The bee., 1902-04-17
condition & THE CROPS.
The United States Weather Bureaus
Weekly Summary of the
Crop Conditions.
SEASON is BACKWARD WEST AND SOUTH
Moisture Needed In the Ohio, Cen
trail Mississippi and Lower Mis-
souri, Valleys, Western Lake Re-
Gion, Southern Florida and the
Rio Grande Valley.

giOn, Southern Florida and the
Rio Grande Valley.
Washington, April 16.-The wealth
er bureaus weekly summary of crop
conditions is as follows:
Although the temperature, since
March /, has averaged above the nor-N
NAL over the northern portion of the
country east of the Rocky mountains,
the season is reported as backward in
these districts. except in New En-
gland and New York, where it is from
one to two weeks earlier than the ay-
erage. The season is also backward
in the southern states.
The week ending April Il was cold
in the central valleys and over the
interior portions of the Atlantic
coast and east gulf districts, al
though milder temperatures prevailed
during the latter part of the week in
the last named districts. Rain is
much needed in the Ohio, central Mis-
sissippi and lower Missouri valleys,
over the western portion of the lake
region, in southern Florida and the
Rio Grande valley, including New Mex
leo and Colorado. Frosts occurred as
far south as the northern portions
of the east gulf states and the in
terror of the Carolinas, causing no
serious damage. Warmer and dry
weather is badly needed on the north
Pacific coast
Corn planting is nearing compile
tion in the west gulf states and has
made favorable progress in the south
Atlantic and east gulf districts and
Tennessee This work is general in
Kansas and Missouri, and prepara-
tions in Iowa are unusually well ad-
vanced. Eastward of the Mississippi
no corn has been planted northward
of Tennessee, excepting little in
southern Virginia. In Texas and
Louisiana much of the crop is up to
fine stands and cultivation has be
gun.
While the growth of winter wheat
has been slow, very general inn
provement is reported from the prin-
cipal winter wheat states, although
the crop has deteriorated slightly in
central and northern Illinois, and is
suffering for rain in northern Mis-
souri,. Though somewhat improved
in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia,
the condition of the crop in these
states continues much below the av'
erage. On the Pacific coast winter
wheat has made rapid growth in Cal
ifornia, and n heavy crop is prom
ised near Tehachapi, but in. Oregon
and Washington the condition of the
crop is less promising, especially in
the last named state, where a large
area had to be resown.
Spring wheat seeding is well adj
vanced in the southern portion of the
spring wheat region, and a little has
been sown in southern North Dakota.
A sever dust storm in southern Min
nesota on the 10th and 11th uncov-
cred much of the sown grain. Warmth
and moisture are much needed for
termination.
Oat seeding is well advanced in the
states of the Missouri valley. The
early sown is looking well in Okla
homa, Kansas and the southern por-
tions of Nebraska and Missouri, but
termination has been slow in the
Ohio valley. and the crop has sus-
tained some injury by frosts in In
diana.
Cotton planting is well advanced
to the westward of the Mississippi,
and the early planted is coming up
to satisfactory stands in Texas. East
ward of the Mississippi planting, al
though late, is well under way over
the southern portions of Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina. But lit
tie planting has as yet been done in
Mississippi. Except in northerR Car
olina, tobacco plants are generally
plentiful and healthy, although small.
The fruit outlook, except for peaches
in some districts, is promising. Frosts
have caused injury to peaches in Ken
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