Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-13
PROSPECTS POORER
FARMERS LOOKING FOR SMALL
CROPS.
CORN PLANTING DELAYED
Farmers still Breaking Sod for Seed
That Should Now be in Ground
Wet Weather and Cold Have De.
layed Spring Work-Damage by
Floods and Hail.

Tho Wisconsin crop report for May,
as prepared by John NJ. True, secre-
tary of the state board OF agriculture,
| says that at the first June crops
| throughout the state are fully two
weeks later than usual This cond-
ton is charged to the unusually cool
weather, and frosts during the last
fweeks in May. Warm weather is
greatly needed for all crops Contin
uing MIR True says:
while at date of this issue most To-
calities report sufficient moisture in
soil, the drouth had generally become
! Vuite sharp at time of rains, about
May 20, and grass and grain had al
ready ben checked in growth. The
southern-southwest portions of the
state, including the counties of Grant
La Fayette, Green, Iowa, and parts of
Dane and Rock. seem to have had
greater rainfall during the month of
May than any other general portion of
the state,
Winter grains, shown in our last
report to be less in acreage than last
year. are at present dete reported as
from fair to good In condition,
though wheat is not yet headed.
| Spring wheat, being one of our earliest
sown spring grains, is in fair form and
gives promise of an average crop.
Early sowed oats are in good condition
and growing well, while late sowed
are reported as fair and poor some
fields not having come up until the
.ate May rain; while others, on nc
count of drouth, have very uneven
stand. Barley, which is usually sowed
early, is reported as fair in the barley
growing districts OF the state.
THE present outlook for corn is
anything but propitious. Planting was
| later than usual, and fields that were
| planted early have suffered from the
| cold weather and frosts, the plants
looking yellow and sickly, and having
little, if any. advantage over that
| planted later. However, little com
plant is made Of ravages OF the cut
worm, and with good stand secured,
favorable weather in July aud August
may yet give Wisconsin a good corn
crop.
Tobacco plants are said to be In
good condition though very little
planting has yet been done, on ac.
count Of the continued cold weather.
| while most of the clover sowed
last season lived through the winter,
the general acreage Is not large, and
the stand in many parts Of the state Is
thin, nevertheless its condition is
even better than that OF old, mixed
meadows, which from lack OF rain in
May are thin, short and uneatisfac
/ tory.
Timothy meadows Of recent seed
ing are fair, though short in growth.
It Is feared that our hay crop will be
less than an average one, and farmers
viii do well TO arrange for supple
mentary forage crops.
stock was generally turned upon
pasture before grass had made any
strong growth and subsequent condi-
tions have not allowed the grass to
make much gain upon heavily stocked
pastures, and they are almost unlyer-
sally reported as poor or fair, where In
June they should be good and very
good,
"The live stock and dairy interests
OF the state are menaced by the UNI
promising condition OF It's grass cyops,
The prices Of butchers stock in local
markets, already high, win doubtless
be sustained,
This rs 10 be an 'offyear' with ap,
pies In Wisconsin. Trees aid not bios.
som heavily and the crop viii be light,
though doubtless of good quality, as
/ trees seem TO be IN healthful condt-
I ton. piums and cherries promise a
| fun crop. Grapes and small fruits
have been somewhat injured by frosts,
but their show is fairly good. Straw
berries blossomcd very heavily and
/ trough they were somewhat injured
| by frost, viii stlll be an average crop
"The month Of June viii have much
to do with settling questions OF pres
emit doubt, relative to our leading farm
crops, and IL is hoped that warmer
weather, accompanied by copious
rains, may not much longer be with.
held"