Huntsville gazette., 1894-09-22
HUNTSVILLE. ALA. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1894.
,ulton. improved over last month; oolumbia.

damaged crop: L.onokel damage from rust
Lafayette season has been unfavorable for the
srrwth of the plant and the fruitage is good
Ouachita damaged BY rust weed well loaded
with bolls; Randolph; riins nave made crop
fTeitfuli fsit.ie River, too much rain, weed
very large, bottom bolls rotting, Brad.
ley shedding badly; and II continued
VIII destroy all .op crop, rust generally
ffeFaient Marion, not fruiting well. very
late: Union, not doing well because of drought
and rust; White, fine crop; Hot Springs fire.
quent rains caused the crop to take rust and
has injured it 25 per cent; Nevada cut ny
drought boil worm doing great damage:
Following is report by counties on
the corn crop in Missouri and illinois,
Missouri
Mtssi5sippi county, damaged by drought al
least one-half: Putnam, 40 per cent. of an
average crop Butler. prospect was best we
ever had, but drought did great damage;
BollinFet, astIage about 40 per cent; Holt,
d larger per cent than usual cut into fod-
der; Atchison, there have been few local
showers, corn dried up and cut to fodder
no sign of rain now; Barton. very little
rain crop will be larger, however, than in
1929 Gasconadei very little *ath, S6rn rip
ening row; Hsniy, drought and hot winds re-
dueed conditions several points: Audrain. fine
prospect OF month ago now reduced half by
drought and chinch bugs; Caldwell, drought
cut crop half Christian, never promised SC
Well as this stas6f acreage largest In the his
tory of the county, and has suffered very little
for rain: Hickory, cut short by drought
Lewis, drought cut crop and large amount
will not make ten bushels per acre; MarieS,
great dsrage by drought Newton nearly
ruined by drought; Franklin, drought has
caused almost q failure; Scott. drought broken
by showers which will somewhat improve late
crop; Camden, drought damaged crop greatly;
Cape G1rardeau, now good in places ana dam
aged in places; Crawford, very light crop,
drought; Jackson; late corn Injured by drought
early corn win make fair crop; Laclede half
crop, drought: Marion. low lands promise good
yield, uplands worthless; Miller. cut short,
drought; Randolph, drought did great damage;
Webster, prospect was excellent till drought;
Charlton, about half crop; Lafayette. drought
disastrous to late corn, early corn not good in
consequence; Pike, rains scarce, chinch bugs
very destructive much of the corn we'll formedi
but no ear; Shannon, late corn improved 20
POINTS Carroll. drought unbroken; Douglas,
heavy rains in May injured planting and
drought in July and August made crop short;
Grundy short from drought; Harrison, very
little corn, drought continues: Livingston,
no change in drought New Madrid, much
damage by drought, burned badly; Scotland,
being cut and fed extensively; Clinton, poorly
fnatufed from drought: Lincoln, late rain has
helped some what but that on uplands is light,
bottoms good: St Francois, some fields dried
up and would burn if fire started: Wright, crop
very irregular in some localities fair average.
in other sections cut short by drought; Ahs
drew, frem third TO half crop much yield
shg 10 to 80 bushels, crop planted too thick;
Galloway, drought and bugs render condition
difficult to estimate; Gentry, local showers
come too late to do any good: Greene, drought
damaged yield materially, but it will be as
large as last year; Pulaski too dry; Ste. Cen
evieve, somewhat helped by rains
ILLINOIS
Alexander county. badly damaged by drought;
Clinton, outlook poor: Cumberland. late rains
greatly improved crop: Fayette, burnt up on
| prairie lands, bottom lands fair yield; Full
ton, improved by late rains; Jackson, damaged
| by drought and chinch bugs Jersey, ears very
small, planted too thick; Lee, half crop; Ma
| con, maturing nicely, but little late; Madi-
son, damaged by hot winds; Morgan, condi-
| tion improved by late rains: Schuyler, pros
pect for good YIELD Shelby. in southern
part, one-tcnth crop viii be cut for fodder,
remainder very fine; Union. not half a
! crop: Wabash, late crop improved by rains;
| Clark larger yield than ever before, but quail
| ty injured by bugs: Edgar, good crop; Liyings-
! ton, unless frost comes early half crop will be
made; Boone eatly injured by late rains
| 10 Daviess, late rains will make three-fOurths
crop; Carroll, rain about August Is improved
failure; Mason, only half CROP Massac rain
| too late to improve early crop, but late plant
| ing will yield well; Calhoun, fine crop. acreage
| largely increased; Champaign, prospects for
large crop, nothing but unusual frost can
damage it; Christian, prospect good for fine
crop; Dupage, small growth with short ears
| and half CROP Hancock, ripening fast,
Henry, season favorable for maturing
! Jasper greatly damaged by bugs; John
son, late planted will improve by
rains; Kendall, diminished from drought;
Logan, improved by late rains; Menard, very
| short, drought; Peoria, prospect improved by
| late rains Pike, increased acreage, yield good;
| Tazewell, dry weather and grub working at the
roots will greatly reduce yield Winnebago,
| showers saved crop, some fields good astd
| enough will be made for home consumption
| Kankakee doing well since rain of August IL
| Gallatin, late planting improved by rains,
| Greene, almost up to average; Washington;
| half crop already cut up for feed: Wayne, i'm
| proved by late rains lessened by bugs: Dekalb,
much of it drying fast and will be cut to save
| the fodder: Kane condition improved by
| showers; Marshall, condition improved by
| last rains: Vermilon. in fine condition; Will.
| prospect not as good as a month ago; Brown,
seriously injured by drought; Ford, not more
! than half crop, it is all drying up and farmers
| are cutting it for fodder and feeding wheat to
| hogs instead of corn: bingham, rain came too
! late to benefit crop, only enough for home con-
| sumption; Lake, has cared much better than
was expected, fair crop except or sandy land;
Scott, promises good yield. most of it beyond
danger from frost; White. cut short dry
weather the cause.