Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-23
CONDITION or THE CROPS.
Weather Of the Past week Through
out the Country.


WASHINGTON. August 22-Following
S. the Weather Bureaus weekly sum-
many O. crop conditions:
While there has been am entire absence
&C., u'u over large part Of the country
cast Of the Rocky Mountains, and
D.eltv conditions are quite extensively
ported in New England and over much
o. fle Lower Lake region, the ohio and
D. w.r Missouri Valleys, and the West
Gulf States. very heavy rains have fallen
s.. the Red river of the North Valley, on
ta. Virginia and North Carolina coasts.
and over portions OF the Central Cur
States Iu the Rocky Mountain and Pa
Df. coast districts the week has been
too cool with frosts. causing some In
-rrr in mountainous sections on the
I-th and 10th The report from Cuba in
C.cates that the week has been generally
very dry and that srOps are suffering
seriously over the greater part of the
island.
CORN. WHEAT AND OATS
Tn the principal corn St:tes the sea-
s0rabie temperature and general absence
OF rain have been favorable Tor advanc-
irg the maturity of corn. the general
condition of which crop IS very salts
factory although late corn now needs
Ian in portions of the Ohio and Missouri
valleys. in oklahoma and I'm some parts
Of Kansas and Nebraska. Cutting Of
corn Is now general in Kansas. and has
begun i1 oklahoma.
Tho sur.nc-wheat harvest has been de-
l.fo0 m the D8k0tas and Minnesota by
heavy rains. which have caused injury
o. stacked grain iu the last-uamed State
Harvesting hos also been Interrupted by
3ains DOB Wa l.ugton and Oregon. I'm the
lnst-namel STATE wheat I'm shock. as well
as standing grain. Is beginning TO spr0ut
as the result az unusual rains during the
past two weeks
I'm Minnesota. South Dakota. and
Washington oats iu shock have been
damaged Boy excessive moisture. which
las also delayed Che completion of the
harvest.
COTTON AND TOBACCO.
over the central and eastern portions
az fhe cotton belt the conditions of cot
ton contim. practically the Same rs at
the close az fac previous week. rust and
shedding l.tg prevalent All reports
show That Gotten is opening rapidly, pick
ne being ir Progress in the extreme
northern districts. In Eastern North
carolina the crop was damaged by the
A'.h Winds attending the late hurricane
'''NtNl proving very damaging 10
tN' h oklahoma and Texas. but the
"'''n.i conditions have been favorable
,or ll.Nnf. and while AN average yield
nor expected in Texas. the quality Of
the staple s good
ln ONO. tobacco IS suffering from
drought but boz other tobacco states the
general outlook continues fsvorabia
some damage however. has been caused
by the high winds i'm North Carolina.
and moist weather has been unfavorable
Tor curing in Maryland
APPLES
me genera onliook for apples Is not
encouraging and in some imnorto,,. a.,
PIE states lne crop is very poor. The
most favorable REPORTS are rsceived e.,
Ohio. Indiana. and Northern Unnois In
New YORK. early ppplos are plentiful. but
winter apples prqmise only about half
crop.
While the weather for the past week
has been unavoidable for piOughing. this
work was unusually well advanced under
NE favorable conditions Of the previous
week
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