Evening journal., 1903-08-12
WEATHER AND
CROP REPORT
Government Bulletin on Con
ditions Existing Last Week
in This Section
YIELD OF PEARS is SMALL

The United States Department OF
Agricul ,ure for this section makes the
following report of the climate and
crops:
Another week of cool weather has
been experienced throughout the entire
section. The nights were abnormally
cool, the minimum temperatures on
the morning Of the sth ranging from
so degrees to 55 degrees in the inter-
ior and south TO 45 degrees in the
mountains of the extreme west. Some
sunshine was received towards the
middle Of the week. but cloudiness was
largely in excess. and the sky was con-
tinually overcast on the 4th and 9Th.
when rains We're general. The amounts
for those dates We're generally from
three -fourths of an inch to over an
inch, while at other times very light
and scattered showers fell, The att
mosphere was unusually humid and
oppressive during the week. No high
winds were reported.
As far as the crops were concerned
the week was devoid of any decidedly
injurious featureN yet the conditions
were not wholly favorable. The
showers served to place the soil i'm
proper condition for plowing, but were
not needed for lowland crops, while the
low temperatures and prevailing
.cloudiness checked growth of corn, and
were unfavorable for the rapid ma
turity of the products of gardens and
truck patches.
Wheat About Cut.
Wheat is now all cut excepting a
very small part of the late crop in
Garrett county. AS a final report on
this staple ii may be said that the
section has given light yields of in
ferior quality. Considerable threshing
remains to be done i'm the western
counties, but it is about finished else
where. The week has been favorable
for fall plowing and this work is now
we'll advanced in the main wheat
growing districts. In Garrett and
Allegany counties oats are ripening
rapidly and some fields have already
been cut; the straw is reported heavy
and the heads light to fair. For the
section at large the oats crop has been
inferior both in straw and grain. The
hay harvest i'm the west, and late cut
ungs in the south, progressed slowly
during the week, and some loss by wet
weather was reported. over the great
er part of the northern central dis
tricts and in favored localities else
where the timothy yields this year
have been good. and the set and
growth of young grass in the stub
BILE promises well for the coming year.
Millet looks well. and is heading in
Cecil county. Pastures are in excel
lent condition in all parts Of the sec
ton. Buckwheat continues very prom
is,ng in growth. and stands well. Corn
has made some growth during the
week, although the cool weather has
not favored a marked advance. The
upland crop, which was generally well
cultivated, is doing well, but i'm the
lowlands the fields are spotted with a
yellowish growth. The crop as a
whole has been poorly worked this
year on account of an excessive num-
Der of rainy days during the season Of
cultivation, consequently many fields
are quite grassy and weedy In the
extreme west the corn will require a
late autumn to bring it to maturity,
and apprehensions Of damage by frOsts
are felt for the late paintings i'm the
upper counties. Tasseling and shoot
ing are general in the early fields.
The early tobacco is for the most
part short in growth and small in leaf:
the late fields are rather more promis-
ing as a rule, and with fgyorable
weather conditions later i'm the sea-
son are expected to make heavy to-
bacco. Topping is general i'm the early
fields.