The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-08-01
DROUGHT HURTING 5
SOUTHERN CROPS.
Excessive Rains Are Doing
Much Damage in Other
Sections.
CORN IS in FINE CONDITION.
Late Spring Wheat Is Also Very
Promising Outlook for
Oats Favorable.
CORN IS IN FINE CONDITION.

Washington, July % The Weather
Bureaus weekly summary of crop COL
ditions is as follows:
Drought of considerable severity gen.
orally prevails from Virginia and the
CArolinas westward over Kentucky,
Tennessee and the northern portion Of
the Centraland. East Gulf States, in
cluding Eastern Arkansas, Southeast
ern Missouri and the southern portions
OF Illinois and Indiana, while heavy
and damaging rains have continued in
Texas, portions OF the Missouri Valley
and lower lake region. Rains are gen
orally badly needed in the Central and
Southern Rocky Mountain district.
The temperature conditions have
been highly favorable except in New
Eneland, New York and Texas, where
it has been too cool, and in California.
where excessive heat has caused some
deciduous fruit to ripen faster than il
could be handled.
Corn Outlook Good.
The corn crop has experienced an
other week of exceptionally favorable
conditions over n much greater part OF
the principal corn srea, the least favor
able report being received from South
eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois,
where the crop is being injured by
drought. A fine yield Is promised 10
Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana and over
much the greater part OF Missouri, ILL
nOis and Ohio. In Iowa, where the
crop has suffered much in previous
weeks from heavy rains and lack of
cultivation, corn is improving, and in
the early fields is earring heavily. In
the Middle Atlantic States and TO the
southwark of the Ohio river corn has
suffered much from drought in sections,
especially the early planted.
Showers have prevented the COM
pletion of the winter wheat harvest in
the lake region, New England and
northern portion of the Middle Atlantic
States, where damage to wheat in
shock is quite extensively reported.
Else where harvesting is completed, ex-
cept ON the Pacific coast, where it is
progressing rapidly in Oregon and has
begnn in Washington.
Late spring wheat needs rain in por-
tions of South Dakota, and rust is ap-
pearing in North Dakota, but, on the
whole, its condition is very promising.
The crop is ripening rapidly in the
northern portion and harvesting has
begun in the southern portion of the
spring wheat region. In portions of
Southeastern Minnesota fields are too
wet for the binders.
Expect Good Yield.
Oats harvesting is progressing under
difficulties in the Upper Mississippi
valley and lake region, where the crop
is badly lodged and fields in some Sec
tions are too wet for reapers. Notwith-
standing these adverse conditions the
general outlook for large yield IL IA
vorable, especially ia the Missouri and
Upper Ohio valleys and the northern
portion OF the Middle Atlantic States.
AS rule the general outlook for ap-
Piles continues unpromising, although
in some sections q good crop is prom
ised- The most favorable reports are
ceived from New England, Eastern and
Nopthern New York, Michigan and
portions OF Illinois, Kansas and Okla
homa.
The bulk OF good hay crop has been
secured in the States of the central
valley. In the lake region and north
ern Nportion OF the shiiddle Atlantic
States haying continues, but has been
considerably delayed by rains and much
has been damaged.