The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-07-03
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WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, june Is. "
Adylces to the department Of agriculture from
Wisconsin say the effect Of the constant and in
creasing tendency, toward dairy ana stock
farming in the state has been to- decrease the
q acreage Of spring wheat As compared with
last year the decrease is about 10 per cent
The condition Of the wheat is excellent Free
quent rains and growing weather are giving It
strong root and spreading it finely. There
mas been noticeable increase in the area of
clover the present year, and the condition is
above the average. e In Minnesota the
t f5epors Say says at least m one-third Of
last fall, and nearly all Of that in the prairie
counties, has been replowed and seeded In, 9TH
er grain, while in the strictly wooded districts;
IN the grain is4 generally in excellent condition
Inc weather duling three-quarters of the past
month was colo, but especially favorable for
fast Meadow pastures and corn, however,
have been retarded somewhat until within the
closing quarter, when higher temperature pre-
vailed and they are now coming on rapidly
From Iowa the reports are very promising, .esi
peolally IN relation to spring wheat, oats and
ows, pastures and fruits being Very satisfacl
tory Corn planting was several days earlier
than last year. The ground is in fine condij
ton, and there is very little difference in the
low and uplands, andthe stand is good Nine
tenths Of the seed was raised in Iowa, and with
one 5of the best crops ever raised in that state
INCREASE OF SPRING WHEAT AREA, q,
The need Of ready money in new countries
for farm improvements has it's legitimate ef:
feet with the multitude Of settlers going into
Dakota, and the increase of wheat areab ap-
parently 40 per cent, or 400, 600 acres; Alto
gether the increase Of spring wheat, area is
really 9oO, 900 acres; This makes the ggregate
E breath na1 in wheat winter and spring a6outSs
per acre, which may be expected II favorable
prospects continue. The harvest will, count
The small amount of winter wheatin the spring
whsatt,elt was great jured in the northern
belt; and much Of 1t has been plowed up, es-
pecially in Minnesota. In Nebraskathe winter
( Of spring wheat is high, averaging 101 1t is
not less than 100 in any Of the principal
spring wheat states, and & only falls to SO
( in Montana, s. in Vermont and IS In
Maine: There is no country where decrease
OF acreage is reported, though q number of the
old counties ID South Dakota show no increase.
It is reported from Montana that since spring
there ,has been nc. examination until within the
past week. Grass is therefore not,up to the
average by 10 per cent ;Notwiths there
has been great number Of new farms opened
spring wheat oats and barley is but little more
than that cultivated last year. The cause. OF
this is the low prices to which grain went last
fall and winter, which was occasioned by
the Gompetetion brought on by the completion
Of the Northern Pacific railroad The prospect
to cause farmers to SOW only part Of their fields
such acreage as they could cultivate without
hiring laborers. N S