Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-27

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ahdyieaa ID the depart ment Of agriculture from
Wisconsin say tho effecs OF the constant md In
sreasing tendency toward dairy and stock
farming IN the state has been to decrease The
acreage Of spring wheat q 40 compared with
last year the decrease is about 10 per cent.
The condition OF she wheat is excellent Free
quent rains aud growing weather are giving it
strong root aud spreading it finely There
has been noticeable increase in the area OF
clover the present year, and the condition is
above the average, In Minnesota MIN the s
the land devoted to wheat
last fall, and nearly all of that in the prairie
counties. has been reploWed and seeded In oth-
en- grain, while in the strictly wooded districts
+ the grain is generally in excellent condition
The weather during three-qnarters OF the past
month was cold, but especially favorable for
cereal crops. and these hayegrown renoarka bly,
fast Meadow pastures and corn, however,
have been retarded somewhat until within the
closing quarter, when higher temperature pre-
vailed and they are now coming on rapldly
From Iowa the reports are very promising, es-
pecially in relation to spring wheat, oats and
oWs, pastures and fruits being very satisiac-
tory. Corn planting was several days earlier
than 1astsyea The ground is III fine condl-
lion, and there is very little difference in the
low and uplands, and the stand is good. Nine nc,
tenths Of the seed was raised in Iowa, and with
oH TnSp
one OF the best crops over raised III 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 ap-
parenty 40 per cent, or 400, O0G acres. Alto
gether the increase of spring wheat area is
really 600, 600 acres This makes the aggregate
breath IN wheat, winter and spring about3S.
100000 acres, with a yield OF thirteen bushels
per acre, which may be expected if favorable
prospects continue The harvest will count
The small amount of winter wheatin espring
wheat belt was greatly injured III 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 10l It is
not less than 100 in any of the principal
spring wheat states, and only falls to SO
in Montana, s. in Vermont, and 95 in
| Maine. There is no country whore a. decrease
of acreage is reported. thougha number Of the
old counties in South Dakota show no increase.
It 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 a 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 oecasioned 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.