The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-20
NEBRASKA,S BIG CROPS.
FARMERS MADE HAPPF mr. GREAT
YIELDS OF WHEAT AND CORN.

from Last Ycar-A Room In Cattle Raising.
LINCOLN, Mob, July 14.-Nobraska will this
week complete the harvesting of ono Of the
largest wheat crops in its history. As a result
OF the unusually favorable conditions, the
.,snai f'P Ths swo weeks earlier TINS season tnsn
u. sun a.. u qHan.y IS exoenent' ana tne y,olo
TO tho acre above the average; In addition
80 Tni, a, ..nc"- 80, VIC"
u usua. rms Is attributed In part to the com
and also IN the foct tho, a. ~
Toar Iost tho ~ ,a rO. Sna n,s inc enormous apa crops lsss
situation atS,,'t "a inor SDSS "h no ia, ,ana a,,. aSs rarorsolS
fourth larger than any previops crop n,anted In
the State.
Now, since enormous crops are assured In the
State this year. farmers generally in Nebraska
are preparing 10 reiease tho great bulk OF the
corn which I, t hoy, produced nsss ed, last year. A fair
ou, tha co.. 49,, tha an"at larn'srs shr o
S %o,. .nT s'a.o places I. me quantity OF old corn IN
crop produced last year. As the state rsi.sd
in round i1 numbers ,rs; SOC. ooo.o 600 b bushels S,Ss0 Of fa oorn
, corn y - =. n un,s s0a op n. ,I w.rt., t.om o1 th,o OF
ton of the West. Already large holders have
begun to shin to Chicago. and a large number
of earsoo. have been engaged to go BY the lake
route to New York during August. This Is the
first time in the history of the State that any
held eiS over bv the the original proau snp ''' gereto Sesa
ran,ain -. t,o a-.,n opu,d ~ ~ =, ~. III.
rapidly as Inc gram couia DO got 70 inc rail.
road r, s.at non. ,a Las. year II tnoy MAD nSo s : NOV 90
Int. o.. tSoio o..n ~ - In aS..io
double that amount before e Is placed on the
market. This win double the value of the
corn crop of tho State.
Much Of the crop has passed. out of tho hands
of the original producers. and is held in tho In
terror for spoculauve purposes. sui, me
far farmers s,.,h hold d. probably oa,sl ,h half of. Of what hat. is lsf. in
.nU,a"S .. ~ s.n.a .na ,ans . au 49,
railroad In the state great pens OF corn can Be
sands of dollars to erect these pens the lumber
:" . A' " .os ~ 'e Mu%r
800, 900. They win servo q good purpose,
since thew will stand for many years and the
f tseir ESr Tin t erops h n fu Rlensy II The ro fank 20 Of s snsS
storage facilities has been . great drawback
IN Ine ,s conIS a sSSmoh rs q boi She tb sfete e,op Ma ny
better prices. but thew could not e1ord to bny
lumber to erect sransries. and Therefore were
harvest for what surplus grain al they had. Many
I irmnm a,ona q y an p asnnta 4 unet Guy.
f hrmSdf m aa0ns TO ei invest ST in s Scrn slo alnG tSe r sn.
roaus . Seur ia nhu SesoeIn Iowa tnelr IN
os tbn smou ~" tnwpa fn S,rnieh by . "a, In9 eMIhnIaZ
u ~ lia oMn " MH tapo. Win Mnlcn
70 erect granaries 70 hoid what they purchased;
theS nsuteu Ina y aoaea Two Genus Q ousnoi
nrinr the n interest res on the mnns ~ Ene yeaf' US
Inc COS. OF Lhe pens. LAG tne corn cr9p NOT
Seen n nrs ~ hn iba iingT fean ltunes we9ia naxs
Droats vii y r@e hnt noth r. i,ta eToo
9tner%lse w1nia ave Deen me case; Many OF
Inc AZ ta aiE mo,aet To- ~ gram onan Will noL sen tnis year.
the hope OF s5rik1ng a better season. Tho bins
OF corh are al n.th9 open, ana tnougn covered