The St. Louis Republic., 1902-06-25
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
Agricultural Department on Condi-
tions in the SoUthWcst.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, June 2L--The weekly crop
report, issued to-day blythe Department of,
Agriculture, gives local conditions in the
Southw est as follows:
Mtssourt-unseasonably cool: drought in east
EN- counties relieved: showers interfered with
wheat harvest. but no serious damage to wheat
IN IN shgcS. Corn eNeeptionaliy pronlsng' earliest
well. hay crop will be very near ayerag &c. Minor
er0 seR9H 9 R'e S APgssb eF'PPag M m
ueme south; ncne elsewhere.
rains in middle AID northern counties. bat
druughty coldlLCns continue. Cotton clean. grgw-
Ing; lice damaging many fields. Corn generally
poor and unpromsing. Wheat thrasheG; yield
Melons being marketed Pears shedding freely
Aississl pp-Narm and showery until Saturday
then much cooler. Rainfall ample in north ard
in few southern counties but elsewhere light.
Cotton seneralIy improved, small but healthy.
and blooming generally. Lice continue damaging
cotton in Few localities. Early corn materially
Louisiana-Droughsy conditions relieved by
scattered showers ON TWO days, but a genera! rain
sS needed tGr al! crops Got9n improved where
corn seriously injured; late corn improved. Sugar
calittes. where drought continues. Irrigated rice
;Te2as-Hot and dr., Conditions serious and
much apprehension felt as TO effects OF prevailing
drought Cotton badly in need Of moisture;
deteriorating; reports Of shedding blooming to
S aTis % SnG GhsaisiaGtory irHItns inGreasinE Ice
harvested for forage: worst failure in veafE
Rice and sugar suffering for moisture stock
water scarce and many ranges bare
Arlansas-Weather favorable fore part Of week:
localities and insufficient In others Cot
ton clean and healthy and making good growth;
blooming nicely. Corn in localities benefited by
rain, and is made in some sections. Wheat har-
Vesting completed. average yield Oat harvest
ing incomplete. yield light. Fruits slightly i'm
Tenncssee-warm, dry weather. followed by
good rains in most sections latter part Of week.
In central basin drought prevails. Corn and cot
ton in fine condition. latter well formed and
blooming Tobacco growing well generally Oats
ripenns, much shortened by dry weather Wheat
thrashinS begun. Potatoes damaged by drought.
Apples and peaches scarce and dropping. Much
illinois-wea;ler cool with light rain. Wheat
harvest in progress: yield disappointing in south
hut prospects god north. Rye. oats, corn, mead.
ly injured by chlnch bugs in south. Apples drop
ping Peaches. light crop. Small fruits vary
Indiana-Tenlperatur averaged below normal
More rain than needed in extreme northwest, bur;
insufficient In extreme southwest countIss. S91me
rust on wheat damage slight wheat harvest un-
der way in south section. promises good yield.
Heavy crop Of clover being harvested. Oats prom
ise a good crop. Corn in excellent condition, ex-
cept IN ex;rcfne northwes'ern and southwest
counties; apples light crop; falling.
growth Of small grain. but too cold for corn
Winter wheat has ripentd slowly but harvest
beading nicely, OF rank growth and lodging
slightly Corn has grown slowly and some fields
Kansas-wheat harvest nearly finished in south
begun in north. but delayed by rains in most
and much being laid by: tasseiinE in south and
beginning to silk. oats crop unusually good
Pies doing well In some countless dropping in
others, Peaches ripe in south
alfalfa grass rye. barley. potatoes early peahces
and piuins being secured. with fair to good
bIi in good c6ndition; caring and growing rapidly
Cotton blooming and in excellent condition. cane;
kaftir, broom corn miliet and fax making good