
coputrv In The snutb,rn ,,....
<elraska corn has rju.ll.d fn. .
under the high fclnpcraturc~ I'll. r...
The nr,cpdiu. week. and "a. u r....
conSid.r,Lh. nrauor,i.p al tb, ,
ihat section Of The State VIII b,. .....
some cu1tina I'M. boon done IA. u,....
IL tLe nrincirll corn Statcx
Uarv.stin~ and thr.shipu .r ~
vyh.at rnutinpn i'm or.a.n anal "A
ippton. I'm WASHINGTON thrrShi.r -I..
cod Yields which however ha., f..
somewhat lasernad hv nao,. ,r,,...r
ube,t in some sections as , r....
the excessive heat of The first l.|r
Auaust which has also injured -.
crop IL OREGON
m. wool, h,, L.nu worry ,,f,,....
~ .nttnn ..,..i,l, ,..r ia.
,,rt nr ~. n,.t.,m ,a,,n,n ~ a..
Lott where + h,. suffered fran, I
r,ins. which bay. bnnn couffnuuu.
thn mast month c,u4inr r1l.t .4.
diny and foo r,nid Growth of ...
III portions 81 North '~af"lii'' ANA ".'
conditions Of the past week have .....
somewhat rlyornblp and the crnu +.
proved in Tennessee. Missouri and ...
| tons Of NisSi~sipni and ArEans.l-. d..
| tom has also improved ia Central 49,.
Northern Texas. hni insects mr., ..I5
damage in nanny loc,lities and i.r..
t,trn nnonino AMI shedding. err, r...
from tbe c.ntr,l ,pd ,nnth.rp marta.
or the Statn pn.ln,o :. L..n,nI..
.r,I II ma nnrth.rn nar,;ar
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SttNlIlI9 +. NIIIcll NbIk- IL 2tIittI3llN Wed.
I"N'li''"' 'id III emo lldI'u' ...
ililll'lS IS pfaclicaiIN lihIShed' "."
some seeding has been tone IN low.
III portions ol l\allS;lS. Iowa ana Ne
hfiiNkt, however. I'll" conditions oI OIL"
soll have been less favorable.
ne Weekly crop Bulletin, Issued '.
'he Gather Bureau here. Tor the W'".
ending, Monday, August %, says:
The weather during the week rud..
Monday, August 18th, was more faE..
able Tor the groWth of crops aud l"
farm work, especially throughout t.e
central ana northern portions OF OH"
State and west Of the Blue Ridge. lu.
III the south the conditions were not ~..
ISfactofy. The first three days were pI,."
and very warm, the maximum tcmu.r.
tur" reaching between 9e and ~ #.
GfceS. The mean for the entire We.
averaged above normal, the cNr.
amounting To rs much as five dngr,.
III the central portion. Shower ..
CURED everywhere the latter half of -#.
week. and too much rain is stilI rcpnr...
from southern counties. especially fr..
the southeast portion Of the STATE. l..
heavy rains on the night Of the 1...
caused disastrous freShc- in cOunrn
lying between the Catawba and Pee D..
rivers, chiefly in Stanly. Cabarrus. AIe.r
lenbur@ and Union. During the
weather at the beginning or the v...
considerable Improvement occrlrreI
many crops. and farmers lad opporfHHf.
to save fodder and hay and do some f."
ploWlng.
Cotton has imnrovod bo,.o an1 r.-.
is reported rs f~rnitino v.au ~,
sections. rood dnal !. nnn 49,, l...