Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-06-01
E,ou THE NORTHWEST.
.os+ News From the
.+ Corn and Wheat
pe]t of the World.
condensed and Presented for
P''" ,,.,ocial Benefit Of our
'" northwestern Renders.
-,.ncr and tho Crops.

,, weather and tho Crops.
~ ;s undoubtedly true that not for
A3sn ,,r has there been known in the
Fa season as backward and gen.
S' sns,vorable for agricultural opera
ul ,1s. II does not follow by any
~ s ~ the effect will be felt in the
:,1 Of the year. The late cold and
s' .bsr almost unparalleled in this
S' haze. of course, retarded seeding
' ',lr The spring is cold and late,
En''l. ..o,nd has been, thus far, mo st
tue s ~, blowing. But the weather,
FFl !. w. Sa. been. gives no reason to sup
y th,t II, the antieipa tons, which some
'n' NE market have entertained, Of
IL INV WV this seas on, will be realized.
Gpl I've, the tield with view of as
Nl w. ta,,s. tn prospects of the far
'l hars no. lecn injured. if they are
. n'l in some sections, improved
l iI,. The heavy rainfall of these
Ps' w.. moi, been uniformly distributed.
h ,a ,ecion of northern Minnesota
n N',l' ota while generally experiencing
r. t1,a, did not permit the farmer to
IT, selling. has not been visited with
n,p9,i;ation. The ground is we'll
: .sd With moisture, but it is not over
az, ' !. few days of fair weather will
; ssm farmer in that region ut work in
i islls. and the only difference between
ra,r ana others will be that the seed
~ into the ground a little later than
Il is probable that this will make
Ir,aIy no difference in the date of har-
mo- Thi. is a forcing climate. When the
[ot DAYS and the cool nights of sum-
,ome on. the progress of the growing
isfairly magical. 1t will make up i'll
iitv Of growth what it lost at the start;
atbe advantages of such n soaking as
ipIls have not received for several
before will be felt in the diminished
,r from drought, always an enemy
to he feared than late harvests or
,,blp frosts. On the other hand it is rs
able that the district most copiously
rbel during these weeks will be greatly
ver instead of loser by the continual
npopr and the maintenance of low
eratrres. 1t is mainly in southern
ne,ota that these conditions have pre-
H. Now the worst enemy of that
ion for the last two years was the
[ch bug This little pest, for exter-
tins which no method has. so far,
discovered, is responsible. for light
Is. and he was prepared for a more
bous crusade this year than usual. The
enemy he fears is cold, wet weather.
reported that these few weeks of
her which retard farming operations
pretty we'll exterminated the chinch
And if that is true. brief delay in
ling, involving at the worst nothing
than slight reduction in wheat
age and an increase in other directions,
ID be more than compensated by the
artion Of the pestilent bug. 1t is pos
ethat backward spring may make the
yes, in the northwest little later than
average. but it is altogether improbable
t will have any unfavorable effect
1.-THE crop yield of the year.
NEtlDseS Oh Tic 1hAuS6.
he terrible depletion of the herds on
nnges of Montana and Wyoming by
severe winter of 1SS6-S7 is having i'm
ant consequences now. AS the situa-
and prospects of the ranges become
ehopeful, there it a constant increase
be demand for stock cattle, and this de-
lis being felt in the farming country
be valleys Of the Missouri and Missis-
i The quickest supply of young cat
Eal stock cattle naturally would be
RS but quarantine has cut OFF this
Zee from the Montana ranges and it
require some time to restore relations
the Texas herd. So the ranchmen
been bringing in stock to their north
tern ranges by way of the Northern
ltc ard the cattle had to be collected
Iowa. Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois
aapcent states. Although stock cat
from these regions are higher priced
the Texas breed, still the demand
elor for the ranges is growing. The
method OF ranging, the principal
Hse OF which is abandonment of the
range" plan of the past, brings with
ieceSsarl!y the desire for improved
4. In point of fact it costs less to
Ior well bred animal than for the
u speclm= Of the Texas kind. whereas
Pfonts OF the former are much greater.
as the great herd is broken up into
here's, and thus more care is de-
10 the cattle during the winter sea-
ia precisely that degree will there be
y.lse 10 improvement Of the grade of
socA' and so, of course, drafts will be
oh the young stock of the west and
invest instead of the far southwest. 1t
De remembered that the entire range
,as' Is Passing through~a transition. A
~ Is Transporting which will within a
no Il" Years utterly wipe out the old
n M The important indication of
nahSe Is the closer intimacy which it
a,es between the northwestern grazing
'H ana the northwestern farming or
country, and the transactions and
~ 1s u. OF exchanges which are in