Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1898 — WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN. [ARTICLE]

WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN.

Favorable Conditions Prevail la States of Central Valley. The United States -Department of Agriculture has issued the following climate and cr<g> bulletin for the week: The favorable weather conditions of the previous week have continued in the States of the central valleys and on the middle Atlantic coast, while In. the East Gulf and South Atlantic States, and Southwest Texas the drought has become more pronounced. The temperature conditions-to the eastward of the Rocky Mountains have been generally highly favorable, but In the Rocky Mountain region and over the greater part of the Pacific coast It has been too cool, with freezing weather and frosts In portions of Idaho, Nevada, and Eastern Oregon. Corn planting Is now practically completed In the more northerly sections and the crop has received Its last cultivation in the Southern States, where It l« suffering from drought. In the principal com States of the central valleys the week has been exceptionally favorable for growth and cultivation, and the crop is generally clean and In good condition. In Nebraska and portions of Missouri, however, cultivation has been delayed by rains, and In North Dakota it Is backward and needs sunshine. Winter wheat barvest has been completed in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, except in Texas, where It continue®. Harvesting has begun In North Carolina and Tennessee and will begin this week In Kentucky and in the southern portion of Illinois and Missouri. The crop is maturing rapidly and in excellent condition Ln the central and northern sections, although some complaints of rust are recorded from portions of New Jersey, Maryland, Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas. Thrashing is in progress with satisfactory results In the South Atlantic and East Gulf States. The condition of the crop in Washington and Oregon continues most favorable, and In California there will be better yield than was expected. Spring wheat has made rapid growth and Its condition is most promising generally throughout the spring-wheat reglftn; in Southern Minnesota it is nearing the beading etgge.