Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1893-07-13

Wheat IN Large Sections OF the Couf
Nnl Mnrlh l.nlllnr.

| Wheat IN Large Sections of the Country
Not Worth eating.
CmcAoo, July io.--pri.no has this 10
say concerning crops tho past weela
| 1nkiug the corntry as a whole, VIC have had
a week ~ filriy good couiiicns We have had
scme ,o,a' storms whish have damaged sand
ing grain, and which havc intcrisrci to q GER
tain extent with tho Eithoring Of the winter
wheat harvest But all things considered, We
have done fairly well. A good general rain
over The corn belt would bc timely and bcne-
| nc.a.
In southern Illinois the wheat is now oil IN
shock Tue weather has been dry, and wheat
Is IN excellent condition Farmers viii tbrcsh
from the shock. as usual They Ind The Yield
| per acre Is less than they anticipated short
| time ago Tho winter wheat harvest in central
Illinois Is stiil In progress The crop has run
down greatly during tho last three woeks
| Some fields were stricken with rust and all
are more or less blighted caused bv small In
sect in the flrst joint below the head. May
fields that gave promise of twenty TO thirty
bushels nm acre will not make fftccn, and o
poor sample at that Farmers will not be sell
ers Of new wheat uness prices advance mater.
tally The result OF the harvest hls quite
changed thcir minds with regard to selling
their crop In some localities they viii not
have much more than enough for seed and home
consumption.
Farmers in eastern Missouri up to July l
thought they wcro going TO have q good crop
OF wh9lt on thu average. Bat black rust
developed on the stem and straw. and in many
localities they will not average over onc.fourth
OF crop southern Missouri reports q similar
condition Of things The yield is ex romelY
variable, from nothing TO nftocn bushels an
aero, and thousands OF acres Of wheat not cut,
which had been ruined b. rust
Harvest has been undor full Roadway this
week IN central Kansas The largest proper
tion Of tho cropis being cut by headers II Is
impossible TO give any Intelligent idea Of the
yield, rs II Is much spotted From ave to eight
bushels Is a conservative estimate on what is
left standing The movement will depend upon
the prico II farmers can get ATTY cents, FREQ
movement Is likely. In southern Kansas wheat
Is all in the shock The quality will be mixed,
some good and some very bad on account OF
rust Farmers arc not going 10 sell freely at
forty 10 forty-nve cents, which Il all that Is be-
ing oncre Unless prices aivanco most OF tho
wheat will be used TO feed stock In eastcra
Kansas three quarters OF the wheat Is in shock.
Wheat will be nearly all stacked and held Tor
later in the season The quality IS generally
good; yield from lfteeu 20 eighteen bushcls
In northern Minncsota the wheat has headed
out more or less short and In some counties so
close to the ground that IL will have TO be cut
by mowers Dry weal her has reduced the gen.
eral prospects.
In North Dakota q good deal Of the grain is
wecdy, and the prospects for a crop are much
ltHt IN IN last season
In South Dakota wheat mas nearly all headed
out prematurely on account OF the dry weather
during tho most Of June. Ho, winds have in
iured small grains considerably The rains
during the last two weeks have made a change
for the better Ia the appearance OF the crop.
but tho damage cannot DO remedied A great
deal OF wheat has headed out not over 8 10
eight inches high This OF course cannot
make any thing bot a light crop while large
acreage " III never he worth cutting.
In northern Iowa corn will average half be.
tween knee and waist high. Most OF IL is too
big 10 plow. Prospects are better than year
ago. Oats are heading out rather low down,
and In some localities are thin. The crop mny
be said 10 be spoitcd-in some places exceed.
ingly Promising. aud Ia others Just the op-
posite Grnss Is being cut and Is q heavy crop
The old corn has been very generally marketed
In Nebraska corn averages from three TO four
fees IN height Th' d.lds ara free from weeds,
ana the prospects for a crop of corn are better
than the average generally at this time
In Illinois corn varies much with localities
In the northern portion Of the state corn Is
fairly gool. but tas been damaged somewhat
what by storms of wind ana rain In the cen
trail portion of the stat cora IS doing fairly
well, but needs rain Oats are hoi ding out
short ami are msch In ncel of g)ol sol king
rain. The grass crop. which q an important
one in this section q the state. promises to be
an average one Littic has been cut yet In
southern Illinois corn Is late and backward and
bears no complrison with the crop In other
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