Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-07-04


it is conservatively estimated, will
in shock that was not carried away
by the floods is beginning to sprout.
In the uplands corn and oats were
benefited by the rains, where not
blown down by the wind.
Damage in Michigan.
Detroit, Mich, July 2.-Detroit is
having clear, sunshiny day for the
first time since June 21.-'The rainfall
for June was 6.97 inches, an excess
of more than three inches. Corn,
late potatoes and beans in Michigan
have suffered severely from the heavy
rains. Wheat is said to be running
more to stalks than to heads, while
the lack of sunshine has kept the hay
from ripening. Plenty of warm sun
shine through July, however, will re-
pair to II great extent the damage
done by the excessive rains.
Corn Suffers in Ohio.
Cleveland, o., July 2.-After nearly
u week of continuous rain, the skies
cleared Tuesday and bright, cool
weather is reported throughout
northern Ohio. Reports from the
country districts show that while
corn and potatoes have suffered to
some extent, good crops may still be
secured if the weather is favorable
from now on. Wheat, oats and hay
have not been seriously damaged, and
the yield of these products, it is be-
lieved, will be fully up to the average.
Wheat Under Water.
Topeka. Kan, July 2.-The excessive
rains are doing much damage to the
crops of Kansas. In Pottawattamie
county over 700 acres of harvested
| wheat are under water. The water
reaches almost to the tops of the
shocks of wheat, and much of the
grain will be destroyed before the
water recedes. The rain throughout
| the eastern portion of the state early
Tuesday morning amounted to almost
a cloudburst. Corn aud other crops
are making a good growth, but the
| fields are so wet that they cannot be
cultivated, and the crop will therefore
| not make nearly so much as was indi-
Gated by the propects two weeks ago.
Crop Report.
Washington, July 2.-The following
is the weather bureaus weekly sum
| mary of crop conditions:
| The northern portion of the country east
| of the Rocky mountains have experienced
another decidedly cool week, with generally
abundant rainfall. In the southern states
| the week averaged warm. with phenom-
| enally heavy rains, where they were great
| ly needed, over large part of Texas and
| portions of northern Louisiana and
| Southern Arkansas. Much needed rains
| also occurred in portions of the cen
trail gulf districts, Tennessee, and
| the middle Atlantic states, but thought
| conditions are beginning to be quite
| seriously felt in the east gulf states
| Violent local storms caused large amount
\ of damage in central Indiana and south.
ern Ohio. Or the Pacific coast the weel
| was TOP cool for favorable growth In Wash
ington and Oregon but satisfactory CON
dltions prevailed in California, where all
crops are maturing rapidly and harvest Is
in general progress,
| The continued low temperatures through
| out the corn belt have checked the growth
OF corn, and heavy rains interrupted culti'
walton over large areas, these unfavorable
| effects being more general over the north
| ern portion OK the principal corn states
| where warm sunshine and dry weather are
| greatly needed, especially IN the lake re-
| gion and upper Mississippi Valley. The
sAsseeurt. Kentucky, Tennsssee. and in the