Evening journal., 1903-08-31
SUNSHINE HELPED
THE LATE CROPS
What the Farmers Need Is
More Hot, Dry Weather
to Help Them
MAKING PROGRESS IN FALL FLOWING

rha temperatures for the week as a
whole averaged about normal. The long
continued cool spell game te an end on
Friday morning. the lsr when lowest
temperature of aS degrees and 40 degrees
were observed az few stations, and Light
fros,s were reported 20 have occurred In
low places in parts of the upper counties;
since then warm weather has prevailed
the temperatures quickly reaching go de-
sreos and above iu the enclosed valleys
and rising quite generally elsewhere to-
wards that point as the week closed. The
rainfall for The week was irregularly dis
tributed. the western and central districts
receiving the least amountsi measuring
for .he most part from "a tenth to a fourth
of am inch says the United States Weather
aud Crop Report Heavier falls were re-
ported from the southern and parts IF the
eastern counties, summing an inch or
slightly over I'm few instances. The
amounts thai went i0 make up these t0-
tails fell on Che 18th, 10Th and 21st. the
largest falls occurring on the 18Th. There
were no high winds or damage by ligh.-
ming In amy part of the section. Cloudi-
ness that prevailed at The beginning of
The week gave way to clear skies on
Thursday afternoon aad Friday, and
bright sunshine has been largely i'm ex-
cess since that time
A backward state in crop conditions aud
outlook continued as long as die cool,
wet and cloudy weather lasted but With
the change 10 warmth and bright sun-
shine al vegetation experienced great re-
licf. Am uninterrupted sway OF such
weather conditions for "a week win urac-
iletliv assure fair t0 good yields iu corn,
as We'll as greatly increase the yield in
ioma toes. and with lisht showers follow-
ipg 90 facilitate final plowne and tho bee
ginning OF wheat seeding the farmers
and truckers would have but little ground
Tor complaint. AS it is the brief period
of warmth and sunshine has already been
productive of good results
Fan pioving has made excellent
progress during the week although at the
beginning some lowlnnds were 600 wet
and az the close "a few localities in the
western countries mad become too dry for
me soil To- turn well; over much of the
Interior plowing is practically completed,
ana narrowing ana rolling has begun.
some threshing remains TO- be done hero
and here throughout tire Interior eastern
and southern countries, with larger per-
eentage in The extreme west where the
late fan wheat and tho small mount OF
pr.ns wheat that is raised has not been
lons n The shock. Corn hls done well
since thc advent OF The warm and dry
weather; as whole the crop is below
average in promise. bat considering the
imiaNorabie season thus rar u respect 10
c2Qi nights and surplus rainfaA ana ihe
conn aruiivels small amount uf cu.tra-
iion givgQ 80 has reached al natural exc
pec,auoH 81 is earring generally. and the
erain - the ear Is heginning 20 harden
in the more forward fields; yellow spots
in me midst of otherwise promising
growth are sun freWentiy nentionsd n
the repor,s. some oats are stili standing
in Gafre,t county where ihF prosress in
cutting shows a large but poorly hlied
straw Grasses have prospered during
the week; in many parts Of the section