Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
WEATHER HALTS CROPS
Too Cool for Best Crowth-Corn in
Many Sections Needs Rain

Washington. July 10.-The Govern
ment weekly weather report says corn
needs rain In many sections. A fairly
good week for cotton. Weather mas
been favorable for harvesting winter
wheat. Rain is badly needed for spring
wheat from Dakota westward.
It was too cool in much of the east
and northeast for best growth Of many
crops. and there is a decided lack OF
moisture in many sections OF the Coun-
try. In regions from eastern Soutn
central Illinois to central kcntuckv.
where abundant rains occurred. corn
made good progress during the week
It Is mostly In goo dcondttton in MIS-.
souri, and eastern Kansas from rains or
preceding week.
In nearly all other sections OF country
however, rain Is needed for hest growth \
of crop and in some places the SOIL Is
much too dry for proper development OF
corn. It is suffering in PRACTICAL, all
sections of Oklahoma and as whole Is
badly damaged especially on the. up
lands.
parts Of Kansas but is no; yet seriously
damaged except in few localities. 1t
grew we'll generally in Nebraska. but
needs rain and in some sections OF the
southern portion of that state 1t Is be-
ginning to tassel short.
Corn Is beginning to tassel as far
north as Iowa and southern Ohio:
Week was too cool for best growth or
corn from Lake region eastward. This
crop made satisfactory development In
Indiana where much that was damageu
by frost on the night Of June ~ Is now
recovering nicely. ,.,-
Early corn is maturing in Texas with
condition good to excellent depending on
mo sture received during the past rev
weeks. Broom corn is holding up well
III Oklahoma.
throughout the cotton belt bu nights
were too cool for best growth in eastern
portion. Except for good showers IN
Georgia and the Carolinas at the close
of the week and some rainfall In east
ern and northern Texas practically no
precipitation occurred in the cotton belt.
Rainfall was heavy at few points in
! Texas.
cotton growing arear but lack of mois-
ture has not yet proven detrimental to
cotton except in portions of TeXas.
| Weather was favorable for cultivation
and fields are generally free of grass.
The week was favorable in northern
eastern and coast sections of Texas but
very unfavorahle in the western portion
OF that state where late planted cotton
Is dying for lock Of moisture.
Cotton made good growth and is
blooming freely in Oklahoma and IL
fruiting well and is in good to excellent
condition in Arkansas and Louisiana.
| IIdnlS UIP gTOWlUS sal III AIt
bama and Mississippi and bolls are de-
| veloping normally in Georgia but the
| cron Is not making rapid growth in the
| latter state.
1t was too dry for the best results il
the southern portion of South Caroline
until near the close of the week bu
! the rain of the Sth will be very benc
! fetal in that section. The crop iS making
| satisfactory progress and Is fruiting wei
| In tennessee and North Carolina.
] Roll wepNil 20 lptnr IN 20.
! in the central and southern portions o
| Alabama but are somewhat less activ,
| in Mississippi. while only few com
! plants of this pest were received from
| Arkansas.
Winter wheat is ripening slowly in
| New York State, but the crop Is heading
! at high elevations in the upper Rocky
! Mountain region. Dry weather has un-
| favorably affected this crop in the ex.
| treme northwest. Harvest began during
! the week Just closed as far north as CEN
| trail Pennsylvania. the extreme northern
portion of Ohio, south of Michigan ana
| northern Iowa.