Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-09-18
Crop Comments.

QaoAsasy Va sho COII Ill ILLS ylClQlLy
e beyond danger from frost. Owing to the
warm, wet weather Of the past month there
has been yet no frost. A killing frost now
or within the next ten days would damage
70 per cent Of the corn crop in this vicinity.
II permitted to mature the crop will be from
10 to 20 per Gems above the average.
TOPEKA, Sept. l5.-The secretary of the
state board of agriculture reports no damage
done by frost in this state and one-hslf the
crop is out of danger. The probable
product is about equal to last years. The
weather is warm and no prospects of frost
for some time.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 15.-In conse-
quence Of the continued draught which pre-
vailed in many portions of the state during
August the average condition of corn in
sixty-seven counties has receded from los
to 95 per cent There has been no frost and
the recent rains will materially benefit the
late corn. The crop is we'll advanced and
no fears are entertained from frost.
INDLNAPoLIs, Sept. 15.-The Indiana
Farmer, an agricultural weekly of this city,
which has an organized bureau of crop cor
respondencc, will give the following in its
next issue: There has been no damage to
corn in Indiana by frost The crop in the
southern part of the state is sufficiently ma
tured to be out of danger from frost. IN the
northern part of the state the late corn,
which is about 30 per cent of the crop in
that section, might be hurt from hard fros.
during the next seven days, but after that
there will be no danger in that part of the
state from frosts. The general crop as to
condition and yield in the state will be about
the average, some counties taking 100 as an
average, others are reporting $50 for the
condition and as a possible yield. There
will be more bushels of merchantable corn
grown in Indiana this year than was ever
before grown.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 15.-In this vicinity
only a little corn has been touched with
frost The area, stand and promise is good
for yield in excess of any former year.
Two thirds Of the crop is out of the reach of
harm by frost and the remainder requires
week or ten days of warm weather.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 15.-Secretary
Chamberlain, of the state board of agricul-
ture, reports that returns from 9Sl town.
ship correspondents show that the corn crop
is in very fattering condition. Probable
area compared with 1884, 108 per cent;
probable total in bushels liz, 1872, IA, against
fine year average Of 97,348,891.
1t will be the largest crop in the history
of the state, excepting that of 1873. No
frosts Ave been reported and the crop is
quality and the total may exceed the above
estimate.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 15.-The corn crop in
northernOhio will be heavier than was hoped
for early in the season. The bad weather
deranged planting and the cold rains retard-
ed growth in the early part of May. The
,ox 49, ha h.
| quite satisfactory for these reasons. The
weather at present is splendid at present for
developing the crop, and the farmers say the
crop is now out of danger.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15.-But few fields of
any extent from frosts. Husking has not
yet begun, but no damage can now be done
by frost. A good crop is assured.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.-Brief dispatches
from several agricultural centers in Mis-
souri, repor: corn in good condition; no
damage has yet been done by frost and the
The yield is expected to be large-forty to
fifty bushels per acre.
| FIR. SCOTT, Sept. 1.-THE condition of
the corn crop in this section has improved
greatly during the last month and judges
estimate the yield at thirty or forty bushels
per acre. Two weeks more will be necessary
for it to fully mature before frost, which
rarely appears before October LIST.
| WICHITA, Sept. 15.-The corn crop of
Sedgwick county is matured beyond any
possibility of damage from frost or other
causes. The acreage returned is the largest
ever planted by any county in the state. The
yield will be fair average; short in some
localities and extra good in others.
DEsMoINEs, Iowa, Sept.-The condition
of the corn crop in this state is fully up to
that reported in August. There has been no
damage by frost, and in most localities the
crop is out of danger. A careful estimate
places the yield this year for Iowa at $685.
100000 bushels, which is ar increase of 49,
100000 over last year.
ST. PAUL. MIMI, Sept. 15.-Reports from
the various sections of the state point to
considerable damage to the corn from frost
The cold weather during the latter part of
August put the crop back so that the early
trosts cut down the yield as much as 124 per
cent. In some localities it is stated that so
| per cent can be relied on. In many of the
more favorable corn-growing sections the
yield is very large and the crop is safe from
| frost.
LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. ia careful esti-
mate Of the corn crop in Nebraska places
the yield at considerably greater figure
than has ever before been known. The state
board of agriculture places the yield for the
state at over 150OOO,000 bushels. The
weather is very favorable and there is little
danger from frost.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 15.-The corn
crop in this and adjoining counties is the
best in many years. There has been no
damage from frost, and as corn planted in
June will require only two weeks more to
mature, the outlook is very good. In the
northern part of the state reports are quite
favorable, pointing in some localities to
yield of 20 per cent above the average of
former years.