Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-07-18
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line weekly bulletin of the Wiscon-
SIN weather and crop service for the
week ending Monday, July s. saws the
lloI dfy weather during the past week
was highly favorable for having and
harvesting, both of which have been
vigorously pushed forward. Having
is about half done, some farmers no
ing entirely through with that work
The rye and barley harvest is wen
advanced, and the larger portion of
those grains will be secured during
the coming week. The drOuth in the
south central portion continued una
bated up to Sunday afternoon when it
was slis h1y relieved by local show
ers, which are proving very beneficial
The need of more rain is quite gen
eral throughout the state. except in
the extreme east and northeast
counties. In some sections it is ex-
tremely dry while in others it is only
moderately so. A few showers Oc-
Cured during the week in widely
scattered sections, but they were gen
orally light and local in character
The high temperature and bright
sunshine caused a rapid ripening of
grain, and where the soil is not too
dry marked advance was made in
the corn crop. Where showers have
occurred it is noticed that vegetation
quickly responds and takes on q new
growth. The storms which occurred
sunday caused some damage to crops
I'D the southern portion of the state.
but the damage was confined to mar
row limits. In Walworth county the
storm was quite severe and MANY
fields Of grain are lain flat. Rye IS
generally considered a good crop.
The berry is of good size, the heads
long, but not as well filed as they
should be. Barley is in fine condition
throughout the state, and in some OF
the western counties it was never
better. The hay crop is everywhere
reported extremely light and in some
townships it is not worth cutting.
taken as a whole the hay crop VIII be
considerably below an average cut.
GraSshopperS and chinch bugs are
causing considerable damage - grain
and hay, but the most serious diff
Guilty at present is the short pasture
feed. Many pastures are entirely
dead and farmers find It fitficu to
supply food for stock. Some are EFT
ting half ripe oats for that pIrpCsR e,
while others turn cattle into mead
ows. Cattle are being shipped out of
La Fayette county, there being nothing
for them to eat
Potatoes are doing fully as well as
last week, and considering tde dry
weather look remarkably wei. The
trouble from potato bugs is NOT at all
serious so far, but they are Hecoming
more and more plentiful each day.
Corn continues in fine condition and
shows no i'll effects from ur)uth even
in the dryest sections, While in the
more favored districts the prospects
for a heavy yield were never better
at this season. The few fields of
winter wheat promise good yield.
Tobacco shows very uneven growth.
Some fields look well, while in others
the plants are poor. RlspEerrias are
being picked and tn ming out better
than was expected, the same may also
be said of currants. The Dat crop is
generally reported good. \ few re-
port light yield, but IN most cases
the cat prospects have improved
greatly in the last tive weeks and q
heavy yield is expected.