Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-06-01
PRIMES REPORT.
Crops Making Fine Growth the Past Few
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CHICAGO, May 20.-rrime's crop re-
port says:
Within tho last forty. eight hours, taking the
country from Ohio to tho Dakotas on the north
and Kentucky on the south, there has been, all
things considered, fine, pushing, forcing, grow.
Ing weather Still the month Of MAY closes
with a general bactwardness with all spring
seeded and planted crops There Is q deficiency
Of moisture stll In several OF the most promi-
nent surplus grain.growing states Of the coun.
trS. There have been no bad storms, however,
this week to interrupt farm work, but large
percentage OF cold, cloudy damp weather, and
IN some areas OF the northwest the mercury at
low point for the season OF the year
The seeding season for spring wheat in North
Dakota on the low ground in the Red river val.
ley Is not vet quite completed The wheat that
was seeded week ago Is now up and the stand
is good and 80 far the conditions are favorable
for an average crop.
In South ID ikota wheat seeding was finished
fully twenty da later than usual The stand
Is good, although the weather for the last ten
days has been cold, which has kept wheat back
materially. Wheat growers and miers are OF
the opinion now that we must have an extraor-
dinary tine season to make fair crop OF wheat
In South Dakota
In 1902 the farmers in Minnesota commenced
seeding bcfore the wet weather, and this was
followed by long period OF cold wet weather,
and wheat seeding was finished after the
year are similar to those Of last year Where
up, the stand Is generally good There is some
reduction In the acreage OF spring wheat this
year, us farmers In the northwest seem more
inclined TO 20 into barley, oats and nax.
Wisconsin reports that until recently they
have had warm weather with showers, which
is very favorable TO the spring wheat The
season Is ten to fourteen days later than usual
The outlook at present In California is that
they will not get as much wheat as they did
last year, but It will not be far below IT, The
running down OF the crop in the san Joaquin
valley has continued until recently, but few
showers and cool wea, her have somewhat i'm
rJved the crop Crops OF all kinds In Salinas
valley and through the HuCnemo plains and
Lo, Angeles section continue to look fine
la Texas the early wheat is all headed out
and will be ready to cut within few days,
There has been soma Improvement In the con
ditOn OF wheat since May l. but there will be
by no means an average crop Of either wheat or
oats
\, nnessoc reports that wheat there is also
headed out As q rule, the straw IL high. but
heavy and strong The early wheat will prob
ably be 1T to cut In three weeks Farmers are
still inclined to sell freely, and offerings are
more than can bo absorbed the prospect now
Is that the state will make an average crop OF
wheat, with less acreage than that OF lsgh II
is too early TO say anything about corn, as the
month has been ulfavOrLble for IL Both
early and late wheat are headed out in KEN
lucky.
Kentucky now promises a fun average crop
Farmers do not seem disposed to hold their
wheat as much as they did thirty DAYS ago,
Corn is all planted, but was put into the ground
late.
Taking the state OF Kansas as q whole, its
condition so far as the winter wheat crop ia
concerned, Ii much worse than Il was q week
ago TO day. by July 10 early fields NAV be
ready to harvest Farmers are holding nr mly,
a.l lao Ia - IL n..NN
time. Where the wheat is heading out II is
short on account Of dry weather
There is some slight improv ment In the con-
dition Of winter wheat In Missouri The
weather for the last ten days has been clear
and bright About two.thirds to thrce-fourths
OF the wheat Is now headed out Harvest will
not be on before the 3lst OF June
There Is no general Improvement to no.e In
the condition OF wheat In southern Illinois
About one.half OF the wheat Is headed out
This, OF course, is the early sown wheat The
wheat prospects In central Illinois are poor
Farmers are still plowng It up, Little wheat
Is headed and is irregular In growth Some OF
II Is - inches high and some not more than
inches. Receipts Of whea, have been light dur.
ing the first part OF this month, but are i'm
proving some now. Wheat will not do TO cut
much before June -
Indiana seems to have fully maintained its
wheat conditions as compared with last report.
On the uplands farmers seem well satisfied and
are not complaining In the southern portion
OF the state about 80 per cent OF the wheat il
now headed out The wet weather mas caused
the straw TO become rank and In some areaa Il
Is falling down The early wheat will be At To
cut In about three or four weeks Farmers have !
not sold much wheat during the last sixty days,
and arc unwilling to take the prices now OF.
fered The reports would show that there Ia
more wheat on hand held by farmers to-day
than is usual ut this season Of the year
During tho last ten days Ohio has had great
deal OF rain 30 much 40 an to make a rank
growth OF wheat Yet the wet weather does
not seem 10 have injured II II is Just begin
ding to Joint The rye crop Is oil headed out
The weather has been quite favorable for the
crop during the last ten days. The general
condition OF the crop may be reported as fair,
but backward
The great bulk OF the corn crop OF the coun.
try is now In the ground SIN there will he
planting In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Miehl.
gan, more or less, during the coming week
One thing can be said with great certainty, and
that Is that the acreage which has been plowed
up Of winter wheat will all 60 into corn, and
not, as some state, into spring wheat for the
reason that little spring wheat Is ever sown in
the winter wheat states Not enough corn has
yet come TO say word about stand, and the
cold weather for the last four days Is not favor
ably TO a full stand OF corn,
So far as the oat crop Is concerned, Il Is gem
orally doing well In Illinois where more oats
are grown than In any other state In the union.
tits doing fairly well In Iowa; not so well in
Nebraska Missouri or Kansas
HASTINGS, Neb,, May 30 - win
Worthington foreman of one of Ring
ling liros., advertising brigades, met
with peculiar and fatal accident at
an early hour at the Commercial hotel.
lie was sleeping near an open window
and managed to fall out
To Rehabiiitate the Heading.
PmLADELPmA, May 29.-The board
of managers of the Philadelphia e
Reading railroad this afternoon adopt
ed the plan to rehahilitate the oolu-
pany by issuing sSO,OOO,OOO Of collateral
trust . per cent bonds.