The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-07-27
CLIMATE AND
CROP CONDITIONS

The foii5wlng is the climate an,
crop conditions for the week endinl
Monday, July %, as given ont by Sec
tion Director c. NJ. Strong, Of Okla
hona City:
Partly cloudy weather and slightly
lower temperature prevailed during IN,
week. with showers on the 2Oth al,
21st. and general precipitation on tho
22nd, being heavy over the CreeS anC
Choctaw nations.
The precipitation delayed thresninl
somewhat, but was very beneficial tC
the growing crops, which we're suffer
ing over some localities.
Wheat and oat threshing continued
with generally poor yields reDorlei'
wheat ranging from poor to fair, and
oats very poor.
General Summary.
Corn Is in good TO excellent ccndi
tion; The early planted is in the roast
ing ear stage all practically made
While The late painted Is doing wcll
aad railing u rap, grow'r, except tv
er some localities. where the lack OF
precipitation has caused It to suffer
some damage.
Cotton made a good growth and is
blooming, boiling and fruiting out rap
idly; though weedy over some local
tiles. generally the crop has been
placed in a good and promising con
dition.
Katyir and broom corn, cane, millet,
milo maize and castor beans are ma
turing, and millet is being secured with
good yield.
The second planting OF potatoes con
tinued with some early planted com
ing up.
The harvesting Of hay and alfalfa
continued with good yields reported.
Fruit, grapes and melons are ripen-
ing and are giving light to good yields.
Range grass is in fine condition and
stock is doing well.
Eastern Division.
Cherokee: over the northeastern
portions showers on the goth delayed
harvesting, but benefited other crops;
threshing well advanced, with wheat
giving fair yield, but oats nearly a
tailure; corn looking well with fair
prospect, but full of weeds, and dam
aged on lowlands by water; cotton do
ing we'll with fair prospect; haying
progressing with a good yield Of a
medium quality; range grass good and
and stock doing we'll; fruit is ripening.
over the northwestern portion rains
on the s1st and 22nd DELAYED th'esh-
ing; wheat ard oats damaged; wheat
fair yield hut oats are very poor;
corn is in fine condition; grass is fine
and stock doing well.
over the southern portion rain on
the 22nd delayed threshiug but bene-
fited crops; wheat and oats giving poor
Yields: corn hcing cleaned and gener-
ally looking we'll; cotton is beigg
cleaned. some poor fields but general
IL IN fair condition: second crop Of po-
tatoes being planted; haying progress
ing with a good yield OF medium qual-
ity; grass good and stock doing well.
Creek over the northern portion
wheat threshing is we'll advanced with
a fair yield and quality; oats poor
yield and much will not be cut; corn
doing well and in roasting ear stage
crop assured by raiu Of 22nd; cotton
fruiting we'll and being laid by, still
small and weedy in places; potatoes
being planted haying progressing
with a good Wed, but weedy; grass
good and stock doing we'll
over the middle portion rain on the
22rd made early corn, and rapidly ad-
vanced late corn; cotton much inproy-
ed but is still weedy; sweet and late
Irish potatoes doing we'll haylng pro
crossing rapidly; stock doing well.
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showers benefited crops; corn is in
gcod condition and mostly made; cot
ton looks well and is fun Of bolls, some
being lac by; cane and tafflr corn
doing we'll; hayig progressing rapid
~: stock doing well
Seminole; Rain on the 21st and
22nd very beneficial and assures corn
crop cotton IS in fine condition, Is
boiling and fruitlng fast and has lne
prospect; potatoes and peas doing
well: garden vegetables and cabbage
good; grass good and stock doing we'll
3 Cboctaw over the northeastern por
tion rains caused crops to make hne
growth; corn is in roasting ear sage
is laid by and is doing Well cotton ia
blooming and boiling rapidly, and Is
being laid by with ground in good con
dition late uOtatOcs befng PLANTED