, 1880-08-02
THE CROPS.
The Outlook for. tho Harvest in
Western States.
Everything Promising Wall In Iowa, Minnesota,
and Elsewhere.
The Yield Larger than Vas Expected, and
Quality Good.
IOWA..
10 tho Edltar ot Tn t'hieaao Tribune,

40 las Ialk7f q 4hs GhieHaV 1f7uHsss
DAvESroRr, H., July 2o.-1larvcst isabout
oyar, and It seens to tno a good time to write
about crops. Before haryest4 every state-
ment about the crops was only st.rmlse,
with M "if" the weather wns favorable.
etc., etc., equality It. Now tile harvest Is
safely over, and one cnn speak with sonlo
certainty rs to tho rcsult,-at least for snanll
grains.
Our wheat Inns been considered. by Bolne
OF our people, rs the most Important, Though
ills doubtful whetller the growing Of wheat Is
oer proaets t. o Xways t Il to approac q
harvest st0ricB fly about tho country Of rust,
drought, and other mtstossnnes t9 tho crops;
which It Is always wcli to take with Ia, grain ol
Has no exception, mid from thIs sectiun mud
that conle extra good or very dtscouragi1g
reports Of the wheat crop; rhis M was doubt
less trnc Of Individual fields, for there are 9.-
straw: but tho whpat crop Of 1own THIS year
Ii fully ,,pto tho average, tnklng The Stntc as
IL whole. Tho average Yield OF wheat II, nll
States L set too iE ad 1qWn u ,rI'o; ~ Gxfen t
ont na high rs twenty md thirty, bushels per
nero, hit tho average yield of. Wl,ent In Iowa
Is only about fourteen bushels por acrc..
Mkt n inpo7!ance though ;,;s IT. S1tM1ltt ft1''sy ny
e2e weys sFSS Ssen "ted asv Re ~" srea
Stntes. lava will have the largest crop Of
corn this ycar. she ever ralse,t.
Many people, evan tllusc who. rn!se corn,
per- per- acre. iowa is u lcadinR coriil stato Of the
| Union, both rs to Quantity a1tl quality, tho
being tho "iowa.1 put tho ; avsraEe ytfl,ti yfs, !
| Is glorious year for corn, RlNl many MI 1own
farmer will 70 into n forty a:re f1pIu this fall
anu husk out 1900 bushels Of corn, nsd they
haye s"s sFss @ ftofss I hsaS to s 1hn Of y 1
grain crop which Will be much nhoye the
average ills yenr,.--!ts. aycrNEo yielt. this
| year being abuve fifty bushels, or nearly 70
per cent better tan !'s,,al' .ro.. IN so,or,
SECTIONS OF the State, notably tho central, did
moro or lrss daMagn 70 THO snail gratil,
probably lIlDte to tho outs n1ls! barley tiisi t0
wheat s the former alWayst yt} }pse C hao; hany in e.
low; wi,tle WHEAT Is fully lip to tiie average,
both III QuaMtlty md gualty., .,...
In Inwa, Ia Increased In acr.aSo this year. Il
aGon,s 10 ,ir tliore, Is very littlu maonuy IN It
1t takes considerable cure, especially Il ~ tit
weathGr should be wet aftcr cutting: and ti,s
cents higher than WHEAT. until cutting ling
IL nn kcs very lltto difference, II Tho crop |:
nn wei!.tlralne! gronn.t, whGtlicr tt,e wcnthe!
; t or ry yieid st Il 'oS SS Stig HE ,y W Tsi ;sej!
pcracre, tho grain bclng rnisrtl III l9wn only
for the src.t, Witch y maslt,fnctnrcd Into Of
and otl-cake. Tho oil Is used In this cntlntry
s a Hi III iaks iaso ii sbos bSsfy ss s Susss hFos
Tie ssason Ias been fsy9rable t, Sne e,tSf, f.
aoot croRS; Potatoes especially Will s'e''
ills: hay crop is not mucll affected ag 7.
III MI know, is productive of bull bay. Wllil
there arg small SECTIONS n tl,!s State Wller ,s.,.