, 1880-08-01
TILE HARVEST.
IOWA.
TO the Editor of TIE Chicago Tribune.

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DAVENPORT, L., July 29.-Haryestis is about
over, and 1t seems to me good time to write
about crops Before harvest, every state
ment about the crops was only surmise,
withan '..if' the weather was favorable,
etc, etc, to EQUALITY it. Now the harvest is
safely over, and one can speak with some
certainty as to the result,-at least for small
grains -.
Our wheat has been considered, by some
Of our people, as the most important, though
tits doubtful whether the growing of wheat is
as profitable to orr people as that Of some
other products. Always at the approach Of
harvest stnrieS fly about the country Of rust,
drought, and other misfortuncs to the crops.
allowance until after: harvest. This year
was no exception, and from this section and
that came extra, good or very discourasing
reports of the wheat crop. This was doubt
ways some ,wheat-tieitls only worth their
straw; but the wheat crop Of Iowa this gear
is fully upto the average, taking the State.as
whole. The average yield OF wheat III all
States is set too high, and Iowa is no excep-
ton. There are exceptional fields .wlllci! turn
acre, but the average yield Of wheat In Iowa
is only about fourteen bushels per acre.
Next in importance, though it should by
right come first, Is corn. Iowa and Illinois
have always been noted as the great corn
States. Iowa will have the largest crop Of
corn tlis year she ever raised.
Many people, even those who raise corn,
have mistaken idea as to the yield Of corn
per acre. Iowa is q leading corn State Of the
Union, both as to quantity and quality, the
being tne "Iowa-" But the average yield
per acre is only about forty bushels. This
is a glorious year for corn, and many an Iowa
farmer will 20 into forty acre field this fall
and husk out i, QUO bushels OF corn, and they
days l1uskings." Corn is probably the only
grain crop which will be much above the
average this year,-its average yield this
year being above fifty bushels, or nearly 70
per cent better than usual.
sections Of the State, notably the central, did
more or less damage to the small grain,
probably more to the oats and barley than to
wheat Us the former always lodge badly in a
average, and barley possibly very little be-
low; while wheat is fully UP to the average,
both in quantity and quality.
Flax, another crop raised to some extent
in Iowa. IS Increased in acreage this year. It
seems to Inc there is very little money IN it.
weather should be wet after cutting; and the
price for the seed is not high,-only few
cents higher than wheat Until cutting time
it kes very little difference, if the crop is
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is wet or dry; but after cutting dry weather
is best The yield is only about ten bushels
per acre, the grain being raisetl III Iowa only
for the seed, which Is manufactured into oil
and oil-cake. The oil is used in this country,
while the cake is mostly sent to Europe.
Iowa will raise about 100000 bushels Of
ttaXseed this year.
The season has been favorable one for
root crops: Potatoes especially will yield
The hay crop is not much affected as to
quantity by the weather; but a wet haying,
as NIL know, is productive Of bad hay. While
there are small sections in this State where
the hay is somewhat injured, the crop, taken
as whole, both in tame and wild day, will
be fully up to the average i'll quantity and
quality. WARREN DOER.
DUBUQUE, Ia, July 30.-Hary esting it, this
section Of Iowa will be finished tomorrow
night Wheat anu oats in the stack and
gathered are in the best possible condition.
The yield Of wheat, as compared with last
years, will be about the same. Oats aud corn
are All immense crop,-fully2 Is per cent above
last years yield.
DESS1soS, Ia, july 3o.-Tho wheat crop
in this part Of the State is now being har-
vested, and Is a grand success. It is not too
much to say that in the twenty counties
comprising the western slope Of Iowa the
wheat will average twenty bushels to the
acre. The corn crop will likewise be great
one, averaging about fifty bushels to the
acre. 1t is already out Of danger Of frost.