The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-29
WEEKLY CROP REVIEW .
Reported from N. K Fairbank & Co. Chicago
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May Gath. 1884 Seven days of fine
growing weather east of the Mississippi
west of the river and wet and backward.
Corn planting delayed and replanting
quite general except in southern Illinois
corn all planted Iowa finished. Spring
wheat and oat prospect excellent.
General situation for the week ending
May 26th. 1888 Another cold, wet and
backward week. Poorest prospect for
winter wheat crop of the season. Reports
running down everything. Spring wheat
and oats looking well. Corn planting
very backward. Report of poor seed
and corn not coming well, general
May Gath. 1SS4.-For fourteen days
the states of Illinois, Ohio. Indiana, Wis
consin, Michigan, Minnesota and Dakota
have been blessed with exceptionally fine
weather and the results today are plainly
visible in an advanced and encouraging
condition of the growing crops in this
Area. The stand of corn in 1888 was not
made before fourteenth of June. In 1884
shall be able to report by the first of June
the entire stand in the whole corn belt.
There is plenty of moisture and at the
same time the ground is in such excellent
condition that so far in Illinois and Iowa
have had but very few reports with re-
gard to poor stand of corn. This,
however, is not the case in Missouri,
Kansas or Nebraska. Neither of these
states as yet have finished blowing or
planting and taking them as whole they
are three to four weeks later with their
work than they were at this date in 1888
and the indications are today that the best
crop of corn to be grown this year is to
come from the states on this side of the
Mississippi river.
The general conditions of May Gath
1884 gives IN condensed form the pres
I ent outlook of the growing corn crop.
Taking the states in their order of merit
as corn producing areas the situation to
day is substantially this.
Illinois In Its most important and
largest corn producing countries is far
ahead of all other states in the corn belt
In northern and central Illinois there is a
great deal of corn today large enough to
| cultivate. This season all the low lands
not seeded to grass have also good stand
of corn. The ground is dry, Clean and
free from weeds Southern Illinois has
not yet finished planting owing to the
continued wet and unfavorable weather.
Iowa.-What has been said with regard
to Illinois will apply with equal force to
the state of Iowa. With this exception
that there is no area in that state today
but has finished planting and so far re
port the stand fair to good with excellent
prospects for the growing crop.
Kansas -The reports of the stand of
corn along the Fort Scott Gulf road from
Kansas city to Baxter springs is not very
promising and not as good as last year
and in fact planting and replanting is still
the order of the day all over the state,
The April planting was put in before the
snow and nearly all of which rotted. In
some cases the ground was replowed and
a large acreage yet to replant. Late
planting in Kansas is very uncertain for
the want of rain the last half of July and
part of August.
| Nebraska The situation in Nebraska
is at present one of doubt anduncertainty
The present week has been excellent pro-
gress in that state with planting but SO
little corn as yet has come up that 1t Is
impossible to make any report with re-
gard to the stand of corn. There is DC
doubt. However, but that a great dea
of seed is poor and that replanting will
be quite general.
Missouri Wet weather has seriously
delayed corn plantingin this state. Quite
a number of correspondents report that
corn planting is later than for eight
years past and it will be the first of
June before anything definite can be sta
ted with regard to the situation of the
corn crop in that state.
Ohio and Indiana-Corn is not al
planted in these states. The difficulty to
obtain reliable seed corn seems to be mos
prevalent than in the other states in tn,
corn belt In the southern portion O
Ohio and Indiana planting is well alons
most of the corn coming up.
Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. -
Too early yet to say much about corn
This however, can be stated that with TIL
failure of corn in 1883 in these state
there seems very little desire this season
to make corn one of the leading crops a
has seen done in 1882 and 1888. Corr
planting in Wisconsin and Michigan
Q still in progress but as yet very few re
ports as to stand.
Reports of May 23rd.-ShOwed tn
: average condition of winter wheat Gro
to be eighty per cent The turning poin
t of this crop in 1888 was the present wee
and history seems to be again repeatln
itself The only really disconragng oui
e look for the winter wheat comes frOr
j; southern Illinois and hams received an
continues to receive very poor report
d from this region.
Cold Moist weather is pushing, tn
spring wheat crop very rapidly, A goo
y stand reported A freedom from insec
= life and generally encouraging prospect
n in the condition today of this crop.