The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-11
REPORT BY COUNTIES
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.

Butler-W Wheat, oats and rye doing
fields oil corn will have to be rcplnuted
Cass-Small gram looks fine; corn
growing slowly aud damaged by cut.
worms, inoles aud squirrels, making
much r%eplanting necessary; potatoes
splendid; pastures good.
Clay-Week unfavorable for corn but
good for wheat aud potatoes; small per
cent OF replanting corn completed; fruit
prospects good.
FiImore-Small grain good;some head.
ing .at; too cool Tor corn; much replant.
ing done; potatoes excellent; pastures
good.
~Gage-Corn has not advanced much
the past week but wheat aud oats have
grown well; more hot weather needed.
Hnmilton-Small grain, potatoes and
grasses doing we'll; too cool for corn;
worms cutting corn badly, many fields
replanted, stand thin.
Jeffsrson-Wheat headed, promises
full crop; oats doing we'll; pastures good;
cherries turning; Strawberries ripe; too
cool for corn.
Johnson-Week good for wheat and
bad for corn; stand Of corn poor and
color bad, some 10 being planted Tor the
third time.
kancaster-Cold, cloudy week; corn
has grown slowly; small grain doing
we'll; early cherries beginning to turn red.
Nuckolls-W Wheat, oats and grass ex-
ira good; cherries, plums and peaches
poor; corn growing very slowly; pota-
toes fairly good.
Otoe-Corn not doing we'll, much be.
ing replanted; cultivation in progress;
small grain doing we'll; Strawberries be-
ginning to ripen.
Pawnee-The weather has been al
most too cool and cloudy for best re-
suits; some corn replanted because
washed BY heavy rains.
Polk-Too cool for corn, thin stand,
caused by cutworms, squirrels and poor
need; wheat nearly all headed; potatoes
good; pastures excellent.
Kichardson-W Wheat looks better; grass
A%ourishipg; fruit and berry prospects
good; oats doing we'll; favorable week
for working corn.
Saline-Corn has made little growth
and much has been replanted mainly be-
cnuse Of worms; small grain has done
fairly well.
Saunders-Corn coming slowly and
onevenly; rain and warmer weather
needed for more rapid growth; corn on
upland looks good.
Seward-Plowing corn the order OF the
day; corn small and growing slowly,
small grain looks good especially wheat
and rye.
Thayer-Small grain doing we'll; al
falfa In bloom;too cool for corn aud cut
worms doing much damage; good rain
needed.
Y~ork--Corn growing very slowly and
an unusual amount has been ~replanted;
winter wheat heading; alfalfa being cut;
pastures good.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION.
Anticipation up and some cult.
sated; rye beaded out but In thin and
short; everything improved by rain OF
1st.
Burt-Early planted corr 10 being cul-
tivatedan is three inches high; a large
acreage OF millet put In; small grain
looking fine.
Cedar-very beneficial rain ON flrst,
small grain growing fast; fax an millet
seeding 10 progress; rye well headed;
alfalfe looks good.
Colfax-Too cool for proper growth OF
corn; other crops doing we'll; some COM
plant Of injury to corn by worms.
Cumiug--Small grain looking well but
corn needs warmer weather.
Dixon-Too cool for corr and the
plant ~ small and yellow, much replant.
lug done; rain good for grain and
grasses.
Dodge-with very little rain and cool
weather vegetation In slow; complaint
very general OF poor stand OF corn.
nA. n.t. - a..I~ wn,hAaN
are 10 good condition; rain is beginning
20 be needed; too cool for vegetation.
Holt--Rye in bloom and looks very
nice; some corn being cultivated; corn
backward, but doing well; pastures good;
grass fine.
housekeeping looks better after
the rain; last planted corr just coming
up;wild hay excellent.