The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-06-20
Condition of the Crops.

The Weather Bureaus weekly summary
of crop conditions is as follows:
Highly favorable temperature condi-
tions prevailed during the week in the
| great corn States of the central valleys;
the Central and West Gulf States suffer
ed from excessive heat, and the districts
from the Upper Missouri Valley to the
New England coast have experien ced
temperatures too low for favorable growth.
The Lower Missouri and Upper Missis-
sippi valleys, and the southern portion OF
the Upper Lake region, where in previous
weeks farm work has been interrupted by
heavy rains, have received additional
heavy rains, and crops in portions of
these districts are much in need of culti-
walton. Abundant rains have effectually
relieved drought in the South Atlantic
States, but the almost entire absence of
rain in the Central and West Gulf States
has intensified drought conditions previ-
ously existing in those sections. Weather
conditions of the Pacific Coast were
favorable, except in Oregon and Washing
ton, where the nights were too cool.
Corn has made rapid growth in Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, and
in portions of Illinois and Iowa, and is
much improved in Ohio In portions of
Iowa and Northern Illinois, the crop has
suffered from heavy rains, and in Wis
consin and Michigan from both excessive
moisture and low temperatures. In Ken
lucky, Tennessee, and generally through
out tue Middle and South Atlantic States
corn is doing well, but is suffering seri-
ously from drought in the Central and
West Gulf States, and is being cut for fod
der in portions of Texas.
Winter wheat has made generally ia
vorable progress during the past week,
further improvement being reported from
the Ohio Valley and Lake region. In
Northern Illinois the crop has suffered to
some extent from heavy rains, and much
lodging on rich soils is reported from
Wisconsin. Harvest has begun in Kan
sas and Southern Illinois, has progressed
under favorable conditions in Missouri,
is about finished in the Carolinas and
Tennessee, and wheat is ripening in
Southern Nebraska, with very promising
outlook. Winter wheat continues in
promising conditions in Washington and
Oregon and good crop is being harvest
ed in Northern and Central California.
Spring wheat has been damaged in
flooded valleys in portions of Iowa, but
is doing well in the dricr portions of the
State and Some of the late sown in South
Dakota is weedy. With these exceptions,
the crop is in excellent condition through
out the springwheat region.
Oats have suffered some injury in North
ern Illinois and portions of Iowa from
heavy rains, and too rank growth is re-
ported from Nebraska and Wisconsin;
elsewhere throughout the central valleys
and Lake region the crop has advanced
favorably, and is in promising conditions,
but less favorable reports are received
from the Middle and South Atlantic
States.
The season has been very favorable
for transplanting tobacco in the Middle
Atlantic States and Kentucky, and the
crop has suffered much from drought in
Virginia. North Carolina, and portions
of Kentucky. More favorable conditions
are reported from Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, and Wisconsin.
The general condition of grass con-
tinues favorable except in the Ohio Val
ley and Middle Atlantic States.