New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-27
4 CHICAGO VIEW OF TIE GRAIN OUTLOOK
GENERALLY THE YIELD ESTIMATED AT Lo"Eb
FIGURES THAN BEFORE.

Chicago. July % tspecah.-Crop reports rom
throughout the country show that most of the winter
wheat has been harvested. In Nebraska the carry
sown wheat i irregular in quality. Nhne u'eie
some good wheat there is more or les 81 u"'i"S'"
by rust and blight and the prospects are not near 90
good as they were twenty days ago There i XIV.
stand Of straw but fields which have been examiner
show that the heads Of the early sown wheat are NOV
we'll filed In Central Minnesota harvest VIII mol De-
yn before the second week in August This area also
ppot, decided change 10 quality and yled OF the
wheat The intense heat has injured the "He"'.
Northern Minnesota reports The crop sun III o'l''~'
condition. every thing depending on the weather OF 'Ho
next ten days. During the present week tne weather
has been cool and favorable for the crop Inc SprihS
wheat harvest in North Dakota viii not begin beio"
AUGUST 5 or To- The general condition OF Sprng'whe"
l. nor as favorable A. il Was twenty day, ago.
Night and rust have been the increase. Just now
much damage ha, been done II is impossible |" ~
until harvest. At lankton. ;. d.. spring wheat -
now being harvested. The weather has been ui-
settled aud slow progress. - far. has been aue' Inv
general condition OF the corn crop OF the country s"
remains critical Dry weather has been the OEuer VI
the day in the largest portion Of the corn belt FOR e
,,.,,s The caring season Ia, now passed by and tao
effect of the rains would be TO help Ill out the ears
that are made but would add no ears to the Stluihs
crop. Fortunately the present week mas peeil oooi'
otherwise the general average condition OF the crop
would be much lower than IL actually is' hi0he"hs
is finishing MP It's harvest this week The general
opinion i, that the yield will be irregular ana not ~
good either in quality or quantity as was eAPeo'e"
early I'm the season. Texas having Just ABOUT eon-
nIet.d threshng the outcome confirms the previous
estimate, of sin aud onehalf 10 seven bushe, per a'o'
The quality is far below the average and the grazing
much lower than expected Central IehhesSe'
reports that the wheat crop average last year was e
teen bushels. Farmers are not selling Freely anu la0
mills are paying ST. Louis prices. Northern hehtu'hy
report, that farmer, did not stack much wheat ihesh
ing from the shock and storing H. The wheat i thresa-
ing out about 10 per cent below the estimates "o
before harvest. The yield will be - TO 90 per en-
short Of that Of last year the quality much better lho
oats crop is almost a failure southern lIlhois "
ports that the competition among mills Tor WINK.
wheat supplies Il stronger than was ever known aIu
that at a great many country points farmers "re e
alr,ady getting ST. Louis prices for their wheat, ~
/, now thought that thrcshng returns 80 lar sho~
ahOut ten bushels To the acre. This i not over oo
half of what IL last some 0f ne best
wheat counties report that the threshlhY yS I
fall below the estimates made before the harvest
average yield is about eight bushels per acre. thc
quality OF the wheat however is reported better .
for several In Ohio farmers are dlsappolic
with the yield. Many fields which promised t"eiH
five to thirty bushels of wheat per acre are os sio.A
Ing ten, twelve fifteen bushels. lhdlaHa no" "
mort, that the movement of the new crop ma pcsuI'
Farmers selling their crop as fast az Il 'nicsie~'
The quantity Is much less than was expected