Omaha daily bee., 1895-07-21
Every County In tho state Receiving a
Share OF Rain.

HARVARD, Neb., July 20.-(Special.) For
the past two weeks Harvard and vicinity has
had its share Of the good rain fall that has
been given to Nebraska. Wheat and oats are
nearly all harvested. Wheat will yield from
eight to fifteen bushels per acre and oats
twenty-five to thirty-five, and the corn pros
poets were never better. With the increased
acreage the crop will be immense.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., July 20.-tSpecial)
The dry weather was last night broken by
a heavy rain. The rain was accompanied by
severe thunder and lightning but no wind.
WEST POINT. Neb., July 2O.-(Special)-
A light shower fell this morning, but the
the middle of harvest.
WESTERN, Neb., July 20.-(Special)-A
rain of about one inch fell here this morning,
the first real good rain in over four weeks.
Oats are about all harvested and in the shock,
and threshing will commence soon.
ORD, Neb., July 20.-(Special)-A j.
Chapman, who has been visiting in New York
for some time, returned to Ord Saturday He
reports crops in Valley county as good as
anything he has seen in his travels. Har-
vest Is now In full blast
LA PLATTE, Neb., July 0-(Speciil.) "A
good rain was distributed over the central
part Of the county Thursday evening. The
eastern limits of the county. where the
, Platte and Missouri unite, received two light
showers during the week. This is oats her
vest time. and the farmers nave been busy
reaping the grain.
ROYVILLE. Neb., July 20.-(Special.)--
Aside from the rains that have becn general
throughout this section. SIouX county has
had several local rains over a greater part Of
the county lying between the Niobrara and
White rivers, and yesterday there was a fine
soaking shower, unaccompanied for the most
part by hail, and nothing except destructive
winds or hail will prevent heavy crops. The
grass on the cattle ranges has more than re-
covered from the drouth of the last two
years. and range cattle are in fine condition
for this time Of year.
Sioux county Is largely settled by granger
stockmen, who own from $50 to 500 acres OF
more of land. mostly pasture, and who de-
pend largely on cattle, but who own at least
few acres in the bed of some stream
whore they raise vegetables for their own
tables and market, and what oats they need
for their horses. The ones who have suf
fered from crop failures I'm the few years
past are those who have tried farming on
the uplands, and depended on rain, and those
who are succeeding are those who are using
the uplands for what they were obviously In
tended-grazing-and taking of small irrigat,
ing bitches from the streams wherever pos
sible for their farming. Those who have
come here and gone again, are to great ex
tent those who VIII not take advantage o
methods best adapted TO the locality, or else
those who are forever bound westward, anC
are not contented in one spot for more thar
two seasons at the best.
SYRACUSE. Neb., July 2o.-(SpeciaL)-
| Otoe county takes the lead In prize oats. EC
Murray brought In few samples today, one
stalk OF which measured thirteen inches II
! length and contained 146 grains.
| DUNCAN. Neb., July 2o.-tSpecial)-Ha
vest is in full blast here and all report al
| immense crop OF oats. II is heavy on thu
| ground and we'll filled, with extra lOnI
| heads, which insures a heavy yield. Th
acreage is also extra large. Wheat, rye anC
barley are all good crops and will yield bette
| than was anticipated. Corn is fast coming
| to the front and with favorable weather will
make a heavy yield. Stock of all kinds look
well and prospects are all o. X. In this par
| Of the county.
SNYDER. Neb.. July O.-(special.)-Pros
| poets for rain today are good Small grail
In this section is about all harvested an
threshing machines have already started Il
some fields. The small grain beats anything
ever known In this part OF the state. and