Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-09-14
Reports from Western States.

Mssouri-Warm. dry weather continues:
corn drying up, cutting progressing rapidly,
about completed in some counties: cotton
picking progressing, crop light; pastures gen
orally bare, stock being fed as in winter; late
forage crops making little no progress;
apples continue dropping, many trees dying;
some wheat sown, too dry for terminating.
1llin0is-Cominued dry aud generally warm
weather; preparation of wheat ground re-
tarded: corn deteriorating slightly, maturity
FASTENED by dry weather, much of it now in
shock; broom corn harvest progressing, n
good crop: good crop of clover seed and stock
peas; pastures deteroratng and stock be-
ing fed; potatoes and gardens poor; apple
prospects continue poor, but peaches are
abundant.
Indiana-Cutting corn and tobacco, hu!ling
clover seed, digging potatoes; yield of corn
and potatoes light. that of clover seed. to-
bacco and fruit generally satisfactory; win,
ter apples falling; fall crop Of tomatoes and
cucumbers doing fairly we'll; pastures and
fall vegetables need rain badly.
Ohio-Moderatc temperatures; precipitation
deficient, drought being felt in southwestern
half Of State; early corn being cut, late corn
improved in northeast, there are some good
fields; late potatoes improved in northeast,
poor elsewhere; tobacco doing WELL some
cut quality generally good; blowing well
advanced, little wheat sown; gardens and
pastures drying up in southwest, good else
where's, clover seed fur; buckwheat promis
Ing peaches plenti;ul: apples scarce
gan-Warm, dry weather and abund
ant sunshine has greatly FASTENED maturity
of corn, beans and buckwheat; corn cutting
quite generally begun bean harvest nearing
competitions; buckWheat well filled; pastures
short and soil rather dry for blowing: sugar
beets continue promising; apple yie.d very
poor.
RESPONSIBILITIES warm and dry until Sat
urday; light frosts in northerly section Sun
day morning no damage; heavy rains in
southern section Sunday night; corn will he
safe from frosts by 18th; tobacco nearly all
IN shed, crop light; potatoes light crop; little
blowing done.
Ninnesota-Light rains in north on 9th and
heaVy rains IN south 7th and Sth, which will
help pastures, gardens and blowing: thrash
Ing progressing we'll; Il tie fax not yet all cut;
much corn safe from frost and considerable
already cut in south; potato crop in northern
half very good.
lowa-Week warm and dry, closing with
widely distributed showers, which will IA
cliftafe p!0wing and fail seeding; corn rap
idly nearing maturity and bulk Of late Miami
ed fields will be beyond danger from frost
by 10th, cutting IN active progress and in
drler sections about half the acreage is in
shoc6, except portions Of northern districts:
pastures are bare and stock b iHg fed from
corn fields
South Dakota-Week begun warm ended
cool; generous general rains retarded thrash
ing ana naylng, but We're benetic' al to pas
lures and blowing; corn maturing RAPIDLY.
much safe from frost, cutting general above
haf crop Indicated: fax poor to fair crop.
naFVest 1af advanced; large crop Of hay
cured; potatoes light yield, good quality.
Nebraska-Warm wet week: having ro
Earded and sone hay damaged by rain IN
northern counties; late corn Continues to i'm
prove and is filling out much better than ex-
pected, much early corn being cut for fed
aer soil now In splendid condi ion for pillow
ing and seeding; peaches and cranes good
crop. 90"
kansas-Fine rains west, eight inches at
Ness CITY; corn ripening rapidly in central
and eastern sections cutting continues near
ing completion in many counties: wheat
sowing begun In few counties, many waiting
Tor ram; pastures good west, needing rain
central, 1air east; east half too dry TO plow