The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-03

will help late corn and pastures; ground
too dry to pillow.
Knox-Wheat is turning out fine quail.
ity. but rather short yield; outs heavy
yield aud fine quality; good week for
corn; haying nearly finished.
Madison-Thrnshing about completed:
week very favorable for corn; beets
ripening in good shape.
f~Iatte-COin maturing fairly we'll; rye
and wheat being %thrashed, good quality,
but small yields: good week for haying;
1t Is too dry for blowing.
StantOn-Sugar beets will be ready for
harvesting in about two weeks; fall
blowing stopped by dry weather; corn
maturing fast.
Thurston-A good week for corn, and
1t has grown rapidly.
Wayne-Corn looks fine, but is fully
two weeks late, and much Of il probably
Will not mature; wheat yielding fairly
we'll.
CENTRAL SECTION.
Buffalo-Hot aud dry; late corn needs
rain; thrashing in progress; all work on
land stopped.
Dawson-Very dry week; corn badly
damaged where not irrigated; wheat ali
stacked; some trying to plOw; ground
very dry.
Hall-Corn Is ripening fast, but most
OF 1t Will require two or three weeks yet,
some beginning to dent.
Merrick-GoOd rain Saturday night,
which was needed badly, as the ground
was too dry to plow; urge acreage Of
rye being sown.
Shermon-Excellent weather for hay
making and thrashiDg. but bad for corn,
which ia being much damaged BY heat
and drought; beans poor; too dry for
blowing.
Vnlley-Corn maturing tast, and will
be q good crop; local rains make some
pieces very heavy, while q few fields have
suffered from drought; heavy crop OF
hay; potatoes good.
souTBwEsTERN SECTION.
Adams-Weather hot and dry. and ia
damaging corn considerably, especially
late corn; most too dry to pillow.
Dundy-Week without rain; corn rip
ening rapidly; threshing 10 progress.
Franklin-Dry and hot; corn in good
condition; rnin needed for blowing.
FrOntier-Prospects for corn crop
good; threshing machines are humming
In NIL directions.
F~urnas-Late corn IL being damaged
by drought, and pastures are getting
short; early corn maturing in good con-
dition; too dry for blowing; good week
for haying.
Harlan-Corn maturing very fast,
some fields will be light and chaffy; wild
hay light; alfalfa good; potatoes ripe
and some digging.
Hitchcock-No rain during week; corn
ripening nicely, except the late planted,
which is in tho milk.
kearney-COrn suffering from drought,
every day reduces the late large pros.
poets; pastures getting dry, too dry to
pillow.
Lincoln-Raiu needed for late corn:
some corn fired; early corn getting too
hard for roasting ears.
P~erkins-Good crop OF millet and cane;
rain needed for late corn.
Red WillOw-Corn doing well; late
corn needs a little rain; wild plums are
ripening; some hay being cut.
Webster-Early corn maturing rapid.
~ in good shape; late corn needs rain
badly; ground too dry to pillow; no fall
wheat sown yet.
WESTERN AM NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS.
Brown Yield of small grain very
light, especially wheat; corn maturing
rapidly: the past week has been very
for corn.
Cherry-Everything maturing very
fast; corn doing well; email grain being
threshed, and yielding we'll.
Rock-Very dry. hot week, good for
nothing but making hay; thrashing In
progress, with fair crop OF small grain.
Thomas Everything in good condi.
ton, ground in very nice shape.
Scott's Blnff-Haying still in progress:
much grain being stacked; corn growing
wonderfully; alfalfa seed being cut; wild
fruit abundant
GA. LOyELAND.