The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-25
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TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN
FAVORABLE TO THE CROPS
Nebraska, KANSAS and Missouri
other Crops.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-The following
is a summary of the weekly crop report OF
the Weather Bureau:
While the fore part OF the week was
much too cool in the districts east Of the
mississippi river. as a whole. temperature
conditions were much more favorable than
in the preceding week the States OF the
Missouri valley and the Rocky mountain
and Pacific coast districts experiencing
highly satisfactory temperatures.
Generally light rainfall in the central
valleys and over most of the Southern
States permitted the favorable progress OF
farm work. complaints of interruption be-
ing confined mainly 10 the upper Ohio val
ley. Complaints of wet soil. however. con-
tinue from portions of the central Missis-
sippi and lower Missouri valleys. Drought
continues in the South Atlantic and Gulf
States. and over the Southern plateau re-
gion. and the need of rain is beginning to
be felt in central and eastern Texas and on
the north Pacific coast. Frosts. more or
less DANA ging, occurred on the 18th and
18th in the lake region. upper Ohio valley
and middle Atlantic States.
Corn planting has advanced very favor
ably. except in portions of the central Mis-
sissippi and Ohio valleys. where il has been
prevented by wet soil. In Iowa, Nebraska
and Kansas planting is nearly completed,
but in Missouri IL is only about one-half
finished and much remains TO be planted in
the Ohio valley, where this work has been
greatly delayed. In the central and east
Gulf states corn is generally small and
Texas Cut worms have proved very de-
structive in Kentucky, Tennessee and por-
lions of the middle Atlantic States.
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Nebraska and Kansas and generally in
Missouri. but in portions of the last-named
State the outlook is somewhat less prom
Using. improvement is reported from Hi
nois. Michigan and Ohio, where. how
ever. the condition of the crop is very poor
In the middle Atlantic States the crop has
Improvement is also noted. On the Pacific
coast, winter wheat sustained slight dam
age from spring winds in California, but
the crop continues TO do well in Oregon and
Washington. Spring wheat seeding Is prac-
tically finished, except in North Dakota.
where IL is well advanced and the early
southern Minnesota and on the north Pa
cific coast rain Is needed 10 terminate the
late
The general outlook for oats in the prin-
cipal oats producing States is promising.
Seeding is finished, except in the extreme
northern districts. and harvest is In pro-
gress in the Southern States. In the east
Gulf States light yields are generally re-
ported and in Missouri a crop below the
average is indicated.
Cotton continues backward and has made
slow growth during the last week through
out the cotton belt, low night temperatures
being especially reported as detrimental
Improved stands are reported In portions OF
the central and eastern districts but ir-
regular stands are the rule. Chopping con-
tinues and the fields are mostly well cult
waited. Lice are very extensively reported
from the central and eastern districts and
boil weevils continue to increase in the
southwestern and central cotton counties
of Texas.
The transplanting of tobacco has been
delayed by dry weather in Kentucky, but
more than half the crop has been set In
North Carolina. Planting has begun In
Virginia and Pennsylvania In the more
northerly tobacco States the plants are
small
Except in the east Gulf States the out
| look for peaches continues poor, but the
prospects for apples and other fruits are
| promising