Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-07-19
CROPS HURTBY HEAT.
TEXAS AND THE MISSOURI VAL.
LEY SUFFER DAMAGE.
Injury Not General-outlook for Spring
Wheat in the Northwest IL Good
Harvest Is Finished in kansas and
the Lower Ohio Valley.

according TO the climate n crop al.
vision of the weather bureau the north
ern and central districts east of the
Rocky Mountains nave experienced two
consecutive weeks OF intense heat, and
while the average daily temperature ex-
cess for the past week was not so quite
marked as in the previous week in the
central valleys, it was more so in the
middle Atlantic coast districts. No seri-
0usly injurious effects to crops from this
period Of intense heat is reported from
the middle Atlantic States, but from
Texas. northward to Nebraska, including
Missouri, Arkansas, and portions of llli-
nois, Kentucky and Tennessee, crops
have suffered to a greater or less extent.
The weather conditions on the Pacific
coast and in the plateau regions nave
been favorable, although frosts caused
some injury in Utah and Wyoming.
In Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas
and Arkansas corn has been seriously
damaged by intense heat and drying
winds. although late corn in Kansas is in
fair condition. The bulk of the crop in
Nebraska and Iowa has SO far escaped
injury, except in a few southwestern
counties in Nebraska, where corn has
been slightly injured, while in southeast
ern. Iowa it is threatened. In the States
OF She Ohio valley corn has suffered no
injury from heat, and has generally made
good growth, but continues in need of
cultivation in portions of Ohio and West
Virginia.
Winter wheat harvest is finished in
Kansas, Missouri md in the lower Ohio
valley. and is in progress in the more
nortlerly sections. Rains have intarfer-
ed with the harvest in portions of Ohio
and West Virginia and reports of injury
by fly continue from the first named
State. as we'll as from portions of Penn
sylvania and New York. On the Pacific
coast harvest has begun in Oregon and
wheat is ripe9ing in Washington.
In the Dak5tas, Minnesota, Oregon and
Washington spring wheat continues gen
orally in promising condition, although
areas in northern Minnesota have been
flooded, and the crop has suffered from
drought in portions OF South Dakota. In
Iowa The excessive heat has probably inn
paired the quality of the crop by causing
1t to ripen too rapidly. >
The oat crop in the States of the upper
Mississippi and Missouri valleys has suf-
fered further injury from intense heat,
but in southern Minnesota and portions
of South Dakota it is in promising c0ndi-
tAOu. All IL OAAO NuilSS uAN Va AZ
lantic States the crop has ripened rapid
" under the high temperatures, a fair to
good yield being Indicated for these dis
tricts.
Reports by States.
MISUNDERSTANDING high temperatures
with desiccating Winds; practically no rain
except in few southeastern and northwest
srn counties; with good rains some corn In
northern sections will make fair crop, hut
IN central and southern many tassels killed.
considerable tasseled without silking, and
tardiy half crop now expected;. cotton prog
sessing slowly except where rains fell; oats
nearly all harvested: pastures bare; some
.tock being fed; potatoes. gardens and small
fruits dried up; apples whiting and dropping;
field will be light.
most crops somewhat, but corn has been
benefited; chinch bugs damaging corn some
what; weather .,sat ,a generally dry. but good show.
generally all harvested and much thrashed.
good yield; hay and oats light; potatoes and
garden injured ~ X hot OF. DIR, dry w WEATHER; ,d fruit
not promising.
Indiana-Warm until near end Of week:
rain in few localities; corn growing rapidly.
tobacco growing well: apples fair; oats
eipening rapidly, heads we'll flled; good
crops of rye AID wheat in shock. and thrash
Ing III progress; fair crop of hay assured In
oest condition; peaches abundant.
Ohio-Heavy and damaging showers in
northwest on 4th; haying progressing, crop
fair: oats good, but some rust; wheat being
{. harvested, some r!pened too fast. much bad
" injured by wind and Hessian fly, some
fields III north too wet for binder, many
chinch bugs. Cultivated and well-drained
corn fields greatly benefited by. high temper
ature. but many uncultiyated fields have
uneven stands and are in poor condition; to-
bacco in fair conditions; potatoes and fruit
unfavorably affected by high temperature;
potatoes. some blight and decay; fruit decay
Ing to some extent and falling increased.
Michigan-Fsxceptionally heavy rains de-
layed haying and cultivation, Hooded low
lands. and beat Town so1ne standing grain, |
but not much permanent damage has result
ed; corn, cats, beans and sugar beets made
rapid growth; corn weedy; rye and barley
In promising condition and neary ripe;
wheat harvest becoming general; standing
wheat continues to crinkle; having we'll adj
vanced, yields from new meadows fair, but
poor from old.
Wisconsin-High temperature early part
Of week; several local storms with excessive
rains. and in few localities hail, did consid- |
cradle damage to crops in central counties; (
rain badly needed in southern section; corn
making rapid growth, outlook promising:
oats generally good. but injured to some ex-
tent by heat; hay being secured in good con-
dition in southern section, but in central
counties large quantity of clover damaged