Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-26
THE OBSERVER


cssaiues at whs~s Crops March re,
ASA - March go. 1881
March -. lss2.-"Msntsr wheat bar
south Of Tie oaso RIVER; weather very
bal ssrd." Yield IF spring and VA
ter beat, 500. T3s coo bushels corn, /. :.
6l7 .0z5, 100 busaegsi oats, ass -ol 80
bushels.
M2rea 24 iss3.-"WlEter wheat IN
far condition; no frost n the ground
wheat not commenced 10 grow" Yield
OF spring wheat and winter wheat, Az, =
l5o. 40 bushels; corn, ,ool ,otso. tsoO bush
els; oats, al so. 900 bushels.
March 70, lss4.-"WlDter wheat Is
covered with snow tor the last sixty
days" lleld of sprlng and wlAter
Wheat. 5l2. T6i, 600 bushels; corn, l,s95,.
0o0.oOo bushels. oats. 57l ,SV5, 900 bush
e.s.
March 20, lsS5.-"Winter wheat IA
very uncertain condition; mercury be-
low zero; owing 10 snow blockade no
gram moving" Yield Of sprlng anu
winter wheat. 359 j IL 900 bushels; corr,
| $50, 600 100 bushels; oats, 81. 409 900
bushels.
March 20, lsS6.-"wlnter wheat gen.
orally bare; freezing weather; country
roads IN bad condition" Yield OF
spring and winter wheat, 457 ,2ls, 900
bushels; corn. l,665, AL 900 bushels;
oats, co. 81 900 bushels.
March 70, 1857 Winter wheat bare;
mild. wet weather; condition OF winter
wheat generally favorable" Yield Of
spring and winter wheat. i5l ,S29, GOO
bushels; corn. l.i56 .6ls. 900 bushels;
oats, o59 OILS 900 bushels.
March 20. lsss.--"Winter wheat In
far condition; frost nearly out of the
ground; weather mild" Yield of
spring and winter wheat 4l5, sos 900
bushels, corn, 1857 ,790, 600 bushels;
oats, FOL ,705 200 bushels.
March 20. lSS9.-"Winter wheat, all
things considered. in much better con-
dition than could be expected. A re-
markable winter, not So much for It's
mildness as for its dryness." Yield OF
spring and winter wheat, 400, 560. 900
bushels; corn, pip, 1872 900 bushels;
oats, 15l ,5l5. 900 bushels.
March 20. lS90.-.'WInter wheat. as
a whole, reported fully ~ good as same
date OF 1889; remarkably fine weather
for the season OF the year; a little snow
in Missouri and Kansas, butall the rest of
the winter wheat belt is bare; very little
frost IN the ground; no reports OF wheat
wintcr-klliing; deliveries of corn and
oats have been the largest of the sea
son." Yield OF spring and winter
wheat. 399, 262 900 bushels; corn, .4S9,
$4,000 bushels; oats, 523, 62l 900 bush
els.
March 20, 1S9l.-The first part Of
March gave us changeable weather
throughout the Northwest, as well as
other parts of the country; some of the
worst weather of the season extending
over the states of Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Missouri and other states. then swept
east and paid the states of Illinois, In
diana, Ohio and New York a visit. In
some of the states the mercury regist-
cred low temperature, though with
out other unpleasant effects.
The winter may he called a change
able and dry one, though the late snow
falls will relieve in a great degree the
want Of needed wheat moisture which
has been existing throughout the
Northwest ever since the fall of 1890.
In the other states to which reference
has been made there is II great need Of
rain or March and April snow falls to
put the ground in good condition for
spring work. The present winter in
this respect Is in direct contrast to the
proceeding one. The marked features
Of the winter of 1890 were absence of
snow, n good deal Of ram and very lit
tie, if any, cold weather before the first
of March, and so far this winter We
have not had single week of what
might be called good clear, cold, steady
weather except III the far of North
west. Another peculiar feature has
been this: That owing to the dry winter
all kinds of stock, horses, cattle and
sheep. have been able to run out, and
they have consumed 3 vast amount of
rough feed. which in an ordinary WIN
ter would have gone to waste. There
has not been for many seasons past a
period when the farmer has been able
to save as much grain as during the
past winter, and when they have re-
celved such high prices for their wheat.
corn, oats, hay. potatoes and other
farm products. Tad 1t not been for
this fact much larger proportion of
farmers would have been buying feed
than are now. Still our good farmer
friend complains.