Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-07
CONDITION OF THE CROPS
Favorable Week for CONNECTION Pick
ing Progressing Rapidly.


Climatic and crop conditions for the past
week are contained in a report issued by
the weather bureau, which was the last
weekly report of this season. 1t relates
that in all districts east of the Rocky
mountains the temperature conditions dur
ing the week were highly favorable for I'M
matured crops. The northern portions of the
upper Missouri and Mississippi valleys suf-
fered from excessive rains while severe
thoughts continue in the south Atlantic,
central and east gulf states and in parts of
Tennessee and the Ohio valley On the Pa
citic coast the week averaged cool, with
showers during the latter part these being
unfavorable in the fruit drying districts
New Mexico and Arizona have had addi-
uonal and beneficial rains
on the whole the corn crop has expert
enced another very favorable week, al
though the more northerly portions, in
which rains have retarded maturing and
cutting, would have done better with less
moisture. In Iowa 10 to 10 per cent of the
area planted Is stiH-exposed in some meas
ure to damage by heavy frost. but another
week of warm, dry weather would ripen
most of the belated crop. In Nebraska
Kansas, Missouri, Michigan and Wisconsin
about 10 per cent of the crop is still ex-
posed to injury from FROST in Indiana and
southern Ohio about ) per cent, and in
northern Ohio from to 25 per cent except
in the extreme northeast portion, where
from one-half to three fourths Or more is
still green. In Wisconsin, Minnesota and
South Dakcta from 10 to 30 per cent has
already been injured to a greater or less
extent.
Rains have retarded threshing of spring
wheat in Minnesota and the Dakotas and
caused further injury to grain in shock in
South Dakota.
In the central and eastern districts of the
cotton belt there was little or no rain dur
ing I he week, and cotton picking progressed
rapidly under very favorable conditions. In
Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, however
picking was retarded by heavy rains, which
did considerable damage to cotton, espe-
cially in Texas, where the opening of the
young bolls has been checked by renewed
growth of plant Reports indicate that
about one-half of the prospective yield has
been gathered in the central and eastern
portions of the belt, the proportion gather ed
being considerably greater in Texas, where
probably 60 to 10 per cent of the crop has
been secured, while not more than 10 per
cent has yet been picked in Oklahoma In
dian territory and Arkansas. On the whole
1t appears that slightly more than one half
of the crop is now gathered.
The principal tobacco states have had
very favorable curing weather and the
portion of the crop remaining unharvested
in kentucky at the close of the previous
week has been housed. The continued prev
valence of blight and rot in potatoes
throughout the northern states has mate
rally shortened the yield of this CROP
Except in the middle and south Atlantic
states and the portions of the Ohio and
central Mississippi valleys where ploughng
and fall seeding have been retarded this
work has made satisfactory progress, and
early sown wheat has terminated and is
coming we'll fine stands being reported
from Nebraska and Kansas. Recent rains
in Texas have put the soil in excellent con-
dition, and seeding is now active in that
state.