The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-10-12
CONDITION OF The CROPS
Weekly Report Of the Federal Weathes
Bureau.
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO CORN.
Temperature Has Been Generally Favorable
for Maturing and Harvesting Of Late Crops
Heavy Frosts In Wisconsin, Drouth ou.
tinues In the Upper Ohio valiey-Mosture(
Needed 10 South Atlantic Coast

Washington. D. c. (Special).-The
Weather Bureaus weekly summary oil
crop conditions is as follows:
The temperature conditions dur
ing the week have been generally fay
vorable for maturing and harvesting
late crops, although excessively warmI
in portions of Kansas and the South
ern States. Heavy to killing frosts4
causing some damage, were reported
from Wisconsin. There was practi-
cally 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 Missouri Valley and
Southern Plateau Region, delaying
work and injuring crops in some ot
these districts. Drouth continues in
the Uppci 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 favorable in
the Pacific Coast States, but more rain
would be beneficial in Oregon.
Corn has experienced another week
of favorable conditions, but frost was
injurious in Wisconsin, much was
blown down and damaged in Illinois,
and dry weather is needed in Iowa to,
prepare the crop for cribbing. Corn
is practically safe in Nebraska; less
than 5 per cent. is in danger from
frost in Michigan ard Eastern Kan
sas; 10 per cent. in Ohio, Central ms
diana, Iowa and South Dakota; 2ol
per cent. in Northern and Central llli-
nois and Missouri Cutting is pro>
crossing rapidly in all sections, being
practically completed in portions of
Southern Missouri and nearing com-i
pletion in Kansas.
While threshing of spring wheat
was again delayed by rains in Mime
sofa during the early part of thej
week, this work was resumed later,l
and is now generally we'll advanced
in that state, and is progressing rapid-t
ly in the Dakotas.
With high temperature and practi-I
cally no rain during the week in the
cotton region, the staple has contin-
ued to open rapidly in all sections,
prematurely in Georgia and Missis-
sippi and picking has progressed un-
der favorable conditions. Complaints
of scarcity of labor are still received
from portions of central and easternl
districts. Reports indicate that near-
ly all of the cotton crop has BEEN
harvested in Southern Georgia and
Louisiana and Southwestern Texass
Is per cent. in Florida. the central
portions of Georgia and Texas; so
per cent. and over in other statest
except Arkansas and Oklahoma, where
about one-fourth is picked, and North
Carolina, where only a small portion
has been gathered Late cotton id
still shedding in Georgia, is much
shortened by drouth in Tennessee, and
continued depredations of insect pests
have injured prospects for any top
crop in Texas.
Tobacco is practically housed, anj
curing is progressing under favorable
conditions.
High winds caused considerable
damage to apples in New England
the northern portions of the Middle
Atlantic State, Ohio and Michigan.
and a poor crop is generally indicated
in the states of the central valleys. AZ
good crop, however. is being picked
in New England, and apples are betJ
ter than anticipated in Pennsylvania
and unusually good in Iowa.