The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-06-04
THF CROP PROSPECT.

| opinion that 4 ratable degree OF dlsaDlllt
| exists under the act of June p, 1890. " >
| pension was granted for corns
THE CROP PROSPECT.
| CHICAGO. June 3.-Prime's weekly crol
| report says:
Summer is here, but only in name. Th
opening of June has been cold, wet anC
cloudy; not. however, as bad as it was &
| year ago, for then we were contendinE
! with tremendous rains, as well as low
| temperature. The crops are now all in th5
| ground. there are no areas in the country
| suffering for want of moisture. and few
! from an excess. With these conditions
| and Seasonable temperature we should
| catch up and recover considerable los
ground during the next thirty days.
Harvesting is quite general in western
| Texas The yield OF winter wheat will be
from eleven to twelve bushels to the acre,
and OF good quality. Corn is looking well,
and the indications SO far are encourag
ing.
In Tennessee the wheat is about all
| headed out. Some Of it Is beginning tC
turn. The ground is wet, but there Is nc
excess of moisture, as the weather for the
last ten days has been dry. There seems
to be large quantity of old wheat yet te
market. Clover Will be mown soon; III
fact, some Of it is ready to cut now. They
need hot weather more than anything
else
In Kentucky wheat is not fully headed
out yet, but all the reports this week are
favorable and point 10 a crop OF full aver
age quantity. Ia place of holding, farm
ers are more inclined TO sell wheat than
they have been at any time since last
summer
an eastern Kansas and Missouri they
are CRY ing for dry weather, and in middle
and western Kansas for rain. The best
outlook for wheat this season has been in
eastern Kansas. The crop in that section
is how in "A critical condition, ,%and with a
few days more OF wet weather rust would
be likely to strike this portion of the crop.
Whatever improvement there has been in
the state is only of limited local charac-
ter. Insects have not done much damage.
A great deal of wheat has headed out so
short that it is doubtful if 1t can be cut
either with header or binder.
With the present prices of wheat a
good many farmers in Missouri have con-
cluded to hog down" their wheat rather
than pay 10 cents for cutting, 10 cents for
thresBing, cents for hauling and then be
obliged to take 30 to 60 cents per bushel,
as the benefit to land ana the pushing of
hogs ahead of new corn certainly lays
better. Wheat has commenced TO head,
and there Is considerable cheat showing
This will have tendency TO decrease the
yield at harvest.
Owing to the cold wet weather in GEN.
trail and southern Illinois winter wheat
has advanced little the present week. 1t
is thin on the ground and cheaty, and har-
vest will be ten days later than an average
season.
southern and Central Indiana report
that about twO-thirds of the wheat crop is
now headed out The ground is wet, and
in the bottom lands large areas of the
crop will be "A complete failure owing 10
high water. Farmers seem more inclined
TO sell their old wheat than they did thirty
days ago.
"In northern Ohio all the early winter
wheat is beginning to head out, and the
late wheat shows signs of it also. In south
ern Ohio wheat has suffered some recently
by excessive rains. Nearly one half of
the early wheat is headed out. As it re-
quires about thirty days after heading TO
mature and be fit for harvesting, this
makes the harvest week later than last
year. Farmers Notwithstanding the low
prices, are selling their surplus wheat.
Michigan reports that wheat is just
beginning to head. The weather recently
has been all that could be desired for the
crop.
some during the last fourteen days. On
June l there was still small percentage
in some localities in North Dakota and
northern Minnesota of spring wheat yet to
SOW. The crop, az a whole Is two or three
weeks later than an ordinary year. 1t
seems to be the general feeling of farmers
to close out all the wheat they have on
hand before the new crop comes in.
"In Minnesota the crop now is mostly
up The acreage is less than last season,
and farmers are getting tired of raising
wheat at present prices, and have dlversi- |
fed their crop with barley, oats and corn.
In South Dakota spring seeding has
been finished about two weeks later than
usual. \ large percentage of the crop is |
up, and the stand Is fair. High winds |
have injured the wheat some.
Nebraska reports that the conditions for |
both corn and oats have wonderfully i'm !
proved during the last ten days They
have what was mostly needed, good rains /!
and sunshine This has changed the APP
pearance of the corn and oats greatly for |
the better. The corn generallyls is up, some |
Of it large enough to cultivate. From II !
to 2S per cent of the old corn is yet in the |
farmers hands The surplus of oats is !
small.
Iowa reports the season has been back |
ward and cold, still the prospects are not |
Corn IS all in, coming up
and making a good stand.
Farmers have been cuitivatinG corn a /
little this week in Illinois, though the !
large proportion OF the crop Is still too !
small to work In some areas farmers are /
still planting. but this, however, is small /
of the crop. So far there is no /
great complaint about repjauting The /
condition OF the ground Is such that with /
two or three days of sunshine corn would /
make rapid strides. Oats have been doing !
better than corn. While The weather has /!
been cold, the oats have been making good /
root
Tie reports from Indiana on both corn /
and oats are of a favorable character |
Corn is about all planted now in Onio: I
The oat crop is fair, and grass Is good.
ia Missouri corn is all in the ground and /
S making good progress. aud cats are |
promising we'll The stand so far Is fair. /
In Kansas corn is late. the stand irregu. /
ar, but doing fairly well except n some /
areas where it is SUFFERING, on account Of /
continued rain.
IVES BEATS ROBERTS.