Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-25
GENERALLY UNFAvoRABLE.
Weather Conditions for the Week End
ing May %.

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The weather bureaus weekly bulletin
| summarizes crop conditions as follows:
The weather conditions of the week end
ing May % have been generally unfavor-
able except in portions of the middle south
Atlantic and gulf states and the upper Mis-
sissippi and Missouri valleys, the southern
Rocky mountain region and California. Ere
quent and in some cases heavy rains have
delayed work in eastern districts and on
the north Pacific coast, but improved the
condition of grains and grasses. while cool
nights and cloudy weather have retarded
! termination and growth in nearly all dis
tricts Frosts, more or less dana ging, oc-
| CURED in New England, the northern por
ton of the middle Atlantic states, in Ohio,
| the northern Rocky mountain region, in
Oregon and Washington.
Further delay in corn planting is report
ed from Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, and
| much replanting is necessary in the first
and last-named states, well in Iowa
and Nebraska. Planting is nearly COM
pleted in southern Missouri and about
three-fourths of the area is planted in Iowa
and northern Missouri, mostly finished in
Nebraska and central Illinois, and this
work is now being vigorously pushed in
Indiana and Kentucky On dry, warm
soils in Iowa termination is fairly good,
but corn needs warmth and sunshine to in
sure satisfactory growth. Cutworms are
udtudSIB III the OIlO valley anu
of the middle and south Atlantic states.
while the crop is suffering from lack of Gull
tivatfon in the last-named district and in
the states of the lower Mississippi valley.
Winter wheat generally continues promis
ing, although complaints of rust are recefv-
ed from Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri.
Oklahoma and Texas, and reports of short
straw from portions Of the middle Atlantic
states Illinois and Missouri. The crop is
beginning to head in southern Nebraska.
Winter wheat is doing well in California.
heading nicely in Oregon, and looking well
but making slow progress In Washington,
owing to heavy frosts, which cut down
some grain In low valleys.
More favorable weather conditions during
the latter part of the week have caused
spring wheat to improve rapidly and this
crop is now making satisfactory progress.
except on iowlands I'm North Dakota, where
slightly damaged by flooding. and some
scattered fields of the late sown are thin
in South Dakota. Spring wheat is advanc-
ing satisfactorily in Oregon. and though
heavy frosts caused some damage in low
valleys in Washington the crop will re-
cover and. Is looking well.
The general condition of oats Is satisfac-
tory. The crop as a whole has made good
growth, although retarded by cool and
cloudy weather in Minnesota during the
fore part of the week and by foods in por-
lions of Ohio, while some scattered fields
are thin in Nebraska and South Dakota
and considerable rust Is reported from
northern Texas.
While good stands of cotton are gener-
ally reported from the eastern and central
sections of the cotton belt, cool nights have
checked growth, and the staple is suffering
from lack of sunshine and cultivation, COM
plants of grassy fields being received from
nearly every state in these two sections.
Planting Is finished in South Carolina and
Alabama, nearly completed in North Caro-
lima and Mississippi but about % per cent
of the area remains to be planted In Lou
isiana and Arkansas. Chopping is well ad-
vanced in the Carolinas. continues in
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi and has
begun In some places in Arkansas. In
northern Texas, though cotton was dam
aged somewhat by heavy showers and is
still poor in places, Is very weedy, and
much planting is unfinished, the prospects
are improved; with more favorable condi-
tons for replanting and cultivation, the
crop looks better and cultivation and chop
ping are progressing Cotton is growing
well in southern Texas, chopping and Gull
tivation are general, squares are forming
and some has been laid by. Boil weevils
and other insect pests are active In some
counties
Tobacco plants are plentiful in Kentucky.
and transpla nting continues in that state
as we'll as in Indiana, Maryland and North
Carolina. Considerable has been planted in
Virginia, but the soil is too wet, locally.
for this work The crop is suffering from
lack of proper cultivation in North Caro-
lima, and the weather has been unravor
able for plants in Ohio.
Less favorable reports are received re-
garding apples Prospects for this crop
| are deteriorating In Missouri, the bloom is
| not as full as usual in New England, drop
| ping is reported from Virginia, Kentucky.
| Tennessee and southern Illinois. and less
| promising conditions are indicated in Ohio.
| In other principal growing states the crop
| continues promising.
All reports indicate that a good crop or
| hay is promised. Haying is now in pro-
| gress in California, with heavy crop of
| excellent quality.