Omaha daily bee., 1881-07-02

and average prospect. Corn very un-
even stand, generally late; could not
be estimated more than t%wo-thirdso of a
full crop. Flax looks well with a
quarter more than usual acreage. Mil
let and Hungarian quarter more than
usual. Potatoes tull amount and look
well. Grass good but less on the
ground.
ALTON, Ia, July Crops of all
kinds poor. Rains of last week i'm
prove the chances much, but came too
late for wheat and oats.
CORNING, Ia, July Farmers
generally report wheat in q very UNI
favorable condition and do not expect
a half crop. Corn is very backward
and much has been planted the second
time. Grass will be a heavy crop.
CROMWELL, Ia, July Oats look
fine. Grass and hay a little short, but
good. Wheat poor. Some of the
corr looks fine, but only about half a
stand and late planting looks bad.
ONAwA CRY, Ia, July HAY
and grain crop good. Not much grain
sowed here.
MAPLE RIVER, Ia, July Small
grain good. Corn only fair; some
very good. Too much rain so cannot
attend to corn. Splendid crop of hay
this warm weather. If no blight
comes we will have a good average
crop.
LOGAN, Ia, July 1.-The crops are
very good, especially corn. The hay
crop is also good, but everything is
backward.
HrLLsDALE, Iowa, July Wheat
cannot be considered any more, if
quite, half a crop is very short, but
with the splendid rain of last night
will perhaps run up to average height.
Oats promise well, a somewhat
smaller area sown than last year.
Rye good, but very little sown. No
barley in the immediate vicinity. Corn
is nearly three weeks behind its usual
stage, is new owing to a great por-
portion of it being planted while the
ground was yet cold and too wet; the
seed vas considered bad, but subse-
quently the same seed was planted
after the ground had become warmer
and in good order. The prospect of a
corn crop is improving very fast and
will not fall much, if any, short of
last year. Quite a proportion of the
corn kept badly the past winter. The
area of the grass land here is not con
siderable; principally wild or prairie,
but prospect for hay is better than
usual.
RIvERToN, Ia, July HAY crop
good. Small grain coming out fine.
Rye better than usual. Barley No.
l, and wheat an average crop. Corn
late, but promises a full yield.
Weather good on all crops.
HARLAN, Ia, July Wheat looks
fine considering the lateness of the
season. Corn is doing well; prospects
are fair for a good crop. Hay SPLEEN
did. The rain has delayed the work
somewhat in the corn fields.
MAPLEToN, Ia, July Wheat in
this county is first rate. Oats are
good, and hay is as good as has been
zen Corn small, but looks well. 1t
is thought there will be a large corn
crop.
SHELBY, Ia, July Much of last
years crop of corn ana wheat is still
in the hands of the farmers, as on
account of wet weather neither corn or
wheat will dry out 80 as to grade for
market. Growing crops south of this
town r badly injured by hail and
much corn has been washed out by
heavy rains in all directions. On the
whole the small grain crop through
out the country tributary to this town
will probably not average much above
sixty per cent of a crop.
SHANNON, Iowa, July L. Wheat
crop. and in fact all small gram
throughout this country as a genral
thing is good. Corn crop somewhat
backward owing to the wet weather
and bad seed, but expect a fair crop
from general appearances now. Hay
crop is No. l throughout the country.
SPRINGFIELD, June 1.-The crop of
wheat in this vicinity will be light.
Not much sown, and that late, weeds
injured it. Corn failed to come up
well on account of poor seed in many
cases, but the copious and continued
rains have brought it on finely. Pros
poets are good for a full crop. The
spring was about three weeks latter
than usual. The crop of hay will be
splendid, some has already beenput up.