Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
THE WEEKS WEATHER
REPORTS ON CONDITION OF THE
CROPS.
Preparations for Planting Active in
Principal Corn States, but Lit
tie Planting Done. =

The weather bureaus weekly summary
of crop conditions is as follows:
From the west gulf coast northwest
ward to the middle Rocky mountain slope
the temperature conditions were gener-
ally favorable, but elsewhere the week
was much too cool for termination and
growth, although the latter part was
warmer and more favorable. Heavy rains
in the lower Missouri valley and portions
of the spring wheat region Interrupted
work, while the drought conditions in the
middle and south Atlantic states were In
furious to a greater or less extent. On
the Pacific coast 1T was cooler than in the
previous week, but farm work made sat-
fsfactory progress.
Little Corn Planting.
While preparations for corn planting have
been active in the principal corn states, as a
whole hut little planting was done during
the week. owing to low temperature. East
of the Mississippi river no corn has been
planted north of the Ohio river, nor has
planting begun in Iowa and Nebraska, ex-
cept in the southwest part of the last-named
state. In the southern states corn has suf-
fered from cold weather, and is small, with
irregular stands.
Very favorable reports respecting winter
wheat are received from Nebraska and
OF the latter state. and an Improvement is
indicated In portions OF Oklahoma
In Missouri the crop has made slow
growth, and in the states eastward OF the
Mississippi river the outlook Is less favor
able than previously reported, although the
warmer weather of the latter part of the
week caused some improvement In Ohio
A large acreage in Indiana Is being devoted
to other crops On the Pacific coast winter
wheat has experienced a general improve
ment and Is growing rapidly In Oregon
and Washington.
Over the northern portion of the spring
wheat region practically no seeding has
been done, and in North Dakota, where
about one-half the crop was sown at this
time last year. most of the low lands are
flooded and with favorable weather cannot
be worked for one of two weeks Seeding is
generally well advanced over the southern
portion being completed over a considerable
area in South Dakota and Iowa. In Wash
ington and Oregon seeding continues and
the early sown Is terminating and growing
icely.
Dat Seeding Nearly Finished.
Over the greater portion Of Illinois and
Iowa oat seeding is nearly finished, and
this work is progressing favorably in Ohio
and Indiana. Seeding is not yet general in
Michigan, and very little has been done In
Wisconsin and Minnesota, except over the
southern portion of the last-named state.
valleys the reports generally indicate that
oats are making slow growth and In some
sections poor stands are shown.
Cotton planting is general over the north
ern portion of the belt, and Is nearly finish
ed in the central and southern portions,
where shipping 10 in general progress, the
early planted In Texas and Florida receiv-
ing its first cultivation. Over most OF the
central and eastern districts the stands are
unsatisfactory and much replanting will be
necessary. Low temperatures and droughty
conditions have retarded termination very
generally in the central and eastern dis
tricts Planting is about finished In Texas,
except In the central and southwest pof-
lions Of the cotton area, where some fields
of wheat ruined by drought are being plant
ed to cotton.
Tobacco Plants Injured.
Tobacco plants have been injured by frost
in Virginia and Kentucky, and are reported
as small in Tennessee and North Carolina
Some transplanting has been done in South
Carolina.
With frosts and freezing temperatures
generally throughout the central valleys
and middle Atlantic states, the outlook for
most fruits in these districts has been
further impaired, early peaches apparently
suffering most In the more northerly dis-
tri is. however, owing to the lateness of the
season, there Is more or less uncertainty as
to the injury caused.