Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-29
CONDITIONS IN NEBRASKA.
Corn Promises Large Yield. Except n
the States Garden spot

Corn Promises q Large Yield. Except N.
the states Garden SPOT.
McCook, Neb., Aug. 26.-On crossina
the Missouri River running to Lincoln.
the Burlington land agents party
found prospect which, from an agri-
cultural standpoint, could not be ex-
celled. Corn is luxuriant and sturdy
and every stalk shows large-sized ears
sticking out from 1t. 1t Is so far ad-
vanced that the uninitiated could be-
made to believe very readily that II In
past all harm from any source, Not
withstanding its fine appearance, how
ever, 1t Is not yet out of danger of frost.
and will not be for at least two weeks
A nne crop OF oats has been reaped i'm
this section. Much of 1t is still in tho
shock and good deal of II has been
stacked. 1t is thrashing out from
thirty to fifty bushels to the acre ana
will average about forty. The wheat
! crop has all been harvested, and farm
ers are now busy blowing their Eandn
preparatory to putting In another erora
Of winter wheat.
Leaving Lincoln the outlook is much
less promising. Between Waverly and
Fairmont, distance Of sixty miles, iss
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. 1t has rained copi-
ously on all sides of ii and.all around
1t, but the clouds refused to give il n
drop OF moisture until too late to save
the corn crop. For a stretch of coun-
try sixty miles long and sixty miles
wide the corn crop is comparative
failure. 1t will only run from quarter
10 half crop, averaging as a whole
about one-third an ordinary crop.
Oats have not faired so badly They
are thrashing out from thirty-five to
forty bushels an acre. Heavy rains felE
over this section at the end of last week.
Ihey came too late, however, to save
the bulk of the corn. Very much of IN
is wilted beyond redemption and good
deal or it 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 AZ
Tar as the eye can reach in every direc,
ton. The crop from Hastings to the
western boundary of the state is prar-
,ically made, and nothing but killing
'rost can now blight it. 1t will average
not less than sixty bushels to the acre,
and very many large fields will yiel6r.
fifty bushels.
Around McCook is where the disas-
ers of last year were most severely
cit. The gains of this year have more
nan made up for the losses then sus-
aimed. The whole section of country
ooks like a veritable garden. and thu
eople feel buoyant beyond expression
winter wheat is thrasAng out about
wenty bushels to the acre andthe-besf~--r
eds are yielding thirty bushels
prlng wheat is running from twelve
eighteen bushels to the acre. Oats
Verage from fifty to sixty bushels. tn.
est helds thrashing out 100 bushels
Alaifa is new crop here with
mich the people are delighted. All
inds OF live stock eat it with relish
nd 1t is proving to be fattening fodder
ne hrst year it yields one ton to the
re- but after the third year it yields
rec crops year, which foot up seven
I'd one-half tons to the acre. IL ie.
orth In the market IS per ton, but to-
ed cattle the results have shown it,ta
worth $40 per acre. 1t is the coming
op all along the the flats of the Re-
blican valley.