Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-25
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Report Of the Farmers Review on the
Condition Of the Corn and
Wheat Crops.
xhe Average Condition Of Drops ~
Compared with Last Year.



CHICAGO, ILL.,, Msy 20.-The Farmers
Review prints this week the following
crop summary.
Reports from our reporters do not yet
show any material Improvement in the
condition of the winter wheat crops in
the different states, although in Q few
instances mention is made of improve
ment as result OF recent rains. Insects
are becoming plentiful in Illinois and
other states, but the damage from this
cause has not, up to date, been very seri-
GUS. Wisconsin is, according to our re-
ports this week, remarkably free from
Injurious insects. Indiana, too, makes
no complaint, which is almost equally
true Of Michigan and Ohio, although
there are outside reports Of injury in the
latter state from Erny worms. Missouri
reports chinch bugs plentiful, but the
probability is that heavy rains have tended
to kill them. They have done serious
iI jury to winter wheat crops in Bates
county, while Charles county reports cut
worms very bad. Iowa aud Min
insect Injury, but Kansas complains
troubled. Insects are more generally re-
ported in Illinois than any other state,
the varieties being chinch bugs, Hessian
f.es, cut worms and army worms. The
extremely backward spring aud cold rains
have retarded the insects from Matching
out, hence the reports Of injury by them
are not common as yet.
Considering the amount OF rain thst
has fallen throughout the west as good
progress has beel made with corn plant
ing as could be expected un-
der the circumstances. The fol-
lowing summary Of reports Of
our correspondents gives an idea Of
acrsage OF land Being planted to corn as
compared with that Of last year. Illinois
Eighteen counties report the per cent.
Of acreage being planted to corn IS CON-
psred with last year altos per cent.
Wisconsin-Five counties report 101
per cent. Indiana-Five counties report
1o7 per cent. Michigsn-Seven counties
report los 81 per cent. Ohio-Ten
counties report 100 per cent. Iowa
Fourteen counties report 103 Z per cent.
Ksnsss-Ten counties report 1011 per
cent. Nebraska-FVe counties report
lilo per cent.
The following Is summary OF the re-
ports from our correspondents on the
acreage seeded to spring wheat compared
to last year and the per cent of the condi-
ton OF crops: Illinois-Nine counties re-
port the acreage as "a 40 per cent, and
the eig2t counties report the condition so
per cent. Wisconsin-Seven counties re-
port the acreage as 74t per cent, and
six counties report the condition average
as 79 per cent. Michigan-Seven coun-
ties report the acreage So per cent, and
four counties report the condition as SCI
per cent. Iowa-Thirteen counties re-
port the acreage ss SIS lib per cent,
and the condition is 9od per cent. Min
nesota-Seven countiesIeportithe acreage
so 81 per cent. and four counties report
the condition as 93a per cent. Kansas
Four counties report the acreage s74 per
cent. and the condition IS 81 per cent.
The pastures and meadows have been
helped by the rains, but the grass is
growing but slowly from lack Of warmth.
The prospects for good fruit crop are
very fair.