Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-05-08
WINTER WHEAT CR(


TIE Crsp n Ili,ns.s - 1nsrsSossk lEesg.
while Kansos shows tl1o LknsA Gla1e--
Hesssaa ny and Wineer. 1k111aax A1Uopa
ths Crop bus Liti1e- -EaeeNraolno Esso.
psets.
The FdsMesT Rsrlssc ssys:
sThe recent rains have mAtarially ~
vanced the prospects O1 the crop Thl1
Improvement has Ayersged 7f peY csne
in oil the States, Kansas shoWing The
least gain and Illinois tho greatest
AIn Illinois the warm rains have IA.
proved the prospects II per cent, eeti-
mating on m average crop. Out " theS
eiahty-fIve correspondents repoettnes
only twonty-Ono report any damage
from any cause, and II thcso countaea
tho loss amounts to only . pr c1Ak q
an average. In many soct. .ons no tprfn9
wheat ID gown, but III those eoQnttoa
where II ID grown feeding Il we11 aloalEs /
except In Some of the molN nott1efnS
c0untieA i sss
.Reports from 6fty cosssspoads " I I
Indtana show 3 gain ~ ! 4. & u
the &tAtA ElesA r. ~ II 1e
danake of pGr conk 1E0dI 9SS D. - =
and other causes. Seeding of 1psanE
wheat ID we'll advanced
aOhio shows gain Of I pr ceuk
condition, reports being recefved ffol6
sixty-one correspondents, Only tWoMty.s
two report any loss from fseoxjn9 AlIll
thawinR and wct weather, and tAooes
loses average 10 per cent for thN eeap
son. Very little spring wheat y soNn
In the STATE, and that little 10 nearly "a
seeded. :i3s
Michigan nearly keeps pac4 with
Ohio, showing : gain Of Z per ceat Twsa.
ty-eight counties show the proepeote u
be &, cd. From eight counties co1ne n.
ports OF an average dama30 of pef
cent. from insects, scarcity oe snow and
from frost The work Of seeding opslngS
wheat not Jet begun at the tinA Of till
report
Kentucky shows gain Of 10 psr csnk
Two counties show IN averaoo loas u n
per cent from wet weather No opsdne
wheat OF consequence q sown III thes
State
aThc Improvement Ia Wisconsin Il m
last thirty days amounts 70 I por cont
From twelve counties come reports 0f!
damage during the season, Av0rA1tnR III;
freezing in the fall. The sowing IL
spring wheat Is not yot begun, except n
= few localities. M
"A gain Of 10 per cent ii reporteA
from Iowa, three counties only rspotttna
any loss from winter killing Ii fhee1s
damage amounts 70 ~ par conk ThUs
seeding OF spring wheat In IT. vsfiou1
stages, In some counties being III Ii, u
others just commenced, and ID othefss
not yet begun. 81
missouri has gained . por cent III
condition. From iifty-two counties cAme
dattering reports Of tho prospets of NJ
immense crop. Nine counties repost b
loss durine the season of 8 per cent4 o.
IN average, most OF this beiAg due q
the Hossisn hy. Very llttle spring whs1t
Is grown In the GtAte, bat wheFo Il q
| grown the seeding ID advanced.
@From fifty-0ne ecorrespOndontsin Ia Ksnr
sas gratifying reports ete resolved.
Seven counties report : loss II Z peScenk
from the hy, from the dirt Moving u
and leaving tho Nod baFs, md fF0sl
other csusea Tho seeding of apeino
wheat Il progressing 1nely. but sef1 llt'
tle Is sown.
4 4From tho reports Of or cpFse
snts We summarize ~ 6tates " n s
centaRe OF condition % CompakNd Mfe1
IN average ~ follows: Illinois 1os ~
cent Indiana los, Ohio I0l, MIchi9aa
! %, Kentucky 20, Wisconsin ~, Iowa ri
1 Mis- 0uri lO3, Kansae los.