Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-18

weather and generally fair rains haveI
improved wheat, started grass and,
brought oats forward finely: wheatl
good condition in eastern counties.
mixed in western: alfalfa fine condi-
ton and we'll advanced in western
counties; fax sowing in progress. corn
planting begun.
NEBRASKA: Seeding we'll ad-
vanCed and soil in excellent conditions:
most Of small grain sown before gen
eral rain the last Of week and now
coming up in fine condition; fall wheat
considerably injured by drouth and
high winds: rye generally uninjured.
OKLAHOMA: Low temperature,
high winds and absence of general |
soaking rains have retarded all vegeta-
ton: only light rain over limited areas.
generally excessively dry.
MISSOURI: Week favorable for
farm work: oats all sOwn ard coming |
up we'll; corn planting commenced; |
wheat looking fine; prospects for lruit
good except peaches. peaches good in |
some counties, rain needed in northern |
sections
MICHIGAN: Temperature above
normal, precipitation slightly above
in northern and central and below in
southern counties: sunshine below:
blowing and seeding in southern part
of the state; fruit buds aud winter
wheat reported in generally good con-
dition.
ARKANSAS: Wheat and oats doing
WE'LL about half corn crop planted;
cotton lands being prepared and a little
planted: gardens doing fairly we'll;
frost on third did no damage; pros
poets for fruit excellent: soil in SPLEEN
did condition for blowing and plant
inc.
OHIO: Showers and warmth of lat
| ter part Of week have advanced the
growth of wheat and grass; oat, clover
seeding and blowing for corn in rapid
progress; early potatoes being planted:
more rain needed.
KENTUCKY: Generally warm and
| cloudy with frequent showers; no
damage from frosts Bird and 4th; wheat
in fine condition; nearly all oats plant
! ed; corn planting in full progress in
western sections; tobacco beds sown:
pastures good.
GENERAL REMARKS: Upon the
| whole the week has been very favor
able. Corn planting has progressed
rapidly under favorable conditions in
! the southern states where a large pro
portion of the crop is in the ground
| and some has come up. Preparations
| IoIn
the Middle Atlantic states and plant
| ing has begun in Missouri and Kan
sas. Oats seeding is progressing rapid
| " in Ohio and nearly entire acreage
OF this crop has been s0Wn in Illinois,
| Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri. Seeding
has begun in West Virginia and is
Well advanced in Maryland, New Jer-
| sey, Minnesota and South Dakota
! Winter wheat has greatly improved
during the week in Illinois and is in
| fine condition i'll Missouri and eastern
Kansas, but less fayora bic reports are
received from Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin where it is reported it is badly
winter killed. Spring wheat seeding
is we'll advanced in Minnesota and
SCHuIug
has been d0ne in North Dakota, the
work has been retarded by dry
weather. Cotton planting has been
pushed forward in Louisiana and has
continued under favorable conditions
IN Texas. \ little has been planted in
Arkansas, but none in Mississippi;
planting will begin in Alabama in a
|
fruit is excellent, no serious damage
having yet been done by frost Rain
is badly needed in Okla hOma and
more would be beneficial in Texas,
Missouri, Ohio, Minnesota and North
! Dakota.
Washington, April 1.-THE April
report of the department Of agricul-
ture makes the average condition of
winter wheat on the first of April
S1.4, against 86.7 last year. It was
ia in 1898. So in 1892, and $50
for 1891. The average for rye is
81. The averages of wheat for the
principal states are: New York 90:
Pennsylvania 90; Kentucky So; Ohio
So: Michigan IS; Indiana SO; Illinois
81; Missouri SO; Kansas 50; Nebraska
45: California 81. Generally the past
winter was hard on wheat The fall
Of 1894 was a dry one and not favor
able in many states either to the ger
mination or maintenance of the vital
ity Of the plant. Spring has also been
! drOughty over extensive areas. Much
: good, however, has been porduced by
rains in the latter part of March,
particularly in the states of Indiana,
I Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa. Moderate
rains also fell in Nebraska and South
Dakota. It is reported, however, that
the soil is so DRY and has suffered so
! long from drought that it will require
/ much heavier rains to produce any
permanent effect. Very little damage
from the Hessian fly is reported.
FOREIGN NOT'A RI ,F7S