Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-03
CROP PROSPECTS.
The Condition of the Wheat Stand In the
Northwest-Much Idle Land by Reason
of the Wet Season-Corn Planting Pro-
greSsinp,

The Condition of the Wheat Stand In the
Northwest-Much Idle Land by Reason
of the Wet Season-Corn Planting Pro-
crossing.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, May 24.-Re.
pc rts as to the condition of spring wheat
in Minnesota and Dakota are generally
unfavorable, the exception being in some
of the extreme northern counties OF
Minnesota and along the southern boun-
diaries of the State. In the vicinity OF
Crookston, on the fat land on the Red
river bottom, rains have been so heavy
that in the west half of Polk County not
over half of the crop is yet in the ground
and what wheat has been sown is i'll q
! bad condition. Mr.. E. ID. Childs, a
large farmer at Carman, writes that
thousands of acres of cultivated land in
that county will lie idle this year on
account of the wet season. He says he
set his teams at work on the 18th, the
first time he could get into his fields
since April %. Most of his neighbors
The Red River Valley is all right
except Polk and Marshall counties.
Complaints come also from the SOUTH
ern portion of Minnesota and more par
tlcularly Iowa. In sections one hundred
miles west of the Mississippi River the
fiat lands generally are so wet that all
seeding was much delayed and corn
planting is very badly behind. In the
country Immediately south of Austin,
Mimi, it is said that some farms have
been abandoned this year on account of
the wet weather. In the extreme west
ern part of the State, although more rain
has fallen than necessary, yet no particu-
lar complaint is made. In Southern Da-
kota the crops look very favorable, al
though in some sections the roads are
still heavy from rains. All through the
Jim River Valley, which is one of the
finest wheat-growing sections in the
Northwest, the crop looks very fine.
Very favorable reports come along the
Northern Pacific Railroad in Dakota.
Wheat is strong, but the cool weather OF
the past few days has checked too vigor-
| Gus growth and the plant is stooling we'll.
Along the Northwestern road, in South
| ern Minnesota and Dakota, and the In
| dianapolis & st. Louis, in the central por-
| ton of the State, all reports are OF the
most favorable character.
| Farmers deliveries are now lighter
| than at any previous time during the
| crop year Along the Northern Pacific
| the amount still in farmers hands is very
trifling. In the opinion of well-posted
| grainmen it does not amount to one per
| cent. OF the crop. w nat Wneat Is DclHS
delivered is sold, as farmers want to pay
taxes An elevator firm in Southern
| Minnesota, which operates nearly one
| hundred houses, says that receipts along
their line are now from five to seven
thousand bushels per day, when they
| should be twenty-five to thirty bushels.
| This is very unusual at this season ano
| is accounted for in part by the low prices.
| The wheat still back is located in the ex-
| IRENE eastern counties. Very little Is
| left west of there. The amount OF wheat
| in country elevators is being rapidly re-
duced by heavy shipments to Mime
| apolis, Duluth and other points outside
| the State.
Complaining is progressing rapidly IN
Southern Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa ana
| Nebraska. In some sections seeding IS
already done, and in favored localities
the plant is above ground. Owing to
the recent rains the crop has been put in
rather unevenly, the low lands being too
wet to admit of seeding until during the
past few days. On the whole, however,
with good weather from this time for
ward, the crop will be planted in very
fair condition.
Oats are looking we'll and the prospec
for good crop is excellent. Flax and
barley is all sown, and in many places
they are up and growing vigorously. Re-
cent rains have started the grass and
there promises now to be an abundant
crop of hay in Iowa and Southern Minne-
sofa.