The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-29

dry; rain needed; cotton making good
growth. some cotton reported as yell
low. haying well advanced with an
abundant yield; potatoes being har-
vested; too dry to plow; pastures dry
ing up.
Logan and Oklahoma and dry;
rain needed; threshing continues, corn
in good condition but needs rain cot
ton looking WE'LL about laid by will
make one-fourth crop; second crop Of
alfalfa being cut: hay making in pro-
gress. good yields: too dry to nlow
stock continues in good condition.
Payne and Lincoln. Hot and ary;
rain needed: threshing continues: corn
nearly made. will make a fair crop;
cotton showing Improvement; cotton
blooming. very late potatoes being
planted; hay making continues, good
yields; kaffir corn in good condition;
castor beans doing we'll; stock in good
condition and fattening.
Pottawatomie and Cleveland.-Hot
and dry: rain needed: threshing con-
tinues; corn doing well but needs raiA;
cotton making rapid growth. hut will
be late; haying continues. fair crop;
fruit ripening. good quality; potatoes
making a fair yield; cane and kaffir
corn heading well; third crop of al
falfa ready to cut grass drying; stock
continues in good condition.
Chickasaw, Northeast Portion.-Hot
and dry; rain is needed; threshing
continues, fair yields; corn is doing
we'll but needs rain; cotton improving
web worms working in some localities; 7;
millet making a fair yield
Northwest POrtion.-Hot and dry;
rain is needed threshing continues
with fair to good yields upland corn
Is shrinking some. all late corn needs
rain; cottn is small and late but is
forming well; grasshoppers. web and
boil worms are still at work on cotton;
cane planted to stubble not up yet:
hay is yielding a good crop; stock do
ing well
Southwest Portion. Hot and dry:
rain is needed; corn is reported fail
ing; grasshoppers working on late
corn; cotton is making good growth
and generally ma fair condition: some
grasshoppers working on cotton. stock
doing we'll
Southeast Portion. Hot and dry;
rain Is needed: threshing continues
with light to good yields: corn gener-
ally made, no serious damage but corn
needs rain cotton is making a good
growth and squaring and blooming;
some boil worms reported at work on
cotton; potatoes making fair crop
hay making good yields; millet doing
well: late cane and June corn not do
ing so We'll; stock doing fairl. well.
WESTERN DIVISION
Woods Generally hot and dry, good
rain at Jenkins on the 21st: corn and
broomeorn are generally needing rain
and in some parts crops are suffering;
threshing still in progress, wheat malS-
ing good yields; melons looking we'll:
plums ripening; stock in good condi-
ton.
Woodward. Hot and dry; all grow
ing crops needing rain; threshing in
progress. good yields; haying in pro
gress and crop being secured In fine
condition; corn damaged by hot winds.
Beayer.-Hot and dry; all growing
crops need rain and considerable dam
age has resulted firm hot winds; sec
ond crop of alfalfa in the stack. fair
yield; stock doing fairly well.
Dewey, Blaine and Custer.-Hot and
dry, some hot winds: corn on the up-
lands badly damaged: kaffir, cane and
millet doing fairly we'll: grass drying:
cotton doing slowly threshing contin-
ues, wheat good yield and quality: oats
light; ground too hard to plow: fruit
still in good condition.
Day and Roger Mills-HOt and dry;
corn damaged by hot winds; threshing
in progress fair to good yields: cotton
making fair growth: haying in pro-
gress, good yield and quality.
Washita and Caddo.-Hot and dry.
corn on the uplands damaged by
dronth; cotton holding up we'll and
making fair growth: forage crops al
pastures need rain; haying in progress
fair yield; stock in good condition.
Comanche.-Hot and dry: early corn
made light yield, late corn badly dam
aged; cotton in good condition and
making falr growth; forage crops at a
stanstiil, pastures drying; haying In
progress, fair yield and qualify thresh-
ing continues.
kiowa. Dry and hot excepting in
the extreme west portion where rains
of the 18th placed crops In good condi-
ton; in rest of the county. all growing
crops need rain and much damage has
resulted from HOT winds; cotton doing
WE'LL stock In good condition
Grter.-Ralns OF last week placed
growing crops in most parts Of the
county in fine condition but more rain
Is needed for pastures and stock water:
cotton growing fast; corn will be a fair
crop millet being cut, good yield: hay
ing and threshing continue. good
Yields; melons and plums ripening.
Weekly cOurier-Journal