, 1881-06-17
CROP PROSPECTS.
Valuable Reports Gathered by the
Agents Of the Mccormick
Harvester.
Spring Wheat VIII BE About One-
Eighth Larger IN Crop than '
Last Year.
Winter Wheat Has Without Doubt enf-
fered to the Extont Of 80 or 40
Per Gent.


manufacturers nf ilIe country nrg ceiterlllS
tllcir attention IN tho cnsdltim, Of tl,e wheat
crop. I.atrUad ,nal,pyers, sl,eculutors Il,
stacks. anil, IN fuel, businessmen of NIL kIis
Inve IN Interest III this subject Hsca.Cr tl'an
they ARE willing tn admit. Fur kuinc years II
l,;vs beet, tho custom If the AEcCurnlck I[nr-
yrster Conpaily u tnther tin crop reports
through Tie innllium uf thctr district agents,
tvs, three, or fur 0f whom nre located III
the ynrlons gruin-erDwiitg Status Of tho West
n1Hl Nortliwest. It Is n'l the strength Of
these reports aiId tho conclusions derived
t1Ierefrom tllAt the Afct.urnilcks base
llsefr nlIl,s,al production Vi reaper6,
mowers, seft-hfnlers, atitl tho other niacllIncs
used In harvesting thu great EraIH crops Of
TT,i,uSM s cs",nullssiSn.r tiat tllu SicCorlnlcks
would inAuMfactilre 4 inilcl larger number
NJ nryessurs tlIts year tlin.l last. |lG called 1T
| fllc downtown Office Of tie Company ycstei.
rrratrl, WIS referred ,u MIR. tiunnah, WIN
l!as charge Of tic correspondence With tho
!" Il It True" sait! the rept'rter, !" that you
VII; I!lcrsss t;' arHsy the production OF har'
~. ,iI y. slalt nake 'nuel larger ''un'-
"Tlsn Tie stories about SHIRT cr!nl's Of
wheat t'aye bceI1 grossly exhgger4tsd 70 J.,
''NU, tllat IL not II exactly. There Is 4
great scarcity Of farm labor. md what will
be til tie market Mt harvest time will CONF
,i1uch M possi6ic. very many of iilt farmers
lave ordered selt.htntlng larvesters. There
are other crops tu b. reapetl besides wlisat.
There are outS, re, barlsy, nti'le', and flax-
HXt Tits particular st.tEu tile attention vi
t,o nllbiis. buti, licrc atI in Elropc, iIis beell
uttrnrted IL tic Wheat crup mid # Is III Ills
That wnatd ll!ieta get yol,r views ~ lttluced
va, i,,.yr rs. rcr,oris fron, ayery county il. te
SwIesi.ssawiss staies: :'' .., - .,s,.. o,.,
,,,,,o nS i,evn uiu tha .9psrn ~ t'stinrl.s e,-
hInci,lv frunt tel To twenty ur nlorc equities,
ntr,,rf,ir II, lila facilttv for distrbutloJ, mid
,cS,sitr n ,n,,1tfatiot1. Snw il You viii stcp
o'ef ~ @ u'.s @ '."p ,,,,, .,,, ,,,.r,,,~r.,
The rem.rtcr did so and AGr. Hannah. coli
ttl.lett: Now there h the Southern lllillG,s
LoaIs T,is incIttdes II II the .err!tory II the
ltS tIseus s vaSialia. Ii its ssstion there @ Mi
l}ot bs oyer ln!t sron ot winter,wl'eat. In
famous ..t!crEca.! Bottom and the Sny !.csee,
antl extenuS us fnr east M Springfield, tic
tiall,aEy tu the crop has lgcil FULLY Is per
cent. Tic, Champaign district which lies
east Ut Springfield, suffered 1css tltnn the tWH
districts llfst-natned, tia loss being not over
40 pnr coilt.' ,,,
'Wiat alM,ut tile sprinE.'vllent"
"WeIl Gonn tu That presently 1ile
lndiahilpailS district, WHICH taKes III ~ ~
tho Ssate ul lntinna except tl!e tw. iinftAefi
tiers Of COUNTIES, reports t!lat i'alt' tne clon
l!i.s been dcstfoyett. Anrllietli lllu!ala a'!
tIe three northern Tiers 81 Goltlt'eS ~
Michigan nlohg ule itns ni Inc Lake S!lt'ft; T..
and A!irhigilt central illhkt: W tt!lia,iy nhel
sMowig i"!sss sa . tlat tax ~ ~ 'na t"r,
western !iHl1A11aIt tsss n.1u INV ~ .,lsa ~.
other co'l''t!es-,tllo reWriS nre vcry favor
n6tr for II Eo9ti ayer.lgs cropoi wliteis weat.
They arr well tli!iberetl, ai!!l thc iinper pit
lsri.ed '., tne Eso,W,i'e wheat from ms severity
"Wl!at aIont tlle wirte;t.wlleat statesp"
In ohto, ksntscky, iennesSee' ai!ssonri.
ha,!sas: nila 9nstetl NMnfSha ,t @ eAeep; ;ta
,eW chH''tteS H!ollE l.G 2nNtH H'!M ~ .t1 t'ao
splbca i!yer tc lirattoi's .!ssi Miu ~ tt
could lm ues,feu. lsailsAs VIII eertn,'nly HIVE
rs g3tHl y crop ny WIS SyHr G:r1wn.''' '',u...,,,,
".ID wliae tln ynil Attf'ni'te me dcStructso0 ~;
III Illinois. lnallllln, elnl Michigan, " .,,,
"An sxcattnsly t Iar ireSze noioIo G1s
s,Iow fei!. tlllh te sewers Wlslu,stoFl'lh ut!f'n
the Wl'l!Gf, WHICH ptW t1io sltu" ~ ~.
w!Int bintlcs of Wliclt ,escapea Lle
carly ffeezc: ~ ule Algellcais, IL. not'ons' ~!
mid ln faet ninhs NJ the FaVGr unt-
t!'n!s ~ Southern ILLINOIS aaa taaiihlia,
the almost lapafalieIEA hpsME i!aSSitti!9