St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-26
CONDITION OF CEREALS.
The Wheat and Oat Crops in
Twelve States

CHICAGO, April 25.-Reports have
been received from the special CORE
spondent Of the Farmers Review in
twelve states OIL the condition of winter
wheat, spring wheat and oats. In ILL
nois 1t Is now evident that great deal
of damage was done by the hard freeze
OF the latter part Of March, but this
loss to the crop Is fast being neutraliZed
by the good growing weather of the
present month. In Indiana the perma-
nent damage was not great except in a
few counties, and the general reports
are favorable for the state. In Ohio
the condition is not so good, but yet no
great damage has been sustained. The
condition Is generally from fair to good.
In Michigan little reference Is made to
the cold weather as njuring wheat. In
some counties it has suffered from dry
winds, while III others 1t needs rain.
The crop seems to be doing poorest
on clay lands. 1t Is better in most
places than it appeared to be
three weeks ago. From Kentucky
comes, the positive reports that the
freeze did little harm. In places where
the plant had apparently been killed by
cold, the warm weather has brought it
out OF its poor condition and fair crop
is looked for. The forward rank wheat
sustained the most damage. The gen
eral condition in the state is good. In
some counties in Missouri the late
freeze and dry weather have consider
ably reduced the condition of the crop,
but recent conditions are more favorable
and are bringing up the average. In
some counties the stand is rather thin.
The general condition of the state is
fair. In Kansas the damage done by
the freeze was not great, but great
damage was done in several counties,
and as whole is low. In Nebraska
the condition is not 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
damaged and seems to be falling. In
Wisconsin not much change has been
reported over last month.
lllinoiS-The early Sown oats suffered
severely by the March freeze, and the
land had to be quite generally resown.
The oats that were late sown escaped
injury. On account of the reseeding it
is by no means certain that the disaster
will cut down the size of the final crop.
In Indiana oats were severely injured.
In some places the estimates being that
one-half were killed. In Ohio the crop
is only fair. with the fields that were
froZe out having been mostly reseeded,
but some OF them have not yet started
to grow. Some counties report them
very backward. In most places in
Michigan the seeding of oats has not
yet been completed. and at the time OF
the March freeze not enough fields were
up to make the possibility of loss great.
In Kentucky the loss to oats was very
great. Numerous reports are received
of the entire killing of 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 has
been great, and the general outlook Is
bad. Some, but not ali of the lost area
is being replanted 10 oats. The loss
was great In Kansas, and a recovery
does not seem possible. In Nebraska
the outlook Is fair, as the oats were not
developed enough at the time of the
blizzard to destroy them. In Iowa the
general condition for oats is good. In
Wisconsin prospects are good.
Spring wheat Is not raised In most of
the states covered by the reports. In
the states where 1t is raised seeding is
not yet completed.