Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1900 — CROPS HURT BY RAIN. [ARTICLE]

CROPS HURT BY RAIN.

Wet Weather Does Considerable Damage In Many States. The moat unfavorable features of last week, as given by the crop division of ths weather bureau, were the excessive rains in the Southern States and the unseasonable low temperatures over the central and southern plateau and Pacific coast regions. A large part of Texas, Including the region of the great flood of JuneJuly, 1899, has received from two to more than seven inches of rain, washing out and inundating crops to a great extent over the central and southern portions of the State. Too much rain has generally retarded farm wqyk in the States of the Missouri valley and middle Rocky Mountain slope. . * Eastward of the Mississippi river corn planting and preparations therefor have progressed rapidly, planting being in progress as far, north as the central portions of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio and in West Virginia and Maryland. Some corn has been planted in southern lowa, and planting will be general the coming week. On account of wet weather little corn was planted in Nebraska, and . planting has been retarded in Missouri and Kansas. In Kansas and Texas and portions of Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama much replanting will be necessary as a result of overflows. * Further improvement is generally reported in the condition of winter wheat, although in Michigan and Wisconsin farmers are continuing to plow up wheat fields for other crops. The crop is now heading as far north as Tennessee, Arkansas and Oklahoma. In central and northern California high winds have been unfavorable, but the crop has been improved by rains in the southern part of the State. All reports indicate that spring wheat is coming up finely and making excellent growth. Seeding is now practically completed except in North Dakota.