The Forrest City times., 1904-06-24
WEEKLY SUMMARY
OF CROP OUTLOOK
Cool Weather East of the Mississippi
Has Been Unfavorable.
HAS BEEN BETTER WESTWARD
Torn, Small, Hut Healthy; Winter
wheat Hasn't suffered; spring
Wheat Doing Nicely. md
Cotton Backward

Washington, June 22.-The weather
bureaus weekly summary of crop con-
ditions is as follows:
Continued cool weather in the dis
tricts east of the Mississippi river.
especially during the early part OF
the week ending June 90 was unfavor-
able, but to the westward of the Mis-
sissippi the temperature was very IA
vorable, the week averaging the best
OF the season in the northern Rocky
mountain districts. While high maxi
mum temperatures occurred In Call
fornia and conditions there have i'm
proved since last week. A large part
OF the gulf states and most of New
England received little or no rain. and
moisture Is needed to a greater or less
extent in these districts. Portions of
the lake region, Ohio valley and Ten
nessee are also beginning to need rain,
while too much has fallen in eastern
Kansas and southeastern Nebraska
Unseasonably low minimum tempera-
| ture occurred in the Atlantic coast dis
tricts on the 14th and 18th, with light
frosts in central New Jersey.
| AS whole. corn has not made rapid
growth in the principal corn states
and Is generally reported as small.
though healthy and well cultivated,
except in portions of Nebraska and
| Kansas, where 1t Is weedy. Good
growth, however. is reported from Ok
| lahoma and Kansas, and the crop con-
tinues to do we'll in the southern
states, though needing rain.
Winter wheat has suffered no un-
favorable conditions, and a general
improvement Is indicated In nearly all
districts, although some lodging is
reported from southern Nebraska.
Harvest is in progress in the southern
portions of Kansas and Missouri, but
no wheat has been cut east of the
Mississippi or north of the Ohio river.
Harvest will begin this week in south
ern Illinois. On the north Pacific coast
winter wheat continues In promising
condition, and 1t Is heading In Ore
gon. Harvest Is in progress In Califor.
sections
Spring wheat IS making rapid
growth. and Is in promising condition,
although weedy in north Dakota Less
favorable reports concerning oats are
received from Missouri, where the
crop Is heading short, and from Illi-
nois and Michigan. where it is in need
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general outlook continues promising.
The favorable progress of cotton
during the two preceding weeks has
been checked during the past week in
the central and eastern portions of the
belt where rain Is generally needed.
and lice are extensively reported In
Tennessee and portions of the Carroll
mas and southern Mississippi, the crop
continues to do we'll, and throughout
the cotton belt 1t Is well cultivated.
except in northeastern Texas, where
few fields are still foul. In the last
named state cotton has made rapid
growth and is generally In fine conii-
tion. but boil weevls are causing dam
age In a greater number Of counties
than last week. Good growth is also re.
ported from Oklahoma. Indian terri
tory and Arkansas. In the lower Mis-
souri,, Mississippi and Ohio valley and
over the southern portion of the mid
die Atlantic states apples are reported
as falling extensively and short crop
in most of these districts Is indicated.
In the lake region and over the nor
thern portion of the middle Atlantic
states and in the New England states
the general outlook is promising.