Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-07-24

The weekly crop report issued By the
| climate and crop division Of the weather
Ihurean SAYS that the week vas intensely
warm in the Missouri and Mississippi
valleys, the eastern portion Of the upper
/ Michigan peninsula. over the central
| Rocky Mountain region and the northern
portion OF the west gulf States, where
| the average daily excess amounted TO q
| degrees per day, and ranged from g to
Il degrees in tine Missouri valley
Abundant rains fell along the Atlantic
| coast from New Jersey southwark TO
| northern Florida, aud in portions Of
soui hefn Texas The rainfall III. southern
| Virginia and North Carolina was eNeep-
| tionally heavy, ranging from four to sew
| en- inches. Showers fell over local areas
| in portions of the central gulf States, up.
per lake region, and portions Of Montana,
| Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. Over the
| northern portion of the gulf States ant
generally throughout the central valleys
there was little or no rain. From the
west gulf coast nertheastward to the
lower Missouri AMI central Mississippi
valleys the seasonal precipitation is less
than TO per cent of the ayera ge, and
over considerable aereas in this region
| it falls below 30 per cent. Less than
half of the seasonal precipitation has
| been received over a considerable por-
ton OF California, and over portions Of
the western plateau districts In New
England and over most Of the middle aud
south Atlantic coast districts there has
been large excess.
The States of the middle Rocky Noun
tain region ana Missouri and Mississippi
valleys have experienced another, the
third consecutive, week of intense heat,
,, the maximum temperatures over large
part of these districts ranging above 100
| degrees daily during the week, many sta
tons reporting from 100 degrees to 101
degrees. With an almost entse absence
of rain, the crops in the region named
have been subjected to most unfavorable
conditions. In the States lying immedi-
ately to the eastward of the Mississippi
river very high temperatures have also
prevailed, but the heat has been less in
tense and its effects not so serious as in
the districts to the westward. On the
Atlantic coast very favorable tempera-
ture conditions have prevailed, with
abundant rains, excessive and damaging
in portions in the middle and south At
lantic States. On the Pacific coast it has
been cool and dry. with frost in Washing
ton on the 18th.
The corn crop as a whole i'll the great
corn States Of the central valleys has
materially deteriorated and has sustain
ed serious injury over the western por-
ton of the corn belt. especially in Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
A very large part of the crop is late,
however. and this has withstood the try
ing conditions of the drought and heat
remarkably well, and, with early rains
will still make a fair crop. This is par
ticularly applicable TO Iowa, Nebraska
and portions of Kansas and northern
Missouri.
The early corn in central and southern
Missouri, portions of eastern Kansas, Ar
kansas and In the central and western
gulf States has been irreparaby injured.
In the upper Ohio valley corn, while
needing rain, has improved, and in the
Atlantic coast districts the crop has
made excellent progress
Winter wAeat harvest is about finish
ed, except in the more northerly portion
of the Atlantic coast districts, where in
some sections t has been retarded by
rain. Hary esting has begun in the north
Pacific coast region under very favorable
conditions Over the southern portion
of the spring wheat region spring wheat
has ripcned prematurely and the general
prospect is less promising than previous
ly reported.
Report by States.