The Red Cloud chief., 1897-07-02
REPORT BY COUNTIES
soUTuEAsrERN SECTION.

Butler-Corn making rapid growth;
rye harvest begun; oats aud wheat short
straw but with rain oon will DO IN av-
erage crop.
Cass-Iiye req dy to harvest, quality
and yield good; winter wheat beginning
tn ripen; spring wheat and oats i'm.
proved by recent rain; o has made
splendid growth, early planted about
ready to lay by.
Clay-Rye ready to harvest and q
good crop; wheat ripcnIng; heavy wheat
badly blown down In southern part Of
county and rusting some corn growing
well but not q full stand.
Fnlmore-COrn growing rapidly; win
ter wheat maturing fast, we'll filed; oats
, and barley look we'll; small grain will
make good average crop.
Gage-With plenty OF rain corn has
made rapid growth; some corn laid by;
some rye harvested; some damage from
hail.
Hamilton-Week favorable for crops;
Hail damaged crops some In localities.
JeifersOn-Corn has made an uneve
growth and some 10 laid by; some dam
age from hail; rye aud wheat harvest
commenced.
Johnson-Corn growing nicely; wheat
nearly ready to harvest; oats look good;
some fields Of wheat badly lodged.
Lancaster-COrn growing very rapidly;
oats promising good crop; winter wheat
being cut; sugar beets growing we'll;
more rain would be q help.
Nemaha--Wheat ripening; rye about
ready to cut; corn small, but doing well,
some laid by; fruit crop promises an
abundance.
Nuckolls--Corn growing very fast;
wheat nearly ready to cut and looks
like big yield; corr fields getting weedy;
some rye cut.
Otoe-Some corn being laid by but
most Of It very small for this time oil
year.
Pawnoe-Hot days with rain almost
every night have forced corn along very
fast but injured wheat and oats, some
wheat lodged and injured some by rust.
Polk-MOst fields Of corn clean oil
weeds but some uneven In growth; rye
and clover about ready to cnt.
Richardson-Corn growing we'll; some
early planted tasseling out, some fall
wheat In shock, very fine quality; berries
ripening.
Saliue--Early potatoes and wheat have
been injured by the dry, hot weather;
CoTu 10" e.o"" wo"i w 70 OO'o8 uos
vested, yield good. b.
Saunders-Corn growing we'll; small
grain suffering somewhat from drought
the first OF the week but relieved by
rains the Last OF the week.
Seward-Wheat and oats improved;
corn still small but gaining some faster
than before; hay making In progress;
many apples blown oh: potatoes small
and viald hcIOw fha ayera0e.
Thayer-Wheat about ready to cut,
some rye IN shock; corn cultivation de-
layed by heavy rain aud some fields get
ting weedy.
York--Corn has grown fairly we'll; rye
ripsning iast; winter wheat turning;Oats
poor; spring wheat heading out.
NORTHEASTERN SECTION.
Antslope-Showery week, good for
small grain; little cool Tor corn.
Boyd-Corn yet small but good color
wheat heading very short; two good
rains crops OF all kinds greatly revived
Burt-Corn and small grain much i'm
proved by rain; wheat and oats heading
lots Of r%aspberries; potatoes look well
pastures good.
Cedar-Wheat and oats are headini
ont nicely; corn has made rapid growtl
aud has been cultivated second time.
Cuming-Smali grain will hs shor
straw but indicates q good yield; corn Il
behind but advancing fast; bssts maxim
good growth.
Dixon-Corn doing fairly well; It i
very uneven. needs much cultiva-
tion; small gram doing we'll; potatoes
and hay excellent.
Dodge-Rains Of the past week have
improved conditions OF crops; corn
though late 10 fair, but acreage reduced
and stand poor.
ID 'uglas-Corn growing slowly and II
very small; oats heading out; potatoe'
a. y rule are In good condition.
H"it-Corn good color and growing
last; rye full grown and will be fair crop
5ma grain generally below the avsrag'
condition.
Knox-wssk dry and ZONE corn In
jursd: small grain not doing we'll.
MaLison-Small grain improving mucf
but will be short; early potatoes nearly
tailuis; corn looks good; rye ripsning