Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-07-19

from Kentucky, where the crop has
suffered from excessive rains of prev
ious weeks. Cutting and curing are
in progress IN the Carolinas
The outlook for apples continues
promising in New York and PennsyI-
vania. and they are not falling so badly
as previously reported in ONO, but
generally throughout the Ohio and
central Mississippi valleys, embracing
an important part OF the apple region,
| complaints of dropping continue
marked feature Of the reports.
| Michigan, Lansing-High temporal
ture and frequent showers have great
! ~ advanced corn, potatoes and beans,
but interfered with haying; haying
! we'll advanced and most of that cut is
well secured; wheat and rye harvest
| becoming general; oats and sugar
beets promising; high winds and local
hail-storms did some damage to stand
ing grain and orchards.
! Wisconsin. Milwaukee-Drought
| broken by heavy rains in all parts of
state; crops in few localities destroyed
| by hail; corn greatly improved by
rains and high temperature, hay crop
light, but much millet and fodder corn
sown; oats and barley ripening; pas
lures and second clover starting nice
ly; apples falling in some sections,
crops generally fair.
Minnesota, Minneap olis-General
and abundant rains beneficial to corn,
late potatoes, pastures, forage crops,
and fax, and making possible fair
crops of spring wheat, oats and barley,
which were in danger of total failure:
winter rye, winter wheat and barley
harvest progressing and oats ripening;
poor hay crop being cut; splendid ap-
pie crop.
Iowa, Des Moines-Week excessively
hot except last two days; frequent
showers retarded haying and damaged
much hay; considerable grain flattereG
by heavy rainfall and wind in centra!
and northern sections; harvest opera
lions well begun and grain maturing
rapidly; early apples badly windfallen;
abundant moisture, except in extreme
southwest; corn generally above aver
age condition in all districts.
North Dakota, BismarCk-Heav
rains have revived vegetation not pre-
viously destroyed; late corn, oats, pota-
toes, barley and fax now doing WE'LL
most wheat too badly damaged to be
revived. and what is left is thin and
weedy with short straw just commenc-
ing to head, some sections will not
yield enough for seed, while others
may produce a portion Of a crop; full
extent of damage cannot yet be de-
termined.
South Dakota, Huron-EXcept in eX-
IRENE west opportune and copious gen
eral rains early part of week, beneficial
to spring wheat, corn, oats, grass, bar
ley and flax; spring wheat generally
thin stand, except southeast, and bulk
of crop in head with heads medium to
good length, filling we'll in southeast,
elsewhere generally short and filling
fairly with healthy progress expected
generally, but many fields in middle
and northern counties promise poor
yield and some are worthless; severe
hail-stOrms caused damage in several
northern counties.
Nebraska, Lincoln-Hot week with
good showers in northern and western
counties; winter wheat harvest COM
pleted and thrashing commenced, yield
and quality good; Oat harvest COM
menced, oats injured considerably by
dry weather; corn has generally grown
we'll, but has been damaged by drought
in southwestern counties and needs
more rain in southeastern counties;
hay less promising; apples continue to
drop badly.
Kansas, TOpeka-Dry, except in
southeast wheat generally in stock eX-
cept in northwest, where harvest is
progressing; corn in fine condition in
southern and eastern counties, needs
rain in central and northeastern; suf-
fering in northern; apples doing fairly
well, though blown off in some coun-
ties, dropping in others.
Oklahoma and India Territory, Okla
homa-Rains have relieved drought
conditions and rapidly advanced corn,
cotton millet, pastures and gardens;
corn caring and cotton blooming and
| fruitins
Oregon, Portland-Ligbt crop Of
peaches; apples AMI orunes doing well.
California, San Franc1sco-Condi-
| tons favorable for all crops; grapes in
good condition. large crop expected;
peaches, prunes, pears and apples
| he W crop of good quality; oranges
and walnuts looking well.
Preliminary returns to the statisti-
| clan of the department of agriculture
| on the acreage Of corn planted indicate
an increase Of about 100000 acres, or
Is per cent. over the acreage harvested
last year. Of the twenty-five states
| having 100000 acres or upward in
corn in 1899 all but Alabama. Missis-
! sippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Kansas
show an increased acreage, and the
| total decrease in the five states named
is less than 100000 acres.
The increase in acreage is, in the
main we'll distributed there being only
ten states and territories out of the
| forty-five reporting that have not
| larger acreage planted than was har-
vested last year. The average condi-
| tons Of the growing crop is 895, as
compared with 86.5 on July 1, 1899, 90.5
at the corresponding date in 1898, and
a ten-year average of 907. The condi-
ton in Iowa is 102, in Missouri 101, in
Kansas and Nebraska 90, in Illinois 90
and in Indiana 80, Iowa being 10, Mis-
! souri, Y, Kansas and Nebraska 1 and
Illinois points above their respective
ten-year averages. The condition Of