New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-17

ON CORN IN THE HANDS OF FARMERS-THE
POTATO yIELD-wHEAT IN MINNESOTA
Chicago. Sept. 16.-The following summaries VIII
anuear This week In The Farmers Review
Iunois-,rhirty two counties report an average OF
7 pcr cent of the old crop remaining on manu. AL
other counties report none lett. -. =. ~ an
Wisconsin--Only six counties report OLD corh Oh
hand: average OF 1-2 per cent
Indiana-1wenty counties report none ,l par
Ohio-Forty-one counties report an averase OF La
per cent of old corn unsod anu 'ns r n average
Of Is PER cent of old crop on nam rsI nom, y,
GGan dn ban SpO and At the rest none
Mlnnesota-Ony four counties report oio corh on
hand, IL per cent .,.. .o,on. old .orn IN
Kansas-Ony eight counties report oo corn U"
hand average d Is per cent . -. .ro,oo.
MISUNDERSTANDING counties report an aVeeas'
Dakota-Five counties report I'D per cent oi LILO
~ hogs faIls considerably below that of last year
The maed yield Of pSfaoes per ai(e 8 baiRe
IndIsua "a % bushels; Michigan l0o ~ ono ono
81 AZ Kentncky, 20 1,2 Missouri 80 II Iowa Wa,
~ PAM MINI. sept 10" The Pioneer Press crop
reports from the Minnesota and Dakota wheat hSid'
wera generally encouraging in tone last week. The
weather has generally faNofaDie Ior vi. .
and dminuon of the previously ys yi' Of
the case however. the same paper has the following
in IFS regular report: A..
GENTS here are only $4,000 bushels short OF receps
ND to the Same time last season, and claim tiat Mle
the erop begins TO move more freely the difference
will ali be made up This Is all true, but have these
same Chicago merchants noticed that the grain coming
hero Is staying hero Last year great deai OF snip
ming was done /, Eastern markets. but this year tho
Shipping IL nearly al confined TO country milers IN
fact the Eastern markets have not had enough OF our
wheat TO know WIN, this years frosted crop LOOKS liho
Stocks I'm store here when the new crop began 10 move
were light and the invisible supply practically nothing.
This has necesstatcd the using OF new wheat carrier
than usual and IS going to make good home demand
right along for all milling grades II Is now almost
certsnty that the crop of Minnesota and Dakota VIII
not amount TO much. II any, T0000O00 bushels,
and bv the time the Minneapolis mlers hsvo sorted
over this crop and reserved what they actually need
for use tho Eastern markets Will have pretty poor
nicldng to saw tho least. The wheat arriving thus
Tar has undoubtedly been tho best OF the crop az II
comes from tho districts the least affected by frost and
blight The country where the damage has been tho
heaviest has not commenced 10 send In returns yet
The farmers vera taught lesson last year. and arc
postponing threshng do fall plOughng and by the
tine their plouehing Is done tho receipts from ohcf
lines VIII have Stacked up SOme Country mliieTs
seem inclined TO hold Off for lower prices on new
wheat but from the present outlook # IS possible thar
they Will get left Old No. / hard for December sold
AT 1O1 on the Minneapolis Board and an impression
Is beginning TO prevail this future Is largely over
sold
"The Minneapolis Journal has an article on the
crop situation this evening, giving variety of author
tiles and figures TO prove that this years crop in Min
nesota and Dakota will fall 80, 100000 bushels short
| of that of last