Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-18
GENERAL RAIN IN NEBRASKA
Most Of the State Gets Another Good,
Thorough Soaking,
RAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY
south Platte section OF the state is
visited by the Best Rsin Of the
Present season-CrOps Are
Picking Up.


Almost every town in. Nebraska got
good soaking on sunday aud asain Mon
day morning General rsIus throughout
the entire state were reported sunday and
early morning reports received Monday
showed rain over every division OF the
Burlington route and over practically all
of the Union Pacific lines, The Irrigated
land in Wyoming is reported to have the
best prospects for earn this year than any
other place in the country. .
The McCook division Of the Burlington
received the heaviest rains OF the season
in the last two days, and In q few places
as high as three inches OF rain fell while
almost every town in the division reported
at least one-half an inch. The, Lincoln and
Sterling divisions got heavy rains for both
days. and in the Grand Island vicinity.
where the rain was needed most, almost
three inches fell In the last two days and
reports showed It to be raining At 10 o'clock
Monday morning. .....r.f ..H ..
Soil is in good or toir condition In all
parts Of the state except on the wymore
division of the Burlington east, OF Chester
and Edgar, south of Hickman and north
OF Falls City, extending east TO the Mis-
sour river. Within this area the soil is
badly in need of moisture and corn Is dam
aged. .. v..s..'
Temperature Lower.
For the last week the temperature dur
ing the week was only moderately high
and the precipitation general except on the
Wymore division. Reports for the week
show the corn to be in excellent condition
on the Omaha division. in fair shape on the
greater part of the Lincoln division and
some parts of the Wymore division. II Is
impossible to tell at this time TO just what
extent the corn on the McCook division
has been benefited by the rains Of the
last week. Grasshoppers are doing con-
siderable damage within the dry area on
the Wymore division, and were doing mis-
chief on the McCook division before the
recent heavy rains. II is thought that the
moisture will give them a setback on the
McCook division, but, they are damaging
corn in an alarming manner on parts Of
the Wymore division. rH-
Reports from territories where threshing
has been done continue exceedingly favor
able as to yield and quality of winter
wheat. The most favorable reports pre-
viously made on winter wheat are being
borne out by reports from fields where
threshug is actually being done. Potatoes
will make good crop on McCook division.
where irrigation water is used.
oats will yield but a very light. crop
over most OF the state and in some places
are being cut for hay, excepting in the
irrigated land, where oats are In good con-
dtion and will yield a big crop. On the
Sterling division oats are in fair condi
tioA and will yield from twenty-five to
forty bushels per acre. 'rr.
1t is the general opinion that corn will
yield an average crop over the entire
state. Very little more rain will be needed
to assure a good crop on corn and In many
places early corn is already beginning to
tassel. Following are the towns where the
heaviest rains fell Sunday and Monday: