The Savannah morning news., 1901-07-17
THIRD WEEK OF HEAT
APPS GENERALLY ARE IN POOR
0h0 CONDITION.
CORN FIELDS BURNING UP.
uroN STANDS DROUGHT WELL,
BUT is BACKWARD.

THE Prospect in Georgia Much Be-
~ the Average, and Many Fields
uaye Been Abandoned - The
yr..tern Corn Crop Has Been Seri-
t,, Injured by the Heat, but a
,-ce Part of the Crop Is Late and
uos stood the Conditions Remark
~, NNeII-Cotton Picking Has
Begun in Texas
washington, July 16.-The weather
n,,raan's weekly summary of crop con-
diuons, says;
Tho states of the Middle Rocky
,f,,.ntain region and Missouri and Mis-
stseinl valleys have experienced anoth.
tba laird consecutive week of i'll
,s,ss heat. With an almost entire alb
sorce Of rain the crops in the region
,-or,ad have been subject to most un-
favorable conditions. In the states ly-
inc, Immediately to the eastward of the
Mississippi river very high tempera-
tores have also prevailed, but the heat
has been less intense and its effects not
so serious as in the districts to the
westward. On the Atlantic coast very
favora BILE temperature conditions have
,,yev8iled with abundant rains, eXces-
sive and damaging in portions OF the
Middle and South Atlantic states.
Corn Crop Badly Damaged.
The corn crop as a whole, in the
great corn states of the Central val
ievs has materially deteriorated, and
has sustained serious injury over the
western portion of the corn belt, espec-
iallv in Missouri Kansas and Oklaho-
ma very large part of the crop is
late however, and this has withstood
the trying conditions of drought and
heat remarkably well, and with early
rains win still make a fair crop. This
is particularly applicable to Iowa, Ne
braska and portions of Kansas and
Northern Missouri. The early corn in
Central ana Southern Missouri, por-
tons of Eastern Arkansas, Kansas and
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.
Winter wheat harvest is about fin
ished except in the more northerly por-
tion of the Atlantic coast districts,
where in some sections it has been re-
tarded by rain. Harvesting has begun
in the North Pacific coast region I'M
der very favorable conditions. over the
southern portion of the spring wheat
region spring wheat has ripened pre-
maturely and the general prospect is
less promising than previously report
ed
In the northern portion, however, the
outlook continues unfavorable. Har-
vesting is expected to begin in North
en 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. Har-
vesting is now progressing in the more
nOrtherly sections.
Condition of Cotton.
Except in the Carolinas and Florida,
cotton is generally well cultivated and
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 COM
monty reported. Cotton has suffered
from heavy rains in North Carolina,
where it is making too much stalk.
In Georgia the prospect is much be-
low the average, and many fields have
Deen abandoned.
In Southwest Texas early cotton is
opening and some picking has been
done
The weather conditions have been
Mighty favorable for tobacco in the
Atlantic coast states. but the crop is
generally in need of rain in the Ohio
valley, and is suffering severely in the
western portions of Kentucky.
The prospect for apples has been
greatly lessened, especially over the
central valleys as a result of heat.