The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-22
Southern Missouri, Kansas, West
ern Nebraska, Arkansas, Okla
homa and Tennessee Affected.
UNTHRASHED OATS INJURED
Slight Improvement in Cotton Con
dition Reported From Missis-
sippi and Louisiana-To-
bacco Needs Rain.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Aug. 2l.-The special weekly
crop report, issued to-day by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. IS as follows.
This is the third week of excessive heat
over the greater part of the country east
OF the Rocky Mountains. and. while in
tensely warm from the Middle Rocky Moun-
tain slope and Upper Missouri Valley east
ward to the Atlantic Coast, large part
of the central valleys and portions OF the
Middle Atlantic States and New England
have been favored with abundant rains.
Western Nebraska. Kansas, Southern Mis-
souri, ana an area extending from Oklahoma
eastward over Arkansas to Central Tennes-
see as well as portions OF the Middle At
lantic and East Gulf States. are suffering
more or less seriously from drought. Rain
is also needed In Washington and Oregon.
and while continued cool weather in Cal
iforn!a has been favorable to crops it has
retarded fruit drying.
In Western Nebraska, Kansas, Central
and Southern Missouri and Southern Illinois
corn has suffered much from drought and
intense heat, but in other portions of the
principal corn belt. although injured to
some extent by storms, the crop has expert
enced very favorable conditions and has
made rapid progress toward maturity.
While the bulk Of the crop IN the Southern
States is made, late corn has been greatly
shortened over a large part OF this section,
as well as portions OF the Middle Atlantic
States, by the intense heat and lack OF
| moisture during the past two weeks.
Spring-wheat harvest has been completed
in Minnesota, but frequent rainsfn the Da-
EOfaq hava
those States and caused injury to grain in
shock and stack. and the overripe, unhar-
vested grain is shellng badly. In Wash
| iDgton and Oregon the weather conditions
have been favorable for harvesting, The
yield in both of these States Is reported
as disappointing.
Considerable injury to unthrashed oats is
| reported from the States of the Upper Mis-
| sissippi and Upper Missouri valleys as
| result of heavy rains. a slight improve
ment in the condition Of cotton is reported
| from portions Of Mississippi and Louisiana,
where, however. complaints Of insects, she'd
| ding and slow growth continue. Over the
| eastern portions Of the cotton belt the re-
| ports are generally unfavorable. indicating
| premature opening, shedding and prevalence
| OF rust. In Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma
| and Missouri the reports are also unfavora-
| BILE. rust and premature opening being gen.
| eraL In Texas the crop, as a whole, mas
| improved but is shedding, and has sus-
| tained damage from rust and insects in
many localities.
Tobacco is needing rain in portions of
| Kentucky. Tennessee and the Middle At
| lantic States, but elsewhere the crop has
made good progress. cutting being general.
In New England and New York the pros
| pect for appies continues promising. but in
| the important apple States of the central
valleys the reports generally indicate fur
ther deterioration. although the outlook IN
| some sections LIS encouraging,
More favorable progress has been made
| with plowing for tall seeding than In the
previous week over the northern districts,
| but this work has been but little advanced
| in portions OF the Middle Atlantic States
| and the Lower Missouri Valley