Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-26
CORN NEEDS RAIN IN NEBRASKA,
IOWA AND INDIANA.
IS NOT SUFFERING, HOWEVER
IN OTHER CORN STATES THE OUT
LOOK IS PROMISING.
Spring Whent Harvest Has Begun
Cotton Is in Good Condition Near
iy Everywherc-Past Week
Was Favorable for
Crops in Missouri.

WASHINGTON, July 25-FolIowing is
the weather bureaus summary of crop
conditions:
While drouth continues over the western
portion of the Carolnas, it has been wholly
relieved by abundant rains in Tennessee
and generally in the East and Central Gulf
states, although portions of Mississippi
and Alabama still need rain Rain is also
needed in Southern Texas, Nebraska, the
Dakotas, over portions of Indiana. Illinois,
the Middle Atlantic states and New En-
gland, but, upon the whole, the general
conditions have been favorable in the
states of the Central valleys, lake regions
and on the Middle Atlantic coast. A
marked Improvement in the general con-
dition of crops is reported from the Middle
Rocky Mountain states, and seasonable
weather conditions have prevailed on the
Pacific coast.
Corn would be benefited by rain in Ne
braska, Iowa and Indiana. but as yet the
crop is not suffering seriously in those
states, and, as a 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 Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia in which severe drouth prevailed,
but came too late for early corn, which
has been permanently injured in the states
named, as well as over the western portion
of the Carolinas, where drouth still con-
tinues.
Winter wheat harvest is about finished
in the districts east of the Rocky noun
tains. and continues in Oregon. where a
fair crop is being secured. In Eastern
Washington hot, dry winds have caused
premature ripening.
The harvesting of spring, wheat has be-
gun over the southern portion of tbs
spring wheat region. Over the western
portion of the Dakotas very high tempera-
tures-100 degrees and aboye-proved de-
cidedly unfavorable to spring wheat, but
the crops escaped injury in the eastern por'
tions of these states. In Minnesota the
outlook for spring wheat is generally good
and harvesting will begin this week.
The oats harvest is nearly completed ir
the Central valleys and Middle Atlantic
states. and is in progress in the extreme
Northern districts. Fair to good yields are
generally expected in the Central valleys
In Wisconsin, however, some damage viii
result from lodging, and in Nebraska the
crop generally is not as good as was an
ucipated.
Over. the greater part of the central and
western portions of the cotton belt the
condition of cotton is somewhat more IA
vorable, than at the close of the previous
week and the crop is clean and generally
fruiting well. Complaints of shedding are
received from Alabama, Georgia and Flor
ida, and dry weather has checked the
growth in South Carolina, Southwestern
North Carolina and portions of Louisiana
and Southeastern Texas. In Arkansas and
Oklahoma cotton is in fine condition, grow
ing rapidly and fruiting. well.
Late rains have caused marked improve
ments in the conditions of tobacco in Ken
lucky and Tennessee. and the general con-
dition of the crop in the Ohio valley. Middle
Atlantic states and New England is very
promising. except in portions of Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia. Curing continues in
the South Atlantic states.