The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-07-18
THE CONDITION OF CROPS.
Weather bureau Makes Report as
o.. to How They Have stood
the Hot Spell.

Washington, July 1.-THE weather
bureaus weekly summary of crop con-
ditions is as follows:
The states of the middle Rocky mountain
and Missouri and Mississippi valleys have
experienced another, the third consecutive
week of intense heat, the maximum tenn
perature over a large part of these dis
tricts ranging above 100 daily during the
week, many stations reporting from 100
to l0T With an almost entire absence of
rain the crops in the region named have
been subjected to most unfavOrable cOndi-
tiOns. In the states lying imme Giately to
the eastward of the Mississippi river very
high temperatures have also prevailed,
but the heat has been less intense and its
effects not so serious al In the districts
10 the westward. On the Atlantic coast
very favorable temperature. cOrdiions
have prevailed with abundant rains, 'ex-
cessive and danaging' in portions of the
middle and south Atlantic. states. On the
Pacific coast Il, has been cool and dry with
frost in Washington on the 18th.
The corn crop as a whole in. the great
corn states of the central valleys has ma
teriaIIy deteriorated and has sustained seri-
Gus injury over the, western portion of
the corn belt, especially in Missouri, Ne
braska, Kansas tand Oklahoma "A very
large part of the crop is. lateJ however
and this has withstood the trying cohdi-
tion of drought and heat remarkably well
and with early rains will still make a fair
crop. Fhis is particularly applicable In
Iowa, Nebraska and portions Of Kansas
and northern Missouri.
The early corn in central and Southern
Missouri portions of eastern Kansas, Ar
kansas and in the central and west Gulf
states, has been irreparably injured. In
the upper Ohio valley corn, while needing
rain, has improved. Iand in the Atlantic
coast districts the crop has madeexcellent
progress. it' .. t' ..'
] Winter wheat harvest is about finished,
except in the more northerly portion of
the Atlantic, coast districts, where in some
sections It has been retarded by rain.
Harvesting has begun in the north Pa
cific coast region under very favorable
conditions. -l-r .......-'
Over the southern portion of the spring
wheat region spring wheat bGs ripened
prematurely and the general prospect is
less promising than previously reported.
IN the northern portion, however, the out
look continues favorable. Harvesting is
expected to begin in northern Minnesota
by the 18th. In Oregon spring wheat is
needing rain.
Oats have suffered In common with other
crops from heat and drought in the states
OF the central valleys. Harvesting is now
progressing in the more noItherly Sec
tons
lidylLS mas DetH Retarded Dy rains IN
the New England ard 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 val
leys, but a good crop is generally indicated
IN the lake region, upper Ohio valley and
extreme northwest.
Except in the CaroIinas and Florida, cot
ton is generally well cultivated, and over
the greater part of the central and west
ern districts Is standing the drought well,
although growth has been checked, and
fruitiIg at the top is commonly report
ed. Cotton has suffered from heavy rains
in North Carolina, where it is making
too much stalk. In Georgia the prospect
Is much below the average and many fields
have been abandoned In southwest Texas
early cotton is opening and some picking
has been done.
The weather conditions have been high
ly favorable for tobacco in the Atlantic
coast states, but the crop is generally in
need Of rain in the Ohio valley and is suf-
fering severely In the western portions Of
Kentucky.
The prospect for apples has been great
ly lessened, especially over the central
valleys, as a result Of heat. ....0I