Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-08-28
MICHIGAN HAPPENINGS. IN THE FARMrpS, p,rs
IHRESHINO PROoREssINo M
MANY LOCALITIES.
Recent Rains Too Int IN nj,
ocss s, OF Old Wheat Very Low-0mar
All r, from Farmers OF New Crop Light
anus OF Food Advancing I'm Pr,cs

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~ " food Advancing In Prize
ly lChicago dispatch.1
an More general rains bave falIa, a..
ho last six days than at anv tI,,,o ,uurIhg
to 'pous SIX weeks We have nIso ia 'io
a aao"sohaDIy low dogree OF temnorat,,.'a
NJ ni areas Frost has aDDeared
m | tho s 'he corresponding week a voo,
~ idIv '.lperature was rising, corn was >
snr, na.urInS' farmers were thru
n large ""ea. ' ana selling freely. There
% ".iaIBe movement OF oats. with nrJ.s,.
/ polh's OF production In NebrasLo ~
n 100 ~ 70 ~ cents a bushel. In Iowa -, =.
4 80 ao Dushel and In Illinois at 80 -
4 tSat ~ oen,s % bushel. 1t was then tho,.,
tho h'n Tin tnree weeks more witbont -.
| tured. NioP would have m
Except In the extreme nor,bou..
"o spring wheat belt. the groat PuT,' 'r,
| Tho MI ~ now either I'm shock or s.i
| ,yoo.i"ns quality depends lorooI,, -. :,
NIi., NIier Oh the next few weeks. In CO. on y
onaiit,, "a .hrashing has commenced ~,
| II is gyod,,,,' ~. UP 10 last year by any mean
bulk or tha W. ana No. 3. Last year ~
yoish vi me crop graded No. 1 NJ, ~ -
t,tisncu hity-eight TO sixty nounds oi VI .neI y
| az year IL only weighs from ss,., WI VIII
| inl;y SiA. a Tree movement ~ NJ wv
| SontLa ~, as soon as thrashinQ a. o..
tho ,'. minnesota reports thai rnos. =
tio uat 'i - IN the shock, but that vor,, ~
wboat .. mas yet been done. tn,
md d,, not as plump as lt was Iast ,,I,i'
thIa ~ ~uoes not weigh as heavy. Forry ~. yeal
section generally do their fall ,,IN' ~
'hFhshlng, hence no large , -" IlH
arg looked for until October. fecelpts
its huat ,nc ilne or the Northern pactec 81
is Daa,iches IN North Dakota tbc sit,,., anu
souri, Riynry Riy snis; From Fargo to tho Mis-.
Seventy-hve per conf ., 49,. uhuer way.
ii,' ro Ioau is harvested, and from r. u'n .' OF
- W ene boundary line littla a,,a.
Valley from seven to ten bushels. Tho
quality Will be inferior to the crop of 1889.
small percentage Will grade No. hard.
Probably ten per cent OF the balance will
grade from No. 1 Northern down to No. 3.
III the weather continues favorable wheat
will be thrashed from the shock and hurried
10 market. as present prices are satisfactory
to farmers. Rejected wheat is FIVE cents
higher than the price OF No. hard wheat a
year ago.
Thrashing returns from points in South
Dakota show that nearly every piece
has fallen from one-third to one
half below former estimates. The largest
yield so far Is ten bushels per acre, but in
the majority Of cases is from four to six
bushels.
North Dakota has probably grown as much
wheat as last year. What damage, IL any,
the frost has done the present week Is yet
entirely too early to state. In fact, parties
on the ground are hon-committal on this
point.
In South Dakota there Is q decrease I'm
acreage and amount In yield per acre. Tho
crop will grade largely No. 2, while last
F6Rfi ftsv, years. 'rraf1ners seem srvrsned'tU
present prices and an early and free move
ment is looked for. Reserves of old wheat
have been reduced TO a minimum.
nd WaaVil rpDOrtC0 III
the old winter wheat that was carried over
by farmers. These complaints have been
on the increase until now the re-
ports on this point are general In Southern
Illinois, as we'll as I'm other states. The de-
livcries of wheat from farmers are very
iight-more so than at any time since mar
vest.
Central Ohio reports that II has been too
dry to do much plowing for wheat Farmers
have been free sellers at present prices.
There is considerable weevil reported In tho
old wheat. Millers continue TO be free buy
crs of all the wheat that Is offered They
are generally paying 81 per bushel at the
mill.
In Central Indiana thrashihg is over, and
late thrashings show no improvements, but
rather the reverse. Millers are free buyers
of wheat at present prices. There are many
complaints OF wecvil I'm the old wheat from
this State also. :,
southern kdnSHS TtDOIts Nndb Oub d SihhiA
pcrcentage OF the wheat has been thrashed,
but what has been thrashed has mostly
anne into farraers, hins s ansaSI e I 9lS2 hreI seI
wccvily. Flowing for the new crop has
commenced, but so far not much hcadway
has been made. Mills arc taking freely
all the wheat they can get, but every farmer
who can hold Is doing 80,
Missouri reports that from rs to s5 per
cent OF the winter wheat Is thrashed. Mill
ers are FREQ buyers OF wheat Onerings
from, farmers however, are not large
Weevil Is also reported IN olu "hehV III 'nis
state, >,
Southern Michigan reports that ohe-hali
~ the wheat is thrashed. So far farmers
have been free sellers, the yield and quality
both being good. Millers ure paying iron
0s cents to 81 per bushel
kentucky reports that the winter wnea'
now IL practically hll thrashcd, and thC
winding up OF the crop does not show whea'
70 be i'm any better shape than the early
tbrashlng. Very little OF II Is strictly No
| Q the weld generally grading good TO choic'
| No. 3. Millers are free buyers, but the OF
| ferings are very light. ,
In Tennessee, owing to recent rains, tn
| land is in good condition Tor pioWlhg nn
| farmers are making good headwhy. VIVA
| little wheat is I'm farmers hands Is still he'll
| for better prices. There is no old wheat .
| amount 10 anything In the State.
| In New York the winter wheat crop Is be
! ing secured I'm fair condition, and promise
| TO be an average one. Little wheat Is NOV
ing, There Is considerable complaint froI
nil over the state with regard TO the condi
| tIon OF corn. New York State crops
everything except wheat promise TO {
| light Vegetables. fruits, and all kinds
| grain are bringing high prices at present.
A correspondent In Southern Calitornl
reports that there was so much iain la'
winter that the ground was beaten GOWN
hard that Il was impossible TO get II In cor
diticn for n crop. The life seemed TO nay
been beaten out OF the land. One reasc
| that SO many spring-sown crops nave tallt
TO give an average yield this season is
| account OF the terrible rains which were o.
pericnced all over the corn and wint.
wheat belts during June, which literal
Rounded the life out of the ground Tbt
came the intense heat, which baked u
! ground. nut Il out OF condition, and SIN
that date every crop, including iruit NJ
: vegetables. has continued to run down UNI
. the present time.
: Quite large proportion OF farmers w
at harvest thought they had ialr crop
onts and contracted 20 make deliveries, nc
, find that upon thrashing the crop falls I
/ below former estimates, and IL Is impos'
BILE for them TO hll their contracts.
, In Oregon the winter wheat harvest
I over. Some thrashing has been done u
l Weld is better than was expected early
. the season, and the crop promises 10 tu
: out fully as good as last year.
) During the present week rains have be
= quite general in Illinois, portions of India
and Iowa. The great bulk OF the corn, no
: ever, either had been seriously injured
was too late and backward TO receive
n special benefit from the rain. Consequent
J, the crop is practically tho same in conditi
8 as it was az the date OF last weeks repo
Meadows and pastures already show
nrovcnent over ten days ago: they are