The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-18
WEEKLY CROP REVIEW
Reported to r. g. Gilmore from L. Fairbank I
Co., Chieagol

WEEkL1 GAuf AENlEN
Reported to r. g. Gilmore from N K Fairbank &
Co., Chieagol
General condition for the week ending
June 18th. 1888 EARLY winter wheat
being cut south of the Ohio; promises to
yield poorly; spring wheat well stooled;
four to six inches high; oats and grass
lnxuriant; slight improvement in corn, but
late and backward.
General situation for the week ending
June 14th, 1884 Only early winter
wheat cut; quality good but yield no bet
ter than in 1888; harvest in Southern
Illinois promises to be poor one; spring
wheat and DAT prospects excellent; corn
has been well cultivated east of the Mis-
sissippi; backward east of the river;
weather cool and dry.
The general crop interests of the whole
northwest have been greatly advanced the
present week by cessation of rain and a
return to good seasonable weather This
has been particularly marked in Northern
and Central Illinois, and the results have
been that for the last three days of the
present week, corn fields have been in
such condition that farmers have been
able to work them, and when they leave
them tonight they will be generally free of
weeds, clean, and in condition for any
weather which may follow. There has
been yet very little wheat cut in Ten
nessee, Kentucky, or Southern Illinois,
and the reports from the harvest fields as
yet are so very few that little can be said
as to the quality and yield, This much can
be stated to some degree of certainty.
however, that there are no indications in
these areas-particularly Southern Hi
nois-that the yield will be any greater
than in 1888. The oat crop still retains
its high average. and have received no
reports of any damage whatever from any
district.
Winter wheat-The second series of re
plies to crop circular number one hundred
and twenty five give the average condition
of the winter wheat crop eighty six per
cent. The estimate for Illinois, Missouri
Kansas. Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Kentucky and Tennessee made in report
of June II, 1888, in round numbers was
two hundred and forty million bushels
The reduction of one per cent lowers this
estimate twenty four million bushels; find
that the largest falling'off in yield comes
from Southern Illinois, and it is very sig
nificant fact, as was seen by the reports
sent on Friday and also those sent today
that the shortage in a great measure comes
from the very best wheat producing counr
ties in Southern and Central Illinois,
which are st. Clair, Madison, Macoupin,
Pike, Jersey, Monroe, Montgomery, Fay
cite, Scott, etc.
Gallatin, Douglas Co Farmers are
very blue at the situation. Wheat is cons
ing out chess and will not make over eight
bushels to the acre.
Tamara, Perry Co.-Wheat prospects
as poor as can be, and raise anything. Ali
corn is small and was planted late.
Chaplin, Morgan Co.-Some fields Of
wheat are full of cheat and will yield not
over five to eight bushels per acre.
Thompsonville, Franklin Co.-Wheat
fields are full of cheat.
MorrisonvilIe, Christian Co.-From
twenty-five to seventytive per cent of
wheat cheat.
Sandoval, Marion Co.-Prospects for
wheat crop very poor in this county.
Corn is all planted but very late Have
no change to report ill the change of vim
ter wheat in Missouri, and with only few
local reports of damage to wheat from
Kansas. With every prospect that this
state will harvest fully as large a crop as
she did in 1888, both as regards quality
| and quantity The wheat prospects il
Michigan have improved. The weather
for the last half of May and part of June
was very dry, but recent rains have been
| of great benefit to the wheat crop of tina
state, and the general prospects now are
for a crop fully as good, if not better, thar
that of 1888 There is no change to re
port in the general outlook of wheat il
Ohio and Indiana By comparison it vii
| be seen that we are now, at least two
weeks later with our harvest than We
were 10 1888.
| The corn situation today. Is clrcum
stantially this, the stand is all made, gen
orally good to fair. The most promising
outlook is in the belt comprising the
states of Illinois, Iowa. Indiana and Ohio
| We ought to say here that IN Southern
Illinois the condition for corn is not a
promising as last year, bat as is under
stood, Southern Illinois does not expor
corn very largely. The corn in the nbov'
states has not been generally worke'
twice The land is clean, free of weeds
and the early planted will average, whcl
Strengthened up, twelve inches high. Il
, the states of Missouri, Kansas, and Ne
braska, the corn is all late and backward
has not been worked or is as clean an
promising as the corn east of the Missis
sippi river. Michigan, Wisconsin an'
Minnesota are two weeks ahead of las
t season with their crop of corn. Tennes
see, Kentucky and the southern states
with the exception or Texas, general
report d backward condition of the crop
SO far, we have had only two or tire
l days of what might be called good corr
weather, and the nights are extremel
cold Everything is as favorable Il
: could be desired or wished for at III
season of the year for the spring whea
, and oat crop. Nebraska was suffering
q little for rain. They have had it. Ther
are no chince bugs to amount to anything
: There is plenty of moisture in the groun
: and the temperature just right.
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