Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-07-11
Wealth ER-CROP BULLETIN.
For the Week Ending July 8, 1896

For the Week Ending July 8, 1896
The hot and dry weather during the
past week was highly favorable for
haying and harvesting, both of which
have been vigorously pushed forward.
Haying is about half done, some far
mers being entirely through with that
work. The rye and barley harvest is
well advanced, and the large portion
of those grams Will be secured during
the coming week. The drouth in the
south central portion continued una
bated up to Sunday afternoon when it
was slightly relieved by local showers,
which are proving very beneficial.
The need of more rain is quite gener-
al throughout the state, except in
some of the extreme east and north
west counties. In some sections it is
extremely dry while in others 1t is only
moderately so. A few showers occur
red during the week in widely scatter
ed SECTIONS, but they were generally
light and very local In character. The
high temperature and bright sunshine
caused II 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 re-
spends and takes on new growth.
The storms which occurred on Sunday
caused some damage to crops in the
southern portion of the state, but the
damage was confined to narrow limits.
In Walworth county the storm was
quite severe, and many fields of grain
are lain fiat. Rye is generally con
sidered a good crop; the berry is Of
good size, the heads long, but not as
well filled as they should be. Barley
is in fine condition throughout the
state, and in some of the western
counties il was never better. The
hay crop is everywhere reported ex-
tremely light and in some townships it
is not worth cutting.
Taken rs u whole the hay crop will
be considerably below the average cut.
Grasshoppers and chinch bugs are
causing considerable damage to grain
and hay, but the most serious difficulty
at present is the short pasture feed.
Many pastures are entirely dead and
farmers find it difficult to supply food
for stock, some are cutting half ripe
oats for that purpose, while others
turn cattle into the meadows. Our
reporter in Lafa, cite county says that
cattle are being shipped out of that
section, there being nothing for them
to eat.
Potatoes are doing fully as well as
last week, and considering the dry
weather look remarkably well. The
trouble from potato bugs is not at all
serons so far, but they are becoming
more and more plentiful each day.
Corn continues in fine condition and
shows no i'll effects from drouth even
the dryest sections, while in the more
favored districts the prospects for
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. Raspberries are being pick
I'd and turning out better than was.
expected, the same may also be said of
currants. Cranberries not reported,
The oat crop is generally reported
good; few report light yield, but in
most cases the oat prospects have
greatly improved greatly in the last
two weeks and heavy yield is ex.
pected.
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