Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-07

he weekly crop bulletin, issued
by the local bureau of the United
States Department Of Agriculture, il
as fullOws:
General Conditions - Generally
bright, mild weather prevailed over
the STATE throughout the week Farm
work was carried on umutrrruptrdlv
and rapid progress made iu pWNiug
tor corn, corn planting, spring oats
seeding, ana gardening. etc The
open weather prevailing Was also
favorable for vegetation. and some
improvement in the condition of
grass. pastures and fall SoWu crou>
took place. The soii, however. is
getting dry. and warm, soaking rains
would be of great value. iu some
sections of the State. pastures have
made sufficient growth To afford graz
ing for stock. but ia the southwest
Valley counties they are coming on
very slowly aud the turning out of
stock Is now about two weeks late.
The warm weather occurring 40 tine
fore part of the week was fol!our..
~ light froStS IN nearly al sections.
but no damage 10 vr.ttatiou occurrri
Winter Wheat a majority of the
spOndents repairing ou this crop
are of the opinion that SONS, Improve
mcnt IN ~ condition has taken place,
1t appears to hr elowlv ,o,rriug
from hr Effects Of he wint-~. How
ever. there d, n0 doubt thar the ,irid
wi.l Dec ,crN uuch reduced even with
the most favorable weather from uoN
ON. "a, the early Seeding Is generally
thiu. aud the late Seeding. for thc
most part. failed of germiuajiou.
some hcld, have bcrn pluNcd ul for
spring OATS.
Winter Oals-'rhis crop VA, 80
badly winter kiIled that a. o.. prav,i-
caily failure, and most all of the
acreage seeded to 1t last fall has hr,n
pioWcd zap for spriug oats
Spring oats seeding is about com
pl,trd in all portions of the State
except locally in the Valley section.
where the season is more than usually
backward and much of this work
remains to be done. In the Tide
water ami Middle division counties
the crop Is coming up and making
excellent growth, and in those local.
ties in the Valley section where il
has been seeded it is also coming uI
nicely. Good stands are being Sc.
cured. Rain would be beneficial.
Corn-Both plowinp for and th,
/ planting Of this crop have made ex.
celleut progress. A good deal OF
planting on upIands has been fin
ished. In most all sections tn,
ground is IN very good order: local lv
however, the reverse is true, the sol
being cloddy and refractory. Blu
little progress has been made towar,
getting in the crop in lowlands, tn,
soil being as yet rather too wet
Rain would be helpful for the germ
ination of the seed now in. but would
rrtard planting in the lowlandS.
Tobacco plants continue back
ward. Reports of scarcity. however
are local, the majority of correspon
dents this week reporting them to b,
plentiful.
Potatoes (lrish) are coming uI
nicely in all sections. Planting OF
,hls crop was about finished durin.
the week.
Fruit, peaches, plums, cherrie
and souIe varieties of apples, i
blooming heavily, and the prospect
for IA good crop are encouraging :,
far. Light local frosts have oc
curred, but 50 far without damage.
Truck crops continue promising
the weather having been very favor
able for them. except possibly fo
English peas, which need rain.