Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-12
Crop Kcpnrt bv Gaates.

MISSOURI Eish temperatures, driving
corn doing fairy we'll in northern, rolling
badly and growing little in southern conn.
Ies, considerable laid by. chinch bugs de.
structiNe IN places: COTTON doing fairly well,
gut needs rain; wheat being stacked and
thrasiied, good yields: oats poor. much of
crop too short for binders: timothy haying
begun. light crop; apples continue droppins.
lIlinois-Warm and except over most Of
central district, very dry; wheat harvest
well advanced and crop generally good; dry
but still late. some injury BIZ chincil bugs;
hay. crop will be Hight; peas and gardens
slightly and potatoes considerably damaged
ny drought; peaches and small fruits prom.
ls!ng. but apples slightly deterioratins.
indiana-Warm weather.; frequent rains
and local storms injured crops: -. ond
wheat thrashing began in southern ortlon
ana harvesting in central and northe.n por.
lions. yield good; oats maturing. heads we'll
aied: hAS,ing progressing, and although rains
. nn sooa crop secured:, tobacco
~; potatoes promising We'll; fruit generally
abundant; apple crop lair, good III northern
orchards.
Ohio-lixcessiye heat, with few damaging
local storms: wheat, rye and barley harvest
begun in south, much is badly lodged; much
clover cut. crop good; meadows good in
north. many i'll south poor; some corn too
Wet to work and poor. but cultivated fields
growing well; gardens and potatoes general.
~ good. but sone blight; tobacco doing we'll;
fruit drop increased.
Michisan-l'irst half of week too dry Tor
oats. meadows, and pastures in northern
and central counties. but otherwise favor.
able for crop growth and hayiny; corn and
oats imnroved; potatoes in fine condition;
beans, sugar beets, barley and rye doing
we'll: hayins. well advanced, that cut sc.
cured in good conditions; wheat harvest be-
gun In extreme southern counties.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS high temperatures.
with severe local storms i'll central and
northern counties; winter wheat and rye
badly lodged in some sections by high winds
and excessive rains; oats and barley inbred
to some extent by extreme heat: corn much
improved and growing rapidly; much clover
harvested and generally secured In good
conditions; tobacco doing we'll where moist
fnre Is sufficient; rain needed in southern
counties.
lowa-Unseasonabiy warm with high
winds and light rainfall, except in portions
IN central and northern central districts: |
pastures. galden truck, and fruit suffered
most from effects of hot winds; corn making |
rapid progress and some early fields laid by, |
crop variable In height. but generally prom
ising fair yield; carry apples below average
and winter fruit not over crop.
South Dakota-Fine growing weather: am
pie rains; some local hail damage; excessive
moisture in some low lands, iniuring some
corn and small grains: spring wheat and rye.
outlook generally satisfactory: corn linz
proved. cultivation active: flax, potatoes and |
mlllct thrifty: hayins begun, fine prospects,. |
NehraskaIHot dry week; winter Wheat
has ripened fast and harvest has made rapid |
progress; oats. pastures and potatoes dam |
aged by drought in northern countless: corn |
has grown well in northern and but slowly in |
southern counties; hay promises good crop:
apples unimproved.
Oklahoma and Indian Territories-Corn
and cotton made rapid growth and are in
good cultivated conditions; corn tasseling and
earing:. cotton forming squares and bloom-
ing; wheat thrashing and haying progress
ing; oats and rye harvested; all other crops
doing fairly we'll.