Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-09-15
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Reports From iIskeia a.e N,r..
The following appears in tina Pa
Review September 8: ass
Reports relative 10 the cord;p
the wheat crop in the Red Rive, ~ IN =
have been 30 conflicting that T. ~
to arrive at some true idea Of tia IN
ton, we have made special inos.u.
from reliable persons Our .as
enable ms to state that POLL oon'.
Mimi, will have better grade u II I,
and more Of it than Marshall oons,
The crop may yield fourteen bn.l
per acre. Frost has done more asr.
in Marshall county aud the p,as 7
wheat there will be poor. een.,.n
speaking, There nre some excsn,;'.
for frost seems to have tnnehal
streaks, 50 that while there Az "a s.,a
that have filled tOlernbly well DE-
others not far distant where nv W.T.
are not half 50 well filled, snd will ~
shriyelled sample Of grain. i, ~. 49,
probable that Au average III ten I,,st 4
per acre will be about all that No.
county will yield We have h ~ ~
allie authority that kitts0n eosr..
worse hurt than Marshall canpes
there are fields there which Win IA II.
harvested
On the Dakota side % the RAJ
valley that Is, IN northeast 1akoss ~
situation - reported as heins wosss ~
Ia the Minnesota counties mentionsl ].
the foregoing. There ara eonaiss;ss
opinions as 10 whether tile lams.s i.
wheat Is due 81 frost or has issan ess,ss
by bliGhtiHs, consequent ut0n -.
siyc heat and deWs Tho majority M
that frost has done All tie asr.a
Frost on August II formed les a .Is
Rs window glass nu tho water h ~
county, MINI Tn or ab8nt H. ~
another severe frost Was exg4fiesesI
Although these trOSts dill not an,a,ses
Is hurt shC straw and cliatf II ne 49,
yet they must have hurt ths Blasl !,
that portion which Joins the ksysl !,
the stsm This is e0rrOb0ratsl N 4.
fact that all the nutrition u the Es,ss
u destroyed On some fields a N
wheat thg straw Was very long M
heayY, and hers il was that rnss "a !
deadly work. Que Of our e0Yesgosl
ents states that a field owned N ~
promised to yield thirty bushels =,
acre, OF very poor wheat
Tho oat crop In tho valley geners,
gave promise oi heavy returns, bss r9
has prevented proper filling, ana IN
grain thTuslA1d does moe FAN shs bsaAA
we'll
Barley ID a good crop and has ros bss
injured 50 FAR MS we have been AZ \.
learn. Dalrymplc apparently lac sot
reasons for advising farmers 10 hsll q
10 their wheat in expectation u hixhw
prices later on.
Anxiety about the cora crop ia narss
western Iowa and southeastern nla
u rapidly disappearing BY reason III
hot, dry weather ilefarta tf0m ahaa
counties In tho region 0I Slua4 On
sh1W that during the ttst tuo wssaj
corn has raced t1mArti maturity. nggss
higher grounds and uplanas ii hAs q IL
progressed that il could uoH sBl.a
light tTDsta Tho ears arr nImrf0za ssl
heavy some " them enormous sa1 \
ready veil glazed On the l1a .iyiagk&
tom lands Il will tak1 ten or tasgss aEH
10 advance corn 40 slsas IL can ssana egH
light frost. This il because eaa.irsA
wet weather IN the spring delayed plEss
Ing three weeks beyond tho usual si@a
Ait the reports from tho farms along III
valleys 81 the Marie. Iitile sigS
Floyd, Big Sioux. aud voEmilli9a fisa
the choicest corn districts Of W
northwest arc most encouraging. saa
show that the yield. uulusa s0yeFa tusa
shortly ousue, will be Tho most b0ass4
Gus ever gathered.