The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-06-20

the eoeSl1 Q tn0uSeno dollars 20 to.oA9o
him. The sheriff has started out agaia In
pursuit OF Others Of the gang Who ass
hsadsd for the Black hills.
CROP PROSPECTS.
ce.Asnsatssa ~ Reperts Received b. The
Chieage Farmer Review.
The following report will appear In this
weeks FdYsners' Review: Correspondents
scattered throughout illinois, Indiana aud
Ohio report that the soil generally ID had
and cloddy. Corn and cats are not thriv.
ing ~ they should. In Ohio. the oondi.
ton OF wheat has visibly improved. No
particular change In Indiana. Illinois n.
ports show . decline Of several points.
This IL In part due to injury BY Insects,
The assstan dy has damaged wheat In
Christian county Is per cont: In Fulton
county. so 20 10 per cent: Mason aud
PULASKI counties. 20 per ceot.; fields in
Madison county ass said to be full Of the
ay."
In jackson, Jersey and Washington
oountiss. oats are said to bs severely dam
aged By the grain plant louise. In Indiana.
the grain plant louss has been working on
wheat and oats in Crawford and Knox
counties and the latter crop IL said to DO
greatly damaged. Rains continue in
Michigan and Wisconsin. Corn 10 late
and some farmers have been Obliged to re-
plant, owing to rotting Of the seed. but
present conditions are favorable to growth.
Oats are in fine condition. The condition
OF wheat has improved since last report.
In some Of the counties Of Missouri and
Kansas local rains have fallen sufaoient for
the present need Of the crops but in many
parts OF these states oats, wheat and corn
ere suffering for raiA. Reports show q
marked decline In the condition Of whsas
and the average condition Of oats 10 very
low. In Barry aud st. CHARLES counties.
No., oats have bssn ~ssriously injured by
the grain plant louise.
In Nebraska corn conditions are much
the same a. in Kansas. Where local show.
srs have fallen, 40 has bssn the case In
many parts Of the state. corn 10 thriving.
It 10 too late, however, to repair the dam.
age which the oat crop has sustained 10
the prolongs d drouth.
In Iowa or p conditions are promising.
out worms are doing considerable damage
to corn.
In Minnesota, also, crop conditions ~
favorable.
Cotton Crop Report.
The statistical returns for Jure 70 ths
department OF agriculture show an In.
crease OF acreage in cotton in nearly every
state. The area as compared with acreage
OF 1889. is reported In this preliminary in.
vsstigation % follows: Virginia, 90: North
Carolina, 102; South Carolina, los: Geor.
gta. 102; Florida, 1O3; Alabama, l02; Mis.
eisstppi, l02; Louisiana, 95; Texas, 1861
Arkansas. SO; Tennessee, loo; average, 100:
average condition, 8S.8. The percentage
OF Virginia 10 90: North Carolina, SO: South
Carolina, 81; Georgia, 81; Florida, so; Ala.
bama, 93: Mississippi, IS; Louisiana, "a:
Texas, "a; Arkansas, IS; Tennessee, 81.
The fair price prevailing with low prices
Tor other products stimulates the extern.
sion OF planting. The overfiows in Ar.
kansas and Louisiana delayed planting in
those states and prevented the increase
which would otherwise have been made.
There are locations where seplantine Ia
perfect stands injured by cold nights 10
still continued and will be in extreme csssa
till June IS. Stands are generally very
0SSNA WIZ NoAVAAnASS Will 0xC8ptlO0U N
the low areas, whore frosts or cool niehts
have destroyed plants. In the Mississippi
valley and in Texas heavy rains,
local floods and inundations have
caused an unusual amount Of 70.
planting and on the Mississippi and
other great rivers delay Of planting until
the waters recede. In such cases the seed
has been dropped in the mud and the
plants have appeared promptly. sometimes
within four days from planting. Except
on the Atlantic coast the excess of rains
has retarded chopping out and cultivation,
leaving the crop somewhat grassy, though
recent fine weather has done much ia
secure clean cultivation. In more south.
ern ATTITUDES the plants are beginning to
bloom. while in the entire breadth, .
rule, the plants ars healthy and CROWNS
rapidly.