The age-herald., 1901-07-17
WEEKLY SUMMARY CROP CONDITIONS The Third Consecutive Week of
 Extreme Heat RAIN IN SOME SECTIONS In Southwest Texas Early Cotton Is Opening and Some Picking Has Been Done-Weather condI-
 tIons Favor Tobacco.
 
RAIN IN SOME SECTIONS

Washington, July 16.-The weather bu- reau's weekly summary of the crop con- dition is as follows:
 The state of middle Rocky Mountain and perienced another, the third consecutive week of extreme heat. The maximum week, many stations reporting from 10r to 107. With an almost entire absence O.. rain, the crops in the regions named have been subjected to a most unfavorable con- dition In the state lying immediately very high temperatures have also pre- vailed but the heat has been less intense and its effects not so serious as in the districts to the westward. On the Atlan- tic coast very favorable temperature con- ditions have prevailed with abundant of the middle and south Atlantic states On the Pacific coast 1t has been cool and dry with frost In Washington on the 12th corn states of the central valley have ma terially deterioated- and has sustained se- rfous injury over the western portion of the corn belt and especially in Missouri, Nebraska. Kansas and Oklahoma A very large part of the crop is late, however. and has withstood the trying conditions of drought and heat remarkably we'll, and with early rains will still make fair crop. This is particularly applicable in Iowa, Nebraska and portions of Kansas | and Missouri
 Rain Reported.
 The following stations report rain during the twenty-four hours ending a. m. July Is:
 Springfields, H., G1; Kansas City, .O2: Springfield, Mo- trace; Fort Smith, Ark, .O4 Wichita, Kas., .01; Omaha, Neb., IS; Valentine Neb., IS; Huron s. D., .os; St. Paul, .s0 Cheyenne, Wyo., .Os. The early corn in Central and South
 ern Missouri, portions of Eastern Kan sas, Arkansas and in the central and West Gulf states. has been irreparably | injured. In the upper Ohio Valley corn, | while needing rain has improved and in | the Atlantic coast districts the crop has made excellent progress. The winter | wheat harvest is about finished except | in the more northerly sections of the | Atlantic coast districts where in some | districts 1t has been retarded by rain. | Harvesting has begun in the North Pa- | ciffc coast region under very favora ble
 
 | of the spring wheat regions spring wheat | has ripened prematurely and the general | prospect is less promising than previous | ly reported. In the northern portion, however the | outlook continues favorable. Harvesting | is expected to begin in Northern Minne- | sota by the 18th.
 1 In Oregon spring wheat Is needing rain | Oats have suffered in common with other crops from heat and drought igp the | states of the central valleys. Harvest l ing Is now progressing in the more l northerly sections.
 l Having has been retarded by rains in l the New Englandand middle Atlantic | states, but has made good progress in the | Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys. The | yield will be very light In the states of the | Missouri and central Mississippi valleys, | but a good yield is indicated in the lake | region, upper Ohio valley and extreme | northwest.
 1 Except in the Carolinas and Florida | cotton Is generally well cultivated, and l over the greater part of the central and western districts is standing the drought we'll although growth has been checked | and fruiting at the top Is commonly re- | ported. Cotton has suffered from heavy rains in North Carolina, where 1t is mak- l ing too much stalk. In Georgia the pros- | pect Is much below the average and many | fields have been abandoned.
 | In southwest Texas early cotton is open- | ing and some picking has been done. The weather conditions have been highly fa- | vorable for tobacco in the Atlantic coast | states, but the crop Is generally in need | of rain in the Ohi valley and is suffering severely in the western portions of Ken | lucky. eaa | The prospect for apples has been greatly | lessened, especially over the central val | leys, as result of the heat. #-