The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-12
COTTON IN CAROLINAS
SMALL BUT HEALTHY; SEA IS
LAND COTTON GOOD.
TOBACCO REPORTS ARE MUCH MlxEO
In Tennessee, Owing to the Drought, Acreage
is Reduced. In Kentucky and Ohio
Similar Conditions Prevail.
Better in Other States.
Better in Other States.

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Bureau has issued the following sum-
mary of crop conditions for last week:
The weather conditions of the week
ending at S a. m., July 10. 1899. were for
the most part favorable for farming
operations and good crops within the
districts of the Rockies. being especially
So in the States of the Upper Mississippi
and Missouri valley and in the Atlantic
coast districts. The week has been
marked by the absence of high temporal
ture east of the Rocky Mountains. Ex-
cessive rains of the past week have
caused some damage To grain in shock
in Kansas. and similar damage is report
ed from Texas as Il result of the unpre-
cedented rainfall of the previous week.
Drought continues i'll the Central Gulf
States. Tennessee, portions of the Ohio
Valley and Southern Michigan being
very severe in Central Tennessee: rains
are also needed generally throughout
the Rocky Mountain districts. but ON
the Pacific coast the conditions have
been seasonable.
While rain falls amounting to one-half
of three-fourths OF an inch are reported
over a considerable portion of the drain
age basin Of the Brazos river. in Texas,
the conditions on the whole have been
favorable to the subsistence of the waters
in the inundated districts.
This has been another favorable week
for corn in the principal corn States,
and the corn has generally made rapid
growth. Heavy rains and high winds
n hIawn a lap
able area in Iowa. slight damage from
chinch bugs is reported from Missouri,
and drought has checked growth in por-
tons Of Ohio and Kentucky and caused
serious damage in Central Tennessee
Cultivation has been delayed by rains in
portions of Michigan and Wisconsin, but
OH the whole the crop is clean and is
largely laid by in the States of the Cen
eral Valleys.
Winter wheat harvest is finished, ex-
cept in the extreme northerly sections,
where it is well advanced, although de-
layed by rains in portions Of Wisconsin
and Michigan. In Kansas and Texas
some damage has resulted from sprout-
ing in shock In California. harvesting
is nearly finished, and wheat is ripening
in Oregon. No unfayorable reports re-
specting spring wheat have been re-
ceived from the spring wheat regions
except from the Central and Eastern
portions of South Dakota.
A good crop of oats is being harvested
in Indiana and Illinois, and the outlook
in Michigan. Ohio and Pennsylvania is
promising. Lodging is reported from
Wisconsin and Iowa, and damage from
rust in Missouri and drought in South
Dakota.
In the Central and Eastern portions
Of the cotton belt cotton has made good
progress. although injured to some. ex-
tent by insects in portions of MISSISSIPPI
pi and Georgia. In the carolinas it is
reported as small, but healthy. In
South Carolina the Sea Island crop was
never better. Outside the flooded region
in Texas, cotton is doing well and fruit
ing nicely. except in scattered localities,
where too rank growth and some COM
plants Of insects are reported. 1t Will
be two weeks yet before the damage
to cotton in the flooded district Of Texas
can be determined or the extent
to which cotton will be replaced. In 13
counties in the southern half Of the
Brazos drainage basin the loss resulting
from the flood is estimated ut from one
third to one-half the crop.
Owing to the drought. the tobacco
acreage in Tennessee is much reduced,
and the prospects for this crop in that
State are poor. In portions Of Ken
lucky and Ohio. the growth of tobacco
has also been checked by drought, but
generally the crop is doing well in that
section. In the Carolinas, Middle At
lantic States and New England the out
look for tobacco is improved. the crop
being in fine condition in Maryland.