The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-07-13
|IR)IDS ARE AFFECTED.
slumu in the Stocks Of Lines
hat Depend on Corn Traffic
for Freight Earnings.
OUTLOOK HOURLY MORE DISMAL.

vht Is Not Only whitening Kansas
MIssouri Corn. But Illinois and Ar
4 .sas Are similarly Atfected-Prices
4 potatoes soaring Broom Corn Is
L.e,ically Bligbted.
sw York, July li.-Prices OF
IS broke badly again Thursday.
stock of railroads depending on
eorp traffic for earnings were de-
Slized ON the fears of a failure of
crop from drought. The rest OF
market was Affected by sympathy,
stocks apparently being sold in
blocks to protect holdings of the
! grangers.
shortest Crop in Ten Years.
.ringfeld, Ill, July 1l.-Reports
all over Illinois indicate that
Unparalleled heat wave which has
Tx the state since July / is play
havoc with the growing crops.
lures are suffering and the effect
korrespondingly adverse to live
situation In North Texas.
Ainesville, Tex, July 1.-THE con-
hi hot weather and drought has
busly damaged crops in north Tex
THE corn crop will be a complete
&re, but cotton is not damaged
sadly as reported, and il it rains
be next ten days an average will
hthered. Water Is reported scarce
bme places and stock is suffering.
present drought is the longest in
u years.
Dismal Outlook In Arkausss.
brt Smith, Ark, July li.--Crop
poets are dismal. Cotton In the
snds, except where perfectly cul-
Jed, is ruined. In the bottoms only
bet care will save a semblance OF
boz, Corn in uplands is damaged
bhd repair, and not over 60 per
Of average crop can be made In
ands.
Pump water Ten Miles.
hrsons, Kan., July 1.-THE in
te hot weather that has been pre-
6ng In this section of Kansas is
|ng many hogs, cattle and sheep.
! " cattle raisers and dealers re-
to ship fat hogs for fear that
viii die on the way. No rain
fallen in this vicinity for over a
nth and the city is pumping water
p the Neosho river, ten miles away.
complete Failure In North Missouri.
!. Joseph. Mo-. July 11.-For the
J time there promises to be COM
E corn failure in what is known
the Platte purchase. 1t has been
boast of this section of the state
droughts never affected the crops
|Wn here. The extreme heat is
ping up every vestige of corn in
entire northern part of the state.
Broom Corn Crop Biighted.
|ansas City, Mo-, July 11.-0ne Of
evil effects of the drought in the
\ Is the blighting of the broom
\ crop. In Missouri and Kansas,
Pre- large portion OF the supply OF
pm corn is produced, he plant was
heading when the violence of heat
drought came upon II. Much OF
crop is, therefore. bIighted. Mer.
pts and manufacturers agree that
now would not serve to rescue
crop.
Prio~s Of Potatoes Booming.
r Louis, July 1.-THE prices o.
ptoes took another upward jumI
pnesday as a result Of the damage
the long drought. Choice home
'wn stock sold up TO 81 a bushe
IIarload lots, an advance in one da.
between 20 and 2s cents a bushel
Louis is the largest potato dis
putting center in the United States
usually at this season of the yea
h $50 to 200 carloads a day arr
Pped out from this market, bu
year the crop Is so small that onl,
put 50 carloads q day are beinl
ndled,
PraIrts Hay Brings sis Ton.
Kansas City. Mo-, July 1l.--Botl
Pothy and prairie hay sold her
prsday as high as $16 q ton. Ha,
\ found It impossible to give salts
''ory quotations for various grade
PAUSE prices seemed artificial an
likely to hold Receipts were oni
nt cars, against 46 a year ago.