The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-16
REPORT BY COUNTIES
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.

Butler-Wheat and rye harvest we'll
under way and M average crop; corr
making rapid growth; pastures slightly
damaged by hot weather.
Clay-Fall wheat in the shock md an
unusually good crop; oats rusted some;
some hay good; corn doing well but
weedy.
Fillmore-Wheat aud barley harvest
we'll a. 'ng; corn suffering some from ex-
cessive heat but not injured; potatoes
some injured by drought.
Gage-Wheat all in the shock; oats
about all ripe; early corn tasseling;
corn has made a rapid growth during
the week.
Hamilton-Three extremely hot DAYS
have been against spring wheat and
oats but favorable for corn; fall wheat
and rye In shock.
misunderstanding has made rapid
progress; wheat about all in shock;
many oats cut: corn has made rapid
growth.
Johnson-Wheat harvest about COM
pleted; some oats cut; corn making
rapid growth; apples small and dropping
OF; full crop OF w%Rlnuts.
Lancaster-Wheat good; early oats
and potatoes much injured by drought;
sat u bub DOtuttF w uclDtu Nv
the rain; oat harvest begun; corn grow
ing well, some commencing to tassel.
Nemaha-Wheat about all in shock;
oats turning; timothy hay being cut;
~blackberries ripening; corn growing well
and mostly laid by.
Nuckolls-Wheat harvest nearly COM
pleted, yield seems to be heavy and
quality Of the heat; corr growing very
fast and considerable laid by, some very
weedy; very few oats cnt yet.
Otoe-Winter grain nearly all cut; oat
harvest begun, tame grass, oats, and
early potatoes injured by drought; corn
growing well.
Pawnee-Hot weather ripenod oats
too fast for best results; corn doing well;
apples dropping badly; wheat and rye
mostly In shock.
Polk-Crops growing nicely since the
rain; rye and winter wheat mostly in
shock. yield and quality good; oats i'm
proving since the rain; apples dropping
badly; early potatss light crop.
misunderstanding wheat begun;
oats being cut; corn growing fast.
Saline-Oats aud potatoes suffered
during hot weather, but most corn in
good shape; early corn beginning to
tassel, late corn not laid by; early oats
nearly ready to cut; wheat heads well
Allied.
Saunders-Sopring wheat. oats, pota-
toes and gardens injured somewhat by
dry weather: corr has made rapid
growth, and a large per cent 10 laid by;
rye and winter wheat cut.
Seward-Wiuter wheat all cut; rye In
shock; oats and corn seem injured some
by the hot, dry weather, but may en-
tirelv recover.
Thsyer- Wheat mostly in shock; GA,
cutting begun; corn growing last, much
will be laid by weedy; alfalfa about ready
to cut second time.
York-Wheat good and nearly all In
shock; corn rolled badly during the hot
weather, but was refreshed by tho rain
potatoes poor.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION.
Antslope-Strong south wind had dam
aging effect on small grain; rain Of 9tf
} put corn in good shape and may redeem
small grain.
| Boyd-Rys harvest in full blast, fai,
CROP prospects for q full crop OF wheat
corn In excellent condition.
Burt-Sprng rye and barley ready Il
cut and look good; wheat aud oats 6llini
8 nicely having in progress; corn doiui
exceedingly we'll.
Csdsr-Corn growing rapidly, ant
most oil II being laid by; some wild ha.
cut; oats and wheat are turning.
C~olfax-Thrse days. were very warm
. but little Or no damage to crops; white
!. wheat and rye being harvested, yell
and quality good.
Cuning-Coru has made an unusua
. growth and 10 looking we'll; some dam'
= ags irem hall in southwestern part @
county.
Dakota-No injury from the no
weather; al crops growing we'll.
Dixou-Cora has made rapid giowtl
and much laid BY; late Gown wheat poor
; early sowa wheat and oats Alling on