The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-02
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Weather May be Cause
Of Late Crops.
Excessive Moisture Causes BolIs and
Leaves TO Fall, and Plants Turn
Yellow. Tobacco Doing
Well.

The Weekly Crop Bulletin Cor the
week ending Monday, July 81,
saws; "The characteristic feature OF
the weather during the past week was
the relatively low temperature that
prevailed. While the mean of the
week for the. State at large was only
slightly below the normal, the night
Temperatures were generally below 10
degrees and the maxima below 80 de-
erees, except at a few places on sum
day. July goth. AS the weather was
also quite cloudy during the most OF
the week. the conditions were very
Pleasant for outdoor work, but the alb
Sence of sunshine, ana excessive mos"
ture in places caused further rank
growth Of vegetation and has delayed
the formation of fruit which it s.
feared will 1 axe crops, especially cot
ton. rather late The rainfall was ir-
regularly distributed and generally
small in amount; over most of the
interior of the State the first part of
the week was dry and favora BILE, with
good showers on Friday, but I'm some
northeastern counties, chiefly beau :
fort. Halifax and Nash, and L.. several
vest of the Blue Ridge the rains,
though small! in amount, were too free
uuent for best results. In most coun-
ties. however, the week was fairly ia
vorable both for work and .or the
growth of crops Laying by crops Is
practically completed, and the chief
york on hand is cutting and curing
tobacco. blowing for wheat seeding
urnips and making late hay. Mere
sunshine and a period of dry weather
would be beneficial
Cotton has overgrown it's normal
size in most counties, and in the
central-eastern portion the plants are
not very full of blooms and fruit
There is considerable damage by rust,
but less report of shedding, although
where the crop is suffering from eX-
ressive moisture both bolls and leaves
are falling, and on light lands plants
are turning yellow. In the west Ia
spite of rapid growth cotton seems 70
be blooming freely and fruitlng Welr
Very favorable conditions from no"
on viii be needed 10 make an average
crop Of cotton. Early upland corn Is
about made, fodder is ripening, and
pulling has begun in a few countess
Young corn appears to be caring AMI
filling nicely, i'm places from / to l
silks to the stalk are reported; much
bottom land corn is still badly in the
grass. Tobacco is doing fairly well
as a rule and is curing nicely, put Il
is over ripe i'm some places. and on
thin land the cures are light on ac-
count of damage by too mucn mols'
ture. Peanuts field peas, sweet )ota-
toes and rice have progressed nicely
Thra shing W heat and other grains is
about over and in many instances the
WELD has turned out somewhat pet
ter than expected. Sowing unnfp seed
and late hay making are under way
The fruit crop in the west Will d :
short and inferior; apples are very
scabby; grapes are rlpening; Tn"
moist cloudy weather continues 10
favor the spread of furgus diseases
causing de cay. T1ansplantin% straw
berry plants has made goor progress
RAINS reported: Goldsbrro, 0.12'
!-umberton. 0.34; New Bern, 2.64.
Weldon. 90: Greensboro, 0.2o; Raj
eigh. O.62; Ashevlle loo; Charlotte
/ 90; Hatteras, 200; Angler l.3l;
Pomona. O.25; Lexington TO-. Mon
cure, 0.32; Iendersonville, $50; Nash
vile, III"