The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-17
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CROP CONDITIONS.
Weekly Summary Issued by Agri
 cultural Department.

Wekly summary Issued by Agrl-
 cultural Department.
 Washington, July 16-The Weather Bureaus weekly summary as to crop conditions is as follows:
 The States of the Middle Rocky Noun tain and Missouri and Mississippi Val leys have experienced another, the third. consecutive week of extreme heat. The maximum temperature av- craze ranged over 100 daily during the week, many stations reporting from 100 to 107. With an almost entire ab- sence of rain, the crops in the region named have been subjected to a most unfavorable condition. In the States lying mediately to the eastward of the Mississippi River, very high tenn peratures have also prevailed, but the heat has been less intense and its ef- fects not So disastrous as in the dis tricts to the westward. On the Atlan- tic coast very favorable temperature conditions have prevailed with abund- ant rains, excessive and damaging the Middle and South Atlantic States. On the Pacific coast it has been cool and dry, with frost in Washington on the 12th.
 great corn States of the Central Val leys, have materially deteriorated and has sustained serious injury over the Western part of the corn belt. and es- pecially in Missouri, Kansas and Okla homa, Large part of the crop is late, however, and this has withstood the trying conditions of drought and heat remarkably well, and. with early rains, will still make a fair crop. This is particularly applicable in Iowa, Ne braska and portions of Kansas and Northern Missouri
 The following stations report rain during the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m., July 16:
 Springfield. ILL, .01; Kansas City, .o2; Springfield Mo-. trace; Ft. Smith. IA; Wichita. 10; Omaha, Neb., IS: Valentine, Neb.. IS; Huron. .os; St. Paul. 80; Cheyenne, Wyo., .0S.
 The early corn in Central and South ern Missouri, portions of Eastern Kan sas, Arkansas and in the Central and West Gulf States. has been irreparably injured. In the upper Ohio Valley corn, while needing rain, has improved and in the Atlantic Coast districts the crop has made excellent progress. The winter wheat harvest is about finished except in the more northerly sections of the Atlantic Coast districts. liar yesting has begun in the North Pa- cific Coast region under favorable con- ditions OverN&he southern portion of the spring wheat regions spring wheat has ripened prematurely and the general prospect Is less promising
 In the northern portion, however, the outlook continues favorable. liar vesting is expected to begin in North ern Minnesota by the 18th. Oats have suffered in common with other crops from heat and drought in the States of the central valleys.
 Having has been retarded by raina in the New England and Middle Att lantic States, but has made good pro- gress in the Ohio and upper Mississippi Valleys.
 Except in the Carolinas and Florida, cotton is generally we'll cultivated, and over the greater part of the central and western districts is standing the drought well, although growth has been checked and fruiting at the top is com monly reported. Cotton has suffered from heavy rains in North Carolina, where it is making too much stalk In Georgia the prospect is much be- low the average. and many fields have been abandoned. In Southwest Texas early cotton is opening and some pick ing has been done. The weather con- ditions have been highly favorable for tobacco in the Atlantic Coast States, but the crop is generally in need of rain in the Ohio Valley and Is suffer- ing severely in the western portions of Kentucky.
 The prospect for apples has been greatly lessened especially over the central valleys as a result of the heat.