Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-04-25
REPORTS CROPS DOING WELL.
Weather Bureau Says Winter Wheat
May Break All Records.

Weather Bureau Says Winter Wheat
May Break All Records.
The crop report issued by the Weather
Bureau says in the districts east of the
Rocky Mountains during the week the
temperature was highly favorable for
growth of vegetation, but farm work
was very generally retarded by rains in
the lake region, central valleys and At
lantic coast districts, while complaints of
lack of moisture were received from por-
tions of the central and western Gulf
States. In the central and northern
Rocky Mountain districts and on the
North Pacific coast the season is very
backward, and Washington and Oregon
have suffered from cold, wet weather. In
California the conditions have been gen
orally favorable, with the exception of
some damage by frost. Corn planting
is in progress as far north as Kansas,
southern Missouri, Tennessee and North
Carolina. Farther south planting is we'll
advanced and completed in some sec
tions.
The condition of winter wheat is gen
orally excellent, and it has made splen-
did progress since the first of the month.
In the upper Ohio Valley, however, the
freeze of the 4th and 9th caused some
Injury. Spring wheat seeding is nearly
completed in Iowa and Nebraska, and is
progressing we'll in South Dakota Oats
continue promising in the Southern
States, and seeding is nearly completed,
or we'll advanced, in the central valleys,
where the early sown is coming up well.
BY the close of March, which was Il
very mild month, all fruits were unusu-
ally far advanced. From the 4th to 9th
Of April the whole country east of the
Mississippi River, including Tennessee
and the northern portion of the South
Atlantic States, experienced temporal
lures below freezing, stations in the more
northerly districts reporting temperatures
from to IS degrees below freezing. The
reports now indicate that many varieties
Of fruit have suffered severely, more par
| ticularly peaches.
State Reports.
! Illinois Temperature above seasonal
| average; vegetation and fruits greatly slim
| ulated; farming and seeding operations In
| active progress, but retarded by heavy rain
| on 10th; winter wheat In excellent condi-
| ton, but some fields infested with Hessian
fly and chinch bugs; oat seeding finished In
| many localities; fruit prospects good ex-
| cept for peaches.
| acknowledgement rains kept ground too
! wet for rapid progress of farm work, but
| generally blowing for oats and corn, plant
| Ing potatoes and making gardens are In
| advance of season. Wheat, rye, clover,
| timothy and pastures continue in excellent
condition and are growing rapidly. Apple
| outlook promising; pears, plums and cher
| ries fair; budded peaches nearly all killed
| Seedlings promise fair to light crop. Many
| early Strawberries killed.
Ohio-Freuuent showers delayed farm
work; wheat injured slightly, most in east,
| by the freeze of 4th and 9Th, but generally
| nArlE- 70 nD
! planted and gardens made; young clover
| injured by the freeze; pastures and mead
ows well advanced; cherries, .plums: early
pears, peaches and berries injured by the
| freeze in central and south portions.
Misunderstanding and oat seeding be-
coming general In southern counties, but
heavy rains since Friday stopped all field
work: winter wheat and rye making good
growth and In exccleut condition; pastures
starting rapidly; fruit, especially peaches,
so much forced that their condition VIII be
critical for the next few weeks
Wisconsin-Season opens with crop condi-
| tions and prospects mainly satisfactory
| farm work well advanced, bat now at
standstill owing to cold rains Wheat, rye
and clover appear to have wintered well.
Moisture abundant, and in some cases ex-
! cesSlve.
Iowa-Season warmer and growth OF veg
| citation earlier than usual; seeding or
wheat, oats and barley about completed In
southern and well advances III n9rtn o.a
nra of wheat and increased acreage OF oats
| and barley; blowing for corn In progress,
| but large areas still too wet for farm
| operations.
North Dakota--Heavy snow over eastern
portion week ago stopped ill work there
nothing of consequence done in any portion
| vet but with continuance or 1aForaole
! weather wheat seeding Will be gencral rat
ter part of this week
South Dakota--Season backwards; seed
ing has been considerably retarded hy TOO
| wet soil particularly In northern portion.
but spring wheat sowing IS vel aapaIee.o,
| I'm south becoming general north, ana IS
| generally progressing favorabiE. except III
| extreme north; some oats and barley sown'
| rrinter rye vigorous, good stand; grass
starting slowly.
/ Nebroska-Warm week, with beneficial
showers on 10th Farm work progressed
rapidly Spring wheat nearly all sown.
| DAT seeding we'll advanced In northern
| Counties and nearing completion In south
| ern. some early Sown oats up; winter
wheat starting nicely, but Is Wlnter-Gliieo
| slightly In spots.
Mlnnesota-Snow In north and west por-
| lions on 9Th, followed by drying weather
| cor three DAYS and then rain, beginning on
| 10th. in northern half soil wet, but wheat
vas seeded on rolling, sandy lands till 10th.
| Wheat and rye wintered well.
demonstrating work much retarded by
rains, but ground. In good condition; wheat
in good condition ana growing rapIuiy' ott
| sowing finished In many counties, early
GOWN coming up. Corn planting delayed In
many eastern and southern counties. pro-
crossing elsewhere: early apples blooming;
Reaches blooming In south; grass starting
nicely. "
Walter y. Dimock was found guilty
az stealing $4,000 from the United
| S+sta. mint ut San Francisco.