People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-14
RUINED BY RUST.
Wheat in Large Sections of the Country
Not Worth Cutting.

Not Worth Cutting.
CHICAGO, July 10.-Prime has this to
say concerning crops the past week:
Taking the country as whole we have had
week of fairly good conditions We have had
some local storms which have damaged stand
ing grain, and which have interfered TO a cer1
tain extent with the gathering of the winter
wheat harvest But all things considered, we
have done fairly well. A good general rain
over the corn belt would be timely and bene'
fetal
In southern Illinois the wheat is now all ID
shock The weather has been dry, and wheat
is in excellent condition Farmers will thresh
from the shock, as usual. They find the yield
per acre is less than they anticipated short
time ago. The winter wheat harvest in central
Illinois is still in progress The crop has run
down greatly during the last three weeks
Some fields were stricken with rust, and all
are more or less blighted, caused by a small I'M
sect in the first joint below the head. MANY
fields that gave promise Of twenty to thirt |
bushels an acre will not make fifteen, and d
poor sample at that Farmers will not be SELL
ers Of new wheat unless prices advance mater;
tally. The result OF the harvest has quite
changed their minds with regard TO selling
their crop In some localities they will not
have much more than enough for seed and homo
consumption
Farmers in eastern Missouri up TO July
thought they were going 20 have good crop
Of wheat on the average. But bleck rust
developed on the stem and straw, and in many
localities they will not average over one-fourtb
nf q Gnutharn Nicunuri oe;,o sior
condition Of things. The yield is extremely
variable from nothing to fifteen bushels an
acre. and thousands Of acres of wheat not cut,
which had been ruined By rust
Harvest has been under full Roadway this
week in central Kansas. The largest proper
ton Of the crop is being cut by headers 1t is
impossible to give any intelligent idea Of the
YIELD as it is much spotted From five to eight
bushels is conservative estimate on what is
left standing The movement will depend upon
the price II farmers can get fifty cents free
movement is likely. In southern Kansas wheat
Is all in the shock. The quality will be mixedl
some good and some very bad on account Of
rust Farmers are not going to sell freely at
forty to forty-five cents, which is all that is be-
ing offered Unless prices advance most Of the
wheat will be used to feed stock In eastern
Kansas three quarters OF the wheat is in shock.
Wheat will be nearly all stacked and held for
later in the season. The quality is generally
good; yield from fifteen to eighteen bushels
In northern Minnesota the wheat has headed
out more or less short and in some counties so
close 10 the ground that il will have 10 be cut
by mowers. Dry weather has reduced the gen.
eral prospects
In North Dakota good deal of the grain is
weedy, and the prospects for a crop are much
less than last season.
In South Dakota wheat mas nearly all headed
out premaiurely on account Of the dry weather
during the most Of June. HO. winds have in
Jured small grains considerably The rains
during the last two weeks have made a change
for the better in the appearance of the crop,
but the damage cannot be remedied A great
deal of wheat has headed out not over TO
eight inches high This, OF course, cannot
make anything but q light crop while large
acreage will never be worth cutting.
In northern Iowa corn will average half be.
tween knee and waist high Most of it is too
big to p,ow Prospects are better than a year
ago. Oats are heading out rather low down,
and in some localities are thin. The crop may
be said to be spotted-in some places exceed
ingly Promising and in others just the op.
posite. Grass is being cut and is heavy crop
The Old corn has been very generally marketed
In Nebraska corn averages from three 10 four
feet in height The fields are free from weeds,
and 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 good but has been damaged somewhat
what by storms of wind and rain. In the cen
ral portion Of the state corn is doing fairly
well but needs rain Oats are hea ding out
short and are much in need OF a good soa king
rain. The grass crop, which is an important
one in this section of the state, promises to be
an average one. Little has been cut yet In
southern Illinois corn is late and backward and
bears no comparison with the crop in other
portions of the state