The Forrest City times., 1902-04-25
NO. 81.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
The Nst'onsl Weather bureaus Weekly
Summary of the Crop
Situation.

Washington. April 23.--The weather
bureaus weekly summary of crop
conditions is as follows:
The week ending April 81 was
warmer than the average in the Pa
cific coast and Rocky mountain re-
gions. in the Missouri valley and the
northern districts to the eastward.
it. was too cool in the middle Allan
tic and southern states and decidedly
dry over the greater part of the CEN
tral valley and middle Atlantic states.
Rain is badly needed throughout the
Rocky mountain districts and CEN
tral valleys. and would prove bene-
fetal in the middle Atlantic states,
while excess of moisture has hindered
farm work in portions of the central
gulf states. The latter part of the
week was marked by abnormally high
temperatures in Kansas and Nebras-
ka, intensifying the drought condi-
tions in eight states. The gen
eral weather conditions. although not
conducive to rapid advance of vegeta-
ton, were very favorable for farm
ing operations in nearly all parts of
the country.
The progress of corn planting has
been rather slow. except in Missouri
and the southern states, this work be-
ing about finished in the central and
western gulf districts. 4 large acre
age Of ground is prepared for plant
ng in the states of the central val
leys, and some planting has been done
N southern Illinois, but none else
where northward of the Ohio river.
The carly planted corn is coming up
IN southern Kansas, where cultivation
| has begun.
Winter wheat has continued TO
| make slow growth and, on the whole,
is in less promising condition in the
| principal winter wheat states of the
central valleys than at the close of
the previous week. Moisture and mild
er temperatures are generally needed
for this crop throughout these dis
tricts and also in the middle Allan
tic states. The outlook in California
| continues promising and the crop has
experienced improvement on the
| north Pacific coast.
The termination of early sown spring
wheat, over the southern portion of
the spring wheat region has been
slow and seeding has been retarded
| by freezing in North Dakota. The
Red river valley lands in Minnesota
| are drying nicely, and seeding began
| on the 18th. Some reseeding will be
| necessary in Minnesota as n result of
the dust storm of April 10 and IL.
Seeding has progressed favorably on
the north Pacific coast.
In the Missouri and central Missis-
sippi valley states oats are making
slow growth and are much in need of
| rain and warm weather. In the south
ern states very general improve
ment is indicated. Seeding is well
advanced in the northern districts,
excepting New England and the
| northern portion of the middle At
lantic states.
Very good progress has been made
in cotton planting, except in por-
tions of Tennessee, the Carolinas and
Florida, and planting is nearing com
pletion over the southern portion of
the cotton belt. Over most of Texas
cotton is up to satisfactory stands
In Maryland ard Tennessee tobacco
plants are doing well, but in Virginia.
the Carolinas and Kentucky they are
small, and in places irregular. Some
transplanting has been done in South
Carolina.
The general outlook for fruit, ex-
cept for peaches, in portions of the
Ohio and central Mississippi valleys,
continues promising, no injury hav-
ing resulted from the frost in the dis
tricts east of the Rocky mountains.
Grass is very backward generally
throughout the central valleys, and is
in need of warmth and moisture.