Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12
GROWTH OF CROPS SLOW.
Temperature Conditions, However
Favorable in All Sections.

temperature Conditions, However,
Favorable in All Sections.
The weather bureaus weekly summary
of crop conditions is as follows:
While the temperature conditions of
the week ending May 1 were much more
favorable than in the previous week,
complaints of slow termination and
growth are very general in the Missouri
and Red River of the North valleys, mid
die Rocky Mountain slope, lake region
and New England. In the middle and
south Atlantic and gulf States and in the
Ohio valley very favorable temperatures
prevailed, but the central and west gulf
States and portions of the south Atlantic
States and Ohio and central Mississippi
valleys suffered from excessive rains,
which hindered farming operations ma
terially. New England, North Dakota,
Montana and Florida continue to need
rain, but the portions of the lower Mis-
souri, and Ohio valleys needing moisture
in the previous week have received am
pie rainfall On the Pacific coast the
week was too cool for favorable growth,
with frequent frosts in Washington.
In most of the principal corn States
corn planting has made slow progress,
but extensive preparations for this work
have been made and, with taVorable
weather. much will be planted during the
first week in May.
Planting generally is finished in the
Southern States and is nearly completed
in the southern portions of Kansas and
Missouri. In the southern portion OF the
middle Atlantic States planting has been
actively carried on and has begun as lar
oo
Practically all reports indicate that
winter wheat continues IN unusually
promising condition, the temperature or
the past week having been more faVora-
ble for the advance of this crop.
Dry weather has been untavoraole Ior
the termination and growth OF spring
wheat in the Dakotas. The carry SOW
in South Dakota, however, ana III Mill
nesota is doing we'll. The OUTLOOK lor
spring wheat in Iowa, Oregon anu ASH
ington is very promising.
The general outlook tor oats continues s
favorable in the most important o"'
States. In Kansas and Neoraska Tue
crop is recovering from the eHects oA
nrayious cold In the Dakotas ana por-
tions of the lake region germlnation mas 17
not been satisfactory. SeedlnS Nen
advanced in the more nortnerly sectlon9
If tbe central part of the country anu
has begun in the northern part OIL inc
middle Atlantic States
Over the eastern portion OF the COTTON
,,o1t tho weather conditions have been
favorable for cotton planting, Whlcn IS
,,;nc, completion in the more southerly
a:.+,;ots GOOD stands being generally IN
acted In the central and western
,..stz Wanting is much delayed, less
49,. Iolf of the area having been plant
u :, Ionisiana and Oklahoma ana IN
A., territories, only about one-halI III
anr+born Mississippi and very ilttle III
A,.,-ansos practically none beng up III
the last mentioned state
- ,orthern. central and eastern couh-
of Taxas much of the cotton area
ran,ains implanted, and much COTTON lald
:. leo+b Texas and Louisiana has peen
hadIr washed out by rains ana EXTENSIVE
,.o,,1antinr will be necessary. over tno
soi,+bvestern part of the cotton area \,
rTax,s cotton is generally dong wen anu
cbonning and cultivation are III prosleSs
Transnlanting tobacco IS nearly nhisn-
:, South Carolina and has begun III
Nor+b Carolina. Plants are genefahs
-,or,+;ful hut are backward IN ONO anu
20 being damaged somewhat by INSECTS
a. Kentucky, where preparations lor
nlanting are in progress.
While the reports respecting fruit are
favorable, they indicate that
lnoiI -, have been extensively killed, al
Ipsnh an excellent crop is promised IN
1 saotbarn Georgia, and in few other
soo+:ons the outlook for peaches is some
what improved.