Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-08-22
CROPS SOUTH and WEST.
Special Weekly Crop Report of the
United States Department
of Agriculture.
BENEFICIAL RAINS IN COTTON BELT.
Late Corn Has Been Benefted Some
what by Recent Rains i'm Missouri
and Illinois, and Fruits are Inn
provinE-PIowing Progressing
Where Conditions Permit.

Washington, Aug. 15-The special
weekly crop report of the department
of agriculture gives local conditions
in the south and west as follows:
Alabama.
Quite general and beneficial rains.
though slightly excessive in some central
and southern countless; cotton boiling
well. some open, none picked, condition
generally satisfactory. though reports OF
early corn being gathered, yield light
late much improved; fodder pulling pro-
crossing SLOWLY, minor field crops inn
proved; turnip seeding becoming general.
Mississippi.
Moderate showers in south and middlf
portions. light in north; corn maturing.
yield better than half crop except in
north, where late corn is deteriorating;
cotton stopped growing and shedding bad
ly On uplands In many northern counties,
but doing fairly well on lowlands and
damaging features, well fruited, begin
ming to open; fodder pulling continues;
minor crops good IN south.
Texas.
Showers over limited area in northeast
and along Gulf coast and dry elsewhere.
especially in central portion, where Sc
we're trough prevails; cotton doing fairly
well where rain fell, where drought pre-:
shedding, blooming to top and premature
opening, picking general except in north
II COuI1llCSP early COIn HdluTlIlS Idp1u-
" and being gathered. late corn suffering
for rain; rice in good condition.
Temperature about normal; rain in most
districts, but unevenly distributed: late
corn improved in most localities; cotton
generally in fair to good condition. but
some complaint of shedding and damage
by rust; fruit generally in poor condition;
late potatoes being planted, but not COM
ing up to good stands.
Missouri.
Nearly normal temperature; copious
rains in southwest, light and
in southwest, central and portion of north
ern section, but yield will be very light,
considerable cut in southeast; where good
rams Tell, pastures, apples and peaches
improving. forage crops growing rapidly
and blowing FOR wheat progressing; cot
ton much improved.
Illinois.
Light rains in northern and parts OF
central and southern districts improved
conditions somewhat; corn improved in
northern portion, but deteriorated in GEN.
that ear; yield of this continues fair t.,
good; pastures, gardens and potatoes;
poor. but improved III north portion; fruit
prospects poor; apples good in some To-
cantleS; pease not doing well.
Indiana
Very dry; little rainfall deterioration
of late crops continues, except in some
districts of northern portion, where corn
is still good; upland and early-pIanted
corn practically ruined 1owland and late
planted corn with timely rains would still
yield Well; condition of potatoes, toma-
toes and field and garden vegetables Very
Encouraging: fairly good apple prospects,,
but much fruit withering; some farmers
feedlng stock; blowing proceeded with
difficulty.
Late corn, forage, pastures and mead
ows improved in eastern and western IL
visions and central counties of middle nj
vision; late peaches and winter apples
improving; fail blowing Progressing III
many counties, ground too drv IN others;
corn cutting stopped, fodder too green;
crops sown since rains coming Up.
and Indian Territory.
Local rains continue to improv. condi-
ton OF cotton, grass, cane, late corn,
kaffir, castor beans and late fruit: some
localities still suffering for rain: cotton
boiling and fruiting well and generally IN
good condition; fall plowlng, having.
planting of forage crops and patatoes IN
progress.
Nebraska.
Week warm, with general showers. late
planted corn has improved somewhat in
eastern. counties; some corn being cut for
FODDER ;hay1ng has progressed nicely. with
crop above average in northern counties:
fall blowing general; fruit prospects very
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