The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-11
practically the same as the ten-year
average.
CONDITIONS UP TO SEPT. o.
Weather Bureaus Weekly Summary
of Crop Conditions.

OF crop Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O-Followlng Is
the weather bureaus weekly summary OF
crop conditions:
The weather conditions of the week
ending Sept. g. 1901, have been generally
favorable for gathering and maturing
late crops in nearly all sections east of
the Rocky mountains and on the Pa
ciic slope. Rains retarded work in Ne
braska and South Dakota and caused
some damage to crops in the first named
state, while drought conditions still con>
tinue in portions of Texas and Oklahoma
and rain is needed in the central dis
tricts.
Light frosts were general in the Rocky
mountain divisions and in Northern
Michigan, while little snow occurred In
Montana.
Conditions have been particularly
favorable in the South Atlantic and guilt
districts, which have In the past four
weeks experienced unusually heavy pre-
cipitation. Reports from the principal
corn producing states west of the Missis-
sippi river Indicate that late corn is
maturing rapidly and that cutting is in
active progress in all sections, being
nearly completed in internal localities.
Corn crop continues to improve in Ne
braska, but is filing little better than
anticipated In Iowa the late planted
fields will be beyond danger of frost by
Sept. 20 in the dry sections of the state
about one-half the acreage being already
in shock except portions of Northern
districts. In Missouri the crop is drying
up. Generally favorable reports are re-
ceived from states east of the Missis-
sippi river with the exception of Illinois,
where corn has deteriorated slightly and
It's maturity fastened by dry weather
Cutting is in progress in the North in
sections under very favorable conditions.
The weather of the past week has been
more favorable for cotton. This staple
is opening rapidly in all sections and
picking is in general progress. Com
plants of rust and shedding still con-
tinue, however, from the eastern and
central districts of the cotton belt and
the top crop is short In Georgia and
Florida, while reports of damage from
boil worms are received from Mississippi
and Louisiana. No improvement is noted
in the late crop in Texas 1t having quit
blooming and growing in the drought
stricken districts and is shedding and
rusting badly at every rainfall.
Favorable reports regarding tobacco
come from nearly all districts. Cutting
is in general progress and a satisfactory
crop is indicated, although tobacco is
light in North Carolina and Wisconsin
and curing very badly In Maryland.
No Improvement in condition of apples
is reported. This fruit is deteriorated
in nearly all sections and prospects for
a poor crop are indicated, but in portions
of Arkansas and West Virginia a good
crop is generally promised. In Missouri
and Indiana apples continue dropping
and many trees are dying in the first
named state.
Owing to dry soil conditions, plowine
hoc 1nd in Mi0hjca1
sin, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and
portions of Kansas and the states of the
Ohio valley, elsewhere this work has
progressed rapidly. Some wheat has
been sown in Missouri, but the soil is
too dry for seeding in general.