The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-23
COTTON BELT WEATHER.
Summaries Of the Southern States
Weather Bureau Reports.
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER ENTIRE BELT
Cotton choppine Is Progressing as a
Ruie--Corn Is Not Doing Very Well.
Fruit Outlook Favorable.

Following are summaries from climate
md crop sections OF the weather bureau
n the cotton belt.
Louisiana. -Drouth broken. In southern
parishes and few scattered localities
elsewhere: sugar cane retains good color
lice planting nearing completion, prospects
good where under river or canal irrlga-
tinu; cotton that Is mp shows uneven
,rand. doing fairly well, large acreage not
up corn small. but not suffering badly;
MI fields clean and work fully up win
crops: rains last two days greatly bene
ieial to all crops.
Arkansas Weather warmer: rains gen
eraI. crops improved In all sections; corn
ana cotton being cultivated, early planted
generally poor stands, late plautlngs fair
10 good stands: dry weather injured wheat
and oats: Insects doing damage in locaii'
ties: potatoes doing fairly well ia most
sections; fruit prospects generally good
Misssslpnl--G rains In north portion
FIRST Vf week aud IA south portion nta'
81 week; crops Ia good state ni cultiNA
tlon aud improving rapidly cotton chop
ping general replanied coming w 70 iHlF
stands 10 north portion. uneven ID snuil
portion, some not up set; corn senetHty
doing we'll worms causing some damage
growth retarded in south portion pn1
,.ulof good; oats and minor crups fair.
rain mccdea: cotton slightly Improved,
some late planted up. much not germlnateh,
chopp,ns progressing slowly corn poor
worms damaging, much reprinted not npi
wheat aud oats heading prematutcN. some
oats being cut, Indicating night yieid, gat-
dCnS backward. bugs damaging irish pptA
toes, melons poor; cane satisfactory, fruit
still t"ouHsiuE
tieat sia nrouth eGcctualiy relieved by
heavy rains Ia south section 90 nan. ana
general rlins on l,ith and 10Th; crops mate
EiaHy improved. especially cotton corn
and spring oats, which were Ia q ctitioaI
,mlitlcu; cotton ehoppiug netrly COM
p,etcd in south section and progressing
elsewhere. oats being harvested lu *
IRENE >oura portion; fruit outlook c"ntin'
Florida Favorable Tor work; local tnuu
dor showers benefited cane. corn, cotton.
cassaya. velvet beans and melons district =,
rnt favored hy rain suffering tobacco
only fair peach crop good peas VII. be
snort. citrus fruits falling. vegetables
plentiful; plueHpp.es are hriug shipped
from southern district; OATS being harvest
"a, farm work advanced ana crops well
south Carolina Week DRY, closing with
general. heavy. snd beneficial rains. COT
.ou stands are poor over western sections.
fair over eastern, chopping ana culitva
1on general, condition unsatisfactory, hut |
improving; corn continues small, Is hen!thy
gnd improves with cultivation, stands lr
regular. rui worms numerous. Gfnutb IN
juied tobacco stands seriously. whcai s,ill
promising; oats falling. ripening fruit less
promising.
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lprFbie. hut r"nl nigIts ana lINk a.. sltp
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