The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-06-15
CORN.
The Situation in the Leading Corn
States Reviewed.
Condition Generally Good. With a
Large Increase In the Acre
age Planted.
The June Crop Report OF the National
Department Of Agriculture.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean

from the Chicago Inter ocean,
The annual corn-crop review OF the com
mi .sion house of Robert Lindblom & Co, of
Chicago, has just been completed. The re-
view comprises reports from nearly 900
points in the leading corn States and gives
comprehensive review of the corn situation.
Inquiries were sent by Lindblom & Co.,
during the last days in May, to 100 points
in the ten States, asking information con
corning the present condition of corn, acre
age planted damage done by cold and wet,
etc. etc. A comprehensive summary of the
answers to these questions Is given in the
subjoined Briefly stated, the condition Of
corn is generally very good There is a large
increase in the acreage planted this year
especially in the winter-wheat States, where
thousands OF acres of ruined wheat have
been plowed up and planted TO corn The
damage done by the cold weather and rains
in May and the latter part of April appears
to have amounted in most cases to but little
more than the delaying Of planting and re-
tarding or the growth of the grain after
planting. The warm weather which set in
about June charged the aspect of affairs
very much. The warm, bright weather
came Just in time to do its work Had 1t been
delayed ten days longer the result would
have been disastrous. AS it il there il
promise OF a large yield, and, with good
weather the promise will not fail of fulfill
ment In sections where, because of the
poor quality of the seed or the bad condi-
tion of the soil the corn did not come up,
the full acreage has in nearly al cases, been
repIanted The Sta'e of Kansas promises
the largest increase in yield Kansas pro-
duced IN 1882 10, coo bushels of corn.
This year it is estimated the estimate being
based upon the known increase OF acreage
and the general outlook) that the produc-
wi faI hplnX IN hAla
Mis- ouri will increase her production in pro-
portion, and the per cent OF increase in
Illinois will not be much less Ohio it is
estimated, will produce nearly 100 100000
bushels OF the forty EIGHT counties in
Wisconsin heard from, twenty eight report
an increase in acreage of from 2 TO - per
cent, while but two report less acreage
than last year. Nearly every county
now sends favorable report
of the outlook. OF thirty counties
in Kansas, representing fairly the
different sections of the State, twenty three
report an increase in acreage of from 10 to
80 per cent and three a slight decrease.
| The reports are uniformly good as TO the
general outlook. OF thirty-one counties in
Illinois covering well the different portions
of the State, thirteen report increased acre
ages, ranging from TO 80 per cent, end five
decrease of from to - per cent OF fifteen
Indiana counties, nine report an increase in
acreage, while none report decrease In
Indiana the frost did some damage, but,
wherever the grain was cut to the ground,
replanting has rep aced the damage. OF
thirty-one counties in Iowa, eighteen have an
increase in aCrea Of from toto y per cent
and three a slight decrease. OF sixteen Ohio
counties, five give an increase of from to
20 per cent, and three decrease of from
TO ID per cent Wisconsin makes a more
unfavorable showing Shan any of the ten
States. O fifteen count in Southern Wis
consn, four give an increased acr age and
/ five decrease in acreage. The unseasona-
bic weather has been the sole trou lie in
| Wisconsin p anting has been delayed UNI
/ TIL in some localit es, it is too late to raise
more an fodder dozen Kentucky coun-
/ ties, wi h but two exceptions. report an in
crease in acreage. OF fourteen counties in
Minnesota, seven give an increased acrea G
\ and four a decrease. With the exception of
Wisconsin, each OF the States covered report
the neral outlook good Only two coun-
! ties of the entire number report any damage
1 by the wor n. While no estimate Of the az
! gregate yield of the ten States is attempt d,
/ the in reased acreage and the general favor
able stand warrant the belief that the grow
/ ing crop will exceed the crop OF loS- at least
I IL cent.