The true northerner., 1890-08-20
BADLY In NEED OF RAIN
THE CORN AND OTHER CROPS
WOULD BE MUCH IMPROVED.
The Long and Continued Drought Has
Had "a Very had Effect in Many Parts of
the Northwest-Pastures Parched-The
General Conditions.
[Chicago dispatch.l


the Northwest-Pastures Psrched-The
General Conditions.
lChcago dispatch.l
While certain districts and areas have
been within the last week relieved by rains,
yet the country at large stands badly I'm
need OF copious rains. With these general
conditions there Is no improvement I'm the
outlook for corn. Meadows and pastures
are still bad and root and vegetable crops
continue To suffer. Excellent progress has
been made with harvesting spring wheat
ana stacking and threshing are progressing
favorably. Little grain Is moving in the
interior and prices for corn and oats and,
In fact, all food. are generally higher than
at distributing points
Central Nebraska reports that Tuesday
night the first rain fell for six weeks. How
far, however. IL will go toward improving
the corn Is hard To tell. Fifty per cent. OF
all the corn In Platte, Polk York CLAY, IS
per cent of Seward, Butler. Hamilton, Mer-
rick, and Hall Counties Is past redemption.
The recent drought has SO damaged corn
that the result Will be from nothing 20 go
per cent. OF the crop. Even the corn in
those portions of the State that withstoOd
the terrible effects OF this long and protract-
ed drought did not make any headway
toward growing or maturing, but Just seemed
10 hold Itself at "a certain condition without
going backward. Potatoes are i'm very much
the same shape corn. They will Weld
from nothing TO one-half OF a crop. Rising
station, ON the Union Pacific Road, in But
Ter county, shipped out last year over 600
cars OF fine potatoes. This year they claim
they at best will not have over fifty cars
20 ship.
Southern Nebraska considers the dry
weather has injured the corn crop fully 20
per cent. Corn Is selling freely at 80 20 55
cents "A bushel To go South and West 10 To-
cal points. The chief reason which has
made the drought so disastrous I'm Nebraska
l. q It1 I1
the shoots or ears were forming, and in the
majority OF the best fields OF corn there is
only about two-thirds OF the stalks that
have the scmblance OF an ear on them.
Again, the wind and sun were so hot that
they scorched the tassel and injured the
pollen TO such an extent that perfect ears
of corn will be scarce.
The supply OF old corn I'm farmers hands
Is surprisingly small. 1t will not be ham
died by dealers, as many farmers will have
To buy and sell to each other. The supply
in dealers hands is also small. Owing 70
the good prospects for corn about June /
the majority OF the ear corn IN crib was
shelled out and sent To market.
From Northern Indiana very gloomy ac-
counts now come as 10 the damage from the
terrible drought. The only good and large
crop Is the hay crop. There Is practically
no corn, no potatoes no vegetables or fruit
Here and there ON the river bottom is "A
small field OF corn that may turn out a fair
crop, and that is all Already millers are
beginning 10 look up supply from abroad
To keep their mills running. Central Indi-
ana thinks that possibly IL may get two
thirds of "a crop OF corn under the most IA
vorable circumstances. In Southern Indi-
ana the upland corn Is badly damaged. The
bottoms are little better. Since the first
of July there has been a shrinkage of over
twenty-five per cent. in condition.
Southern Ohio reports that corn has suf-
Al ha la "A q \,
during the whole season. and they do not
look for at best over one third OF last years
crop.
Rains the present week have fallen in
Illinois as far north az Bloomington The
general impression seems To be that the
rains, they were only local and the sea-
son 80 far advanced, have done no good 20
corn. For the last three weeks the corn
crop has just been ut "a standstill. Con-
sidering the extreme drought. the only
wonder Il that IL Il as good as IL Is to-day.
The prospects for Northern and Central
Illinois for possible 90 per cent. OF a
crop, with Il probability, however. OF not
over half "A crop. Stockholders, wherever
they can find lots OF corn. say from ] 900 TO
1000 bushels, in farmers hands. are paying
fifty 10 ffty-fve cents for It TO feed stock
the coming fall and winter.
correspondent who has just gone through
the territory Of Southern Minnesota and
southern Dakota, including the Jim River
Valley, and stopped at every station. makes
this report; An average crop of spring
wheat OF ten bushels TO the acre a. a mini
mum ana twelve bushels a3 maximum.
He also reports that the thrashing machines
were turning out "a yield OF from nine 20
eleven bushels. RcpCrts covering Southern
Wisconsin say that although the average
was the same as last year the quantity will
bot be over half the crop ot 1850. The
quality viii be very uncycl. owing 10 hot
weather while the berry was in the milk,
causing il to shrink
Southern Minnesota reports that farmers
are now stacking and thrashing. The dam
age by blight il much greater than was ex-
pected. Three -fourths of the wheat heads
were not filed. The quality will be fair
and the yield moderate. Reports from
Southern Dakota show that wheat il nearly
all In the stack. while IL few are thr;lshing
from the shock.
The yields from the thrashing machine
show the crop falling short of expectations
from three to five bushels per acre. The
highest yield reported Is sixteen bushels
and the lowest nine. The rust and blight
cut the crop short from 20 to 25 per cent.
Southern Illinois millers are free buyers
OF wheat, and farmers have been free SELL
ers Another report from this section says
millers and dealers are taking everything
they can buy at 81. Louis prices. less freight.
But little wheat il being shipped. The ad-
vance In prices seems only To bring out the
wheat from those VINO cannot hOld.
Michigan millcrs report the demand for
-four large. and that they are taking freely
all the wheat farmers have tO offer. Central
and Southern Indiana reports show that the
millers are free buyers whenever they can
get wheat at prices they consider reason
able. But the rapid advance in the last ten
days tends 10 keep wheat from moving.
Southern Missouri reports show that two
thirds OF the wheat il now thrashed. Millers
have bought all the wheat offered. The
more prices have advanced the less wheat
comes forward. and during the last week
the receipts have been practically nothing.
Pith of the News.