The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-04
WINTER WHEAT,

dltlon OF winter wheat, spring wheat,
and oats.
WINTER WHEAT.
In Illinois it Is now evident that a great
deal OF dan age was done by the hard freezes
OF the latter part of March. but this loss to
the crop Is fast becoming neutralized by the
In Indiana the % tne dsmase was
Che general reports, are favorable for
the State. In Ohio the condition is not so
good as before the fr ,eze, but yet no great
damage has been sustained. The condition Is
generally from fair 10 good. In Michigan lit
tie reference Ia made to the cold weather in
March "a injurinl wheat. In some counties
1t has suffered from dry winds. while In others
il needs rain. The crop seems 10 be doing
poorest on CLAW lands 1t Is better In most
places than ii app cared 10 be three weeks ago.
Ii has not yet st, oiled out "a much as could be
desired. From Kentucky comes the positive
places where the plant had apparently been
killed by cold. the warm weather has brought
10 out OF it's precarious condition and a fair
crop is looked for. The forward rank wheat
sustained the most damage. The general
condition in the State Is good. in some
counties in Missouri the late freeze and dry
weather have considerably reduced the condi-
ton OF the crop. but recept conditions are
more favorable, and are brin ying up the aver
age In some counties the stand Is rather thin.
The general cOndt ion for the State Is fair. In
Kansas the damage done by the freeze was not
great, but what damage was done has not been
recovered by later conditions, and the average
no more than fair and in some localities the
crop Is in bad shape as result OF drought In
Iowa the crop Is in certain counties badly dam
aged. and seems to be deteriorating In Wis
consin not much change Is reported over last
month. The general condition of the crop is
good.
OATS.
In Illinois the early sown oats suffered Sc
verely by the March freeze, and the land had
to be quite generally resown. The oats that
were late sown generally escaped injury. On
account OF the reseeding 1t Is by no means GER
tain that the disaster Will cut do xn the size OF
the final crop in Indiana oats were widely
injured in some places the estimate being
that half were killed by freezing. AS
in Illinois, reseeding has been quite gen.
eral, but some of the fields will be put into
other crops. In Ohio the crop is only fair,
the fields that iroZe out having been mostly
reseeded but some OF them not yet started TO
grow Some cou1 ties report them very back
ward In mo places in Michigan seeding OF
oats has no. yet been completed and at the
time OF the March freeze not enough fields were
up to make the possibility or loss great In
Kentucky the loss to oats was very great. Nu-
Ill ing OF the oats over wide areas. and there
are no accompanying reports of reseeding
Many OF the fields will doubtless be given
up TO other crops. In Missouri the loss
look is bad. Some, but not ALL OF
the lost area IL being reseeGed to oats. The
loss was great in Kansas. and a recovery does
not seem probable. In Nebraska the outlook
Is fair. as the oats were not developed emo Oh
at the time OF the blizzard TO destroy them
In Iowa the general condition for oats is good
though some localities, where the crop was
early, suffered severely. In Visions n pros
poets are good.
SPRING WHEAT.
Spring wheat IL not raised In most of the
Strtes covered by the report. In 81 ates where
1t Is raised seeding is not vet completed.