New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-17
THE WEEKLY CROP SUMMARY.
Slow Growth of Grains Owing to Cold
Weather and Rain.

Washington May 1.-THE Weather Bureaus
weekly bulletin summarizes crop conditions as fol-
lows:
In the Upper Mississippi and Upper Missouri val
leys and Throughout the Rocky Mountain and North
Pacific Coast regions. the week ending May 10 was
rains reaty interfered with farming operations in
the Central and West Gulf states and generally
the Atlantic Coast and East Gulf districts. with
the exception Of New-Engiand and the northern
portion Of the Middle Atlantic States the tempera-
ture conditions were favorable but there was too
much rain IN the are M6 enG sfa1d Id
New England the forepart OF the week being too
cool in the two last named districts. In California
the conditions were more favorable than in the
In conseGuence of continuous heavy rains. corn
planting has been impracticable over nearly the
whole OF the corn oeit ana ms "oTk Is now great
will be required before planting be generally
resumed, and similar conditions exist to greater
or less extent in Northern Illinois, indiana Ohio
and the southern portions Of Wisconsin and Michi-
Middle Atlantic States where it is largely finished
Reports Of damage to winter wheat by rust and
insects, while principally confined 70 the southern
portion Of the wheat belt, are more numerous than
tinues in promising condition and has made salts
factory advance during the week Wheat is now
souri, and the southern portions of Illinois and
over the southern portion Of the spring wheat
region spring wheat has grown well and is in good
S bn Un , ~ eIn 6,,cb ~ ~ gIo"tn
North Dakota having been frozen. On the North
Pacific Coast ring wheat is in very promising
condition
An Improvement in the condition of oats is re-
ported from Iowa, NebTask and Kansas although
rain is needed for this crop in portions of the last
named State. In the Dakotas and Minnesota. in
common with other spring sown grain. oats have
made but slow growth. and in Texas the crop has
suffered from rust. Elsewhere the outlook for this
crop is promising
IN the central and districts of the cotton
belt good stands and satisfactory growth OF cot
ton are generally reported Considerable planting
remains be done in Kansas and In the northern
portions Of Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama
and planting is unfinished in the Caroinas Plant
ms is about completed in Georgia, where the stands
are excellent. and the plants healthy and
growing fast In the Carolnas. Georgia Alabama
and Arkansas many fields are foul In Central and
Northern Texas planting has been further delayed
and the crop which is very weedy. has been much
damaged by heavy rains. and is doing we'll over
limited areas only. In Southern Texas the condi-
ton OF cotton ranges from fair 10 good. and much
has been chopped and cultivated. Boil weevils and
other pests are attacking the crop in localities
Transplanting OF tobacco has begun in Virginia
Kentucky and Indiana. Plants are generally album
dant. Much tobacco land is prepared, and with
the favorable conditions resulting from the rains
of the latter part OF the week, this work Will be
prosecuted actively
The general outlook for hay, is promising ex-
cept IN the Upper Missouri Valley, where the
growth has been very slow.