Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-08-29
coNorrloNs IN NEBRASKA


A recent McCoolx tNeb. dispatch sayx
On crossing the Missouri river run
ming to Lincoln, the Burlington land
agents party found prospect which,
from an agricultural standpoint. could
not be exeelled. Corn is Iuxrriant and
sturdy and every stalk shows large
sized ears sticking on; from it. IL IS 30
far advanced that the uninitiated eould
be made TO believe very readily that Il
Is past all harm from any source Not
withs;andiDg its sne appearance how
ever, il is not yet out Of danger Of
frost. and viii not be for At least two
weeks
A fne crop of oats has been reapei in
this section Much Of !; Is still IN the
shock and good deal Of il has been
stacked II IS thrashing out from thir-
" 70 City bushels 10 the acre and viii
average about forty The wheat crop
has all been harvested and farmers are
now busy plOyvinx their land prepare
tory to putting in acother crop Of win
ter wheat
Leaving Lincoln the outlook Is much
less promising Between Vareriy and
Fairmont. a distance of sixty miles, Is
a 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 hare
been the only known exceptions IN this
rule Somehow this belt has suffered
severely this year IL has rainei
eopiOusiy On all sides of Il and al
around il. but the clouds refused to
give It drop Of moisture until too late
20 save the corn crop For 4 stretch Of
country sixty miles long and sixty
miles wide the corn crop IS 4 compare
tive failure Il viii only run from
quarter 30 half crop. averaging As =
whole about one-third an ordinary
crop.
Oats have not fared 81 badly. They
are thrashing out from thfrtr-five 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
wilted bevond redemption and good
deal OF it has already been cut for fo-i-
E
out fifteen bushels TO the acre
West of Fairuont the scene agrin
changes and an ocean of waving corn
strong and iuxuriant, Is to b. seen as
TAR as the eye can reach IN every dIrec-
ton The crop from Hastings 30 the
western boundary Of the state Is p-ze-
tiealiy made. and nothing but a killing
frOst can now blight IL IL XII average
not less than sixty bushels 10 the .cr-.
and very many large Seids viii yielG
Efty bushels.
Around NeCook IS where the dEsas-
tiers Of last yez- were mast severely
felt The gains Of this rear hare more
than made up for the losses then SIS
tanned The whole section Of eounr-~
looks Ike a vsri;Abls garden and the
people feel brovsat beyond exu-~SssOr
Winter wheat , thrasking 90. about
twenty bushels 20 the acre azd the
hrst 6el1s are ybeidin< thirty buShelx
>prinE wheat IS running from twelve
70 eighteen bushels tn the acre Oa.x
average from Sftv 70 sixty bushels. tn
best Selds thr7shins out 0G~ hundred
bushels
Alfalfa . new -rup here with rhich
the people arr delighted Al Kinds u
live stock eat i With rrli.h. and Il =
proving to be fatseniax fodder The
First rear i yields one toa TO The are.
but after the third year !: yselsss tAres
crops rear. which foot uP scv.r and
ore-half tons 20 the as-e- IL i worth Il
the market ere dollars per tor but 10
- = -. -
be worth sevsn.v dollars pr a--@ Il
= the coming crop al along the Eats q
the Republican valley