The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-19
SEVERAL STATES
NEED rain badly,
Agricultural Departments Weekly
Crop Report Is, on the Whole,
Very Favorable.
The Republic Bureau.
Nth 81. and PennsYlyauiaL Avn.


! Washington. June H-Local conditions In
the Southwest. as given in the weekly crop
report Of the Agricultural Department, arr
as follows:
Missouri-Copious showers in lccaiite. but
] drought continues over greater part Of Stale:
Where rains fell corn 10 growing fairly. else
where it is making slow progress: wheat har-
vest progressing and will yield better than ex-
pected. oats. meadows and max very unprom!s-
ing: clover fair crop: pastures drying up: cotton
forming squares: apples continue dropping;
peaches still, promising.
ADMINISTRATIONS generally favorable with
beneficial showers in southern counties; cotton
generally small. but more promising than here
to1ore. and squares becoming general: corn clean
ard promising. considerable In tassels. some rilk-
ing; wheat and oats nearly all harvested: fairly
good yield: all minor crops thriving: nay pros
poets good: peaches yielding fairly we'll
Mississippi-Heavy showers in north. usht In
central. none in suth: very favorable week for
SStisss''s a second anS srV s,me. Of IA Al S SsSD:; cotton being
spring *" oats rni BENZ continue Sarv e med rain in south:
blaskberiss PLENTIFUL: peaches interior. dropping
lsgi,i.n..only 2 few light showers At scat
where. and generally. sugar cane. rice, cotton.
s sGon asa well al p Sa9 Fl, e .qs S. sTss,ly i% q ana
,ain; neids generally clean and ground wen cuI-
TsSas-nry warm week; veeetation. where suf-
so;icn 'ai s saiiu SsSs,sa ne n,. %Hsn s '%SsS ssea, X f s,ls:
n: IN south portion. blooming in north portion:
ing well under way: yield poor. although better
needs rain: Irrigated rice doing we'll: tomatoes
COED. rain would improve melons and wardcns:
STkarns%s%Warme Ts'S @sat asep' a %itn :ssster.a
sho~e:s. improved corn and cotton: much corn
= sscoad tins. stands generally ally" poor Ss,@s to %0 fa.r:
wheat aafaes,ins general; oats very poor in NEST
drepping in many sections: other crops good.
voTaPis, but .ome DAMAGE anna sA BY ssavs ysn ioeal ra fa;
and hail: COIN small. but color good, growing
orally. and in some l@ocsiisis. rap lsp,dP r ssasss; ss to-
e essiS - S 10 ssndis.on and sso,Ins well: oats
sev.iAi coln,iss but westher rather unfavorab.e,
ruiz. Iesss. miiies. melons. grapes pg and p:ae ese,
Hlinai-warm. with local rains: still too dry
improved: wheat harvest peEun. fair yield prom
yaNcres srealiy ana meadows slightly Improved:
fle's a.h har ,s.sn 's s,a,, a sarsen !. and Ho,a,oe. 90:
eioo ceteriota'ing slightly: peaches fairly PROM
indis na-Frequea local rains: warmer weather
caused sosn "a improve and grow RAPIDLY. crop
piantng continees; wheat maturing rapidly. heads
we'll r!led- Injured by rust and ny in localities:
rI en.ng; cats small in some neids: hay .horS:
, iSas 1' :ans ore ssSas' az. are s% ssSdPD'ns much. al
Nebrssks-wesk generally cool. with heavy
sIain. but rather cool for corn: winter wnea, Ia.
improved In eordi,.sn and 70 beginning to ripen
in southeastern countie<, eats have improyed
slightly; com is in coed cord lion aad eene-afy
free of weeds: l-rge.crop Of chenies: apples prom
ise small crop
Kansss-vh heat harvest progressing IN many
cocniiss. rfIening In others: II good crop: corn
greatly Improved. clean and moving rapidly. cate
Improved in central counties. grass seneraiiy
good. tu. IN extreme eastern counties tame; hay
crop short. dax not In good condition.
Okiaicrna and Indian Te-rf,o.y-Crops made
good growth. are well cultivated and In i'm
proved condition.: corn being laid by and cotton
chopped: cotton commencing to form squares:
wheat being harvested. with good Yields Of nne
some oats and hay cot: peaches and
aaela6 TipaninG.