St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-30
FROM THE CORN FIELDS
The Farmers Review Has Advices Which
Indicate an Average Yield in
Minnesota.
Iowa Counties Show Very Low General
Average, Running From 40
to 90 Per Cent.
A Razor Used Freely on a Drinking
Gondola in the River at
Sioux City.
The Coroner's Jury in the Haddock
Case Finishes Its Work. Many
Arrests Expected.
The Corn Crop.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29,-Ihe Farmers he
view will print the following summary in
this weeks edition:
The detailed reports from the corn belt in
dictate an improvement in the outlook for the
crops in Ohio, Iniana and Minnesota, in all OF
which states there is the present promise OF
a full average crop. This is in accordance
with the tenor of the reports for the last
three weeks, but in some instances, in the
three states named, the outlook is declared to
be universally promising. In Belmont, Dur
kee, Logan, Lucas and Montgomery counties
in Ohio the yield promises TO equal that OF
any former year, while the remaining coun-
ties indicate yield ranging from 5O to 30 per
cent. In Fayette, Henry Jay, La Grange,
Morgan, Montgomery and Pike counties OF
Indianan q more than usually large yield Is
indicated. The remaining counties reporting
this week indicate an average yield OF from
55 to 90 per cent IN Carver, Meeker, Ram
sey, ST. Louis, Sherburne and adena coun-
ties of Minnesota an average yield is lndl-
Gated The remaining counties reporting
this week promise 80 to so per cent. of an
average. Barry and Saginaw counties OF
Michigan promise a full yield. Montcam
county has the promise Of only IS per cent. of
an average, and the other counties range
from 40 to So per cent. Of an average. In
Hamilton county, Nebraska, the outlook is
favorable for full yield, while Buffalo, Han
Ian and Webster counties indicate fair
yield. In Douglas, Gage, Otoe and Richard
son counties OF Nebraska the outlook is for
less than one-half the usual yield. Ellis
county In Kansas shows full average, while
Cherokee, Butler and Lyons counties promise
only 40 to so per cent. of an average. None
of the Wisconsin counties reporting this week
give the promise of an average yield. In
Ozaukee county the average
FALLS TO so PER CENT.
In Vernon and Kenosha counties the aver
age is SIS per cent, while Dunn, Lafayette
Co.. in. niV
than half the usual yield. In Illinois gen
eral Improvement of 5 to 10 per cent. is noted,
though the general average for the state re-
mains low. In Du Page, Green, Henry,
Madison Stephenson and Whtesde counties
the average ranges from 40 to so per cent.
In Bond. Cass, Coles. Crawford Christian
Du Page, Fulton. kankakce, Lake Maconsn,
Pulaski, Shelby, Stark and Wabash counties
the average ranges from 60 to 80
per cent. In Washington county the
yield will be less than 20 per cent.
of an average The general average
is low for all the Iowa counties. running from
40 to 80 per cent. In Rnggoid and Wa, ne
counties the average is 40 per cent. In La
faYette. Jasper Iowa, Crawford, Mitchell and
Winnesheik counties the average is 30 to 20
per cent. In Cedar, Davis and Linn coun-
ties the average is so to SO per cent. The
average in Missouri ranges from 80 to 65 per
cent. The average for the state does not
promise one-haf of average yield. In
Dakota the yield of wheat is averaging from
fifteen to eighteen bushels to the acre and
this is grading well. In Minnesota the yield
of wheat ranges from eight to twenty-four
bushels, ruling very irregular. In many
counties in Iowa, Indiana, illinois and Wis
consin the ground is reported to be too dry
to permit Of fall poughing and the effects
of the drouth are still seriously felt owing to
the drying up of the pastures. Unless relief
by rain comes soon stock will go into the
winter in poor condition. Fruits are reported
as abundant in all the Western states with the
exception of Wisconsin. Hog cholera is re-
ported IN st. Francois county, Missouri,
Ringgold county, Iowa, and in Christian,
Greene, Pulaski and Shelby counties. Hi
nois. AS d rule however, hogs are reported
as unusually healthy.