The morning news., 1899-05-03
,V0PS HAVE HAD A FINE WEEK.
M ONLY DAMAGE HAS BEEN
FROM RAINS AND STORMS.

so However, Have Not Been GEN
a, over the COuntry-The Week
ms Reen nm Exceptional One for
naming Corn-COnditiOn of Win
ter Wheat Has Greatly Improved.
l., southern sections the Oat Crop
uos Made Much Progress.
washington, May 2.-The weekly crop re-
/ - Of the weather bureau issued to-day,
vs.:
4 ~ the districts eastward of the Rocky
4 cornrains the temperature conditions of
h.. week ending May l, 1899, were highly
s.,orable There was, however, too much
IN in nortions of the Missouri and Red
t,er Of the north valleys, and destructive
AL storms in Kansas, Missouri and Geor-
4 while rain is needed in the Central
rlf states. Ohio valley, Middle Atlantic
,ates and Southern New England. In the
ocxv mountain districts and along the
4, ,,tfo coast the week was unfavorable
,,.ire TO unreasonable low temperatures
4 nd freouent frosts, which were more or
ess destructive.
u The week has been exceptionally favor
kbe for planting termination, and growth
N corn. Rapid progress with planting has
a Keen made in the states of Ohio Missis-
4 mi and Lower Missouri valleys, and
&,itb favorable conditions planting win be-
i lin this week in Iowa. About half the corn
Aas been planted in Kentucky and West
Virginia. and planting nearly completed in
srennessee and Arkansas. In the Southern
i tates corn has made good growth and is
being cultivated; some complaints of dam
sge from insects are reported from Gulf
ktates. where, however. good stands are
aeported
4 Further improvements is generally re-
'ported in the condition of winter wheat,
&but as stated in previous bulletins, much
Iii the crop has been killed, particularly
|bver the northern portions of Missouri,
Illinois Indiana and Northwestern Ohio
bind the southern portions of Michigan,
wisconsin and Minnesota. A marked i'm
Iproyement in winter wheat is
reported from the Ohio val
hey, Tennessee and the Mid
'de Atlantic states. The crop is now head
FTexas reporting the stalk very short. On
sthe Pacific coast the outlook for wheat
Ieontnues favorable in Oregon and Cali
3fona, but it is less promising in Wash
8ngton.
& Early seeded spring wheat is coming up
Ito good stands and with vigorous plants
8Oyer the southern portion of the spring
fwheat region. Seeding is about finished
#over the southern portions of Minnesota
nnd North Dakota, but has been delayed
4 in the Red river valley and Oregon, and
that sown in Washington is coming up
Eslowly.
In the Southern states the cat crop has
Shnade favorable progress, and the outlook
ps generally promising although heading
Short in some sections. A general improve
ament is reported from the Ohio valley and
Middle Atlantic states. In the more north
4erly sections seeding continues under con-
Editions favorable to rapid termination.
8 Cotton planting is now well advanced
Sover the northern sections of the cotton
Nbelt, considerable having been planted in
Nlissouri The stands are generally report
2ed as good, with favorable growth during
The week throughout the central and
Southern portions where cultivation is in
<Progress. Complaints of damage TO cotton
rom insects are reported from Florida and
g Louisiana
Transplanting tobacco in South Carolina
is nearly finished and the outlook in both
ii ne Carolinas and Florida is promising.
IN Tennessee plants are generally small,
&aIthough some are ready for transplanting.
oba2eo plants are doing well in Virginia
8-Aaryand Pennsylvania and New York.
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