Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-24
ABNORMALLY COOL.
Summary of Reports to the Weather
Bureau.

The weather bureaus weekly summary
of crop conditions is as follows:
The week ending June % was abnormal
ly cool in all districts east of the Rocky
mountains. except along the south Atlantic
and gulf coasts, with more or less damag
ing frOsts in the central and northern
Rocky mountain districts, the Dakotas,
Minnesota and portions of Iowa and New
York. Local showers have afforded relief
in portions of the central gulf states and
over very limited areas in Texas, but in
much the greater part of that state no rain
has fallen and high temperatures have pre-
vailed. Portions of the lower Missouri
valley and lower lake region continue to
suffer from excessive rains. The conditions
on the Pacific coast were favorable not
withstanding the prevalence of hot, drying
winds in Washington.
The unseasonably low temperatures have
checked the growth of corn over the north
ern portion of the corn belt, and cutiva-
ton has been retarded by rains in portions
of the upper Ohio valley, upper lake region
and upper Missouri valley. In the lower
Missouri valley, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and the middle and south Atlantic
states the crop has made favorable prog
ress. In the central gulf states early corn
has been seriously injured by drought, and
in Texas the crop is poorest for a number
of yeors.
Winter wheat harvest has been delayed
by rain in the lower Missouri valley, but
has progressed favorably in the Ohio val
ley and middle Atlantic states. The crop
has experienced no unfavorable conditions
during the week, although low tempera-
lures have checked ripening over the
northern portion of the winter wheat
states, where the heads are filling we'll
In Oregon and Washington hot, drying
winds have prevailed, but wheat has es-
capped injury, and in California, where ship
ments have begun. harvesting continues
under favorable conditions.
Spring wheat has made excellent progress
generally throughout the spring wheat re-
gion, and is heading in the more northerly
portions. Too rank growth however, is
reported from Wisconsin and Iowa with a
tendency to rust in the last named state
The general outlook for oats continues
promising in the states of the central val
leys and northwest, although rank growth
and lodging are reported from the central
Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys In
Arkansas, Tennessee and western Ken
lucky prospects have been lessened by
drouth. Harvesting has begun as far north
as southern Kansas and Virginia.
As in the previous week cotton has ex-
perienced favorable conditions over the
northern portion of the central and western
districts and generally throughout the east
ern portion of the cotton belt; lice are,
however, more extensively reported and
some fields In South Carolina are grassy.
With very little rain in Texas and only
scattered showers over the southern por
ton of the central districts, the growth of
cotton has been checked, especially in
Louisiana and Texas, and in the last-named
state shedding blooming tops and unsatis-
factory fruiting are reported, but lice and
boil weevil are disappearing.
general Improvement in the condition of
tobacco is reported especially in the Car
olinas, Tennessee and Maryland
The outlook for apples in New York and
New England is promising, but the pros
poets are not favorable in the middle Al
lantic states and central valleys.
Much Improvement in the condition of
grass is reported from the middle Atlantic
states and upper Ohio valley and the gen.
eral favorable condition of this crop in the
states of the central valleys continues.