The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-06-26

The Acreage cf Spring wheat In WISDOM
sin Greatly Deoreased -wheats ana Al
Other Crops Doing Well in Minnesota
Dry Weather Complained Of In Come Lo-
calities.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, June 49,
Advices to the department OF agriculture from
WISCONSIN say the effect Of the constant and In
creasing tendency toward dairy and stock
farming in the state has been to decreased the
acreage of spring wheat As compared with
last year the decrease is about 10 per cent
The condition of the wheat is excellent Ere
quent rains and growing weather are giving 1t
a strong root and spreading it finely. There
has been a noticeable increase In the area OF
clover the present year, and the condition is
above the average. In Minnesota the
report says at least one-third OF
tho land devoted to wheat
last fall, ,and nearly all of that in the prairie
er grain, while in the strictly wooded distficts
the grain is generally in excellent condltan7
The weather during ree-quarters of the past
month was cold, but especially favorable Tor
cereal crops and these have grown remarkably
fast MeadoY pastures and corn ..i hSTev ths
closing quarter, when higher temperature pre-
Vailed and, thoy, are now coming On rapidly.
From Iowa the reports are very promising, es1
pecially in relation to spring wheat, oats and
corn, and in fact all crops average well, mead
ows, pastures and fruits being very satlsfac-
tory. Corn planting was several days carrier
than last year. The ground is in fine condi-
ton, and there. is very little difference IN the
low and uplands, and the stand is good. Nine
tenths of the seed was raised in Iowa, and with
ninety days of average weather Iowa will have
one of the best crops over raised in that state
INCREASE OF SPRING WHEAT AREA
The need of ready money in new countries
for farm improvements has its legitimate ef-
feet with the multitude Of settlers going into
Dakota, and the increase Of Wheat area is APP
parently 40 per cent, or 400,O0 acres. Alto
gether the increase of spring wheat area is
really 800, 900 acres This makes the aggregate
breath in wheat, winter and spring, about3S,
100000 acres, with yield OF thirteen bushels
per acre, which may be expected if favorable
prospects continue The harvest will count
The small amount of winter wheat in the spring
wheat belt was greatly injured In the northern
belt and much of it has been plowed up, es
pecially in Minnesota. In Nebraska the winter
of spring wheat is high, averaging 1Ol 1t is
not less than 100 in any of the principal
spring wheat states, and only falls to ~
in Montana IS in Vermont, and 95 In
Maine. There is no country where decrease
of acreage is reported though number of the
old counties in South Dakota show no increase
1t is reported from Montana that since spring
there has been no examination until within the
past week. Grass is therefore not up to the
average by 10 per cent. Notwithstanding there
has been great number of new farms opened
in Montana this spring, the total acreage of
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 competition brought on by the completion
of the Northern Pacific railroad The prospect
of the continued low prices has had the effect
to cause farmers to SOW only part of their fields
such acreage as they could cultivate without
hiring laborers