The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-30
CROP REPORT.
lReported 10 }. S. Gilmore from n. X. Faitbsnk &
CO. Ehcaro


lRepored 10 }. S. Gilmore from n. X, Faithsnk &
Co, Chicago.
General conditions for the week ending
October 9th, 1888. Fisrt snow of the
season in Iowa, Nebraska ard Minnesota. !
Weather very mild. Winter wheat grow
ing finely. Conditions still unfavorable |
Tor the drying out and gathering of the /
new corn. No prospects of carly moves
ment.
General conditions for the week ending |
October 25th, 1884 Corn outlook and
winter wheat seeding. The first hard
freeze OF the fan season October 22nd.
Farmers are still seeding wheat in Hi
nois, Ohio and Indiana; very backward
seeding south of the Ohio. Fall blowing
well along in spring wheat belt Better
weather for the new corn, Dnt little gath
cred only for daily wants
The week now closed opened with
very high degree OF temperature which
Was followed by IA wide spread rain, then
| hard freeze in the corn belt Wednesday
| night which was the first touch of winter;
since then, clear, cold weather has been
the order of the day, and we now fairly
open the gathering of the corn crop.
This freeze will check the growth of pas
lures and wind up the seeding of winter
| wheat
There is very little new corn offering
anywhere. the dealers making very low
bids and farmers SO far, refusing 10 accept,
At kearney, Nebraska. the western agri
cultural limit, corn Is Offering at fifteen
| cents per bushcl
Winter wheat seeding, as daily re-
ports have indicated, is still in progress
South of the Ohio river in the states Of
tennessee and Kentucky the reports now
Indicate falling off of twenty-five per
cent in the acreage Us compared with
1888.
This shortage arises largely from the
fact of an unprecedented drouth and In
many sections of Tennessee not over half
n crop can be put in under the most fav-
Orable circumstances Seeding will cons
time if the weather permits in these
, states for the next two weeks Reports
, this week also show very large percent
age Of the winter wheat has been
marketed. At least 60 per cent of the
Tennessee and Kentucky crop has gone
to market and in many portions of these
states most of the wheat has been sold.
This statement is confirmed from the fact
that Georgia is now sending orders to
, Louisville for wheat.
: The seeding in Southern Indiana is fin
f shCd with decreased acreage amount
ing to between ten and fifteen per cent,
4 Southern Illinois has continued her
1 seeding up to this date. The fear of fly
4 has been an clement against pushing and
finishing up seeding. Drouth until the
present week has put a stop to seeding II
many counties in Ohio. Also Missouri
5 will finish seeding the present week.
Kansas has had a little too much dry
weather in the central portion of Tho
! state About the usual number of re
d ports as to the HcSsian fly have been re
= ctivcd with the additional new anemy Il
c the wheat worms
e As stated three weeks ago, Novembe
would be here before the wheat as croi
would have made Il stand. The condition
of the winter wheat crop of 1882, Octobc
9th, was substantially this:
One third then to seed; no freeze up a
that date; good stand; from one fourt
y to one half the reserves on hand.
Corn-OctOber has been so warm th5
y up to the 27th inst, east OF the MiSsis
~ sipi corn had not dried ont and its con
dition has been such that it could not !
is gathered with safety. These condition
p have now all been removed, and the WoT
T, of securing the corn crop of 1881 has ;
d; last fairly commenced. No new COZ
e, worth mentioning has as yet been otero
II, in Illirois, grain dealers not meeting IL
nj IDEAS of the farmers, the latter askln
IS % to % cents, according TO location, an
pe the former only willing to pay from 20
=" % cents. The absence of new com upC
" the streets of the majority of our impor
,lo ant corn centers in Illinois is We
or marked. There can be made no cOmpal
N son with the corn crop Of 1888 with Il
or new corn crop of 1884 The former at th
datc,-Oct. 9th, 1SS4-with the exec
lie, ton of the state of Kansas, was reduc,
ar, by drauih, damaged by frost and more
-er less soft.
$50 Spring whcat-Thc reports this we
us show larger area of lind tall ploW
than usual. This fact by no means pol1
to anv increased area of spring wheat
1885. The weather has been such IL
icy thlcshing was impracticable, and farm'
Y have been forced to pillow.
Wv Wv Oats The falling off of the receipts
: oats show that the farmers are now
-1 busy gathering corn and that for the pr
NV. .i,' cnt we have had our largest receipts
NV oats. Corn now will take very larS
III the place of oats for feed. The contint
al high price of oats has caused them to
al, marketed much more freely than usual