The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-17
MIST VIRGINIA CROFs
and Climate for tie week End-

PARKERSBURG.i ". Va, August IS.
THE crop and weather report for West
virginia for the week ending August
IL is as followB:
Weather Condltlnns.-The week was
marked by excessive rainfall over the
state, deficient sunshine and normal
Temperature. Especially heavy rains
Sell generally on the sth and 10th insts.,
causing high water In all the streams
nnd Hood stages In the rivers.
Crop COndltlons.-Whe threshlnB
progressed very slowly owing to the
continued rains. and considerable dam
age from sprUutlng and rotting In stack
was reported.
Dat threshlng was greatly retarded,
and the crop was badly damaged by rot
ling and sproutlng In stack and shock.
Oots that were threshed out secured In
very poor condition.
Wheat, oats and grasS stacked or left
nut on lowlands are nearly total loss,
belng washed away or damaged by the
floods In streams and rivers.
The harvesting OF hny was greatly re-
tarded and the crop badly damaged in
stack or swath By ralnsts hay that was
cut or secured in poor condition.
Corn continued to grow rapidly, and
Is caring out well generally; 1t needs
sunshine to properly mature; consider
nble damage was done t0'corn In low
land fields by the flOods.iss
Buckwheat, millet, tobacco, gardens,
turnlps, sweet potatoes and pastures are
doing well and are In fine condition.
Faye.te-Floods In some streams, and
considerable damage done by overflow;
crops damaged In stack, and a great
deal OF hay injured; harvesting delayed;
corn. potatoes and pastures doing well.
Randolph-Hlgh water very disastrous
10 crops; the damage to crops by flood
and long continued rain. Will run into
the thousands OF dollars.
Pendleton-Wheat being damaged In
the stacks from rains; hay and oats
badly damaged, too wet to stack; buck
wheat Is in good condition.
Karawha-Crops doing well on high
ground. on low ground the flood has
ruined thousands Of bushels OF corn and
potatoes, and all wheat aud oats stack
ed out.
potatoes rOtting; gardens doing well; a
great amount Of hay damaged in stack
by the rains: great damage 70 creek
farms and crops,
Calhoun-Hay harvesting greatly de-
layed by rain. and that harvested has
been damaged: corn is In excellent con-
dltlon: potatoes damaged some by the
wet weather.
Gllmer-Hay harvesting delayed and
considerable damage done to hay cut
and stacked by rains; corn, pastures
and gardens doing well; crops damaged
on Iowlands by high water.
LewIs-Too wet; hay harvest not
completed and hay bleaching as It
stands; corn, turnIps and sweet potatoes
doing well.
Upshur-High water damaging low
lind meadows: oats rotting and growing
in stack and shock; threshlng suspend
ed; corn doing fairly we'll; buckwheat
making a rapid growth.
Grant-Hay and oats being damaged
BY rains; late meadows and second crop
making good growth: corn doing we'll.
TucEer-oats in bad condition. rot
ting from rains; hay harvest progress
ing slowly, about half cut and in bad
condition; very little plowing done for
wheat.
Preston-corn, buckwheat and pas
lures doing we'll; oats and hay in shock,
swath or standing spelling from rains.
Barbour-Work delayed by rains;
oats, hay and wheat being damaged;
corn. buckwheat and pastures doing
well; grapes rottlng.
Taylor-ThreshIng in slow progress
and wheat in bad condition: oats light
and damaged by rain; corn, buckwheat
and grass doing we'll; potatoes rottinG
in some localities
Marion-Corn, pastures ana potatoes
doing we'll; hay. oats and wheat being
damaged by rains. oats mostly In fields
yet, and hay not all up.
MonongalIa-Hay harvest about COM
pleted; gardens, pastures and corn in
good condition; threshing well advanced.
Doddridge-Wheat rotting In stack;
threshIng making slow progress; oats
rotting in shock; hay not all cut; corn
uEd pastures doing well.
Tyler-Hay and oats are badly dam
aged by rains; corn needs sunshine;
floods have damaged corn and grass on
lowlands
wotzcl-corn doing we'll; oats, hay
ind potatoes ruttlng from rains.
MISUNDERSTANDING needed to mature
corn and pastures; potatoes and hay
rutting from continued wet weather.
Ohio-Hay about all harvested but
badly damaged; wheat spelling in
stack: corn blown down by some wind.
Hancnck-Rains damaged oats in
shock; farmers threshlnE as fast as pos
slble, 10 secure the grain!
BraXton-Heavy rains; corn damaged
on lowlands; many meadows sttll un-
cut; hill corn very heavy and in fine
condition.
Harrison-Corn and grass In fine con-
dltion; hay harvest nearly completed;
bucRWheat promising.
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