The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-23

more favorable conditions before seed.
ing. The wet spring has been very
for winter grain. Rye IL gen
orally in good condition. Wheat has
been badly winter killed in sections and
generally considered injured. Tame
grasses are starting nicely.
REPORT BY COUNTIES.
SOUTHEASTERN
Butler-Less than half the acreage OF
wheat and oats sown; winter wheat and
rye are looking well; fruit buds have
been well kept back.
Clay-Ground very wet; some are SOW
ing oats in the mud; grass Is coming up
abundantly; wheat Is In very good
condition.
Flmore-very little spring work done;
winter wheat poor; some oats sown and
potatoes planted; grass doing well.
Gage-Wet weather haa retarded oat
sowing and spring blowing, but has
been good for wiz: Ter wheat.
H~amiltOn-Not much farming done
yet; winter grain and some grasses look
ing well; spring late and backward.
Jeaerson-Oat sowing progressing
slowly; wheat improving but many
pieces will be plowed for other crops;
little blowing for corn.
Johnson-Too cool and wet for seed
ing; grass coming up nicely; fall grain
coming up fairly good.
Observation-Disclosures injured consider.
ably; rye good; blue grass two inches
high.
Nemaha-Half the acreage OF winter
wheat will probably be plowed up; some
spr ing wheat and pats being sown; very
late season: red maple In full bloom.
Nuckolls-Wet weather has delayed
farm work and very little done; wheat
IL looking well except some very late
sOwn.
,Otoe-Pasture getting good; winter
wheat In poor condition; planting vege.
tables and sowing field crops In
progress.
Pawnee-wet weather has delayed
work; few oats sown; late sOwn wheat
in bad condition, and early sown fairly
good.
Polk-Not much progress has been
made toward seeding on account OF tho
soggy condition of ground; some seed
ing done bnt the majority waiting for
more favorable conditions.
Richardson-Much fall wheat is injured
to such an extent that the fields will bo
plowed up and planted to spring wheat or
corn; spring wheat coming up.
Saline-Oats not all sown and while
some blowing has been done 1t is too
wet for much work.
Haunders-Some sowing has been
done, although the ground 10 rather
wet; early sown wheat looks we'll.
misunderstanding il being pushed as
fast 40 possible. but the ground 10 too
wet to work.
Thayer-Oats mostly sown: fall wheat
and rye doing well, but wheat q poor
stand; ground too wet.
Y~ork:-Some spring wheat and oats
sown but season 10 very backward and
but little has been done a. yet.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION.
MISUNDERSTANDING progressing slowly
on sandy land, clay soil too cold and
wet to work; early sown rye looks well.
Boyd-SeasOn wet and backward;
some wheat sown and n few fields al.
ready showing green; rye looks fine.
Burt Considerable wheat 30 VA and a
large acreage will be in; grass and trees
will be put In.
Cedar Weather wet but seeding pro
crossing we'll; rye and winter wheat looks
fine; grass starting we'll.
Cuming-Very little seeding done
ground too wet.
Dixon-Week cool and damp: q small
per cent Of wheat sown; ground too wet
to cultivate.
Dodge-Some wheat being sown but
little work done yet.
Holt-very little farm work done.
Knox--A little blowing has been done
Madison-Too wet for satisfactory
farm work; acreage OF wheat will b.
much larger than last year.
Pierce-Seeding commenced and con-
siderable grain sown but ground 10 yer,
wet and progress slow.
Platte-Most Of the wheat and o few
oats sown; large acreage Of wheat; ~,
looks nice; some grass starting.
Harpy-Oats not all sown; an increased
acreage OF spring wheat will be sown
ground atill very wet.
S~tanton--Some wheat has been Sown
on uplands but the ground Is too wet t.
do good work.
Thurston-Some seeding on high land
but too wet on lev land; blue grass
sho wing nicely; season two weeks late.
Wsshington-Much wheat aud some
oats sown; grass starting slowly; ground
In bad shape, being too wet.
Wayne-vsry little seeding done; u
rained every day for sixteen days pre-
csding April 10.
CENTRAL SECTION.
ROone-Large acreage Of wheat Il
being sown but the ground 10 cold and
wet.
Bufalo-All waiting for the ground ia
dry; grasses Of all kinda coming ON finely
fruit In uOod condition.