The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-06-25
WEEKLY SUMMARY
OF CROP OUTLOOK
Cool Weather East of the Mississippi
Has Been Unfavorable.
HAS BEEN BETTER WESTWARD
Corn, Small, hut HeRlthyJ Winter
Wheat HASN'T SuGreredJ Spring
Wheat Doing Nicely, and
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 20, 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 Cali
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 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 well 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.
mia, where the crop is light in most
sections. s ...
Spring wheat is making rapid
growth, and is in promising condition
weedy in north Dakota. Less
favorable reports concerning oats are
received from Missouri, where the
crop is heading short, and from Hi |
nois and Michigan, where it is in need |
of rain and warmth. Elsewhere the
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 well, and throughout |
the cotton belt it 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 conli.
lion; but boil weevls are causing dam
age In a greater number Of counties
han last week. Good growth is also re.
ported from Oklahoma, Indian terri.
.ory and Arkansas In the lower Mis-
souri,, Mississippi and Ohio valley and
over the southern portion of the mid
lie Atlantic states apples are reported
IS falling extensively and short crop
n most of these districts is indicated.
IN the lake region and over the nor
.hern portion of the middle Atlantic
states and in the New England states
he general outlook is promising.