Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
DRY IN NEW ENGLAND
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN OF THE
WEATHER BUREAU.
Wet Weather Delays Corn Planting In
the Missouri and Mississippi
Valleys.

| The weekly crop bulletin of the weather
bureau is as follows:
! The states of the lower Missouri valley
| and portions of the Mississippi valley nave
suffered much from heavy rains, especlaAy
| Iowa, the eastern portions of Kansas anu
| Nebraska and western Missouri. Drought
| continues in New England, the northern
| portion of the middle Atlantic states ana
| in Florida, and rains are needed In portions
| of the central states and in southern Texas.
| Drought conditions have been wholly re-
| lieved in the Ohio valley and over the
| greater part of the middle and south at
| lantic states. The latter part OF the week
| was unseasonably cool in the lower Mis-
! souri, valley, west gulf districts ana new
| England damaging frosts occurring III tIle
last-named district. Very favorable lem,
| peratures prevailed in the Ohio valley and
| south Atlantic and east gulf states.
| More favorable conditions than IN Ine
previous week are reported from the "a
cific coast states, much-needed showers
| having occurred in Oregon and Washlng-
| ton.
| corn planting in the Missouri and upper
Mississippi valleys, where much OF this
| work is unfinished, and the early planted
| is becoming weedy
| Nebraska and in Iowa, corn fields have
| been badly washed out and much replant-
| ing will be necessary. In Iowa the acreage
| will be materially reduced. In Illinois
| planting is practically finished, and an ex-
| cellent stand attained. In the central and
| upper Ohio valley planting is ALSO delayed
| and early fields in some portions are SUI
fering for cultivation In the southern
states corn has experienced very favor
| able week, and is largely laid by.
! Winter wheat on low lands in the eastern
| portions of Kansas and Nebraska ana
| northwestern Missouri has sustained in
| hut
| crop has made satisfactory advancement,
an Improvement being generally indicated
| in the Ohio valley, lake region and middle
| Atlantic states. Harvesting is general IN
| Texas and has begun in Arkansas ana
Winter wheat has made slow growth In
| Washington and Oregon, and the neids IN
| the eastern portion of Oregon are unusually
| weedy. In California the outlook is not
| promising and much late wheat IS peihs
| cut for hay.
In Nebraska, the Dakotas and northern
Minnesota spring wheat has MADE splenolu
| progress, but in southern Minnesota. WIS
| consin and Iowa the crop on low LANDS mas
| suffered much from heavy rains. -
| In Washington and Idaho the crop ls
| greatly improved. On lowlands in the
| lower Missouri and upper Mississippi val
| Ieys oats have suffered from heavy rains
| but on the whole. the crop has done weli
and in the Ohio valley general improve prove
| sylvania the outlook Is not promising. Har-
| vesting has begun in Texas.
| Further improvement in the condition OF
| cotton is general indicated, but the crop,
| as a rule is from two to three weeks late
| Better stands are reported from the Caro-
| linas, Tennessee, Alabama and portions OF
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. In Ar
| kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri the crop Is
grassy. Cutworms are causing damage In
central and southern Texas, and boil wevil
are reported this week from a number Of
additional counties in that state.
The week has been very favorable for
transplanting tobacco. and this work has
made rapid progress in the Ohio valley and
| middle Atlantic states, where the bulk OF
the crop will be set during the present
planting season.
The prospects for apples are promising in
many of the important apple states.
In southern Missouri, however, very
light crop is indicated, and in New England
| serious injury has been done by recent
| frosts.
| The hay crop continues promising in the
Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys. and
| further improvement is reported from the
| Ohio valley and middle Atlantic states In
| the last-named section, however. and in
| New England the yield will be very light.