, 1880-07-16
More Encouraging Reports as
to. Wheat Prospects In
Minnesota.
rhe Fair Weather Maturing
tho Berry In Many Scc-
ti0ns.
Reports Of the country's Crops
by the Department of
Agriculture.
How the Wheat Harvest In Ne
braska Is Likely to Event.
unte.
NEis1ASKA.


Special Dispoteh to Tbs Chicago Tribune.
OMAHA, Neb., ,July15.-prospectsc continue
eood for m abundant hnryeat IN Nebraska.
Corn Is looking remarkably well, and during
these wnr,i days Is growing flse. This sea-
sons crop will 10 tho biggest corn-crop ever
raised in Nebraska. 1t will be Immense.
Small grain will not pail out ns well as IL dill
last year, but n fair Yield ls expected. running
from c5 to ii per cent OF tliB usual CROP Tho
decrease IL owing to the drought carly IN tho
season. but recent copioMa rains l,avc brought
crops out III good shapo. Wheat is of'oxccl-
lent uunlity, and tho samo may bo snid of
A eemtlcn,nn WHO las Just returned from
q trip through Southern Nebraska 10 inspect
crops for the Burlington & Missouri Rail-
road brings bnck the most encouraging re-
ports 11o says before tho Fntns came
some whoat-nelds Ind been plowed up ard
planted to corn, but, immediately aftnr tho
rains begun coming, the small grains that rc-
mninctl gnvo promise OF harvest worth
gathering, while corn sl,ot up nlagniGcently.
In Butler County there wns MI abundant
rntnfall. following occasional showers for
three preceding weeks. Tho Improvement
in the crops WINS Immediate ind marvellous,
md the indications now arc that corn Will
bo bountffnl crop, while tho yield OF small
grains will exceed tho expectations Of tie
,nost sanguinc. Going west with the rall
into CLAY, ind. Adams, alld 11an,tlton, IT
affected tho cnrllcr-sowil gralr, the moisture
wrought rnpitl alli cifectual change, md
witt, the later planting, which the sens9n l!as
mntle necessity, mid no furthef dfaWoacks,
Stili west agnl,,, In Buffalo, Kcarney, mud
ntIiotuIug counties, the sntIle story rGpcAts
itself. Jtalns are bringing thu. crops forward
Surprisingly, and small grains tliat @ were
fnye l'ecn piowed lip and planted to corn.
ground md root, md, IN aucll cnses. It is nat
.ilnusl,al to find wheat and cori,, each grow
III hepab'cah sd ii vaifuy " far!ssrs arc ,aviEg
similar experlelco. III Webster, franklin,
Harlan, aud Furnas the spring wns trying,
but nov rains l'aye tallen I'LL the A. cereMs s'aIs
wiley the settlements are new, and Mott
named eountics there Is considerable breadth
Of land In wheat, and In spots there is Injury
gether, tiio5 deficiency Il! wheat with Ic
moro than compensated by tho incIense II,
corn, and II Is to be remembered that the
valley, rs tho rest Of tho South Finite, Is
is % reGnircd for iced. Ills conciuslons arc
that the so,lttl hntf Of Nebraska, known rs
tho South Platte country, will have ltboral
harvest
There Is probnbly one-tli1rd moro corn than
last year; md the average III fink Is double
WHEAT will not mako tlle crop TINT would
have been reached 1t the season had beer
altogether favorable; but ln.e spring-sowr
grains may be fair, nnd There is a good pros
peGt for fax. puas, beans, brckwhcat, AMI
mtllet and nfter a hen e9Tn e3,1 , goGpt
Nebraska. Ills conclusions will apply Il
the North Platte country, which Is not quite
60 thlckly settled. Interviews with nlsmer
olts parties from various sections of tfle
North Platte country sustain this statement