Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-24
MORE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.
Summary Of the Reports to the
Weather Bureau.

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 whole the tempera-
ture conditions were much more favorable
than in the preceding week, the states Of
the Missouri valley and the Rocky noun
tain and Pacific coast districts experience
ing highly satisfactory temperatures. Gem
orally light rainfall in the central valleys
and over most of the southern states per-
United the favorable progress of farm
work, complaints of interruption being con-
fined mainly to the upper Ohio valley Com
plants Of wet soil, however, continue from
portions of the central Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys. Drought continues
in the South Atlantic and east gulf states
and over the southern plateau region, 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
damaging, occurred on the 18th and nth
in the lake region, upper Ohio valley and
middle Atlantic states. a. 500 -
Corn planting has advanced favorahly,
except in portions of the central Mississippi
and Ohio valleys where it has been pre-
vented by wet soil In Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas planting is nearly completed.
But In Missouri 1t is only about one-hah
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
backward, but has made good growth In
Texas. Cut worms have proved very de-
structive in Kentucky. Tennessee and por-
tons of the middle Atlantic states
Winter wheat has advanced fayorablv
in Nebraska and Kansas and generally
in Missouri. but in portions of the last
named state the outlook is somewhat less
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Illinois. Michigan and Ohio, where, how
ever, the condition of the. crop lis very
poor. In the middle Atlantic states the
crop has made satisfactory progress. and
general Improvement is also noted. On
the Pacific coast winter wheat sustained
slight damage from drying winds In Cali
fornia, but the crop continues to do well
in Oregon and Washington
spring wheat seeding is practically fin
ished, except in North Dakota. where n
Is well advanced, and the early sown is
coming up and stooling well. In southern
Minnesota, Montana and on the north Pa
enc coast rain is needed to terminate
the late sown.
The general outlook for oats in the
principal oat producing states is promis~
ing Seeding Is finished except in the
extreme northern districts, and harvest
is In progress In the southern states Tn
the east gulf states light yields are gen
orally reported, and in Missouri a cron
below the average Is indicated
Notton continues backward and has
, .aue STOW growth during the past week
throughout the cotton belt. low ntght
temperatures being generally reported as
detrimental. Improved stands are renort.
ca IN portions OF the central and eastern
us rs Out irregular stands are the
RUE Chopping continues and the fields
are mostly well cultivated. Lice are very
extensively reported from the central and
eastern districts. and boil weeviis con-
unue to increase in the southwestarn
central cotton counties of Texas. N
Inc transplanting of tobacco has been
roa aSeu py Dry weather in Kentucky. but
more than half the crop has been set In
N Ni carolina. Planting has begun In
virginia and Pennsylvania. In the mora
nortneriy tobacco states the plants are
Except In the east gulf states the ont
rook LOT peaches continues poor. hut the
prospects for apples and other fruits . no
Nearly all reports respecting the .r..a
crop are favorable. the grass