Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-06-08
crop Renort..

Crop Reports.
Chicago Dispatch. Nay -.
A local commission firm has con.
densed reports of crops in the west re-
ceived from twenty correspondents
Their points are as follows:
Texas-Fully so per cent more
wheat acreage than last year; none
killed; no bugs; harvest progressing
and a large yield expected. Corn and
oats have so per cent larger acreage
than in 1881; these look well.
MISUNDERSTANDING per cent
more wheat planted than in 1881; none
killed; no bugs; little frost has done
some damage.
Missouri-About the same acreage
as last year; great quantity of chinch
bugs in some localities, but no material
damage; prospects very fine. In corn
there was planted Is to 20 per cent
greater acreage; no old corn on hand.
Oats, the same acreage; only an ordi-
nary yield.
Maryland-Slight increase in winter
wheat acreage; crop looks promising
some little winter wheat killed; bugs,
none; 10 per cent old wheat on hand.
Corn: Acreage unchanged. Oats: Is
per cent less; looks poorly.
Ohio-Wheat: Acreage the same, or
trife larger; 10 per cent winter
killed; no bugs; looks well except
were flooded. The acreage of corn
and oats is unchanged. Little old
grain on hand.
Indiana - Acreage somewhat in
creased; little is winter killed; few
bugs; plant looks well; little wheat on
hand. Corn: About all plarted; acre
age unchanged; none left.
Michigan-Acreage increased 10 per
cent; none killed; no bugs 10 per
cent of old wheat on hand. Corn |:
Same acreage as 81; none for ship
ment. Oats look well.
Illinois-Winter wheat same acreage
or a trifie larger; bugs a2peared but
harmless; as yet army worms have
only stripped the leaves. The stand
looks well and promises seventeen to
twenty bushels per acre.
Corn-Mostly planted except in the
north; acreage the same or a little
larger in south and central Illinois
has about ~ per cent for shipment
Oats: Acreage Is to 20 per cent in
crease, fair amount for shipment:
looks well.
Kansas Winter wheat: Acreage
about the same; spring less; both look
well; harvest begins about June 10.
Corn: All planted; acreage 20 per cent
larger; acreage of oats increased /;
little grain Of any kind on hand.
Nebraska-Not much winter wheat
raised; none killed; acreage larger
than in 1881; bugs harmless. Spring
wheat about the same as last year
plant looks well; little wheat here.
Corn: All planted, but little must be
replanted; acreage increa.ed about Is
per cent. Oats: Acreage large, crop
splendid.
Iowa-Fifteen per cent less acreage
in wheat; looks well, little on hand
Corn: Average Is per cent larger, not
all planted; about 25 per cent on hand.
Oats: Acreage 10 per cent increase /;
looks well; little on hand.
MinnesOta-In the southern and
southwestern parts fully 80 per cent
less acreage; central and eastern no
larger, possibly less acreage than in
1881; northern section 25 per cent
more, mostly on new land; looks well.
though somewhat backward. Corn: 25
per cent; more will be planted. Oats
Probably be larger, but depends on
weather.
Dakota-Acreage in wheat Is per
cent greater; about one half the crop
was in ten days ahead of the usual
time; rains delayed the balance, but
all will be in by the 25th; in good con-
dition; prospects more favorable than
last year this time.
Wisconsin-Fifteen per cenr larger
acreage in winter wheat; none killed
no bugs; promises well; spring, a little
smaller acreage; looks healthy. Corn
and oats: Acreage 10 per cent larger.
The cold froSts in the Northwest the
past few days will not materially affect
the situation.