The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-04-26
H~USBANDMEN.
RAINS T1aR0UGa0ur THE NoR1n-
WEST BENEFICIAL 10 CROPS.

4ue CEVp xepVSe 10 BseSAseNA
from correspondents scattered through
out the country for the week ending the
18th inst:
The copious rains Of the last week greatly
benefited the grass and put the ground In sxoel.
lent condition.
In Southern Michigan the wheat prospects sre
certainly now al that could be desired. TIL
wheat stands from two to four inches high all
over the fields.
Farmers are all busy seeding oats, and spring
work has now commenced in earnest. Wheat
supplies are fast disappearing and local mills
running rum anSa n Many sas'n nils iH1 s Ses now ~ going nSns to tod Detroit !,
for wheat. This is something unusual.
Northern Ohio reports plenty Of rain for the
Considerably during the last thirty days. It does
not stand In some places thick enough on the
ground. It is about four inches high. In
ure. The early sown looks well, and ranges In
height all the way from two to six inches.
Stocks IN the hands Of farmers are being eradu.
ally sold and are less than Q year ago.
Southern Indiana reports that the new wheat
stands about six inches high; is Of good color
hands Of farmers are greatly reduced. In
Northern Indiana the wheat 10 about four
inches high. The rains will help it.
ues to look well. The growing wheat-.that Il.
the best Of it-is from six to eight inches high.
armer deliveries amount to almost nothing.
and the local stocks have been reduced 80 per
cent. since the frst Of March.
In Central Illinois there is good dealof wheat
that stands now from ten to twelve inches high.
There are some reports Of insects. The reserves
Of winter wheat are being absorbed rapidly, and
but q small proportion OF the crop now remains
IN farmers hands; an early harvest is looked
Tor.
In Eastern Kansas there has been plenty Of
rain. The winter wheetf s growing fast. md 10
W when wv were re s newer sri Sssse a' for ys uns t Rhaoap tSsy s .3s
melting y : fast. There e little in aTmors
will be At to cut the second week in June. The
oats are all up, and have made . good stand.
Farmers are planting corn.
Kansas says that winter wheat
never looked better at this time Of year than 1t
present. The recent rains, which were general
over southwestern Kansas, have given The wheat
q fresh impetus, and 1t IL now from eight to ten
inches high. Many OF the mills are running less
than one.third Of the time, and are Importing
In Northern Missouri ali the moisture neces:
sary for the wheat has fallen since the LIST OF
April. The prospects are now excellent, and the
Southern Missouri reports plenty Of rain;
wheat prospects never better; reserves getting
low, being slowly but surely consumed.
light rain just sufficient TO feep vegetation
growing. The crop prospects on the whole are
promising.
enough to joint-twelve to fifteen inches high.
Tho season seems to be at least fourteen days
earlier than usual. The stocks Of wheat In
tho now crop will find ali the old wheat gone
Many farmers have now finished planting corn.
The large mills of the State are about through
with their home purchases and are now import
ing wheat from Southern Indiana and Illinois.
and some coming from st. Louis. Considerable
wheat will have to be imported into Tennessee
and Kentucky before another crop ia made.
Reports from Northern Texas are not quite IS
favorable as they We're ten days ego: The
harvest promised to be unusually early this
season. and with q dry harvest new wheat will
be used by the mills By the 1st Of June. In the
central portion of the State wheat is now we'll
Joined and in an advanced condition. There are
some reports of rust, but it will be ten or fifteen
days before the damage, II any, can be escer.
tanned.
Reports from Central California show that
during the last twenty days the growth OF grain
The movement Of grain to market Is slow. In.
dticating either q short surplus or a disposition
to hold for an advance. Millels enter the
markets only to supply immediate wants.
Eastern Dakota reports that seeding has been
In full blast. and that up to the 10th inst. SO per
cent. OF the crop was in: The lack Of rain was
Gus showers of the last few days have d ne
to supply the necessary degree of moisture. The
a aSsYa Tiu Il pe nr|s in'r sass dies e. the ,ns ss,ly - season a,aa
more or less Of the land which was left for sum-
mer fallow. Elevators have forwarded their
holdings, as the courts have decided that wheat
III store must he assessed April I.
reports from Central Dakota say that wheat
which had been sown prior to the strong winds
NH W q BFe6G exCenU nave 10 D0 feHOWn ana all
of it will nave to be narrowed as it was laid
bare. Nebraska reports dry weather, and in
some parts of the state the ground is too
dry to pillow for corn. Iowa has already been In
the same condition, hut has been greatly relieved
by tho late rains. The oats are all sown and
farmers have commenced to pillow for corn.
The week closes up with the country practic.
ally In this condition.
The winter wheat promises now an excellent
crop. AS to its amount in bushels let atatisti-
clans figure 1t to their hearts content. The size
Of crop depends upon its price.
There Is O good prospect of an early harvest.
Reserves everywhere are slowly but surely melt.
ing away, and the prospect is now that they will
be nearly. exhausted by the time the new crop
Is fit to grind. The spring wheat seeding is pro-
crossing. Seeding in Minnesota and DsketaM
not yet Finished. The acreage Of spring wheat
Is largely Increased. Flowing for corn is pro-