Fair play., 1890-04-12
CONDITION OF FARMERS.

injured Nv Freeing NcHthrr-;rUIt
suffers Severely. Particularly r"arhc--
Condition IF IjVr->toc;, dud some stII-
""'" neducti"n>-""rk "f Tn ihn---
The March bulletin II thr STATE i;,4-i
o! Agriculture show, the following:
This, III" first rroa report ut re. ~na~,a
issued by the Missouri STATE board ~
Agriculture. j. compiled from r.ra.ruS
from correspondents IN every r,g0ry n
tn" STATE. "Nr"?-.n, '9er"r. Ngnbhn
ani Oregon. who falini 10 report Ia ti.ar.
Quite favorable condition, prevailed
AZ whcat->"ct,Iur t,rio las 3a!I ,.Nt.pt-
ing IN few localities whcre H., Ill
was too dry and ia" crop was pa, IN III
good condition. Tho seed -rrm.na'gi
fairly well ami the plant, majr good
start. rriitinai~r - cro,. Uuti! ate into
III" winter, masking, genera ly. very
fin" appearance. Eut with th, Isl -
March cam" freezing weather Wl-h-
ont snow, which. aitorna' iur with iul1
spells. continued throughput tho month.
the r!tec' OF which has been very inu..j-
Gus 10 the wheat plant Ia many III
stances tn" plants had iuincl ana u )
''"''t a4i1t " nun Una. rs ne 'sr' t.'-F
are dead. There has been almost n
entir" lac!, Of projection Lv snow and as
result the plan; has been badly
hlcachel since freezing wca'lter came.
So that probably it is not in 81, h"j ron-
dition now a. II seem, 20 h.. Many ,,~-
respondents hold this view anl say that
the recent favorable weather ha, great
ly improved its appearance.
The warm weather during the winter
caused fruit buds 10 start. particularly
buds which in portions Of tn" >tatn
burst into full bloom, resulting in their
almost cumplct" destruction. Early
aDpl" and pear buds are Thought To- j.,
more or less injured. hUt it Is j:t-le
early to maR" an estimate of tn" ,N-
tent OF the damage. Small fru;t plants
have also h"cn injured tn a con~i.jcra-
bic extent. Their comparative coHIi-
tiun, with that of The orchards. IS indi-
Gated in tn" table of Summaries.
Unusually abuHdan, forage and Grain
crops Of last season. good fall and VIM
ter pa>tur" and mild weather T., - 90
markab!v combination of conditions tor
Ht'th. tHt iit'' conn i'dF1tiN' condition IS
not as good rs might be expected. Why
is this The principal cause for the
low relative condition. considering the
favorable circumstances, viii BE- found,
we think. in the fact tina. whc." AMI
when natural conditions are REGARDED
As favorable the stuckmau is more apt
to allow his stock To- shift for tbcm-
selves. Feeding is irr"gulariy and i'm
perfectly done, and the stock suffers rhN
full effect of bad weather. The Ia"~o
tn" character OF the stock
and surrounding conditions hrIn" the
farm stock directly under tn" eye AMI
care OF tn" owner III" better will i'' IL"
loss.
Horses stand highest IN condition,
r'tfi" next, sheep third and hogs low
est. The sam" order Will b" noticed N
the fI@nr"S showing the number Of AM
mails lost during Ia" year in each l,noo
head. 1t viii be readily conceded that
horses ar" best cared for among farm
Stock an" III" care given t"oih"f cl','i"'
''etreaHeS Win cattle sh''p ana hogs
LOOKING al III" EAi'!F'> iF"in another
S'afup"IhV II VIII t' seen tha' IN ih"'H
,c'ioiH "i 'He >'dt'' 'l' a""'i'rh'
"her' 'he ha'Grai c"h1l'i"nN tot cilmaic
ana range are c"h'i"'fe' i'"r'' al
''n''E'""S 10 S'ocN-f"lSihE' II VIII hn
seen '!'"t' Is i RUE. tiie condition "i tn'
'toch - lowest ana losses h','' .'Nt- ne
cHect, zoo "i increased 'H!u" "i stock
'ah "'Ho "eeh seen 10y IN 'hoS" sections
~ 'f'' 0,a'e III ""i'h 'hc Al"'A Is Ia"
''',c "''' ''''' ''''' -i'o " iii-' l. h''"'''
diseases among horses nave hoi 'eoh
'l"r', 'H"h usually Pr''althl. more
mas o"eh inc usual run o! dlNteiHper
anu o'ieT ordinary diseases '"anHcrs
exists l" c"iisiucfan!e extent throHGh-
'"t 'ii' state
dogs nave continued ti'"lr "'FaSlat-
'"s "oFA on '"' NneeP H"'NS o' inc
'.a'e' anu a9 :. consequence me number
'' SheeP IN IN" STATE cont!nH" to de-
'''"s'' a. mas pcoh Il!e ea>" no" Tor =
''"''io'r O, years ihcy are becoming
scarce anu are IN demand.
Hogs hav" died IN iar-" numbers
from the different diseases, all ot whj" n
are called cholera. The true ho-
'holera undoubtedly exists in many Of
the counties OF the State. and IN some
has caused "Xten,iv" losses, some CORE
spondcntS reporting that fully fifty per
cont OF The hogs in theirlo"alitics have
lied. II is 70 he hoped that the vcreri-
narians Will shortly be able TO advise a
practicable remedy FOR this disease.