The Red Cloud chief., 1897-09-10
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LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. I, 1897.
GENERAL SUMMARY.

hot one for the first week in September.
The daily mean temperature has aver
aged e above the normal in the west
ern portion of the state, and 100 in the
eastern portion. The maximum tenn
%peratures for the week have varied from
0So to 1OGo and the temperature was
above 0O' on nearly every day in the
week.
Rain i"ll only in scattered showers and
the greater portion oi the state received
none at all. A rainfall Of an inch and "a
hall occurred in the southern Platte and
central Sherman counties. In other
counties the showers if any were light.
The past week has been very favora-
be for thrashing and hay.making, and
in some counties the work is about COM
pleted.
The dry. hot weather has been uniav-
orable to corn. Enrly planted has rip
ened very rapidly, and much OF it il now
beyond danger OF injury by frost Gen.
orally the early corn has been injured
only slightly. The late planted corn
has suffered serious damage IN almost
oil sections, and it will make only a
light crop.
Generally the ground is too dry to
plow or to SOW wheat, and very little of
this work has been done.
Sugar beets are generally standing the
dry weather well.
The ranges in the northwestern por-
ton Of the state are in exceptionally
good condition and stock il doing well
REPORT By COUNTIES.
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION.
Butler-Corn maturing rapidly. some
pieces out Of the way OF frost, late
planted materially damaged by drought;
rain needed for fall plowing and to al.
low seeding Of winter wheat.
Cass-Early planted corn almost ma
tured; late corn suffering from extreme
heat and drought, and cannot make
much OF IA crop: pastures short; ground
too dry to plow;prairie hay about all
cut, light crop.
Clay-Tho dry wind has damaged
corn; blowing for wheat mostly done;
some wheat sown; good hay weather
except when too windy; late pastures
cut short by drought.
Fillmore-Late corn drying up badly;
apples damaged bv wind; potatoe crop
shorter than expected.
Gage-Gctting very dry, and late corn
~ suffering much; early corn all right.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. heat and high
: lind have been against corn; early corr
ripening; late corn holds Its green color
remarkably well, rain needed for pillow.
ing.
Jefferson-Corn ripening fast, too hot
and dry Tor late corn, some will be light:
too dry Tor fall blowing.
Johnson-Hot and dry, with no rain;
corr has dried W fast; some wheat
sown; ground too dry to plow; pastures
dried up.
Observation-Disclosures about dried M;
much late planted corr will be very
light, some green and doing well; little
blowing done.
.Nemaha-Every day OF heat and
lrought is cutting corn crop down; too
dry for blowing.
Muck olls-Corn seems to he Injured
somewhat as the result OF high tempera.
ture; ground too dry to pillow for winter
wheat.
O~toe-Corn drying up 40 fast il will
be light; most fall blowing and hay
making done; peach crop all dried up;
must have rain before much wheat can
be sown; pastures all dried up.
Pawnee-FiDe corn weather; oil but
the lntest out of irost's way; lots of
wheat being sown; haying well along.
~POlk-Corn IL ripening nicely. except a
few dry points; thrashing well alOng;nice
rain Friday night, will forward wheat
sowing.
Richardson-Early corn all right; late
corn injured SOM by hot, dry weather;
ground too dry to plow.
Saline Late corn much mi ured by
the hot, dry week; some fa.l wheat sown,
but generally too dry to SOW.
Saunders. corn ripening too fast; late
corr damaged; pastures drying up;
fall sowing.
Seward.-Corn is being dried up aud
ripened too fast; ground too hard and
dry to pillow; IA little wheat sown.
Ihayer.-Corn il dried up too rapidly
for good results, about two-thirds of the
crop il safe from frost, and the heat has
not hurt it much; considerable, wheat
sown; potatoes light yield.
lork-Corn ripening and drying up
fast; much corn will he light and chaify;
but little wheat and rye sown.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION.
Burt-Early planted corn about safe;
late planted corn coming to maturity
too rapid. and will be w Y chaffy.
Cedar-Fins weather for corn. and it IL
nearly out Of the way Of frost; u little
dry Tor plowiDg; hay abundant; wild
fruit plentiful.
Cuming-Early corr will DO all right,
but the lnto corr il badly hurt. and will
not make much; ground hard and dry.
observation-disclosures heat is doing some
damage 70 corn,
Dixon-Haying about finished, and
good crop; corn drying up last; early
corn not much aft cted; late corn con-
siderably damaged.
Dodg6-Clear and dry, with some hot
wind; cor has not been damaged o n
extent, bnt has ripened rapidly; apples