Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-28
NEBRASKA CROP NOTES.

The wheat crop is nearly all safe
ly secured in the stack.-[Sarp
Sentinel.
Report comes from the lower pal
t-of the valley that the crops are goo
and an abundant harvest Is antici
pated.-[Loup City News.
The peach crop this year promise
to be very large. All other frui
will be small.-[Nebraska Cit.
fressEa eFEsF
Reports from all parts of the coun
ty show that the wheat will average
about 10 bushels to the acre.-TFill
smore County Bulletin.
I Wild plum trees are loaded down
with fruit, and an abundant plum
harvest is expected.-[Seward Re.
porter. =
The wheat crop IL excellent. 1t:
yield will range from 20 to % bush.
eis per acre.I[Republican Valley
sentinel M
Our farmers are reaping q boun.
tiful harvest of wheat, oats, etc.
but rain Is necessary to made corr
what it ought to be.-TPawnee
County Republican.
Burt has never had a prospect fol
a better crop; the grain is of superior
quality, and out of the way OF
danger; the recent rains will Inake
an enormous corn and potato crop.
IBurtonian.
The farmers Of Howard county
are jubilant over the prospective
yield Of wheat. We have spoken
, with q few, and they all exclaim
with one accord, that crops were
never more promising than they are
This misunderstanding Sentinel.
Harvest is almost over, and
threshing has-already commenced.
The first load of wheat brought in
sold at 20 cents. The quality of
wheat will not be as good as ex-
pected, aud the quantity will fall
short Of What it should be.-1Sutton
'(Clay Co. Times.
Wheat in the valley, which until
recently looked excellently, will.
Notwithstanding the dry weather
and ravages fof the grasshoppers,
average about II bushels to the acre.
All that is cut, thus far, will fully
sustain the statement Oats look
first-rate.- ELeup City News -
Reports from the northeast part
county indicate a good half
crop ofeorn, Some pieces are who'll
ly Destroyed, but Others are not so
badly Injured. The leaves are bad
ly "chawed,n but as the silk had
not yet appeared, the damage done
Il not so great.-[Schuyler Register.
Tie farmers Of Adams COUNTY are
nearly through harvesting, The
weather has been extremely hot,5
but otherwise the weather is ext.
ceedingly favorable. No storm has
occurred to lodge the heavy crop, or
damage it BY too much wet weather.
HGHastinss Journal 20
3 During the past week most far
mers in this locality have completed
the harvest of their small grain.
Oats, generally, was cut before ma
turity to preserve 1t from the grass
hoppers. Wheat Is not 80 large q
yield as usual, but is, SO far as Wa
have seen, superior in quality
columbus Journal. -
1t is feared that the corn crop i'm
this section is a failure. One week
ago the corr crop promised an abun-
dant harvest, but the grasshoppers
have since then made sad havoc of
II. Barley Is In q fair condition and
can be expected to do well. The
cat crop will be heavy no doubt.
County Advocate. 4
The wheat crop throughout this
county is represented by harvesters
as being generally excellent. The
grain in some late sown fields became
shriveled by the centin-
ued dry hot weather, and occasion.
ally q field was injured by grasshop- |
pers and chlnoh bugs.a These are 4
the only exceptions, and farmers
generally agree that the crop is UNI
usually good.IBrownville (Nema-
ha County, Advertiser.
We have now on exhibition at
this office a stalk of this years corn
eleven feet in height grown on Mr.l
Mollring,s lots in this city. 1T was
planted and has been tended by his
sons, shows that boys a farm
even here in the city. This corn is
all about the same height and for
q country where 1t has not rained
for nearly two months, We chal-
lenge any State 10 equal or beat it.
NEBRASKA City Press. IS 81
The farmers are in the midst of
now, and the yield is
quite equal to the expectation. The
wheat Is turning out Admirably, as
the barley, and the other crops /
proportionately well. The corn
cropis i'm most excellent condition.
and Will yield heavily if nothing
prevents from now until the harli
vest Not so much Germ as usual
has been put into the ground and
much larger number of acres of
wheat, but the corn has, If possible,
received better attention than ordi-
and hence will afford a
heavier crop.
. We hear that In some portions of
the county the grasshoppers have
been at work and did some damage
to the corn crop, but We believe not
to any very great extent taking the |
together. jSeward Atlas.
We. have taken trip through
onr county, and find the wheat crop
not SO badly injured by the late hot
days. as We had st first feared, In
fact our average wheat crop viii be
larger than last year. Last year
the crop was 10000 bushels, fromft
an acreage Of 5000 acres. This year
not less than 1900 acres Is In
and estimating Is hnsheIsto I