The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-23
CROP OPENING RAPIDLY
HIGH WINDS INJURE COTTON
AND TOBACCO HERE.
FR0STS IN MOUNTAINS OF THE FAR WEST
Oats in Shock Damaged by Rains. Condition
~ of Corn Favorable. Cotton is
Shedding in Central and
Eastern Districts.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Following is
the Weather Bureaus weekly summary
of the crop conditions:
While there has been an entire ab.
sence of rain over a large part of the
country east of the Rocky Mountains
and droughty conditions are quite ex,
tensively reported in New England, over
much of the lower lake region. Ohio
and lower Missouri Valleys and West
Gulf States, very heavy rains have
fallen in the Red river of the North
Valley, on the Virginia and North Caro-
lima coasts and over portions of the
Central Gulf States In the Rocky
Mountain and Pacific Coast districts the
week has been too cool with frosts, caus-
ing some injury in mountainous sections
on the 18th and 18th. The report from
Cuba indicates that the week has been
generally very dry, and that crops are
suffering seriously over the greater part
of the island
In the principal corn States the sea-
ls0nable temperature and general abb
sence of rain have been favorable for
advancing the maturity of corn. the gen
eral condition of which crop is very
satisfactory, although late corn now
needs rain in portions of the Ohio and
Mississippi Valleys, in Oklahoma and
in some parts of Kansas and Nebraska.
Cutting of corn is now general in Kan
sas and has begun in Oklahoma.
Spring wheat harvest has been de-.
layed in the Dakotas, and Minnesota
by heavy rains. which have caused in
jury to stacked grain in the last named
State Harvesting has also been inter-
rupted by rains in Washington and Ore
gon. In the last named State wheat
in sacks and in shock. as we'll as stand
ing grain, is beginning to sprout as the
result of unusual rains during the past
two weeks.
In Minnesota, South Dakota and
Washington oats in shock have been
damaged by excessive moisture which
has also delayed the completion of
harvest.
Over the Central and Eastern portions
of the cotton belt the conditions of cot
ton continues practically the same as
at the close of the previous week, rust
and shedding being prevalent. All re-
ports show that cotton is opening rapid
". picking being in progress in the ex-
treme Northern districts. In Eastern
North Carolina the crop was damaged
by the high winds attending the late
hurricane. Drought is proving very
damaging to the crop in Oklahoma and
Texas, but the weather conditions have
been very favorable for picking, and
while an average yield is not expected
in Texas, the quality of the staple is
good
In Ohio tobacco is suffering from
drought, but in other tobacco States
the general outlook continues favorable.
Some damage, however, has been caused
by the high winds in North Carolina,
and moist weather has been unfavorable
for curing in Maryland
The general outlook for apples is not
encouraging, and in some important APP
pie States the crop is very poor. The
most favorable reports are received from
Ohio, Indiana and Northern Illinois. In
New York early apples are plentiful, but
winter apples promise only about half
crop.
While the weather for the past week
has been unfayorable for blowing, this
work has been unusually well advanced
under the favorable conditions Of the
previous week.