The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-14
WEEK., Y OR B Eth


For the Week Ending M onday, Sept
9Th, 1904 The Weather and
Crop Conditions.
The weather during the week was
bright and sunshiny. with moderate
day temperatures and cool nights, and
with scarcely any rain. The maximum
temp eratnre ranged from 70 to SO de
grees, and the minimum, from IA to
81 degrees. The mean temperature
was generally below the average. The
4 rainfall was very deficient, and with
the exception of a few scattered thun-
der storms on Thursday and Friday
4 4 No o, rain has fallen during the week.
Light frost was reported from a few
! stations of high altitude, but not Sc
we're enough TO do any injury.
The drought continues throughout
the State with injurious effect on late
planted vegetation. Threshing is pro
crossing rapidly, and is nearing com
Il Melton IN quite number of counties.
sssSNheatsis about secured, and@in good
condition, with yield averaging well
z andsof good quality Oats are turning
i the yield is about the average. Early
corn is ripening and cutting is in pro-
81 gress, but late corn is suffering for
rain. and is firing badly, and will not
make more than third of a crop. Mil
sletis doing well and cutting is now
general. Bnckwheat is ripening rap
idly and the prospects are very bright.
Pastures are drying up, and water is
getting very low. Sweet potatoes are
turning out well, and Irish potatoes
6 are being dug with good yield. Cow
peas and cabbage are doing well, and
tobacco is being secured. Peaches are
making fail. yield, but apples viii
4 make poor crop. Grapes are ripen-
4 ing apfdIy and will be plentiful. Fall
blowing is retarded by dry weather.
N as heSsoi1 is too hard to pillow.
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Extracts From Correspondents Re-
ports.
mountaineering nearing com
pletion, yield better than expected;
stock; potatoes yielding WELL no fall
plowing, soil too hard. D. Dads
!. MAN.
DODDRIDGE-Good rain Thursday
4 revived pastures; some corn about
ready to cut; stock doing well.-E. G.
TAYLOR.
RRISON-Drought continues:
corn ripening rapidly; no blowing
done; threshing in progress: oats
4 good; wheat very poor yield; peaches
ripening and plentiful, quality poor
ALLEN SMITH.
LEWIS-Drough continues; pas
y lures very short; water very scarce;
corn will be a half crop; no fall plow-
ing done in this section.-M. NJ. Err
WIN.
IARION-Warm days and cool
nights; too dry for blowing; thresh-
ing mostly completed; wheat, light
yield; oats good; potatoes rotting on
( low Ian ds.-W. C. Koon.
s.s MARSHALL-Th week has been
very favorable for farm work; corn
ripening slowly; fall blowing in prog
ress; pastures good; stock in fair con-
dition; potatoes being dug with fair
yie1d.-J. i. SUMMERS.
- sMONONGALIA-Th weather dur
ing the week has been favorable for
harvesting, and ripining of corn; po-
sstatoes being dug with fair yield; pas
y lures short; peaches making fair
yield; grapes ripening and will be
plentiful; rain needed badly-U. D.
HAWLEY.
Observation-Disclosures being cut,
Z with only fair results; potatoes rot
q ting; week generally dry, but cool
nights; winter wheat being sown.-
/ NJ. HARTMAN.
R-Showers during week
have revived fall pastures and late
corn; plowing for wheat in progress:
corn will be light crop; potatoes good.
j. J. woodward.
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