The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-08
CROP REPORT.
LReported tod s. Gilmore from N. X. Fairbank 4.
Co., Chicago :"

lReporfed to j. s. Gilmore from n. X FairhanL n
Co. Chicagol
General conditions for the week endino
october 9th, 1SS3-Drouth broken. rains
from Tennessee to Kansas; winter wheat
seeding being vigorously pushed; fall
blowing OF spring wheat lands well alono
put iittie spring or winter wheat moving
at interior points; corn shows east of the
mississippi considerable damage from
september frosts; country roads bad.
General conditions for the week ending
october 4th, 1SS4-Corn outlook and
winter wheat seeding. No frost vet; yer,
nigh temperature for the season of the
year; corn green; not fit to gather for
three weeks; winter wheat seedins slow
spring wheat threshing still delayed by
unsettled weather; hog cholera very fatal
and seems to be spreading rapidly.
A very high degree of temperature
with rains i'll Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota
Kansas and Nebraska have heen the
marked features of the week. These pen
eral conditions have operated greatly
against the drying of corn and the gen
eral seeding of winter wheat, and also the
threshlng OF spring wheat So compare
tlVely speaking, in the interior we have
lad very dull, quiet, backward week
our Tall pastures, with the exception of
ONO and Indiana, are much better than
usual Tor the season of the year. Hogs
ana cattle are generally now on full feed
from the new corn crop. Hog cholera
seems to be spreading all over the north,
west, and reports this week come from
Nebraska Indicating great fatality among
the hogs.
Corn-The tendency during the last
ten days in the corn belt extending even
INTO Kansas is to wet weather. The
nelds at present are soft but not soft
enough to Interfere with the daily gath
erlnS OF the corn tor the wants of the
| iarm, but one or two more rains will have
very bad effect upon the standing corn.
Some reports. but they are by no means
! general, are that owing TO this unpreced-
entedly hot weather accompanied by
rains has caused corn to sprout in the ear.
but so far this fall we have been remark,
ably free from wind storms, and the corn.
as crop, stands up well and is in good
condition for drying out 1t is impossible
now, and will be for three weeks at least.
before any corn could be gathered and
put into the crib with safety. Those who
feed large amounts of corn at present are
obliged to gather from day to day, for in
Its present condition would not keen
gathered fortyeight hours We not only
need frosts to dry out the corn, but
freezing weather.
Spring wheat situation-There has
been free movement from Dakota and
the Northwestern Minnesota points the
present week, and in that region thresh-
ing has been progressing favorably. In
| Southern and Central Minnesota the situ>
alton is practically at standstll so far
as threshing or movement of the crop is
concerned. A Minnesota correspondent
says; "From sixteen Minnesota stations
they have shipped only about fifty cars,
and that an equal number of stations in
Dakota have shipped over one thousand
cars, with current demand for about
seventytlve cars day"
The opinion also seems to be gaining
| ground, and this is based upon the OK -
tent of the fall blowing. that the acreage
for spring wheat in Minnesota the com
ing season will show marked decrease,
and that there will be no increase in Da>
kota for 1885. Another fact tending to
Show decrease in the acreage of spring
wheat is this. that many farmers are now
providing themselves with flax seed fnr
the seeding of 1885.
The rains in Minnesota since harvesting
| have caused the stacks to be so damp
that little threshing has been done, and
wheat which has been thrcshcd is damp
and soft, but not seriously injured
Flowing is now engaging the attention
of the farmers. No frost yet MinDeap
oils mills are now running full capacity
Grinding about one hundred and ten
| thousand bushels daily.
Winter wheat situation last
weekly report, September 9th. showed
the crop then to have been about one hali
sown As has been indicated in the gen
eral conditions of the report, seeding the
present week has dragged. In somc
counties in southern Illinois the work has
progressed very fairly but again in many
others farmers are still very backward
with their fall seeding. The general out
look is 50 discouraging to them that there
is nothing i'll the situation calculated to
stimulate seeding, bat on the contrary Il
SOW just as little as possible. Ohio, In
diana and Michigan have made better
Roadway, from the fact that the grounc
has been so dry and with recent rains has
put it into very fair condition for seed
ing. Have % few reports of Hessian fly
where the ground has been dry and
drouth has prevailed but nothing to in
dictate that the appearance of the fly SO
far has been very general
Am at present at work upon the qncs
ton of the percentage of decrease IL
acreage, but owing to the latcness OF
seeding, which does not promise now tt
be done for at least two weeks, canno
vet make any final statement.
California wheat outloOk-COrrespO pond
ent says: Still think that California crol
will be about sixty million bushels lcav
ing a surplus of fifty. The Oregon harves
having been adverse, reports now COM
| in disappointing and later estimated dc
not indicate any increase over last yea
from Walla Walla and Oregon. In an
other month our whole crop will b
housed and under cover, after which tim
il will be difficult to induce farmers, un
less the English markets will justify bette
prices, to sell. Two weeks ago, whei
wheat dropped from dollar twenty to
dollar fifteen per GENITAL, hardly any wheA
changed hands and in less than no tim
shippers had to pay again dollar twent
\ and more.