The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-07-07
OUTLOOK FOR CROPS.
Report on the Condition of Whc..t. Oats
and ErtIif.

and Fruit.
The following, made up from the re-
ports OF its numerous correspondents,
appears in the Farmers Review Of this
week:
SVrn; Wheat.
In Illinois all of the spring VII at is in fair
to good condition. mostly good. III same is
true of Michigan. Kansas. Iowa. Wi>coI n
Minnesota and tie nakotas In Nebraska only
Mn: per cent. of the corresl on,ents report
good, one-haif of III remainder reporting fair,
and the rest noor.
In Illinois oats are reported in fair to good
condition with the except ion of about 90 per
cent. of the correspondents who report poor.
Indiana gives still better report. only about
per cent. OF the correspondents giving the
outlook as bad. In Ohio only IL per cent re-
port poor. and in Michigan only II per cent.
In Kentucky TIL. look is very favorable two
counties only reporting a bad stand. In Mis-
souri, the stand il good hut not 80 favorable
in the States mentioned About GA per cent. of
the correspondents report the crop in good con-
dition: ~ per cent. in fair condition and the
others report the stand as light. The outlook
in Kansas is slightly below at of Missouri 81
per cent. reporting good 20 per cent. fair and
2, cent. poor. Nebraska again drops below
Kansas, II per cent. ef the correspondents only
reporting good; - per cent. fair, and the rest
poor. In Iowa little less :han one-t bird re-
port the crop i'll good condition. and the rest
report fair. with one exception In Wisconsin
Minnesota and the Dakotas the crop is i'll fine
shape as general thing and in many counties
counties in the three States report poor.
Winter Wheat.
In Illinois winter wheat is generally in fine
shape. 1wo-third- of the counties report the
crop al average above. all of the Others re-
porting fair The same il trlie Of Indiana and
Ohio, with the exception of about Il per cent.
in the two States that report poor. Only
one III ten Of the correspondents in
Michigan report poor the Others fair to
good In Kentucky the crop is especially
fine. while in Missouri only fifteen
per cent report the outlook as bad. In co per
age or above. In Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa
the crop is reported at from fair to above an
average. In Wisconsin 80 per cent. report the
crop an average or above. the same number re-
winter wheat there is in Minnesota is in poor
condition, with few exceptions.
Fruit.
The prospects for fruit in Illinois are very
poor. Not over i per cent. of he CORES pom
dents report the outlook good. About y per
cent. report fair outlook for most kinds, but
all OF the Others report the prospects as very
bad, and in some counties th~Sruit crop is al
most a failure The same c.sditions prevail
in Indiana ard ohio. In Michigan less than
one-third report the fruit crop an aver
age or above: an equal number report it
from to % per cent. below an average.
and the others report poor In Ken
lucky one-fifth OF the correspondents report
the condition AZ good: - per cent. report fair
the others poor In Missouri Kansas, and
Nebraska the prospects are very poor. very fe W
of the correspondents reporting the crop an
fruit shows great variation, the outlook in 81
per cent of the counties being good, and in a
like number being very poo:: in the others
fair In Wisconsin and the 'akotas the GU, :
look is good generally. while in Minnesota it is
in fair I" good condition in threc-fourths OF
the counties.