People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
PRIMES REVIEW.
Survey of the Condition of Crops the Past
Week.

week.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Prime has the fol-
lowing to say this week:
Those areas of the country which have been
reporting for the last three or four weeks as
being dry have now entered into period Of
drought, and as a 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 gen.
orally of q local character, and whether or
not they are going TO have any effect upon the
grand total when we come to strike of the
half bushel. time can only tell The great
work OF the present week has been threshing
and cutting and securing OF the grass crop
With dry weather like the present, farmers are
making great progress in securing their grass
1t varies in quantity according TO localities
Where 1t was dry early in the spring and back
ward there the crop is light Where rains had
been timely and normal there the crop is good
in quantity and quality. Farmers are looking
for a good price for their hay. even if every.
thing else is below cost Of production"
Every state where winter wheat is made
crop large enough for export, either in the grain
or -four, there farmers have been securing it
the present week. We have had no complaints
this season of wet harvest In western New
York the reports show that both wheat and rye
are being Gu. and the crops will be average
ones, the quality fair, though not 50 good as
last year or the year before
In Missouri threshing is not being pushed
rapidly. Most of the wheat is going into stack
Yields are by no means coming up to ezpecta-
lions. Receipts are not one-half of the aver
age OF the middle of July. Banks holding
money to meet demands of depOsitors makes it
hard for millers TO get enough money to buy
large stocks Of wheat 1t is hard to tell yet as
to the general yield per acre, but enough is
known TO be sure that taking the state as a
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 wheat, farm
ers are stacking more than usual At present
prices there is little new wheat being offered
and no demand for it. There is good deal of
old wheat yet in the country, and as long as
they can get that they do not want TO grind the
new
All the conditions which surrounded the corn
crop OF the country on the LIST OF July with few
exceptions still encompass it, The distribution
OF the rainfall since the LIST Of June has been
so unequal and irregular in time, quantity and
area that it seems foolish at this critical stage
OF the crop to make any predictions as TO its
hnal outcome Corn now enters its most i'm
portant and trying stage, and never in its his.
tory, either past present or future, does II need
such peculiar surroundings as at the present
time Corn is everywhere just "tasseling
out" and, OF course, the ears will shortly fol.
low. To make corn ear well requires plenty Of
moisture in the ground Without it we have
lots OF short poorly filed, poorly developed
''nubbins" in the fall Corn needs rain and Is
suffering for the want of it in large portion of
central Illinois also northern Indiana and
Ohio. Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa
seem TO be all right
We are in the midst OF the oat harvest A
splendid week for putting in the crop Some
rust is reported in the oats. 1t is entirely too
early TO say anything about the yield and quail
ity, Old oats are pretty well cleaned up