The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-15
Iure and preaispogss it to serIous drought

ture and predisposes it to serious drought
injury.
The Missouri crop could not now ex-
ceed q half yield, and each days con-
tinuation of present weather conditions
brings crop failtire neasurably nearer.
The only important exception Is a group OF
counties in the Northwestern part Of the
state, where there have been recent rains.
but even here the crop is beginning to
go backward. Special reports from a
considerable number of counties show a
loss of condition since July of about
thirteen points up to July s.
In Kansas the situation is almost equal
ly bad. High temperatures and hot
winds have been experienced, while the
early PLANTED corn was in silk and tas-
sci, killing the ono, and drying the other
The late planting has suffered less, but
1T has BEEN hurried to Tiiatarity and Is
fasseling very short. Present condition
is from IS to ~ points below that re-
ported July 1, and another week of pre-
yailing conditions will eliminate the crop
of the state from all corn calculations.
SPREADING SOUTH OF THE PLATTE
Damage is now going on in Nebraska
south Of the Platte and in the thin,
sandy soils Of this district deterioration
will be very rapid. The eastern counties
have received abundant moisture, but
TIE Sodl COnulllOIS. or the state are SuCn
that drought and damage is always ex-
perienced during periods of great heat
even though rainfall is frequent Spe-
cial reports under the date of July 8
show from 5 to 10 points decline in CON
dition since July l.
The damage to the oats crop is but
imperfectly measured by the official re-
port for July The greater part of the
serious injury to the crop has occurred
cir hot lot M =. fo OF
such character that it's full extent will
not be appreciated until the crop shall
be threshed. The great heat of the past
week came at the critical stage Of crop
development, when heads We're filing
and as result heads are blasted or filed
With light chaffy grain.
The condition reported for the crop on
July l practically covers only the crop
deterioration resulting from the plant
weakness that has been noted since the
crop wasplanted. Special reports receiv-
ed within a day or two are emphatic in
their showing of current damage.
In Kansas the greater part OF the crop
was cut before the worst conditions were
experiencedT but in Nebraska, Iowa and
Illinois the crop has deteriorated more
in the past week than it did in the whole
season before. In Kansas and In pOr-
tons of Iowa and Illinois d material per-
centage of acreage seeded will not be
cut, while in Missouri local adVices indi-
cate that at least half of the crop IS
being pastured, and of the balance cut
Only small part is worth threshing.
Rarely in the history Of this crop has
any state made so complete a failure.
The present situation bears a striking
resemblance to the experiences of 1896.
in that year the July oats condition was
reported high. but within ten days after
the first of the month blight and dam
age from blistering heat lowered the
condition by twenty points, nor was the
loss in quantity the only damage as a
large portion of the crop harvested was
light and Shrunken grain The present
eXpaftence is largely a duplication of that
of 1893, and there is strong probability
that the final report Of oats condition win
be ten points or more below the aver
age officially reported this week.
Winter wheat threshing is well under
way, and threshing reports, as we'll as
market movements, confirms all that has
heretofore been said concerning the
heavy yield and exceptional quality Of
the crop. Almost without exception re-
ports show a heavier Yield than antlci-
of possibilities that when final machine
results are secured, the aggregate crop
will be found larger than anything yet
claimed even by the most optimistic OBJ
serves.
The spring wheat crop is now in it's
critical stage of development. heading
and filling. Too much rain oYerfioWed
bottoms and damage Of rust cause some
apprehension, and not without justifca-
ton 1t must not be forgotten. however
that too much rain in the Red river val
ley is compensated by needed moisture
In the Jim river valley, but possible loss