The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-09-30

CHICAGO, Sept, 26.-The following
crop review win appear in this weeks
issue Of the Farmers Review: t4Ths
weather has continued unuEu ally fAvora-
bic for the growing crop OF corn, ana the
bulletins from some Of the Iowa, Wis
oonsin and Illinois counties indicate 9
slightly more favorable outlook than was
deemed to be possible one month ago.
The crop has certainly not gone back.
ward, as q whole, during the past four
weeks, but the reports as to yield COM
tinue 70 show the yield per acre
viii bs considerably below the
average.
The reports Of correspondents from
twenty counties IN Illinois estimate the
yield by bushels per acre and show .
range of from II 60 40 bushels: The low
est averages are reported from Williams,
Wayne, Stephenson, Madison, Christian
and Boone counties, where the yield Ii
placed at from u to 20 bushels. In Wa
bash, Stark. Pulaski, Daytess, john
son, Green, Fulton and Coles, yield IL
estimated st from % to 80 bushels. In
Crawford, EffinRhAm, Kankakee, Macon,
McDonough and Woodford, the yield is
placed at 80 to 40 bushels.
t.1n the state of Iowa the averages fol
low very closely those OF Illinois. In
twenty-one counties reporting this week
the lowest estimate is Il bushels for Fay
cite county and the highest 40 bushels
for Grundy, Pottawatomie, Winneskeik
and jackson, counties. In Davis, Ring
gold, Wayne, Warren and Washington
counties the yield is estimated 20 be from
Is to 20 bushels; in Page aud Tama
counties % bushels; In Buchanan, Greene
and WinnebAgo counties 80 bushels; In
Adair, Cherokee, Cedar, Emmett, Os-
Enl
tin Nebraska the lowest average IL %
bushels in Butler and Otoe counties.
For Boone, Cass, Gage and Hamilton
counties the average is placed at 80
bushels; in Richardson county, 40 bush
els; in Buffalo county, As bushels; In
Thsyer county, 80 bushels; while the
average in Red Willow county is placed
at from 30 70 so bushels.
s'Ia the state OF Missouri the lowest
average is indicated in Shelby county,
where the prospective output Is BUSH
els; In Harrison, Putnam and st. Fran
co.'s counties, 10 to Is bushels; Cole,
Hickory and Webster countless 20 BUSH
els; in Butler and Pettis counties, 70
bushels; in Howard and Vernon ooun-
ties, 80 bushels, and in Gentry county,
80 bushels.
ssIn the state of Kausss the lowest av-
erage is 15 bushels, reported from Jeffer-
son county, and the highest, 40 bushels,
in Ellis county.
'sIn Wisconsin the average ranges
7erv low in some of the counties, with Q
msj lrity of the returns, however, 1ndi-
eating from 20 To Is bushels.
I'm Dakota the returns range from %
to 40 bushels, though in Clark county
the yield is placed at from 40 70 90
bushels.
SIN Minnesota the average ranges
from 20 to 40 bushels.
''Indians, Ohio and Michigan report
the highest averages. In Indiana reports
from eighteen counties show q general
average of from 80 to 40 bushels to the
acre. Pike, Morgan, Montgomery, Hen.
ry, Clay and Carroll counties are report
ing from 40 to so bushels. The lowest
average reported this week Is
Elkhart county placed at &c bush
els. In VermiIlioD, Martin and
Lagrange counties the average is
from 80 to 80 bushels. In Ohio the
general average of the counties report
ing this week is from 81 to &c bushels.
None of the counties report less aver
age than %. In Michigan the smallest
is %, reported from Emmett and Huron
counties. In Berrien, Barry and Dry
den counties the average is placed at 40
bushels. In Inghem county IL is placed
at 20 bushels. The recent rains have
saved a vast extent of pesturage and
frightened meadows over wide area.