The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-08-14
CROPS.

The following crop list, clippe
from the Register is from many SCI
tons ofthe State, and gives an ide
of the crops generally: r
Clayton County-Elkader Journa
The harvest throughout this vicinit
has been going forward gloriousl
during the past week. Probabl.
halt the wheat is in the shock. 1t i
reported very little injured by thu
blight, the bald wheat being mos
affected. With fair prices we may
expect to go pretty much out of thu
wilderness this season.
Marshall ceunty-Marshalltowr
Times: 1t is now thought the average
yield of wheat in this county viii
not exceed Is bushels per acre
owing to the blight. Some fields
have suffered severely while others
are but little affected. Several farm
ers with whom we have converse6
think the average will not 60 over
10 bushels 10 the acre.
Buchanan County Bulletin: Har
vesting has been pushed with vigol
this week, and by its close the bulb
of the grain will be in the stack. The
weather has been all that could be
desired. The grain is generally Of
excellent quality, and the yield be.
yond expectation. -
Bremen County Independent: Har-
vest is well in hand, and should the
weather continue favorable q large
part of the grain in the Cedar Valley
will be in shock by Saturday next.
Farmers in the east part of the county
will be about one week behind, on
account of the grain ripening slower.
It is agreed that the harvest is the
heaviest for several years. ~ '
Story County--Ames Intellige'acer:
By the end of this week, with pre-
sent indications, about all the wheat
in this county will be cut. and In
shock, and in most excellent condi-
ton, too, foronever has weather been
more favorable for harvesting. We
do not hear much complaint about
rust or scab, and from the best in
formation we can obtain, should
Judge that the wheat crop in this
section will prove about an average
yield. The quality is said to be
fair. fa ..s4orl Ea6JEast fs'tt i'.'.s
Clarke County-Osceola Sentinel:
Never have the crops of Clarke Co.
promised more abundant harvest.
The yield of wheat, now mostly iD
shock, it is estimated by many will
be tour or five times as great as last
year; while of oats, there will be a
slight falling off from last years
yield, but still a heavy crop and
enough for all practical purposes.
Corn never promised better. 4 4 <
Ben. johnson, of Green Bay town
ship, has twenty-acre field Of
wheat, which it is estimated will
yield thirty five bushels per acre.
Boone County Standards: The
harvest is in free blast in this county,
and, except that tits very warm, the
weather has been favorable. 'Scab'
has proved to be simply scarecro W
and the crop will be an average.
There are some spots of poor wheat,
but the general yield is fair -
Dickinson County-Spirit Lake
Beacon: Many farmers have COM
menced harvesting in different parts
of the county. According to the
various reports in the eastern and
southern parts of the State we have
no crops to harvest here, but when
we come to look around us we find
some very excellent fields of grain
here, and throughout the county.
We admit that the grasshoppers
have done considerable damage to
some fields, but the grain crop is
comparatively good with us. Emmett,
Palo Alto and Kossuth counties have
suffered great deal more from the
grasshoppers than we have. ,edr u
Dallas county-Dexter, Herald:
The wheat crop in this county is
immense-immense is the best word
we can use for it for the county is