Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-15
PROGRESS OF THE CROPS.
Weekly Crop Bulletin Of the Agricultural
Bureau OF the Omaha Chamber OF
Commerce,

The improved weather conditions for
corn In all Mississippi valley states, not
ed in all the official reports this week.
More moisture came TO most Of the ter
ritory last week. especially to the more
southerly districts and there seems to be
score Of lack of moisture to mako tbs
crop The cool nights since August !.
which have kept temperature averages
from 20 degrees below normal
large rainfall, have retarded maturity
Of the corn plant until now some anxiety
is beginning to be felt lest such condition
continuing may result in soft corn CROP.
Kansas City district. where some sta
tions report more than six inches OF rain
within the past week. In the northern
stretches Of the corn belt particulariy IN
made steady progress throughout the sea-
son and is now 40 far matured that a
very good crop is assured: In the drouth
district. although conditions have I'M
proved so greatly. there Is certainty
that many OF the fields will prove to have
a large per cent Of nubbins ana stiIt
more Of it will be shallow In the grain.
Under such circumstances and with con-
siderable damaged areas in the eastern
cotton states and in the west a large part
Of Texas. Oklahoma and Kansas, eS.
tending into southwestern Nebraska ard
eastern. Colorado stiil needing moisture.
II would seem that much larger reduc-
tons in estimates Of the crop than the
as.oOo.ooo bushels Of the August J cs-
Mississippi valley drouth area had ap-
proximately S6.o0o.o0o acres in their suf-
fering sections. They were given max.
imum crop prospect on July j. IL wouin
be easy indeed, therefore. to scale the
estimate three times the reported de-
crease.
Thresher return reports from the spring
wheat belt are very meaeer and are ST.
very little light on the actual crop yieIo
from that source. The current reports
Of wheat yields one gets from the ma ma
ket reports are not en,ishten,ns. tn h.
"doctored' for market propasands. hus
in as much as the new future traoing ac1
penalties the circulation or raise MAJ
ket reports. we Hili NOPE toF o ~. prsin
The cotton states had much grain from
the Red River valley north ana east sha
very high temperatures All crops msoe
yood progress except cotton. The boil
weyij. which is the great present enemy
O, cotton. works most in wet wea.her.
the plants and which Is efficient only IN
DIV weather Also shedding OF bloom
without fertilization Of the flower occurs
when there is much rain The cotton crop
may, therefore. be regarded as haNins
deteriorated during the past week. Fruit
and truck have been very plentiful In the
south and the Georgia peach crop when
has been practically all marketed, VIII
not pay the present excessive freight
| fates and leave fair teturn to the grow
or. Arizona has started her cotton gins
on cotton made from volunteer seedlings;
This will suggest that the high STANDARD
of cultivation expected from growing cot
ton under irrigation farming 10 likely 10
prove disappointment ~
The coast and mountain states hs.e
had mostly continued dry weather WIN
high temperatures along the cahto,0ns
coast No important changes nave 'sHsm
place In agriculture in that territory. Dry
farming "a at further dissdvantase ava
in Oregon the unirrigated apple o'chauS
are showing the lack OF moisture.
Tho late reports from fru't sIowns
districts in the east are oisappoin,,hs.
The New York state apple crop, which -
the largest source OF supply in the east.
suffered heavily from the June drought
and win probably give only one-thtrd OF
a normal crop. The Canadian provinces
and Nich,san which furnish the main
MART ~ the eastern surplus. outside OF
Eew york state make a better showing
as Ontario and tho lower st. Lawrence
valley report normal crops OF apples. IN
tha west we have continued fair pros
nact, for fruit in ths mountain valleys
above. II is expected that much OF the
puget Sound and California fruit viii be
asnt 70 Atlantic coast cities by water
TRANSFORMATION through the Panama ca
nal should this occur, the mtddlewest.
which Ia nearly destitute Of local fruit
.upply. will be dependent on the inter-
mountain states The apple crop IL al
ready coming 20 market from the psccs
valley IN New Mexico,