New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-11
CONDITIONS OF THE Crops.
FINE WEATHER N KANsAs-DIscoURAG1NG Re-
PORTS FROM NORTH DAKOTA.

FINE WEATHER N KANsAs-DIsCoCRA0ING kS
PORTS FROM NORTH DAKOTA.
Chicago, oct. 10 Special -General crop reports
show that the only portion OF the surplus grain areas
Of the country to-day where there is any excess ol
moisture is in the extreme Northwest The hrsO XIII
ng frost came this week, but Of course TOO Iaoe "
do any damage TO any crop. Pastures and meadows
are poor and afford little II any feed 10 STOCK Hence
all over the corn belt farmers feeding both nay
and new corn 10 their stock. Texas reports that rs
seeding Of winter wheat with them has only
now fairly begun, they have not felt any ehects oi
the drouth Everything in that State points to a
decided increase In the acreage. Farmers nave pen
and are still selling their wheat. New corn Is Oc'hs
gathered and the crop In quantity and quality Is NOT
Nm IN an average IN Tennessee. owing to dry
weather farmers have seeded little winter wheat )
probably not one-thrd of the crop has been sO"h
vet In northern kentucky the long continued drouth
has affected the seeding materially PROBABLY MOI o,e'
half the crop is sown. Rains have fallen CURING Tue
present week, which have helped farmers maeriany
In eastern Kansas they have had plenty Oh ram
and cold weather apd busy seeding. In southern
t.rsae tho recent rains have been wonderful bene-
III IN the ground ard farmers have been busy seedhs
nrobably half of the usual acreage VIII be III thS
week. Wheat that sown early Is now coming up
In Northern Missouri. rains the present week nave
mt the ground in fair shape, aud farmers are
,.ner.IIv sowing Not much wheat IS moving and
,bat moved was of poor grade and went East. In
southern Missouri cOpious rains have enabled farmers
to seed .
eedior Of winter wheat has been active the present
cc1,vt, southern Illinois In central Illinois three
errtbs NJ all the wheat that will go into the ground
mic season has now been seeded. The rains o. the
lost week have started 1t II is coming through
the ground In northern Indiana the drouth In some
regions Is having bad effect upon the growing wheat
The showers this week have only laid the dust ana
soaldnc rains are greatly needed In central Indiana
the drouth has not been The usual amount
~ wheat has been seeded and wheat is all coming up
and making a good stand. Farmers generally hold
inc their wheat for a dollar bushe The drOuth
has heen broken In southern Indiana by good rains
IN northern Ohio the drouth was finally broken by
rains Monday going down into the ground about three
inches some areas Of wheat sOwn about september
Il Will have TO be reseedcd There are good many
co,npaints of dry weather doing considerable Damage
to the growing crop the highlands, while on inc
bottom lands wheat looks very we'll In southern
Ohio reports also show that the early sowa "uedt ms
been more or less injured by dry weather and the
Hcssian fly. Many of the farmers are ieseellHs "iei
wheat.
The reports from North Dakota are stu dlscouraeihs
With regard To The condition Of the crop and the
carcitv Of aborng men and thrcshiag machines. Men
ct tired of waiting for better weather and leave the
country. Fully p per cent Of the crop In that por-
lion Of the state is badly damaged. On accoun; oil te
scarcity of help since harvest little stacking has been
dno There will be grain unthreshcd January l, even
n the rains cease at In southern Ddhplt EVin
20 10 80 per cent Of the wheat is now threshen' "a
some sections the scarcity Of labor sun eAi7ts, al
southern Minnesota the bulk OF the spring Whedt nts
been threshed and many threshlnS Ou1h'S "Ie gums
to Dakota TO do thrcshlng there