The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-07
CONDITION THE CROPS.
Reports from Twelve etAres as so the E0eeo
OF tie Recent storm.


effects oi the recent hard storm and
cold sell.
N.n.er heat In Illinois there does not
appear to te much change .ver last report.
The cold did not hurt .he whea: to any ap-
preciab bic extent. over a wide The
plant Is NOW heading ous. In iuuiana the
outIo'k Is iavorAo.r. O-e Il two corre-
spunueuts repor. that the wheat WAS iu-
jureu by the freeze. bat for The most part
no permanent -Nil Ic ,ulteu. Oh u reports
little injury. Miruisau entirely csc ped
loss in her wheat. lne- cror. however in
many case, having received serious SET
backs KENTUCKY wneAi suffered eNten-
siSely, la som, counties tie loss being set
~ % per cent lnis result "a, largely Oc-
caslo"ed by the snow tcatitx down The
grain Fortunately the damage
limited in area. and Will no; greatly
affect The general cuauition Of the
state. In Missouri there has been
some damage by fru>t>, aud dry
weather ,h!nch bugs continue to get
in their wor.. The crop Is NOV Rapidly
improving Army worms are reported
working II some OF the fields out no esti.
mate eau No" be made OF She Il ama:e li.oy
ar. doing. te% reports from kan,as iudi-
cate ANY great loss from the last heavr
frost thinch Jugs and drouth are prov.
lug II ore serious enemies The iat ter hat
cen holding back the crop for >o,ue tine.
and now that it Is beginnin, to head out
the plant i, not full grown, and tine yield
must of necessity he light lain il badly
needed. but - even nov too late to give
full development TO the crop Ford County
reports 50 per cent. Of the winter wheat crou
killed v drouth and WORMS Hugh winds
also have been AN import ant factor i'll keep
Ing back the crop Nebr ska wheat Is ia
very bad shape In s.me counties it has
been dry that there is no longer any
holc or apar,iIl crop Large areas ha We
been plo~ed up. and large eds that are
left are headi'. ut SO low that the grain
will be OF small consequence. The frost OF
last week did some damage. but in Il num-
her OF the counties the crop was too far
gone for anything to hurt it,. Here and
there Is found good field OF Wheat. and n
few counties Will have good crops. but for
the State as 4 whole the crop Will be Il very
light one What little winter wheat Is
gro~n In Iowa did not sustain any great
injury from frost The thermometer sew
eral times went down to !. de Srets. tux
the winds prevented serious freezing In
Wisconsin wheat is generally good. and
little injury Resulted 10 1t fruM the recent
cold.
Spring wheat-Spring wheat in wiscon-
sin IS In generally fair condition In Iowa
1t will to nearly An average crop IL Min
nesota the crop was not extensively hurt
by frost, though 1t was washed out little
Oh rolling land. The general condition in
the State IS good. In Dakota the crop IS
In fair condition. except where In u red by
the high winds Some complaints OF drOuth
are made Rain Is needed to carry tho
| crop forward at its present rate Of i'm prove.
ment
Oats.-In Illinois the general condition
OF oats Is fair. The cold dama III the crop
in April TO such An extent In sO1ne counties
that the crop had to lie resown. Some o:
the earliest sowu fields were also damaged
by the March freeze, and where no, ,e,own
are very thin on the ground Only slight
damage was done by the recent cold storm.
In, InIt Inv 81, 70
| those In Illinois 4 good deal was killed
| by the cold In March. and many fields have
| not been resown. Very little damage WAS
| done by the recent storm. The general
outlook in the state Is for "A fair crop In
| some counties in Ohio the hrst sowing was
all killed by freezing: Many of The re-
| sown fields have not done we'll Some DAM
age by cut worms |, also reported. Tho
recent storm did not materially hurt the
crop Some counties report the stand
very good. and the aggregate crop OF the
| State will be large. Though the crop Is
| back ward in Michigan. on account OF the
! cold. the crop promises 10 tie u good one.
Few counties in Ken, lucky report a favor
| able outlook for oats. In number Of
| counties the crop is almost failure from
! druuth and the cold In March Where
| fields we're sown after the cold spell the
| condition is better The average condition
for the State IS low. and the crop will be
light Missouri reports that In many coun-
ties the crop will be light. having been cut
! short ny dry weather. 1t has also been
| held back in its development by the cold
| The general outlook IS bad. and in some
sections there will not be half crop In
Kansas the outlook Is still worse an
entire failure being reported In some
! sections Cold and d.Outh have been
the main factors in cutting down the con-
dition. The crop in Nebraska will hs very
| small. 1t Is rare 10 find a county where
the stand is good. fow correspondents
, report prospects for a fair crop. but re.
ports OF low condition are more common.
Some counties report Il total failure while
| in others the outlook Is for one fourth or
| One-half crop In Iowa some Of the early
| sOwn fields sprouted and froze out lcwa
conditions are at present favorable. and
| the op for tho State will be n fair one
| Wisconsin reports conditions favora BILE for
| large crop, and no severe set back to the
! crop has been sustained. In Minnesota the
outlook Is good. and the crop will doubt
less lie large In the Dakotas the outlook
! Is favorable at present, but moisture Is
| needed In some counties
Corn. Whether or not the corn OF Illi-
nois has been permanently damaged by
| the recent cold storm Is AN open question
still 1t was certainly set back by the
frcs st in many counties, bu: hopes are ex
pressed that the plant IS merely retarded
in its growth. and that warm weather will
| repair the injury. The early sown was In
jured tho most the late sown. In many
counties. not being above the ground In-
| diana reports slight damage by frost. but
| at present tie weather Is too cool for the
developments VI the crop The acreage II
large. and with period OF warm
weather the development OF the croI
will be rapid. as there is "a suf8ciency
| of moisture On account OF the al.
most CONSTANT vet weather for some
tire past. much OF the corn crop remain.
to Ee planted. Ohio reports damage By
cold and cut worms 1t Is too cold and We,
f,r development. hut the stand - VERY
good auo promises n large crop In Michi.
gan the cold and wet have htndered plant.
ing and the crop conditions are doubtful
The outlook in Kentucky Is TOR fair crop
The cold storm appears to have done con.
siderable damage. hut the loss may be re.
| covered Cut worms are working vigor.
ously in some of the fields. Corn in Mis-.
souri, needs rain and sunshine 1t Is IL
very fair condition. but WAS checked IL
growth by the recent frosts The dry
Weather Is enabling the farmers to e cal
the ground The outlook for Kansa
is favorable. though the froits have re.