Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-08-02
A GRAND PROSPECT.
Monthly Report Of Secretary Shafler as
10 Condition OF Crops. %
Prospect Good for the Larges, Yield
ua OF Corn since Eighteen Hun. a..-
drcd and Seventy Mine.

Iowa STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Sscretary's Office, Des Moines, July 2S.--
The corn crop is greatly improved;
promise of an extraordinary yield, Wheat
damaged by chinch bugs and rust, Great
decline in the oat crop since the storm of
July 4. Barley and rye better crops than
expected. The potato crop promises an
enormous yield. A splendid hay crop.
Other crops In good shape,
The following report Is based upon the
reports of one thousand correspondents,
ending July 20: ..... ..-
Corn-Propitious weather has adj.
vanced the crop wonderfully, giving
every assurance of yield near or fully
equaling the great yield of 1879. Partial
damage is noted in these counties: APP.
panoose, some fields abandoned on nc.
count of too much rain to cultivate
them; Boone, Cass, franklin,
Greene, Guthrie, Henry, Ply.
mouth Story, Tama and
Wright, from cut worms; johnson and
Tama, from chinch bugs, The condition
of the crop from 92i reports is 100 poI
cent, representing full crop. An in.
crease of 10 per cent, over one month
| ago.
| Broom corn has increased in prospcc
tive yield AZ per cent Its condition Is
03t per cent. from lao reports,
Amber cme-This crop shows a
healthy growth Increase Of 9 per cent,
reported by 57S correspondents, giving
the condition at % per cent.
Winter wheat--lts condition from 203
| reports is 05t per cent. holding about its
own since report OF June 90. The yield
per acre in general Is reported larger
than usual Appanoosc county reports
the finest berry ever grown. ...
Spring wheat-This crop in the thirty
days has been materially lcsscncd in pros.
pective yield: 720 reports give its condi.
ton at SO per cent a loss Of 10 per cent.
In portions of these counties rust has az
fected adams, Allnmakee, Appanoosc,
Boone, Buena Vista, Clinton, Clay, Craw-
ford, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Dubuque,
franklin, Humboldt Henry Hamilton,
| Ida, Jasper Jefferson, Louisa. Mahaska.
Muscatinc, Mills. Monona, o. Brien, Page,
Plymouth, Pottawattainie, Sac, Sioux,
Story, Worth, Woodbury., Winncshick,
Warren, Wapello and Notwithstanding
| that every section OF the state
has suffered 20 greater or less de.
gree. Chinch bugs have also done
more or less damage in the following
counties; Adams, Appanoosc. Benton,
| Black Hawk, Clinton, Cedar, Ccrro
Gordo, Cass Decatur, Fayct,c, Fremont,
Guthrie, Howard Hardin, Iowa, Kco.
kuk. Jefferson. johnson, Linn, Louisa,
Madison, Mahasko. Marion, Mills, Mon.
roe. Page, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold,
Tama, Washington, Warren Wapello,
Winncshiek and Worth. One county,
Des Moincs, reports tho presence and
damage from Hessian flies a.
Winter barley--Only IL report It's con.
dition, which is % per cent. w..
Spring barley--The prospect has in.
creased 81 per cent; 357 reports giving
its condition at l049 per cent. The yield
is reported much better than usual .
Winter rye--739 reports place its con.
ton at 002 per cent; about tho same MS
former report
Spring rye--G0 report the same AZ win.
ter. The crop is reported unusually fine,
Oats--Thc past thirty days has
wrought u wonderful change. What
promised to be the greatest and finest
crop ever grown was largely destroyed
by the storm of July 4, which was
general throughout the state. Some
fields present the appearance as II n
heavy roller had passed over them. In
this condition, with heavy rains since,
they are rotting more or less. In these
cases, the crop Is almost total loss. yet
the yield will be sufficient TO supply all
home demands with some to spare.
Nine hundred and seventeen reports
give its condition at % per cent.
Flax--Shows n decrease Of per cent
In condition. Cherokee county reports
il dying out. Marshall nearly ruined by
rust. Three hundred and forty-two re.
ports place its condition at 90 per cent.
Timothy-02l reports place Its condi.
ton at on per cent, an increase of 3 per
cent. over former report. The hay crop
is much larger than expected and gen
orally saved in fine condition. In sec
tiOns of these counties worms are de-
stroying the timothy heads-Clarke,
Davis, Decatur Des Moines, johnson,
Lee, Lucas, Madison, Muscatne, Ring
gold, Union, Van Buren,, Washington
and Wayne. ... .... ...........
Clover-si6 reports place its condition
at sSt per cent. Many report II bcing
winter killed. ....... ~. ".. ~
Millet--Shows n slight increase in con.
dition. being 10l per cent. against 81 In
June; reported by 100. rtm..
Pasiures-Show remarkably fine con
dition, being 1875 per cent. from S24 re-
ports. hllamakee reports the finest In
thirty-sevcn years. Adair, Clay and
Warren counties report the meadows be-
ing injured by cut worms. The condi-
tons Of pastures for the better over a
year ago Is nearly doubled
Irish potatoes-ln general the crop Is
reported TO be the largest and best ever
grown. With favorable season In
future the yield will exceed any former
one. Nine hundred and twenty reports
give their condition at l07 per cent.
| against 1902 in June. In localities OF
| Adams, Cedar, Keokuk, Johnson, Lucas,
Louisa, Madison, Mitchell, Story, Warren
and Wright counties bugs are doing much
damage. A correspondent from Della
ware county reports the presence Of n
new bug, doing much damage, but all
disappeared in three days from time Of
coming. The same bug, or similar one,
is reported from Marion and Pocahontas
counties Indication of rot Is noted
from Mahaska, Van Buren, and Wayne
counties.
Sweet potatocs-Five hundred and
twenty. seven reports place their condi'
ton at 0Si per cent, an increase OF Al
per cent.
Applcs-Thc crop will not be as good
as expected, the fruit falling oil and
damaged by storms. Their condition
from 1871 reports is "A; per cent, against
80 in June.
Peaches-l3 reports, condition Of per
cent.
Pcars-Gi reports, condition 10 per
cent. 20.
Plums-620 reports, condition SO per
cent.
Cnerrics-3S5 reports, condition 81 per
cent,
Grapcs-s6i reports, condition SO per
cent.
Currants-S73 reports, condition 50 per
cent. u
SIMULTANEOUSLY reports, condition 80
per cent.
Raspberries-8SS raports condition %
per cent.
Goosebcrries-S40 reports. condition
DO per cent.
Blackberries-774 reports, condition
95a per cent
Locusts-- Benton. Clinton, Cedar,
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