The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-03

Oklahoma .,................ $4,000 100000
Kansas ,..,..................3 ,317,OO0 53,0000O0
Total. .................... .4,G5o,OOO 100000
While the final test of the thrasher
must be awaited before definite esti-
mates can be made the present indica-
tions are that this comparison will be
found conservative one
The sudden growth of Oklahoma into
prominence as factor in wheat pro-
duction means more than the mere ad-
dition of its production to the aggre-
gate crop. 1t means an earlier begin
ming of the movement of new wheat
each year. Heretofore the states har-
vesting wheat in June have simply pro-
duced supplies for their own local con-
sumption, and not in sufficient guam
tity to affect the commercial movement
which set in from the new crop after
July !. This new territory is likely to
so affect the volume of early moving
wheat as to make the month of June
mark the beginning Of the new wheat
year.
In the rest of the winter wheat belt
the weather has everywhere been favor
able, and the prospects are excellent.
Scattered returns from harvest fields i'll
Tennessee are highly favorable, and
the harvest season opens i'll Kentucky
with previous expectations fully main
tanned. In Ohio the crop of the year is
likely to fall little short of doubling
that of 1896.
In Indiana, in spite of small de-
crease i'll the acreage, the crop of the
state will exceed that of last year by a
few million bushels.
This leaves but two states of impor-
lance, Illinois and Missouri, in which
the crop promises less than last year,
and abundantly justifies an expectation
of more than 800, 600, 900 bushels of
winter wheat
In the spring wheat district higher
temperatures have forced rapid growth,
and there has been an abundance of
moisture throughout the whole north
west. The crop is in almost perfect
promise in every district where grown.
Present activity among harvester and
Irvine men indicates that growers are
abundantly satisfied with the outlook
1t is q matter of record that the July |
condition of spring wheat in two years
out of three may be safely taken as an
indication of the final result, and if this
rule holds even approximately good this
year the result will be heavy crop.
Corn is still late and behind normal
season in growth, but this fact of itself
is of little importance should the near
future bring forth hot forcing weather.
Over considerable portion of the belt
good rainfall would be acceptable, but
suffering over any considerable terri
tory. AT the same time more rain is
needed in southern and western Illinois
and throughout almost the whole of
Iowa and Nebraska, and while the pres
ent situation in this important district
is far from serious at the same time ten
days of hot dry weather would be suffi-
cient to excite quite general apprehen-
sion
North central and western Kansas
apparently enjoyed good rains, but the
heavy falls at indianapolis and Okla
homa City came from local heavy thun-
derstorms Elsew here in the corn belt
the rainfall recently was below the
normal.
As far as cultivation is concerned, the
corn crop is now in good condition. The
weather of late has everywhere given
ample opportunity for thorough work
ing, so that the ground is fairly mellow
and weeds well under subsection. A lit
tie of the earlier planting has been laid
by in Kansas, with the fields in excel
lent promise. First working is practi-
cally finished everywhere and second
cultivation generally we'll advanced.
In view of the hurried preparation of
the soil east of the Missouri river the
opportunity which has been given for
good first cultivation was extremely
necessary, and to that extent the rather
dry weather may be taken as having
been benefit to the crop. Chicago