Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-04
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Weather Generally Has Been Favorable
in the Past Week.

The weather bureaus weekly summary OF
crop conditions is as follows:
The temperature conditions during the
week ending October 3, 1904, have been gen.
orally favorable for maturing and harvest
ing late crops, although excessively warm
in portions of Kansas and the southern
states. Heavy to killing frosts, causing
some damage, were reported from Wiscon-
sin. There was practically no precipitation
over the lower Missouri valley and southern
states, but copious rains fell in New Eng
land, New York, Michigan, the Red River of
the North valley, portions of the lower Mis-
souri, valley and southern plateau region,
delaying work and injuring crops in some
of these districts. Drought continues in the
upper Ohio valley, and moisture is needed
generally in the middle and south Atlantic
states and portions of Oklahoma and South
Dakota. The weather conditions were ia
vorable in the Pacific coast states, but more
rain would be beneficial in Oregon.
Corn has experienced another week of
favorable conditions, but frost was in
furious in Wisconsin, much was blown and
damaged in Illinois, and dry weather is
needed in Iowa to prepare the crop for
cribbing. Corn is practically safe in Ne
braska; less than per cent is in danger
from frost in Michigan and eastern Kan
sas; 10 per cent in Ohio, central Indiana,
Iowa and South Dakota: 20 per cent in
northern and central Illinois and Missouri.
Cutting is progressing rapidly in all sec
tons, being practically completed in por-
tons of southern Missouri and nearing
completion in Kansas.
While thrashing of spring wheat was
again delayed by rains in Minnesota during
the early part of the week, this work was
resumed later and is now generally we'll
advanced in that state and is progressing
rapidly in the Dakotas.
With high temperature and practically no
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the staple has continued to open rapidly in
all sections, prematurely in Georgia and
MISSISSIPPI, and picking has progressed
under favorable conditions. Complaints of
scarcity of labor are still received from
portions of central and eastern districts.
Reports indicate that nearly all of the cot
ton crop has been harvested in southern
Georgia and Louisiana and southwestern
Texas, IS per cent in Florida the central
portions of Georgia and Texas. so per cent
and over in other states, except Arkansas
and Oklahoma, where about one-fourth is
picked, and North Carolina, where only
small portion has been gathered. Late cot
ton is still shedding in Georgia, is much
shortened by drought in Tennessee, and
continued depredations of insect pests have
injured prospects for any top crop in Texas.
Tobacco is practically all housed and
curing is progressing under favorable condi-
tons
High winds caused considerable damage
to apples in New England, the northern
portion of the middle Atlantic states, Ohio
and Michigan. and poor crop is generally
indicated in the states of the central VAL
leys. good crop, however, is being picked
in New England, and apples are better
than anticipated in Pennsylvania and I'M
usully good in Iowa.
Complaints of rot in potatoes continue
from New England, portions of the mid
die Atlantic states, Illinois and Minnesota,
but Notwithstanding these adverse condi-
tons good crop, both as to size and quail
ty, is being gathered in a majority of the
potato producing states.
While the soil was too dry for fall plow-
ing in portions of Virginia and the upper
Ohio valley, the south Atlantic and east
gulf states and Arkansas, this work as
well as seeding was favorably advanced
in other sections, and the early sown grain
is terminating nicely and coming up to
good stands in the central valleys and lake
region.