Daily globe., 1883-05-14
SPRING WHEAT.

Favorable Reports of the Prospects - the
Spring Wheat Reglons-An liner ,ased
Acreage and Splendid Outlook.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 13.-T. V. ever
ingham & Co.'s spring wheat review riv-
ing reports from all the counties II the
spring wheat section is out. The eYtion
comprises all Wisconsin, Dakota and lin
nes0ta, Northern Iowa, Northern Neb.iska
and few counties in Northern Ill5Icis.
Letters were sent out by E7eringha17 &
Co. on May 2 to the treasurer and sheriff of
each of 800 counties in the states named,
making inquiries in regard to spring wheat
and the crops in general, directing that
special attention be paid to the acreage
of, and general outlook for the
wheat crop. The inquiries received prompt
replies, which were received between the
9th and 11th. Summed up briefly, the re-
ports show the outlook for spring wheat to
be favorable-more so than for number
of years-with a material increase in the
I acreage sown. From representative coun-
tiesin the different states--that is, counties,
each Of which fairly represents the condi-
tioR of several of its neighbors-the follow
ing summary is taken: Out of forty-one
counties in Wisconsin, sixteen report an
increase in acreage of spring wheat,
ranging from 6 to 33 per cent, and the
remaining eleven give the acreage the same
as last year.
Three report the general condition and
outlook more favorable than previously
known; one reports them less favorable,
while the remaining ones give them as
equal to last year. The soil was in splen-
did condition when it received the grain,
and the weather very favorable. In re-
| ports from the twenty-five counties in
Minnesota given, four report decrease in
acreage of spring wheat, ranging from
to so per cent; thirteen report an in
crease of from to 100 per cent, and the
remainder give the same acreage as last
year, and nine counties report the appear
ance and general outlook more favorable
than at this time last year; three
reI ort them q 8 favorable and the remain
der report them as equal to last year. Of
twenty-one counties IL Dakota only one
gives an unfavorabIe report. This one,
Trail county, complains of floods and
cold. All others report an increase in
acreage of from 25 to 100 per cent, and
speak in glowing terms of the outlook It
should be remembered, however, that
some of these counties giving so large per-
centage of increase raised little or nothing
last year. Due allowance should be made,
of course, for the enthusiasm common
to inhabitants of all new countries, but
after making such allowance there still
remains basis enough upon which to
build the hopes of yield Of wheat at least
double that of last year. Out of reports
from twenty-one counties in Nebraska,
ten report decrease in acreage of spring
wheat, six an increase. All give the out
look for q good crop as very fair. In some
of the counties where the spring wheat
acreage is given as less, the winter wheat
acreage is increased, but most
of the decrease comes from encroachments
of corn, the acreage of which is largely in
creased. From Iowa are given reports
from fourteen counties. Six of these
report decrease in the acreage of spring
wheat, and five an increase. All report an
increase in corn acreage. Six give the con-
dition and general outlook as superior to
those of the previous year and the remain
der equally as good as last year. OF five
Illinois counties given, three report q
decreased acreage but all a favorable out.
ook.
authorities now state the harvest will be
| UAO SICdbOob Odll1OTuld 0foE ndus Tr6S6nI
indications will possibly make it the ban
ner state. Opinions are based on an in.
creased acreage and unusually propitious
weather this month; weather steady, light
rains, alternated by warm, sunny days
The wheat is ripening slowly, the kernels
heavy. The strong sun such as we fire.
quently have in May makes the grain riper
too early, shrivelling later on. 1t is closely
calculated we will have Il, 100000 bushels
for export next year.
BERLIN, May 13.-Despite his neuralgia
Bismarck continues to attend to affairs OF
state. The published report of his con-
dition is exaggerated.