The Washington herald., 1921-10-28
COTTON And
HARVESTS MAKE
: RAPID PROGRESS
Late Wheat Seriously
Damaged by Drought
In Sections.
SEEDING DELAYED
Middle Atlantic and Great
Plains in Need of More
Moisture.
SEEDING DELAYED
"a. cotton states experieneed ana

The cotton States experienced an
other warm and practically rain
less week. with almost continuous
sunshine. the United States Wealth
er Bureau reports.
This was IDEAL for picking and
ginning cotton. and the work made
rapid progress Picking IL about
completed In all sections of Texas
and Arkansas and Is far advanced
IN Oklahoma. Very little remains
unpicked In Louisiana. while har-
vest Is finished in nearly all sec
lions Of Alabama Picking has
been completed and the bulk of
the crop ginned in Georgia. The
yield Is exceeding expectations In
Northern South Carolina, but little
picking remains to be done in that
State Late cotton shows some i'm
provement IN Eastern North Caro-
lima, where considerable remains
to be done. but harvest Is nearly
completed in the southern portion
of that State. The quality of the
staple is very good in Tennessee,
where the crop is mostly in.
Corn Husking In Full swing.
The week was generally very
favorable for husking and cribbing
corn. and that work made rapid
progress HuskinE was reported
as well along in the Ohio Valley.
and about half done In Iowa High
winds on the 18th blew some corn
down in Iowa, but the damage will
probably not be great. Husking
has started in all sections of Kan
sas, and is about half done in the
eastern half of that State The
weather of the past few weeks has
been exceptionally favorable for
drying the crop in good condition
for cribbing.
Soil moisture was insufficient for
seeding grains in the southern
States, including much Of the
southern portion of the winter
wheat belt, where late seeding was
delayed. especially in the lower
Great Plains. Soil moisture con-
tinues mostly sufficient in the
lower Missouri and Ohio Valleys
where wheat is generally up to a
good stand and growing nicely. II
continued too dry, however, in the
Middle Atlantic Coast section and
the Great Plains area. Wheat has
been rather seriously damaged in
Central and Western Kansas, where
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that which was up has taken or
an unhealthy color.
Too Dry In Southwest.
1t was too dry for termination
in Oklahoma, where seeding wa.
suspended, and rain was badly
needed in Texas. At the close Of
the week, however, moderate rains
occurred over much Of the dry area
in Kansas and in the central and
southern Rocky Mountain districts
where drought had become severe
also, which will be very beneficial
to fall-sown grains in that sec.
tom Rainfall was favorable In
the Pacific Coast States, although
more moisture is needed in SONS
localities Rice harvest has beer
nearly completed in Arkansas, and
rapid progress was made in cut.
ting and threshing in louisiana
but there was some interruption tc
this work in California by rain.
fall.
Harvesting Of late white and
sweet potatoes made fairly rapid
progress under generally favorabl,
weather conditions in all parts OF
the country. While the drought
was broken in most Of the FIorids
peninsula and truck showed i'm.
provement there, except in low.
lands, where too wet, 1t was toe
dry in all other Gulf States, a:
well as in North Carolina and Geor-
Eia. but for the best development
Of late truck and fall gardens anC
drought caused considerable dete.
rioration in these crops. Rains
benefit trucks in California, Cut
ting and grinding sugar cane made