Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-29
CONDITION OF THE CROPS
Past Week Has Been Dry and Windy with
Excess Of Sunshine.
SLIGHT DEFICIENCY IN TEMPERATURE
Rainfall Below the Normal In All
Counties of the Stntc-Rnpi
Made in Sow
ing Grain.

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p~erature deficiency has varied from about
1 degree in the western counties to nearly
8 degrees in the southeastern, TIL daily
maximum temperatures generally exceeded
10 degrees on but one day Of the week and
then but slightly above. The weekly mini
mum temperatures ranged from 3S degrees
to %, with a heavy frost in most sections OF
the state.
The rainfall has been below normal in all
counties. In most of the western counties
no rain fell. In the central and eastern
scattered showers occurred; the amount Of
rainfall was, however. very small, generally
less than a tenth OF an inch, except in a few
northeastern and southeastern counties,
where it ranged from a quarter to slightly
mere than half an inch.
The last week has been favorable for farm
work and rapid progress has been made In
seeding small grain. Spring wheat is now
all sown, except in a few northern counties,
and there the greater portion of the crop is
sown. Dat seeding is well advanced every
where and practically completed in southern
counties. Flowing for corn has commenced
in most counties and a little corn has been
planted in the southern portion of the state,
The ground is in good condition for blowing
and seeding in eastern counties, but is too
dry for quick termination and growth and
in some parts Of the central-western portion
of the state seeds will not grow until after
rain comes. The high winds Of the last
week have dried the ground rapidly and have
been exceedingly unfavorable for winter
wheat and the reports of the condition of
this crop are decidedly less encouraging
than they were a week ago, the estimate
of most reporters this week being from
about all dead to about a quarter of the crop
alive, while a few estimates in southeastern
| Cnltntiae ipHinntO n Gliphtlu hnttar condition
Report by counties
Butler-Wheat nearly all dead; oats about
all sown; blowing for corn commenced.
Cass-Eighty per cent of winter wheat
dead; wheat seeding completed; oats about
half sown; grass starting nicely.
Clay-Winter wheat not improved, be-
cause of dry weather, some pieces pfowed
up; oat seeding done; blowing for corn in
progress.
Fillmore-Oats nearly all sown; wheat in
bad condition.
Gage-Oats sowing about fnished; wheat
and oats need rain; 70 per cent of winter
wheat dead; ground being sown to oats.
Hamilton-Dry week unfavorable for fall
grain; seeding of oats about done; plow-
ing for corn begun.
Jefferson-Fall wheat most all a failure;
oats are coming up nicely; some corn
planted; pastures slow about starting.
Johnson-Good weather for work; oats
about air sown; two-thirds winter wheat
killed, the injury the worst ever known
here.
Lancaster-Ground getting very dry,
which, with low temperature, has caused
the grain to start very slowly; winter wheat
badly killed.
Nemaha-Winter wheat killed badly; will
probably be a less than half a crop; alfalfa
and clover badly frozen orS
Nuckolls-Wheat is baHy injured, some
fields with rain and warm weather would
have made a crop, but will now have to be
plowed up.
Otoe-Considerable wheat dead. balance a
poor stand; most Of the oats in; some plow-
ing for corn.
Pawnee-Oat seeding about finished; some
fields Of wheat show a little life, others are
dead and the ground will be put in corn.
Polk--Not over one-fourth Of stand OF
winter wheat; oats and spring wheat about
ALI sown; some blowing for corn.
Observation-Disclosures will help wheat, but
the stand is poor; oats about half sown;
some corn has been planted.
Saunders-Early sown spring wheat COM
ing up; too cold for small grain and past
ures; winter wheat and clover nearly all
winter killed.
Seward-Large acreage of oats put in on
account of the failure of much of the winter
wheat; blowing for corn begun.
Thayer-Little improvement in wheat,
weather being unfavorable for growth; oat
sowing about finished; stalk cutting being
rushed.
York-Spring wheat all sown; nearly half
the winter wheat plowed up; rain needed
to start spring grain.
Northeastern Section.
Antelope-Winter rye killed badly; most
spring wheat sown.
Boyd-Most wheat sown; grass starting;
ground in splendid shape.
Burt-Small grain of all kinds about all
in. and blowing for corn commenced, with
ground in fine shape.
T.l,n NUl,nnt nLn,,t n III ~ and natc ohpt1t
half in.
Colfax-Sowing of wheat and oats about
finished; vegetation late.
~Cuming-Wheat coming up; grass start
ing.
Dakota-Plowing for corn commenced;
high winds and ground very dry for germi-
nation of seed.
Dixon-Season late; small grain about all
in; early potatoes planted.
Dodge-Wheat all seeded, oats mostly;
some blowing for corn; pastures scarcely
started; ground too dry and cool for quick
termination.
Douglas-Cool and dry; only scattered
showers; blowing for corn commenced, but
| season tate.
Holt-Wheat all in the ground; oat seed
ing progressing finely; wild grass starting
slowly; sufficient moisture to start grain.
Knox-Small grain nearly all sown; win
ter rye much damaged; grass on the range
just appearing.
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ing well advanced; some blowing for corn;
light shower Wednesday; grass starting
slowly,
Pierce-Seeding for small grain mostly
done; some blowing for corn; some wheat
up; light shower Thursday.
Platte-Oats and spring wheat about all
seeded; 80 per cent of winter wheat dead.
~SaTpy-Small grain most all in ground;
blowing for corn commenced; blue grass
started, some cats coming up, spring wheat
growing rapidly.
Stanton-Small grain nearly all sown.
Thurston-Some grain about all in; plow-
ing for corn commenced.
Wayne-Smai1 grain about all sown in
good shape; ground in good condition. plow-
ing for corn commenced.
Central Section.
Misunderstanding of small grain nearly
done; winter wheat damaged very badly;
windy and cold; all crops need rain.
Custer-Crops making very little progress,
dry weather and high winds seriously re-
tarding growth; grass starting slowly,
Garheld-High wind and dry air the week;
seeding OF small grain about done; grass
beginning TO grow.