New-York tribune., 1888-08-26
CROPS IN THE VEST AND NORTH VEST
EFFECT OF LAST WEEKS TEMPERATURE.
CORN STILL BACKWARD AND IN DANGER FROM
FRosT-THE WHEAT YIELD
Ipr rgiroRAr1r TO rng TRIBUNE.

FROST-THE WHEAT YIELD
JBY TELEGRAPH To TiIE rRInuyE1
Chicago, Aug. 25.-The marked features OF the week
now closing have been a temperature below season.
able average, with no practical improvement In the
condition of tho corn crop the preceding week.
ard the effects Of tho frost In the far Northwest which
extended far north the Canadian line. west 10 mo
Turtle Mountains and south to Aberdeen, Dako'a'
practically covering the best portion Of the spring
wheat section Of the Northwest There have also
been severe local storms of wind and rain extending
from Nebraska TO Southern Illinois. all OF which has
greatly nterercd with the thrcshng Of the oat crop
and winter wheat 1t must not be forgotten that the
thIeshng OF winter wheat has not yet been finished
The situation in Illinois 10 corn can be summed up
practically as fellows: No progress In maturity Tor
twelve days. prospects good, but change at once
to hot dry weather absolutely essential to the
final good outcome Of the crop. What has been said
with regard to Illinois will apply with equal force to
tho State OF Iowa, with this exception that Iowa has
had more cold, wet weather during the last fourteen
days than any other state in the belt september
Is ought TO one-half of the out of the way
of FROST for 40 per cent Of the remainder October l.
while per cent will require very lao fall to make
merchantable Taking the State a whole, the
crop Of corn OF Iowa gives great PROMISE but is ten
to twelve days late, and is In great need Of warm
weather Illinois
still the nights too COOL and 1t will require favor
able weather to allow the to rpen up and dry
out an immense crop. In Kansas. up to the last week
Of july the prospects for the crop never bet
ter But suddenly a marked change took place-the
heat became intense; hot winds prevailed, and In
many Of the central, western and southwestern coun-
ties the damage to the crop has been serious In fact
amounting to a total failure.
The trade at present has fair idea OF the injury
to the spring wheat crop by the frost Of August 16.
Spring wheat west OF Huron TO the Missouri River
ard in Waulk, Sbley, Hand, Hide, Hughes and the
northern parts Of Jcrcauld and Buffalo Counties
has been almost entirely secured without damage.
This is fourteen days earlier than Eastern
Dakota and Northern Minnesota, the same line OF
railroad. Through Minnesota harvesting IS under
full headway.
Progress is slow in thrcshng oats Rains have
greatly interfered with tho work and the thresh-
ing advances tho revelations of the machine
continue to keep up the quantity, but reduce the
quality.
St. Paul. Aug. o3.-Crop reports to The Pioneer
Press do not materially modify the favorable fore
cast of last week Harvesting Is under way along
the lines of the Northern Pacific and Manitoba, and
the weather has been clear and for several
days Predictions in regard to an abundant yield
verified From Chamberlain. Dakota, dispatch
reports the largest crop ever known In that county,
ranging from eighteen to thirty bushels per acre.
Harvesting will begin In the led River Valley next
week, and in the Devils Lake region little later.
Reports regard to frosted wheat are contradictory
In tho Devils Lake district 80 pcr cent the crop
Is said be affected. Tho actual damage In most
Is to Isolated iclds and II mixing could bc
avoided the aggregate of frosted wheat would be
small Tho weekly crop report Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad says:
at is thought that the frost did not affect the yield
materially, excepting late sowD grain and that
planted in low places; It seems to have been confined
certain spots, and where farm reports heavy
fall OF frost, that adjoining would escape tho frost
appears to have been most severe and the results mos
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The weather of late, however, has been all thai cnh
be desired. While estimates vary 1t would appear
that the wheat yield will average about eighteen
bushels TO tho and that tho crop of oats will be
exceptionally fine, running at least sixty bushels