The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-22
WEEKLY CROP REVIEW
[Reported from n K Fairbank & Co. Chicago by
j. s. Gilmore.

WEEKLY CROP REVIEW
(Reported fromN x. Fairbank & Co. Chicago by |
]. S. Gimore.l
General outlook and spring prospects
six days of uninterrupted farm work.
spring wheat all seeded-average condit-
ION ninety seven per cent-acreage OF oats
largest ever prospects exceeding
ly encouraging for spring seeded crops
winter wheat holding its own well-fully
one half of the corn now planted.
May 18th. 1883.-Cold, wet andbackward
week. Winter wheat running down rapid
ly. Spring wheat doing well. Back set in
corn planting. General complaint of first
planting not coming well, cause. poor
seed Wet weather. Early wheat, Begin
ming to head out.
May 18th. 1884 No storms of rain
in either the winter wheat. Spring wheat
or corn belt for six days. Do not think
during ten years that at this date Illinois
and Iowa have seen in as good shape
with their spring work as they are today
The ground is dry and in excellent condit
ion. 1t is all plowed and mostly planted.
Made yesterday FRIDAY trip of one
hundred miles east, west, north and
south from dwigh, Never saw SO little
water on the ground and the field as clean
and free from weeds as they are today
Very few farmers were planting for the
reason that the crop is 10. Here and
there saw field of corn coming up. The
fact that most impressed us yesterday was
the very large acrege of oats everywhere.
Conversed with several large farmers who
rented their lands and they informed US
that the tendency oil through this couu-
try was to get out of corn and into grass
as rapidly as possible and many of their
tenants who have generally seeded only
ten acres to oats this season have put in
as in Illinois. We ought in 1884 with no
disaster, to grow six hundred million
bushels of oats,
CORN SITUATION.
| Nebraska-In the western tier of coun,
tries over half planted. The season car
lier than in eastern counties. Planting
this side of grand Island later. Ground
in good condition now and work going
on rapidly. The probabilities are that a
good deal of the seed will not come. As
to the quantity of corn in reserve for ship.
ment. Do not think that it is over fif-
teen per cent of the quantity already gone
forward. Although some place it at
twenty to twenty five, per cent never
knew year in which so much corn came
forward after this time of the season as
is estimated.
Kansas. Nearly all the bad weather
for the last six weeks has been confined
to the Missouri valley. Correspondent
says-'since 81 have never seen blowing
and planting so backward. Up to the Is
inst There was a great deal of land
to pillow and much corn that was in is
now being replanted This situation ex-
tends from Kansas City down to the Ind
ian Territory, The corn to come yet will
be only from countries where they do not
feed many cattle and hogs. Another
cores pondent writes-corn on hand is
being reduced by more shipments than
receipts and is also going largely into
consumption. Not over one farmer in
ten will have any more corn to sell
Stock men are buying now largely ahead
Fort Scott correspondents says-Tha'
fully one half of the corn planted before
the great rams has been plowed mp and ii
will take at least ten days of good wealth,
er before the corn will all be planted. As
the result of an investigation of corn il
cribs at railway stations on road south of
the Union Pacific the writer says-have
been surprised to see the amount that
has been shipped south. Texas, Mexico
Arkansas. Tennessee, Georgia and tht
Gulf States have all been sending theil
orders into Kansas for corn and oats
WINTER WHEAT.
Southern Indiana-The growing whea
o has improved greatly within the last four
q teen days and the promises are of crol
d up to an average. The harvest will b'
: fourteen days later than usual though w
t expect to handle considerable wheat, will
i favorable weather. In July.
Southern Illinois. -Prairie land nortl
= of jackson country will make little o
II nothing. But all well drained and timbe
d lands are doing we'll Expects to handle
new wheat from the first to the fifth o
y July.
: Kansas.-All the reports from thi
n state continue to be very encouraging a
# to the prospects of winter wheat, the onl
n difficulty being that if rain continues W
are likely to get too much straw and no
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