Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-04-26
CROP PROSPECTS GOOD.
THE NORTHWEST GREATLY BENZ
FITTED BY RECENT RAINS.

Winter Wheat Prospects Good. Everywhere
Spring Wheat Seeding Still Progress
ing-Oats and Grass Greatly Benefited by
the Rains.
The following crop report is cleaned
from correspondents scattered through
out the country for the week ending the
18th inst:
The copions rains of the last week greatly
benefited the grass and put the ground in excel
lent condition.
In Southern Michigan the wheat prospects are
certainly now all that could be desired The
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
will soon be crying for wheat to keep their mills
running. Many mills are now going to Detroit
for wheat This is something unusual.
Northern Ohio reports plenty Of rain for the
present. The winter wheat crop has improved
considerably during the last thirty days. It does
not stand in some places thick enough on the
ground 1t is about four inches high. In
Southern Ohio the crop stands in need of moist
nre The early sown looks we'll, and ranges in
height all the way from two to six inches.
Stocks i'll the hands OF farmers are being gradu-
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
and free from any defects SO far. Stocks in the
hands hands OF farmers are greatly reduced. In
In Southern Illinois the growing crop contin-
nes to look we'll The growing .wheat-that is.
the best OF it's from six to eight inches high.
Farmers' deliveries amount to almost nothing,
and the local stocks have been reduced SO per
| cent since the first of March,
In Central Illinois there is good deal of 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 small proportion of the crop now remains
IN farmers hands; all early harvest lis looked
| for.
rain. The winter wheat is growing FAST and is
| from six to ten inches high. The prospects for
wheat were never better for years than they are
| to-day, and the reserves Of winter wheat are
melting away fast. There is little in farmers
hands. With present conditions the early sown
| will be fit to cut the second week in June. The
oats are all up, and have made a good stand.
Farmers are planting corn.
Southwestern Kansas says that winter wheat
never looked better at this time OF year than at
present. The recent rains, which were general
over Southwestern Kansas have given the wheat
a fresh impetus, and it is now from eight to ten
inches high. Many of the mills are running less
than one third of the time, and importing
most all of the wheat they grind.
In Northern Missouri gil the moisture neces.
| sary for the wheat has fallen since the LIST of
| April. The prospects are now excellent, and the
| season is three weeks earlier than usual.
wheat prospects never better; reserves getting
| low, being slowly but surely consumed.
;. kentucky reports the wheat good color, with
! growing. The crop prospects on the whole are
| promising.
In Tennessee some of the early wheat is tall
enough to joint-twelve to fifteen inches high.
| The season seems to be at least fourteen days
earlier than usual. The stocks of wheat in
the new crop will find all 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 At will have to be imported into Tennessee
Reports from Northern Texas are not quite as
favorable as they were ten days ago. 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 advanced condition. There are
some reports of rust but it will be ten or fifteen
days before the damage, if any, can be ascer-
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
dicating either a short surplus Or disposition
} to hold for an advance. Nlillers enter the
markets only to supply immediate wants.
Eastern Dakota reports that seeding has beer
in full blast and that up to the 10th inst so per
@ OF me e erGP WAS IN he ea Lack o. fan
GUS showers of the last few days have done much
to supply the necessary degree Of moisture The
and higher prices have decided many to pillow
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
in store must be assessed April
Reports from Central Dakota say that wheat
which had been sown prior to the strong winds
will to great extent have to be resown and all
of it will have to be narrowed 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, but has been greatly relieved
by the late rains. The oats are all sown and
farmers have commenced to plow 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 statisti-
clans figure it to their hearts content. The size
of crop depends upon its price.
There is a 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 Dakota is
not yet finished The acreage of spring wheat
is largely increased. Flowing for corn is pro-
crossing slowly, and there seems to be no hurry
about it.