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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04

Ill. Brigham, the representative of the
department on the government board.
As on former occasions, the president
has appointed the assistant secre-
tary of this department to be the
chairman of the government board.
Some Large Figures.
The secretary concludes his report
with some interesting figures illustra-
tive of the magnitude of the agricul-
tural industry. In 1900 the fixed capt.
tai of agriculture was about $40, 0OO.-
100000, or four times that invested in
manufacture. In that year there were
nearly five million seven hundred and
forty farms in the country covering
S41 100000 acres, four hundred and
fifteen millions of which consisted of
improved land. According to the re-
turns of the last census, about forty
million people, or more than half of
the total population in 1900, resided
on farms. Of the 29,OOO,OOO persons
reported as engaged in gainful occu-
pations, ten million-more than
third-were employed in agricultural
pursuits. The produce of American
agriculture in 1899, including farm
animals and other products, aggre-
gated nearly five billions of dollars.
The most valuable crop was Indian
corn, $s2s,O00,00O; then hay and for
age, S4S4,O00.000; then cotton, 1924
100000; wheat returned 1870, 900 900;
and oats $217,00O,0OO. The animals sold
ana slaughtered during the year were
valued at over $9OO,OOO,O0O, the pro-
ducts of the dairy gave $472,0OO, 900,
while poultry and eggs returned
over S2s1 100000. The concluding
statement of the secretary is that re-
suits in the work of the government
for agriculture are justifying eXpendi-
lures, and the future will still fur
Their show the value of science applied
to the farm"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04
FAY Hawes Camp Election.

Fay Halves camp. No. PSI, II. n. A,
Tuesday evening elected officers for
the year as follows:
Oracle-AIrs. Margaret Hill.
Vice Oracle-Mrs. Mary Cary.
Past Oracle-Mrs. Mary Kelley.
characteristics. Nettie Mckinney.
Recorder-Mrs. Agnes Simpson.
Receiver-Mrs. Mary j. Hamaker.
Marshal-Mrs. Ella Fuller.
Inner Sentinel-Mrs. Mary j. Fowl
err.
Outer Sentinel-Mrs. Staassen.
Pianist-Miss Josephine Kingsley.
Manager for three Years-Mrs.
Mary McNellis.
delegate to State Camp-Mrs. Ag-
mes Simpson; alternate, Mrs. Mary E.
Kelley.
Physicians-Dr. Emily Wright, DR..
j. =. Comegys.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04
LOCAL mAhKEr UoNDIrIONs.
roday's Quotations on Provisions. Live
Stock. Feed and Fuel.
ProvfslonR-

Rock Island, Dec. 4.-There are few
striking changes in the local markets.
Creamery butter has taken jump
recently and as result the demand
for olio and other substitutes is grow
ing stronger The recent storms have
tended to prevent the bringing of pro-
duce to the city. Following are to-
DAYS Wholesale quotations:
Butter-Creamery Ssc, dairy 2lc.
I.fye pouitry-Spring chickens &c per
pound, hens sc per pound, ducks Sc, turkeys
iVeSetabies-Potatoes. S5c to acc,
Frlit-Apples SOC TO 75c per bushel.
Live Stock.
Cattle-Steers $50 to $780, cows and
heifers SEQ to s4.5O. calves t450 to e6.oo.
Ho9S-Mfxed and butchers "a. 10 to o. 90
Sheep-Yearlings or over, per cwt. % 90 to
a 90. Lambs per head % 90 60 f4.50.
Feed and Fuel.
Grafn-Corn new, 40543c; oats, 3Oc to SIC.
Extraordinarily hay, sli to ei3. prairie
$40 to sii, baled prairie %, baied timothy sl9,
Wood~Hard, per load $500.
Coai-Lump per bushel i3c, slack, per
bushelsc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04
Growth of Forestry.


Considerable space is devoted to the
work of the department in forestry.
1t is shown that interest in this sub
ject is growing with surprising ra-
pidity. Its Importance has been rec
ognized by the department of the in
terror, which is now advised officially
by the bureau of forestry in matters
of forest policy for the national tim
Der reserves covering some 60,000,00O
acres. In his report the sec
rotary enters an earnest plea
for the establishment of the APP
palachian forest reserve. He states
that the water-power, at an aggre-
gate annual value of $2O,OO0,O00, is be-
ing gradually destroyed through in
creased irregularity in the flow; that
the soils washed down from the noun
tain slopes are rendering annually
less navigable the Ohio, Tennessee
and Mississippi rivers. These are the
results of the deforestation of these
mountain slopes. He states that the
rate of land erosion on these slopes
from which the forest cover has been
removed is as great now in single
year as during ten centuries when
covered with primeyal forests.
Exhibit at st. Louis.
During the year the department
undertook preliminary work on an
exhibit of the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position, which is designed to be the
best ever made by the department.
1t is to illustrate as nearly as possible
the workings of the various bureaux,
divisions and offices of tho danarf
ment, and it is prepared by the heads
of these offices under the general di-
rection of the Assistant Secretary J.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04

In today's markets:
Wheat.
Res ee;, Re RI 7 e: SECS; 2s2s: 1sls-
/ July, 7S7s; 73S; 1874; 7Sss-.
J., Corn. t...'
Dec. 81 !; 552i; 54sl; 54X.
Jan. 10; Asa 49, az
May. SIS; 1855; sS1s 4SA-.
Oats
Dec. sox; slss: sOzl-: soH-
May, S27s-; sz5s; 327s: s23s
Jan, 10 90; 1875: IS 90: 1895
May, l5.:2; 1874; Is -. 1910
Dec. 10 %; 10 s.: 10 %: IO.35.
Jan, 97O-: 9 so; e.67: $50
May, s.95; OF; $50; 9.o2
Ribs.
jan, s.27: 81: %; 81.
May, 8 10; s -; $40: S.25
Rye. Dec 491l; May 5l14b. 51Ha: fax, cash.
n. w. LIS. s. w. La Dec. LA. May l.22b l.22a
Receipts TODAY: Wheat SIS corn lao. oats
IA: hogs 5000; cattle 5000. sheep 10000.
hog market opened strong to shade
higher.
hogs at Omaha $500, cattle 1900.
Light, 8 9OG6 S5; mixed and butch.
Cattle market opened 10000 higher than
sheep market opened steady.
Union stock yards $40 a. m.
Hos market ds 9 9 SiGo d higner
@6.55: good heavy, s6.0OG64o; rough heavy,
6.(00i620.
Cattle market aOc higher than Monday.
Beeves S3.E0d7.50, cows ana heiters SI.2S0
AGO. Texas steers % S1d5 so.
sheep market steady to strong.
Hog market closed firm and 10C higher.
Light, 5.95a6.4O; mixed and butchers, % 10
@e.e0; good heavy. Is l5Ge.e5; rough heavy,
t6tOQ6.2o
CatIle market closed strong.
Sheep market closed steady.
Estimated receipts Friday: wheat 90
corn 1876 oats $50. hogs 10000.
New York Stocks.
New York Dec. 4.-The following are the
closing quotations on the New York stock
exchange:
SO. Pacific e2k, sugar I20S, @. A. com. 3d.
gas 1l0S Penna. 1868. b. & o. ee4. g. r. L 8
p com A. G. M. g. ST. r ia, Manhattan 1885,
PACING Mail s9I4. Atchison com. s2H. w. Y.
Tel. Co. S71S. n. Y. Central 1881, l.. & N.
1851, B. r. II 64%. Rdg. com. 50. leather
com: i21l. copper SOS. Atehison ptd ss2s: ,sI y
Missouri Pacific iO5K, Union Pacific common
99H coal and iron 56s. Erie common 3Sn.
wabash pfd 431k. Can Pacific 127s[, Republic
Steel common 1854. Republic Steel pfd. rs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04

DONE CITY.
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koco 81
Dyspepsia Cure
DigestS what you eat.

Many persons worry because they
are too fat, and many more worry be-
cause they are too thin. In both cases
the food eaten is not properly digested.
Fat persons digest fat producing
foods and do not digest foods thatgiv
muscular and nervous strength. They
are not as strong as they look, and de-
serve more sympathy than they get.
Thin persons cannot digest fat pro-
ducing foods. Sometimes they digest
nerve and muscle foods and become
nervous and wiry; but usually they dc
not properly digest anything.
Nature has made provision for the
digestion of all classes of foods; and
when our digestion becomes impaired,
il is wisdom to take steps at once to
remedy it. Many thousands are using
with marked success the preparation
known as KoDoL DYSPEPSIA CURE.
AS it contains all the digestants, it
digests all kinds of foods and restores
the digestive organs to health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04
ONE MINUTE Couch Cure

Cures quickly. That's what It's made foI
For sale by Harper House pharma-
cy and Al. Reiss, corner Seventh av-
enue and Twenty-seventh street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04
1t can't help but
do you good

Prepared only by T. O. DEWITT & Co., Chicago.
The O.. bottle contains 2k times the Soc size
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-04
TODAY'S MARKETS

Chicago, Dec. 4-Following are the open
ing. highest, lowest and closing quotations
In today's markets:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
EASTER AT CENTRAL METHODIST.
An Immense Crowd at Sunday Night Service
Splendid Program Rendered.

Beautiful and appropriate Easter eX
ercises were held in the Central NIetho-
dist Church Sunday night. The church
was crowded and the doors between the
church and Sunday School room were
thrown open and the two rooms made
into one and still there was not room
enough.
The program was as follows:
Opening chorus, ''Morn of Life" by
chorus of thirty children.
Prayer by the pastor.
Recitation, "Lucy's Tribute" Miss
Mamie Hicks.
Song. wake Sweetest Strains" by
the chorus.
Recitation, ""We Shall Rise" Master
William Smelling Hicks.
Exercise, "The Lily's Message" by
Misses Ludie Startling. Maud Pollard
Florence Bagwell, Lizzie Leo and Ruth
Lee.
Song. ''Who viii join" by class from
primary.
Solo, ''Of Ssuch is the Kingdom of
Heaven" Miss Lizzie Hogan.
Exercise. "The Lilys Message" by
Misses Francis Fleming and Matte Ut
ley.
Song, "The Mighty Victor" by the
choir.
Exercise, BLOSSOMS of JOY" by Miss
es Annie ONeil, Lizzie Hogan, Lillian
Younger and LOWE Keuster.
Solo, 'Beyond the Gates of Paradise"
by Miss Lola Thomas.
Recitation. Purity, Truth and FRA
GRANGE" by Miss Laura Norman.
Solo, Beautiful Story of Eaaster," by
Miss l lillian Younger.
Song, 'The Morning Dawneth Fair"
by the chorus.
Recitation by Miss Mildred Keuster.
Recitation Easter Dawn" and song,
lilly Bell by class from primary.
Song, 'Jesus Lives, by chorus.
I Addresses by the pastor, Rev. c. T.
Adams, and Mr.. d. a. Pierce
Song, Rejoice, Rejoice" by the
chorus.
The music of the evening was furnish
ed by Miss Sadie Keuster.
Mr.. d. A. Pierce, superintendent of
the primary department, and Misses
Bette Ruth and Gertrude Royster. his
assistants are to be congratulated upon
the grand success of this splendid Easter
exercise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
'XX1OnAN f: !: !
Y ' :: SOCiety.1

The Tuscarora Club will meet with
Mrs. Sam Ashe this evening at $3.50.
Miss Sallie Whitaker is quite sick at
her home on North Person street.
Mr. w C. Blasingame and Mrs Bias
ingame, of Clayton are registered at the
Marlborough.
Miss Emily Hunt Walker returns to
the Randolph Macon Institute in Virginia
this morning.
Mr. w. Fl. Holloway received mes
sage yesterday that his sister, Mrs. J.
F. McDuffe of Rock Springs, N. c., is
critically i'll.
Miss Irma Lyon, Of Durham, came in
yesterday afternoon and is staying with
her cousin, Mrs P B. Cannady, on West
Martin street.
Miss Ruth Hughes has been spending
Easter here with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Hughes She will return to the
Greensboro Female College today
The meeting of the Young Ladies Mis-
sionary Society of the First Baptist
church, the announcement for today
Tuesday has been postponed until furth-
er notice.
Miss Campie Short, of Peace Insti-
tute, left yesterday for her home in
Washington, N. c., to attend the marriage
of her sister, Miss Bessie Short, on next
Wednesday.
There will be a meeting of the Colo
NAL Danes Wednesday at II o'clock a.
m, at the residence of Mrs. j. M Hecks.
This will be a business meeting and all
members and applicants are requested TO
attend
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
THE EXCURSION TO FUQUAY.
a Big and Jolly Crowd go Down on the Raj
eigh and Cape Fear.

Away from the rush and hustle of the
city, out under the sparkling spring SUM-
through the wide reaches of field and
farm and woodland where the tender
green of the willow and maple and the
pink flush and pearly wave of
peach and plum blossoms and the
warm grays and reds and browns of new
ly ploughed fields-all are rich in the
promise of fuller, more vigorous life to
come, the Easter Monday excursion train
sped on from Raleigh to Fuquay Springs.
Such crowd. 1t filled the two coaches
and overfowed on to the platforms. And
such a merry, happy go-lucky conglom-
GRAFTON of humanity as they were. so full
of fun and pranks-So ready to laugh
and sport and dance-so bubbling over
with the mere joy of existence.
Perhaps it was owing in part to the
day-the flooding sunlight. the keen sweet
winds, the cloud-fiecked blue skies
Whatever the cause no gladder, madden,
merrier mob ever dashed down on the
"Rhamkatte vestibule" to quaff from the
crystal founts of Fuquay
And though, when later in the day
old Sol, occasionally hid himself in
cloudy payilons from the riotous as
saults of the March gale that shrieked
and whistled like crazy banshee
through the lofty trees of the Spring
Park, many of the thinner blooded ex-
eursionists fed to the friendly shelter of
nearby homes, where upon broad hearths
the great lightwood knots dubbed and
fiared warm red welcome, yet few
were disposed@ to complain. The spirit
of spring was in their hearts. it's glow
in their cheeks, its radiance in their
eyes. They shivered and shrugged.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Progressive Peanut Party

Kinston, N. c.. March 31.-(SpeciaI.)-
Mrs. Geo P. Fleming gave a Progress
sive Peanut" party, complimentary to
her friend, Mrs. B. E. Parham, of Green
Vile, N. c.
The angling for peanuts in bowls OF
water afforded much apartment The
parlor was Hastily decorated with plants
and cut flowers Pink being the color
scheme was most beautifully carried
out in the score cards, also in the de-
lightful refreshments, which were served
after the game. The prizes were very
unique and quite appropriate Invited
to meet Mrs. Parham were Mesdames
Marston, Sol Dixon, L. Einstein, A. S.
Wooten. w. A. Bobbitt, Dan Quinerly,
Hugh Parham, Fl. II. Granger, ]. A.
Long and Miss Dixon, of Greene county.
Mr. w. A. Cooper took his large Sun
day school class on their annual Easter
Monday picnic yesterday near Inwood.
= Miss Emma Page, of Aberdeen, ar
rived yesterday afternoon to attend
Miss Blodgetts Bible class.
Miss May N Blodgett. who will con-
duct a Bible class here, arrived from
Greensboro yesterday afternoon and is
stopping with Mrs. w. H. Worth.
Miss L A. Marshall left for her home
in Baltimore yesterday afternoon
Miss Lucy Rives left for Rocky Mount
yesterday afternoon to visit relatives.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Stewart O'Nell.

Clayton. n c., March 31.-(SpeciaL)-
At the home of Mr.. Comado Filler. Mr..
]. S. Stewart, of Clayton, and Miss Eva
O'Neil were united in marriage, Rev.
Mr. Fisher officiating. After the cere-
mony the bridal party was ushered to
the home of the groom, where an elegant
supper was served
The attendance were Mr.. Daniel
Creech, Miss Lena White, Mr.. Bell
Adams, Miss Patsey Ellis, Mr.. George
Munford Miss Bette Green Mr.. Curnel
Jones, Miss Annie Ellis, Mr.. Dave Wilder,
Miss Lucy Wall, Mr.. M. Jones, Miss
Mammie White.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Reed. Kitchin.

Invitations have been received by
friends in this city as follows:
"Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Reed request
the honor of your presence at the mar
riage of their daughter, Hesta, to Mr..
Julian Percival Kitchin, on Wednesday
April the ninth, nineteen hundred and two,
at eleven o'clock, Fanethes- on savanna
noa near Biltmore, North Carolina
The bride elect is he charming daugh-
ter of Hon NJ. l.. Reed. very promi-
nent citizen of Buncombe county. Mr..
Kitchin is the cousin of congressman
VIII and Claude Kitchin, from this State,
and is secretary of the Scotland Neck Cot
ton Mills
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
PRACTICALLY STARVING.

ga few bottles Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
cured my wife of a chronic case of stom-
ach trouble says J. r. Holly, real
estate, insurance and loan agent, OF
Macomb. Ill. Before using Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure she could not eat without
intense suffering You don't have to
diet. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will always
digest what you eat-W. II. King Drug
Co., Bobbitt & Wynne Drug Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Panoramic View

The Primary Glass of the Tabernacle
Baptist Sunday school were given a
panoramic view of the Life of Christ last
night, which greatly interested the little
ones. Miss Carrie Cooper, the two and
a half year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. A. Cooper rendered a beautiful solo,
the whole class joining in the chorus.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

Dance given by this social organization
and it is an event looked forward to with
keen anticipation.
The event this year is in the hands of
an excellent committee, a guarantee that
it will equal, if not surpass the former
brilliant dances given by the club The
committee consists of Messrs. c. T. Har-
riss, e. B. Graves, Jno. A. Moore N. B.
Whitehead, Jno. A. Clark and T. w. An
derson, j..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

There will be a meeting of st. Mary
Guild at the home of Mrs. Harry Loeb'
on West Martin street, at o'clock TINS
afternoon. Several matters OF great I'M
portance are to come up, and 1t is earn
estly desired that as many as possible
will attend.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
An Ideal Host.

KinstOn, ~ c., March 31.-(Special)--
Col. and Mrs. w. A. Bobbitt have had
for the past two weeks as their guests
Miss Elizabeth Mcintosh. of Savannah,
Ga; Miss Julia B. Moore, Augusta. Ga,
and Miss Hall, of Sandersville, Ca
Messrs. J. f.. Rogers, w. r. Clements
and w. A. Mitchell, of North Carolina.
Mrs. Bobbitt is an ideal hostess and
each guest present felt the magnetism
OF her gracious hospitality.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Etheridge- Kennedy.

Friends have received this invitation:
Mr. and Mrs E. E. Etheridge invite you
to be present at the marriage of their
daughter, Pearl Marmaduke, to Mr..
Stephen White Kenney, on Wednesday
morning, April 9th, 1902, at $50 O'Clock.
St Thomas Episcopal Church, Windsor,
North Carolina.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Left on Easter.

Easter brought it's emharrassments as
we'll as it's joys. Two young men with
two young ladies went into iirst-ciass
restaurant and ordered dinner for four.
and after the waiter had received the
order and was about to serve them, the
young ladies politely got up and walked
out leaving the young men to feast by
themselves.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
NOTICE.

Having sold out my picture and art
store, and wishing to close up all my
outstanding accounts, 1 request all par
ties owing accounts to call at Watson's
Photograph Gallery and settle same /
am obliged to the public for past pat
ronage for twenty years.
+. A. WATSON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Colonial Danes

There will be a business meeting of
the Colonial Danes at the home of Mrs
J. M. Heck on Wednesday morning from
eleven to twelve o'clock. All members
and applicants are requeted to attend
MRS. E. E. MOFFITT, Chairman.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

armed themselves with long, 1.-THE reeds
presented one another with the reddest
kind of hot jackets, and laughing to
scorn the ribald gale that threatened to
cheat them of Easter joys, voted the day
glorious.
And there is no denying that it was.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Marriage Hour Changed,

On account of change in train sched-
ule the marriage Of Miss Lucie West and
Mr.. James Litchford will take place at
the Church of the Good Shepherd on
Thursday morning, April the third, at
10: so instead of IL O'Clock.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Wilson German Club.

Tonight in Wilson there will be a most
delightful dance given by the Wilson
German Club. 1t is the annual April
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01
Buying SOS Mattresses.

A great many dealers don't tell the custom
ers the fact about mattresses. Whats the
use of educating the public so muca? 1t only
makes them harder to sell to-"
What! Telling the facts makes 1t harder
to sell We find that telling the facts makes
selling easier. There must be something wrong
with facts that makes selling hard-arc they
facts anyway? Here are nine facts about the
ROYAL ELASTIC FELT MAT TRESS:
!. They are softer and more elastic than hair.
2. They retain their softness and elasticity
much longer than hair,
3. They will never become hard or lumpy
or lose their shape.
4 They are more healthful and cleanly than
hair or feathers.
5. They are proof against moth while hair,
wool or feathers are subject to them.
6. They require no making over.
7. With ordinary Us: they will be in excel
lent condition for more than fifteen years.
8. Their first cost is not one-half that Of
hair mattress of good quality.
9. They are lighter than cheap hair mat
tresses and about the same weight of good
hair mattress,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

Mafhushek

manufacture all parts OF
MATHUsHEk There
failures, a S impossiblty
allowed
obtainab higher
be used
to O vi a MATHUsHEK
haveth
costly advertising
and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-01

3O-tf.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-06
nrREAu,s srMMARY.

Washington, August 5--The weather
bureaus weekly summary Of crop condi-
lions Is rs follows; The drouth prevailing
in the previous week from Virginia and
the Carolinas westward to Arkansas has
been largely broken. the rains being ex-
eesslyely heavy over the western part Of
the region named. Drouth, however, con
tlnues IN portions Of the lower Ohio valley,
the Carolnas aud Northern Georgia. Tho
Central and Northern portions Of Texas
have again received heavy rains and the
lake region and the northern portion Of
the Middle Atlantic States also have sut-
fered TO some extent from excessive mois.
ture Portions OF Kansas, Nebraska and
the Northern Pacific coast region are in
need of rain. Generally the temperature
conditions have been highly favorable.
Corn has made excellent progress In the
principal corn producing States and an un-
usually fine crop Is promised
Some winter wheat remains 10 be har-
vested in extreme northern districts. where
harvesting has bean much delayed by rains
aud considerable damage has been done 20
wheat In stack and shock. IisrN cting Is
In general progress on the North Pacific
coast under favorable conditions
Snriug wheat harvest has been somewhat
DELAYED By showers In Minnesota.
oats harvest In the nortQern districts has
progressed under more favorable condition
than In the previous week and 10 nearing