The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-08

The ninth weekly crop report Of the
Northern Paciho Railway Company Is en-
couragfng only 80 far as the state OF
washington and portions OF Idaho ana
Oregon are concerned. Its gloomy pre-
dictfons are being studied by railroad
men, and IT is said tho loss to be borne
by farmers in the eastern Northwestern
states will only be slightly more than
that which the sranscontinentai lines will
sustain in a loss in freight.
In Washington, tho report says. fall
wheat ia ave feet high, wen headed. ripe
and ready to harvest. Spring wheat Is OF
splendid stock, with heads well developed,
and will be ready TO harvest In about
three weeks. Oets never looked finer.
The grain is large and plump. supported
by heavy straw.
Tho fruit and vegetable outlook 10 very
good, says the report. In the former II
IS said there viii be a good crop in all
varieties, while truck gardeners have
reaped the best harvest they have In
years. The climate for growing weather
this spring has been IDEAL. and In no dis
trict in the state is there any sign OF
failure.
In some portions Of Idaho. tho report
says, continued heavy rains have done
some damage. Yet on the whole the
crops arc I'm fine condition. and there win
be a heavy yield Of wheat. oats and fax
Oregon, It says. will harvest big crop
OF all grains Hay is more plentiful there
this year than formerly.
In Montana, In the irrigated districts,
the crops are fair. but In the unirrgated
sections not more than half a crop will
be realized.
On the eastern division of the road. the
report says. conditions are very gloomy.
Farmers IN Minnesota are. discouraged.
Wheat and oats are heading out with
four to sixteen-inch straw. very thin. and
although not grown Is turning yellow.
The outlook Just west OF Minneapolis
II very bad. Wheat grown on sandy lands
IA beyond redemption. Flax is doing fairly
well. but corn and potatoes need rain
very badly.
on the Manitoba division south Of the
boundary line, where In former years the
yield has been heavy, reports are con-
ffictinp. Some farmers say rain win do
good, white others maintain that at best
less than half crop viii be harvested.
Hay has also proven a failure. and in all
sections OF the state there are Indications
that there Will be shortage of forage.
Many or tho farmers have already begun
blowing UP their grain fields and sowing
them In nillet.
In the province of Manitoba conditions.
u II said. are no better. The outlook IL
becoming more serious. Grain Is head
ing at Ave inches and will have 20 be
plowed under In most sections or turned
into pasture.
In North Dakota. according to the re-
port, the most snnguine of farmers do
not expect a yicid OF more than ten
bushels OF wheat TO the acre. Many are
blowing UP their zelda Grain Is very
short ana OF light stock, Flax Is little
batter. while the hay crop west OF the
Missouri river In that state IL only fair.
In tho southeastern portion OF the state
u ~ ssfd many farmers will be well sat
Ished u they can get back portion of
their seed. At best less than half a crop
p figured on Flax is doing fairly well,
hot needs rain. Pasture lands are very
poor, and much speculation is rampant
regarding stock feeding during this com
Ing winter.
In t,s James river valley, which last
Year Produced such splendid crop, farm
eys do hot expect 70 get back their seed
Fieids are being plowed up every where
~ Tar as the eve can reach. In the
tnaporstown section hot winds still pre.
van, and not more than "a fourth OF a
crop Will DO harvested Hay and feed
crop Ia all gone In both this and the
northern section.
The report concludes by stating that n
worse condition gcnerally has never pre-
vailed IN tho Northwest