The National tribune., 1892-03-31
TIE WREAT REPORT.
Condition and Prospect Of the Crop
Throughout the Country.
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CALIFORNIA.

| Calllorn1a are iooking exceedingly Wei, an
promise an abundant harvest. The rainfall
has been plentiful, but more is expected.-H
~ RANKIN, North Ontario, San Bernardino Co.
Cal.
Wheat looks well, and o large acreage
sown in excess of former years. With suffi
cient rainfall large crop is promised. Whoa
is our main crop here.-SAM'L M. DYER, Shan
don, San Luis Obispo Co., CAL
The wheat looks fine inst now, and we hav.
had very favorable weather. Barley also look
well, and l think we will have a large crop thi,
year.-JoHN L. SMITH, Cana, Butte Co., Cal
! ILLINOIS.
| Wheat never look ed better at this time Of the
| year in Macoupin County. There is none of il
hurt, and it looks very promising for full
crop. The weather is and has been for the
| last three weeks warm and wet, and it has
been favorable for wheat all Winter. The
roads are worse than they have been for two
years.-AUGUsT HACKE, Carlinville, III.
In this County the crop is rather above the
average. Wheat looks fully as we'll as this time
| last year, and the frequent rains are making it
| grow very rapidly.--H. G. HOWELL, Martins.
VILE Clarke Co.. III.
Wheat in Moultrie County is better than it was
last year. The heavy snow in January and Feb
| ruary kept it from freezing out, and the prospect
is good for 4 fine crop. The same car be said
of Mason and Shelby Counties. There is fully
as much sown as last year.-G. w. HUDSON,
| Betllam, III.
Wheat in the southern half of Mason County
looks splendid. and we expect larger yield
this year than we had last year. We got last
year from II to 30 bushels per acre.-A. FL.
SHIELDS, Kilbourne, III.
| Wheat in the southern part of Saline County
| is fair There was not as much sown as in 1891.
If we have favorable weather we will have al
average crop.-URIAH MORGAN, Harrisburg,
| Ill.
| Owing to dry weather last Fall and late SOW
| ing of wheat, the prospect in this County is
not favorable for more than half the yield
JAY SMITH, Crossville. White Co., Ill.
INDIANA.
| The wheat crop don't look as good as last
year. The combined efforts Of the fly and the
| unfavOrable weather have done their work.
fields bare On the sand it looks better. 1t is
said that clover is badly drawn on the clay.
| One old farmer said the other day it was
drawn foot from the hole.-D. Ii. RENNEE,
Pleasant Lake. Steuben Co.. Ind.
| The wheat crop in De Kalb County looks
| good. l think it will be about 40 bushels to
the acre. Our wheat has been covered with
snow all Winter.-HARRY CALDWELL, Garrett,
Ind
The wheat of this County looks WELL In
some places it is thin the ground, but we
consider it better than last year at this time
z. II. ROBERTSON, kokomo, Howard Co., Ind.
IOWA.
The prospect for wheat is not very good in
this neighborhood, owing to the dry weather
last Fall and the late freezing, which has hurt
wheat very much. We do not expect very
much of crop at tlirashing time this Fall
{. T. METzGERy La Crosse, Lee Co., Iowa.
The prospect for wheat crop in this locality
is very poor. The dry weather last Fall pre-
vented early sowing, and a large portion of
wheat sown did not come up.-B. Brown, Co.
L, 18th Ohio, Denova, Henry CO., Iowa.
KANSAS.
The wheat prospect was never better. There
are few thin pieces, but they form only q
small per cent. Wewll have as fine crop az
we had in 1891. One of my neghbors finished
seeding on Thanksgiving day, and has fine
prospect, the field now getting green. / see a
report written by James S. Whitman, from
Whitman, quite different from my report. 1
do not know where Whitman is situated in
this County, and think there is some mistake |:
for so far as can hear, the prospect is good all
over tho County.-JoHN l.. WILLIAMS, Cald-
we'll, Sumner Co, Kan.
Wheat is on the average in better condition
now than for five years The acreage is larger
than last year. | have learned that it will
not do to SOW wheat too early in the season.
Most of the wheat was sown here in October
and November last year. and the wheat-straw
worm in ured our wheat, which did not aver
age over eight bushels per acre.-JAcoB REDI-
GER, nth ILL.,. Mahervlle, Barton Co., Kan.
Prospects for wheat are very good at present.
plenty of snow and rain having fallen during
the months of February and March. very
large acreage was sown, mostly late. Some
farmers fear the straw-worm aud fly that did
so much damage last year.-JoHN COOPER,
Albert, Barton Co, Mo.
Wheat on the bottoms will make about two
thirds Of crop, and the uplands look very
poor. Have sown Fulcaster and Farmers
Trust wheat; through drouth sown late, but it
might make half crop.-WM. J. SMITH, Sth n.
j., Urbana Neosho Co., Kan.
The prospect for wheat in Ford County was
never so good as now The favorable weather
in the Fall caused a large acreage to be sown,
and at present the growing wheat is in good
condition much better than last year.-ALEX.
HANNA. Dodge City, Kan.
The wheat in this section is in a fair con-
dition. The carly sowing is looking well, but
the late sowing rather weak. large acreage
sown, although the prospect is not AS promising
as last year.-CHARLEs SHANAMAN, 18th Ind,
Harper Co., Kan.
We entertain serious doubts concerning the
wheat crop in this the banner County of Kan.
sas. think it will fall so per cent. below last
years crop, unless it should be- very favorable
from this Out.-H G. NEFF, Baker, Brown Co.,
Kan.
About the usual amount Of wheat was sown
in this vicinity, although sown late. The out
| look is very promising. We had very little
snow. but the last rains brought it out splendid.
j. J. MUENZENMAYER, Woodbine, Dickinson
Co., Kan.
Winter wheat is in fine condition. A large
acreage was sown last Fall also big crop of
Spring wheat is being sown. Thousands of
acres are already in.-JAMEs A. STEEL, Sharon
Spring, Wallace Co, Kan.
The wheat crop in Lyon County will be the
smallest we have had for 90 years. This is due
to the unfavorable weather.-O. s. DAVIS, EN-
poria, Kan.
Wheat looks well, and the ground will be in
good condition when it gets warm.-HENRY
AUMsBAUGH, Concordia Co., Kan.
The prospect for wheat is not very fiatter-
ing. The crop is somewhat mixed.-JoHN Z.
STEPHENSON, Maple City, Cowley Co., Kan.
KENTUCKY.
Our wheat looks well. We have about 65
acres sown this year. HIRAM FuLTs, Ashland,
Boyd Co., Ky.
The wheat crop is fine in Jessamine
County and all adjoining Counties.-LEWIs
AsHwELL, Hanly, Jessamine Co., Ky.
MICHIGAN.
Wheat looks very poor. There are few
fields which look very we'll, but the majority
are in very poor condition, and from present
indications the crop will be from 40 to SO per
cent. short of last years crop 1t looks the
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