The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-26
LONG DROUGHT
BROKEN IN PART
Though it Continues Over the
Western Car0linas.
AND SOME OTHER PLACES
CORN AS \ RULE IS NOW DOING
WE'LL
COTTON CLEAN AND FRUiTING NICELY
Complaints Of Shedding in Alabama, Georgia
and florida, and Dry Weather Has
Checked The Growth in
Soma Sections
Some Sections.

Washington, July .j.-Folowing is
the Weather Bureaus summary of crop
conditions:
While drought continues over the
Western portion of the Carolinas, it
has been wholly relieved by abundant
rains in Tennessee and generally i'll the
East and Central Gulf States, although.
portions of Mississippi and Alabama
still need rain. Rain is also needed i'll
Southern Texas, Nebraska, the Dakotas,
over portions OF Illinois, the most of the
Atlantic States and New England, but
upon the whole the general conditions
have been favorable i'll the States of the
Central Valleys, the Lake region and
on the middle Atlantic coast. \ marked
improvement in the general condition OF
crops is reported from the middle OF
Rocky Mountain States and scasonabIe
weather conditions have prevailed on the
Pacific coast.
Corn would be benefited by rain
in Nebraska, Iowa, and Indiana, but
as yet the crop is not suffering seriously
in those States, and, as rule, has
done well. In the other great corn
States of the Central Valleys the crop
has made favorable progress. Recent
abundant rains have greatly improved
late corn in those portions of Tennes-
see, Alabama and Georgia, i'll which Sc
we're drought prevailed, but came too
late for early corn, which has been
permanently injured in the States men
toned, as well as over the Western por-
of no ~ Il hi
still continues.
Winter wheat harvest is about finished
in the districts east of the Rocky Noun
tains, and continues i'll Oregon, where
Il fair crop is being secured. In East
crn Washington, hot dry winds, have
caused premature ripening.
The harvesting of spring wheat has
begun over the Southern portion of the
spring wheat region. Over the western
portion Of the Dakotas very high tenn
peratures, 100 degrees and ABOVE, proved
decidedly unfavorable to spring wheat,
but the crop escaped injury i'll the East
ern portions of these States. In Mime
sofa the outlook for spring wheat is
generally good, and harvesting will begin
this week.
N'"t iui 'Not 10 iNtilS NouIIittNu III
the Central Valleys and Middle Atlantic
States, and is in progress in extreme
Northcrm districts. Fair To good yields
are generally expected in the Central
Valleys. In Wisconsin however, some
damage will result from lodging, and
III Nebraska the crop generally is not in
as good shape as was anticipated.
Over the greater part of the Central
and Western portions of the cotton belt
the condition of cotton is somewhat more
favorable than at the close Of the pre-
vious week, and the crop is clean and
generally fruitng well. Complaints of
shedding are received from Alabama.
Georgia, and Florida. and dry weather
has checked growth in South Carolina.
Southwestern North Carolina, and por-
tion> of Louisiana and Southeastern
Texas. Indian Territory and Oklahoma
cotton is in fine condition, growing rap
idly and fruiting well.
Late rains nave caused Il marked ini-
provement III the condition of tobacco
in Kentucky and Tennessee. and the
general condition of the crop in the
Ohio Valley, Middle Atlantic States and
New England is very promising, except
in portions of Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Curing continues in the South Atlantic
States.