The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-30
BETTER OUTLOOK FOR CORN.
Weekly Crop Report Says That Cotton 10
Rapidly Being Gathered.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28-lhe weather
Bureau to-day issued the following general
summary Of climate and crop conditions:
Tho emperature conditions Of the weeR
ending Sept. ~ were generally favor able.
although cool nights were detrimental In
the south Atlantic, eastern and central QUIZ
States, while light to heavy frosts, Tor the
most part causing no serious injury. occurred
In the more northerly districts eastward OF
the upper Missouri Valley marked feature
OF the week was the absence OF rain. or the
occurrence OF only very light showers. over
much the greater part Of the country east
Of the Rocky Mountains. there being only
a few areas, of comparatively limited ex-
tent. in the upper Mississippi Valley. Lake
region and the coast districts OF the middle
Atlantic States and southern New England.
in which the rainfall exceeded the average.
Drought continues In the Ohio Valley and
with increased severity in TENNESSEE and
the central and west Gulf States. No I'M
favorable conditions are reported from the
Pacific Coast. although rain in southern
California may possibly have caused sllght
The principal corn States have, exI ,rienccd
weather conditions exceptionally favorable
for maturing late corn, ara Whl!s irosts nave
been quite general over the central ana east.
ern portions OF the corn belt, no material
damage is indicated. Probably less than
20 DER cent. OF tne crop III lOWh 10 uuHhhIuieu
and while the proportion yet exposed to
injury In South Dakota, Minnesota and Wis
consin Is greater. the immature Will make
good feed. farther south only very small
part OF the crop IL still soft Cutting is gen.
eral in all sections. and some new corn has
been marketed IN southern EaD9as.
While the conditions have been favorable
for fin eShiu9 spring whoa 81 the Slri4g
wheat region, reports of darnpness OF grain
i'm shock az result OF previous rains con.
time Har vest is now completed on tho
north Pacific Coast, and threshing is far adj
yauCed.
With generally seasonable temperature
and practically no rain over nearly ~ entire
cotton belt, cotton has opened rapidly and
picking has been actively carried on. large
mart OF the cIor i. wing already been gathered,
Sool nights nd the very general prevalence
of drought In the central and Western dis
tricts have been detrimental, and rust and
shading continued to be extensively re ported,
although rust ia somewhat less prevalent In
Georgia. On the whole. the crop has suffered
deterIoration especially in the central and
western portions OF the belt. Little or n top
crop IL promised. In Texas the plant has almost
entirely ceased fruiting, and in some central
counties is dying. In North Carolina tho
conditions have favored the maturity OF late
cotton, and in South Carolina premature
opening has been checked, THE weather
map Of Sept. 20 shows that good showers fell
Texas and in Oklahoma during the past
twenty-four hours
In the States Of the central valleys the re-
ports indicate n light apple crop. but more
favorable reports are received from the
middle Atlantic States, Much fruit was
blown from the trees by the recent nigh winds
in New England.