Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-31
General Sum mary.

General summary.
The last week has been hot and dry with
an excess Of sunshine and generally light
wind.
The average daily temperature excess has
been about 6 degrees in all parts of the
state. The daily maximum temperatures
were generally about 80 degrees and in
many counties the daily maximum was
above 100 degrees on one or more days.
The rainfall has been below the normal
except in a few western counties where it
slightly exceeded the normal in small areas.
IL some places no rain fell and generally
the rainfall was less than a quarter of an
inch.
The weather of the last week has been
much like that of the week which preceded
1t and the results have been much the
same. In the northern counties the week
has been very favorable. Corn has ma
tured rapidly and has not suffered from
the hot, dry weather. The yield will be re-
duced somewhat in other counties as re-
suit OF the heat and lack of moisture.
Threshing from shock Is about finished.
The weather has been so favorable that very
little or no grain has been damaged in the
shock Fall plowing is well advanced, but
the ground is now getting too dry and plow-
ing has about stopped. A very little wheat
ana rye nave Qeen SOWu, DuL BeueIdlly
seeding will be delayed until after a rain.
Report by counties:
s S..
Butler-Corn drying very fast; too dry to
plow.
Cass-some fail plowlns being done, but
very dry; pastures drying up; hayins pro-
crossing we'll; potatoes light crop.
Clay-Corn maturing nicely; plowing for
wheat going on steadily; rain needed for
pastures and TO keep ground IN good condi-
tion.
Flllmore-Early planted corn drying up
fast, late planted better prospect; plowing
LOT wheat about completed; ground rather
dry.
Gage-Dry ana not; late corn suHerlngi
ram neeoed ior corn anu pastures 10 put
ground In condition for piowing
Hamilton-Almost too dry for anything
but thrashing; some are plowing for fall
grain; fair week for cora.
Jeherson-Co orying up fast and farm-
ers cutting 1t up for feed; piowing for fall
wheat about stopped
SonnsohLoorh Delns INJURED py urylns up
ples short and not coed quality.
Lancaster-Early corn maturing rapidly.
later paintings will be light and chaffy;
having is progressing: crop fair
observation-disclosures very hard week on
corn: having about done.
Otoe-EarIy corn bepinnins To ripen. corn
driving I'D two weeks too early; too dry for
blowing.
Pawnee-Continued hot, dry weather is
ripening corn too rapidly; ground too dry
to plow; hay good crop
polk-Corn is doing remarkably we'll con-
siderins the dry weather: some wheat sown:
pastures very short.
Ricbardson-Corn driving up: everything
suffering for rain
Saline-Fruit and potatoes short; corn has
grown in first part of week; fall blowing
well advanced: rain needed
saunders-Corn is maturing very RAPIDLY
and II will he very chaffy. PASTURES dried
nm. foo drv for piowine. annie crop yery
short
Seward-Dry weather ripening corn very
| ran;dIv. fall nlowing wall advanced hut
ground now almost too drv for nIowine
Thaver-Esrlv corn hardening: late corn
needs rain; having about done; fall blowing
nroeressin, SLOWLY. sone wheat sonso
York-Corn viii he verv chaffv, a few
fields fairly good and many very poor; too
drv for plowinp
.
Anteicpe-Thrashing and haying progress
ing hnely; corn has advanced toward ma
turity rapidly; moisture seems sufficient for
late crops.
Boyd-Thrashing begun, yield good corn
maturing tast, nne crop.
grain nearly all thrashed; potatoes are very
poor; apples scarce; too dry to plow.
Cedar-Shock thrashing about completed; ;
corn maturing rapidly and promises large
crop; fall plowing and haying well ad-
vanced.
Colfax-Good weather for haying and
thrashing, but too dry for pastures and
plowing; corn drying up too fast for best
results.
Cuming-Thrashing and plowing in prog
ress; miilet being cut for hay.
Dakota-Corn ripening fast and good
week for hay making: apples and melons
are good crops.
DXon-Thrashing well advanced haying
IN progress; 100 ary lor piowlne ana pas
lures heea ram corn rlpehins last'
Dedse-Corn mas sunereu some from neat
pastures urylne up sugar Deets growing
well ground eening 100 hard TO plow'
Dougias-Late planted corn suuering from
drouth'
Holt-Corn maturing rapidly, some neids
dented; hay large crop.
KnoX-Corn VIII be heavy crop, some
corn dented; haylng nearly over upland hay
good, bottom land hay full OF wild peas.
Madison-Hay being cut, good crop; millet
poor; corn injured some by dry weather;
considerable thrashing done.