The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-06

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~ Is an accepted fact ~.
ever conditions affect The a 'ua' What.
Interest, hsa of a country will A aaSsl'alanl
o bearing on all its other indu ,s direct
other words, whatever ,snsU us'res h |
in1are farming pursuits ~v win 70 aid Or
Gently or disastrOusly affect sr..I 'easa.
Important interest. II = e,sfy Other |
oongratula,ion. therefore. ,h mater Tor
'ionally favorable reports ,ra' ei's''
d dIs' reg regarding the outlook for 'S 'a
a'a cC crop In the corn belt region ''''a.
Copious rains had fallen S Avn,
s spring and put the ground in sD,s,a "a.
condition soaU for seeding and grOvi to'1 ~
,ears OF another drouth have lo"p la'
oeen laid to rest and the arr t-s sla''
looks hopefully forward 10 . NV
ward Tor his toll. Not oplv s ,~u r.
lar farmer expect a good crop this TS'' "a. 10
ou. the conditions thus far, have , hs.I
80 much more favorable thar - ueea
years past, that he expects a cron '' '.s,'4
VIII iuiiy make up for a few sbo,, ' a.a'
NOR is the expectation witbon, ,sS
There is not a single condItIon ,, ,ess0a
ei.ner IN soil or weather, which shoa's
bring this hope to the farmer r s.oala
mas received more moisture n n'. IVY
shape Of rain and snow than IN r ~
years and the weather has beon .n. Ian!
could be desired for growing, Tina .a
fore, II all these signs count "a, .a'
thing they indicate a year ., .s
perity throughout the great Yves, r rv.'
before the first week in May almo,, h,s
the corn was planted, with consdsr,N.
OF IL showing nicely above ground ANA
doing well. In many localities /, w..
even then several inches high 4.
there Will undoubtedly be an iprra,'sa
acreage OF both corn and small y,,l,,
this year, the indications are tina, n.
spring work will not be well over be,o,,
the last week in May. This, bowsvs,
VIII be early enough in the corn Mi,
region to allow the golden ears to -iD,D
before frost comes. even II Il shoun
come a little earlier than usual
AS the rainfall has been fairly m.
quent In its visitations during the no,.
ton OF the season which has passed ana
FULLY up to normal, 1t Is but fair n As.
sumo that this normal condition will
continue and that the hopes Of me
farmers will be fully realized.
Reports from widely different local..
ties in the great corn producing STATE,
point to the fact that moisture has
saturated the soil to a much create,
depth than in many previous years
This Is particularly true with regad
TO Nebraska where the favorable out.
look OF the present time has not, /,
many parts OF the state been excelled
even In the opinion OF old inhabitants
In fact the prospect is so encouraging
that the farmers all over the state ara
letting go their corn and grain 10 which
they had been holding SO tenacomly
since last harvest, in the dread tia.
the drouth period was not at an end
They are now shipping II eastward IN
big quantities or feeding II 10 Their
stock and fattening pigs for the market
The bulletins issued by the various
state sections of the GU. S. Weather
service confirm the glad tidings, gener.
ally. so that taken all in all the outlook
OF good times for the western farmert,
exceedingly encouraging. The bulletin
to Nebraska, for the week end.
ing May 4, contained the following:
The week has been warm, averaging
from four TO six degrees above the nor.
NAL. Light frosts were reported from
the southwestern portion Of the state
early in the week, but little II any
damage was done to fruit. The rain.
fall has been very general and for Tho
most part heavy, amounting 10 over two
inches over most OF the eastern hal!d
the state and in limited localities IN The
western. On the night Of the 9th ala
on the 2Sth a general and heavy rain
storm passed over the state, accom-
panied by high winds. This was iol'
lowed by showers nearly every day
the week in the northeastern section
and work has been much retard@
this as well as the midaa
section OF the state by the wet cOndl'
ton of the soil. The weather has been
very favorable for the growth OF vese
tation, especially small grain and grass
which have made very vigorous grown
during the week. Rye Is beginnings
Joint in the southern counties. Allaia
Is reported from six Inches In height ID
the central portion of the state to 10"
and a half in the southern.
"In southern counties conslderaO"
progress has been made In planning
corn, which is now about hall CON-
oleted in the southeastern corner Oh Wv
elsewhere but little progress ns
been made during the week OWING "
wet weather"
During the past week there mas ues.
IN exhibition In a window OF inc Wv
Ticket office OF the Burlington l0aa "
Chicago, a sample OF rye plucke' !.
Furnas county, Nebraska, towalu Wv
md OF April. 1t stood 50 to 81 'ns. ..
iigh and was even at that earl! 70.
nicely headed. Alfalfa about tne 'a-.
line was knee high and smali s'a.. jan
we're looking exceptionally aossu'.s
or that time OF the year. The Cn''ss,
newspapers realizing the close w ~ :,
binds II to the west have olia'es
requent dates on the favoraO'e v"
,ect for a bounteous harvest
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