The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-09-13
coNDITloNs IN NEnRAsKA.


the states Garden SPOT
McCook. Neb.. Aug. 2G.-On crossing
the Missouri River running 10 Lincoln.
the Burlington land agents party
found a prospect which. from an agrl-
Slitural standpoint. could not he ex.
eelled. Corn is luNuriant and sturdy
and every stalk shows larce-slzed ears
sticking out from It. II Is 30 far adj
vanced that the uuiuitiatod could be
made to believe very readily that II Ia
past all harm from any source. Not
wiihstanding its line appearance. how
ever, IT Is not yet out OF danger Of frost,
and will not be for at least two weeks.
a fine crop Of oats has been roapcd in
this section. Much Of IL Is still In tho
6hock and a good deal OF II has been
stacked. II Is thrashing out from
thirty TO fifty bushels to the acre and
will average about forty. The wheat
crop has all been harvested. and farm
ers are now busy plowlng their land
preparatory to putting In another crop
OF winter wheat
Leaving Lincoln the outlook Is much
less promising. Between waverly and
Fairmont, distance OF sixty miles. IN
n stretch OF country which has usually
been described as the garden spot OF
Nebraska. Crops have always been
abundant here. however poorly they
may have been In other parts OF the
state. Last year and this year have
been the only known exceptions to this
rule. Somehow this belt has suffered
severely this year. II has raincd copl-
ously on all sides Of II and all around
Il, but the clouds refused to give IL i
drop OF moisture until too late 10 save
the corn crop. For a stretch OF coun-
try sixty miles long and sixty miles
wide the corn crop Is comparative
failure. II will only run from quarter
20 half n crop. averaging as whole
about one-third an ordinary crop.
oats have not fairod 10 badly. They
nre thrashing out from thirty-nyo to
forty bushels an acre. Heavy rains fell
over this section at the end OF last week
They came too late. however. TO save
the bulk Of the corn. Very much Of Il
is wilted beyond redemption and good
deal Of II has already been cut for fod-
der Wheat In this section Is thrashing
out fifteen bushels to the acre.
West Of Fairmont the scene again
changes and an ocean OF waving corn,
strong and luxuriant, Is TO be seen as
far as the eye can reach In every dlrec,
ton. The crop from Hastings TO tho
western boundary OF the state is prac-
tically made. and nothing but killing
frost can now blight II. II win average
not less than sixty bushels to tho acre.
and very many large fields will yield
fifty bushels.
Around McCook ls where the dlsas-
tiers OF last year were most severely
felt. Tho gains OF this year have more
than made up for the losses then sus-
tained. The whole section OF country
looks like a veritnblo garden, and tho
people feel buoyant beyond expression.
Winter wheat is thrashing out about
twenty bushels to the acre and the best
fields are yielding thirty busheis.
Spring wheat Ia running from twelve
20 eighteen bushels 20 the acre. Data
average from fifty to sixty bushels. tho
best fields thrnshing out 100 bushels.
Alfalfa 10 new crop here with
which the people are delighted. All
kinds OF live stock eat II with relish,
and It is proving to be fattenlng fodder.
Tho first year II yields one ton 10 the
aero. but after the third year II Yields
three crops n year. which foot up seven
and one-half tons TO tho acre. II IA
worth In the market So per ton. but to
feed cattle the results have shown Il 10
be worth $40 per acre. II is the coming
crop all along the the fats OF the Re.
publican valley.