The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-23
IN THE HARVEST FIELDS.


country which have been reported for thu
last three or four weeks as being dry have
now entered into a period of droutb, and
as result OF that condition the corn is
suffering badly. the pastures are getting
short, and it is an open question yet
whether the oat crop is going to turn out
as well as was expected. These conditions,
! however, are generally OF local charac
ter. and whether or not they are going &c
have any effect upon the grand total whe II
we come to strike off the half bushel, time
can only :eli. The great work of the
past week has been threshing and cutting
and securing the grass crop. With dry
weather like the present, farmers are
making great progress In securing their
grass. 1t varies in quantity accordlu, to
localities Where it was dry early in the
spring and backward. there the crop is
light. Where rains haye been timely and
normal, there the crop Is good in quantity
and quality. Farmers are looking for Il
good price for their hay, even if everything
else is below cost of production.
Every state where winter wheat is made
| q crop large enough for export,
either In the grain or Hour, there farmers
| have been securing it the present week.
| We have no complaints this season of "a
wet harvest. Iu western New York the
reports show that both wheat aud rye are
| being cut and the crops will be average
ones. the quality fair, though not SO good
as last year or the year before
| Michigan reports that with fine weather
| they have had during the present week eX-
celent progress Is being made with secur-
| ing the crop, and IN some portions of the
state wheat will come fully up to expecta-
tlons. But again, III other parts or the
state the crop is very light. They are not
looking for an early movement of wheat al
| present prices. MillerS, however, will
| need wheat jus. as soon as the crop begins
| to move.
! Ohio reports that it is dry with them,
| but 1t has been good weather for threshing
| and stacking. 1t is true they have had a
| little rain in the northern portion Of the
state, but taking the state whole,
growing crops would be greatly benefited
at the present time by II good, soaking
rain As rule the wheat is threshing
out fully up TO expectations. In some
portions of the state the crop shows some
effect of rust, and where the crop is affect
ed that way. and tested weighs from 81 to
Sc pounds to the bushel. Buyers and
handlers OF wheat who, previous to the
present season, always had and could get
all the money necessary to handle the crop
say now they would like to have the wheat.
but have not the money to pay for it. This
will cut quite figure in the movement of
the crop.
About one-half the wheat IN Kentucky
is now IN stack The yield generally is
not as large rs last year, but up TO expecta-
tions in quality. There is not much smut,
but good per cent of rather light wheat.
There will be considerable wheat sold re-
gardless of price. There is a poor demand
from miilers for wheat. The flour trade is
dull and unsatisfactory. At present prices
wheat will be slow in moving Seventy
nar. ant nf hny yt-tI ba RI Haf|-
the 1st OF September at whatever the mar
ket will pay.
Northern Indiana reports that thresh-
ing is now under full Roadway and that
threshlng from the stack has been very
general. Millers all have light stocks aud
are eager buyers, but farmers are not in
clined to sell, only when they are Obliged to
As threshIng progresses In central and
southern Illinois the outcome of the crop
of winter wheat is disappointing, the
quality being almost universally poor A
large portion of il will grade No. f. Prob |
ably 10 to % per cent of it will grade No. g. !
In some instances wheat was so poor that |
the hogs would not eat it. Milers do not |
seem anxious to buy and farmers still less |
anxious to sell.
In Missouri threshing is not being push
Ell rapidly. Most of the wheat is going
into stack. Yields are by no means coming |
mp to expectations. Receipts are not one
half OF the average of the middle of July.
Banks holding money to meet demands
OF depositors makes it hard for millers to
get enough money TO bay large stocks of
wheat II is hard to tell yet as to the
general yield per acre, but enough is
known to be sure that. taking the state as
whole, the crop will be light in yield and
very poor in quality.
Southern Kansas reports that, owing to
the poor quality and the low price of
Nph haa tar-fr St4 Z n q hon,
usual. At present prices there is little
new wheat being offered and no demand
for it, There is good deal of old whes:
yet in the country, and as long as mills
can get that they do not want TO grind
the new
Texas reports that in the northern part
of the state ths wheat is nearly all
Farmers are disappointed in
many cases IN the yield coming short of
expectations The corn crop is not as good
as last year, and in some parts OF the state
is failure. They are needing rain in
nearly the entire state and the grass sut-
ters for want OF RAIN.
Reports from California show that the
wheat crop is turning out much better
than was expected. Fields that did not
promise enough wheat TO pay for cutting
are now yielding from ten 10 twelve sacks
or twenty live TO thirty bushels 20 tue
acre There has been no rain and the
all over the state. Still the yield Is good
The barley crop promises to be the largest
and best crop the state OF California has
ever made and IL is estimated that It viii!
amount to 5000 toBs. Few samples
weigh less than 45 pounds TO the basAel
and some going as high as ~. Freights ,
arc lOw and the prospects are tDat England ,
will take perhaps 10000 tons. Ii ireights
are kept fairly low the east IS likely 20 sa&e
another 50,001
The weather the present week has been
generally favorable IN southern Minnesota ,
for spring wheat. The crop Is all headed
out and Just going out Of blossom. Very
little harvesting viii be done before the
first of August The dry weather has
done great deal OF damage, and light
crop is looked for
Ia North Dakota the weather at present
is favorable The wheat viii be is 10 cut
in thirty to fhlrty-dye days. 4 frost n
August will Go an immense amount OF
ia ala ,e a. the wheat h - lac.
All the conditions which surrounded the ,
corn crop Of the couatry 0a tae Is Of Juiy ,
with few exceptions still ENCOMPASS ~. I .
The distribution OF ghs rainfall slace the
lst of June has bean so unequal aud iE- ,
regular ia time, quality and area Ihat II !
>eeIns foolish al this critical stage 0! the
crop 10 make auy ured.cs lons as 10 IS ha4i ;
outcome Corn now enters its mos in port :
aut and trying stage, and never IN lEs Eis-
tory, either past. present or future. does :
It heed such prculisE surrounding - 81
ru- present time. CORR aseveryw acre Just
'.a->Sl!nc ou.f aud OF couTSe. tue ears
WIFI shortly follow. 10 make cern ear
we'll requires plenty CT moisture IN tas
ground WlEaOut IL We nave los, cs saogt,
pooFiy s ie.i, pcorly developed 'na5t.ns
IN tie talL Corn ise=s.s raiu and - sQEter-
Ing fos ae raat % 1t II a LARGE g,ort.0zs Si !