The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-10
MILLION DOLLAR
WEATHER IS HERE
IF It Lasts, the Wheat Crop
Will Be All
Right.
The Situation Far More Encour-
aging Than It Was a
Week Ago.

Mathematician weather and millions
to the northwest if it lasts. A weather
map full of ramifying lines, with
"hieh' and "low' areas touching and
almost overlapping, was posted for to-
day, indicating weather outlook full
of uncertainty for the country as a
whole, but carrying salvation to the
northwest in a forecast for fair wealth
er tonight and Tuesday for Minnesota
and the Dakotas.
The week opened at the Chamber of
Commerce with hope revived and the
northwest crop situation admittedly
improved by the good weather over
Sunday With a rainfall for June Of
almost eight inches, and July starting
in at the same rate, the wheat was in
condition where more rain would have
been little short of calamitous. Even
worse would have been extremely hot
weather following the soaking, for this
would have started rust. 1t is inter
mittent rain, followed by extreme heat,
that favOrs the spread OF rust. The turn
from rain to clear weather was grad
ual. No extreme temperatures were
felt anywhere, and the wheat dried out
well.
The Crop Against Time.
Today it is question of the crop
against time. The wheat, on the aver.
age, is back from ten days to two
weeks. Every day of weather like that
lying in wait, but it is quite possible
for the crop to escape a serious black.
rust visitation if the kind of weather
remains that will send the grain tc
maturity before the rust gets at it
The situation, on the whole, looks more
favorable today than it has looked at
any time for a month.
The morning brought in over a hun
dred mail and Geographic reports from
to the Iowa line, and while there is g
prayer for continued good weather anc
evidence Of solicitude in nearly all, the
summary is decidedly more hopeful.
The map posted by the department
this morning showed succession OF
circles, and long irregular lines, EN-
bracing no less than seven distinct
"lows'' ard four '7'highs.'' One low
area covered the sand and cactus in
the Phoenix, Flagstaff and Yuma coun
try, Gtnterlng over Arizona. Another
ranged from Port Arthur to @ 'apelle
in the anadian northwest. One
''high'' was along coast on the Allan
tic from Delaware south, another of
the The Qf &gS fGaf from onars oTegGn a dqT 1
and Helena, Mont. The fourth "high5
was the most remarkable, beginning
west of Port Arthur, Ont, and running
into the southwest, thru Rapid City
Grand Junction, Santa Fe and Anne
rillo, on the west line, and coming on
of Texas on the east line thru Abilene
touching Wichita and passing between
Kansas City and Concordia, turnin,
dropping to Chattanooga and into sal
water thru Jacksonville, Fla. Within
the south central bend Of this "high,
lay the third "low,' coming up. fror
Indianapolis and back to the gulf be
tween Mobile and Pensacola TIL
most important wheat fields of tn
northwest lie clearly inside the grea
"high" and appear assured Of dr.
weather for at least forty eight hou
period. The winter wheat harves
fields are not so fortunate, and tn
shifting Of a line either way ma
change the southwest outlook owe
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