Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-02
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
Rains Have Done No Serious Damage to
Winter Wheat Crop,
LOW TEMPERATURE DELAYS EPENING
Corn Grows very Little for the Same
Reason, but Plant f. In n Healthy
Condition and in No Pres
emit Danger.

LINCOLN. July L-(special LIMITED
States Department Of Agriculture, climatic
and crop bulletin Of the weather bureau.
Nebraska section, for the week ending
June 80, 1902:
The past week has been cold and wet;
the daily mean temperature has averaged
IL degrees below normal in the eastern
counties and s degrees below normal in
western.
The rainfall exceeded an inch in most
parts Of the state, except the northern
counties, where II was slightly less than
an inch. The rainfall was heaviest In the
southeastern counties, where 1t ranged
from two to slightly more than four inches.
The cold, wet weather has caused winter
wheat to ripen slowly and has delayed
harvesting; considerable wheat, however,
was cut the past week and the heavy
rains seem to have had little Injurious
effect upon the wheat crop. Oats are a
very rank growth. arc lodging some and are
ripening in the southern counties. Corn
has grown very slowly because of the low
temperature; the fields are generally clear
Of weeds and the plant in good healthy
condition, and although a little small. is
being laid by in southern counties.
northeastern Section.
Cass-wheat harvest retarded by rain;
oats look line and promise good CROP corn
looks well; some apple trees full OF APP
pies.
Clay-Harvest retarded by rain; wheat
ripe and good crop; oats very good; corn
growing slowly, cultivation retarded.
Etllmore-Wheat %ripening SLOWLY oats
tatoes and alfalfa fine.
Gage-Oats rank; potatoes unusually
good; oats now promise fine crop; corn
small, growing slowly. some fields weedy.
Hamilton-Wheat rtpening slowly mar
vest progressing; oats large growth; po-
tatoes and grass fine; corn growing slowly.
JefersonEwheat harvest retarded by
rain; wheat good quality; oats very heavy
and beginning to ripen; corn hne' but rather
Johnson-wheat ripening slowly: harvest
has made little progress; wheat and corn
Lancaster = Oats making very heavy
growth, heading out well; wheat harvest
retarded by rain; corn being cultivated
Nuckolls-oats very rank; wheat harvest
r rood stand by a nam ia fprn e SiroTins Slowly out
Nemaha-Oats lodging considerably; corn
growing slowly. but in good condition.;
otoe-oats lodging badly; grass and pas
lures fine; wheat harvest and corn culti-
walton retarded by rain.
P~awnee-Fall wheat mostly cut; early
oats ripening; corn doing well.
Polk-wheat ripening unevenly. harvest
begun, very good; oats fine; corn growing
slowly, most fields clean and good stand.
Richardson-Wheat nearly all cut: oats
Cultivated third time; haying in progress.
Saline-Corn reasonably clean; wheat
being cut; oats continue good. but lodging
Saunders-winter wheat harvest COM
menced, but retarded by rain, crop good;
seward-wheat harvest commenced, crop
good. oats heavy crop; tame hay, IRE;
corn in good condition, but growing slowly.
tatoes extra good; apples growing we'll. but
falling some; corn growing slowly; oats
York-Wheat ripening slowly. harvest be.
gun; corn growing very slowly; oats prom
ise a good crop,
Northeastern Section.
Antelope-wheat and oats very rank; too
Burt-wheat and oats heading out and
look very promising; corn being cultivated
C~edarNSmail grain doing well: corn
backward; meadows good; new hay in the
market.
wheat and oats hne, excepting some rust;
some timothy cut; spring wheat fair.
promising good crop; corn rather short for
this time of year, but healthy; hay-making
begun.
Dakota-wheat and oats headed. in
most at a standstill, too cool; pastures
Dlxon-wheat and oats doing well; too
cool for corn.
Dodge-Sugar beets laid by and prospect
for large crop; small grain ripening slowly;
corn growing slowly: large crop of hay,
ed: rye light; potatoes good.
growing slowly.
promises large crop: wheat and grass
doing we'll, but rather cold for corn.
weather; wheat and oats heading; hay
making good crop; beets fine.
Pierce-Oats heading out; wheat being
damaged by rust; corn small, but good
stand; grass good and growing finely.
Platte-Spring wheat and oats heading
some; too cold for corn, fields tolerabiy
clean.
sarpy-oats growing we'll. but very
weedy; potatoes excellent; wheat not SO
,stanton-Rye, ripening slowly; corn be.
large; some rust In small grain.
Thurston-Corn growing slowly; wheat
crop; late potatoes look we'll; pastures
, Washington-smaI grain looks fairl,
a big crop; corn ckw
; Wayne-Growth and cultivation of corr
T; delayed by weather; small grain maturing
= In hne condition; some rust In wheat.
Central Section.
n ures good; stock doing well.
Boone-Oats rank. but .weedy; potatoes
e very good; corn doing well.
= Bufalo-Oats and barley look fine; whea
a and rye being cut; alfalfa hne crop, bu
: damaged in curing: corn backwar anC
E Custer-Good week for cultivation. blu
too cool for growth.
wheat turning: corn small.
Garfeld-Range and stock in fine condI
$ G-reeiey-Corn Backward, but good colo
: and clean; pastures fine.
: Howard-Some rye and wheat cut; grail
d ripening slowly: corn small but looks wei
: and quite free from weeds; hay big crop.
M~errick.Corn very backward. and som,