The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-14
CROPS MADE GOOD PROGRESS.
nuoUGHT IN SOUTHERN STATES
RELIEVED BY RAIN.

,.,dition of Corn Is Generally I'M
,roved-WInter Wheat Being Har-
,ested Further NOrth-ReROrts rs
IN snring Wheat Are Less FavOra-
hIe-Oats Are Doing Well, and Cot
ton Is in Good Condition in the
CaroIinas and in Georgia.
Washington, June 1S.-The weekly sum-
mary of the crop conditions issued by the
.e7rher bureau to-day says in part:
uslus of the past week have largely re-
lived drought in the Southern states, which
SIN continues in Northern Louisiana,
eastern Texas, New England and portions
of New Jersey, Colorado, Nebraska and
Na,s Mexico. There has been too much rain
in Kansas over the southern portions of
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, and over
,,,r,ions of the upper lake region and Min
ueS0ta.
Tine temperature conditions of the week
b,v. been favorable generally, except over
the Northern Rocky mountain and North
pacific coast regions, where it has been
TOO cool and over portions of the Middle
and south Atlantic states, which suffered
10 some extent from excessively high tenn
poratures'
I'm DflDtIDdl
rial valleys corn has made good growth.
and its condition is generally improved, al
though in need of cultivation, which has
b4en much retarded in nearly all sections
Of the district named. In portions of the
southern states, corn is suffering for rain
and has been permanently injured in por-
lions of Georgia, Florida and Southern
Te4as.
Harvest of Winter Wheat.
Winter wheat is now being harvested as
far north as the Ohio and Central Missis-
siDpi valleys, with generally light yields.
but excellent quality. Harvesting is Wen
advanced in Texas, and is about finished
in the East Gulf and South Atlantic
states. In The states of the Lower Mis-
souri, river some Improvement is reported
in the condition of wheat which is ripen-
ing slowly in that section.
The reports respecting spring wheat are
less favora BILE than in the previous week,
owing to effects of eNoe ssive moisture.
over the Northern section the general
condition of oats is more promising than
in the previous week, although damage
from rust and TOO rank growth are report
ed from portions of Missssippi valley
Southern states.
The Cotton Crop.
Cotton is doing well in the Carolinas
and Georgia, although making slow
growth in the last named state; its condi-
lion in Tennessee, Alabama and Missis-
sippi is generally improved, but poor
sands are reported from Tennessee and
Alabama. In Florida and generally over
the central portion of the cotton belt the
crop continues late. In Texas il is well
cultivated and growing rapidly, with bue
few complaints of insects.
la the Ohio valley and portions of the
Middle Atlantic states rapid progress was
made in transpanting tobacco, and the
plants have started under the most favor
able conditions in the Ohio valley. In
Florida and portions of Tennessee and the
Caroiinas, the crop has suffered from
drought, which, however, has 10 a grear
extent been relieved by late rains in the
last named states.
Haying is in general progress in the
states of the central valleys, Middle Allan
Tie states, Oregon and California. A gooo
crop is promised in the states of the Ohio
valley, except in Kentucky and portions of
OHIO In Iowa, New England and por-
lions of the Middle Atlantic states, the
crop viii be light.