Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-30
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITION
Corn Showing What IL oAn De Toward
Making . Record Breaking 0rsp.
CONDITIONS FOR FARMERS PROMISING
wheat showing Heavy Yield and All
h Crops Indicate q BeOunti-
full Harvest-Rainfau
Heavy.

Weekly crop bulletin Of the Nebraska
section Of the climate and crop service Of
the Weather bureau for the week ending
July 20:
The past week was generally cool and
wet. The daily mean temperature has
averaged 3 degrees below normal in the
eastern counties and just about normal in
western.
The rainfall has generally been heavy
In central and southern countless; the
amount exceeded 1 insN IN most Of this
district and ranged RON { 10 more than
4 inches in large areas. In noFthern coun-
ties the rainfall was about or slightly
below normal.
The past week has been one Of good
growing weather, but the shower in south
ern counties have made 1t rather unfa-
vorable for securing the small grain crop.
Stacking and threshing progressed but
slowly. oats are nearly all cut In south
ern counties and the harvest is progressing
nicely in northern; in eastern counties the
cat crop is not as good as expected, but
in central counties It lie excellent. Haying
is progressing slowly; the crop, generally,
lie a large one. Corn has grown unusually
we'll; the crop is caring heavily and now
promises an exceptionally heavy yield.
Southeastern Section.
Butler-wheat being stacked; some
good crop; corn growing rapidly and in
excellent condition.
Cassosome wheat threshed. yieldins
aged; corn laid by, tasselins, silking and
growing very fast.
ing; oats about half cut; some blowing
done; too wet for potatoes; corn very
Fi~iimore-Little threshing done; apples
fine; corn doing well.
Gage-Threshing in progress; wheat
to sixty; some fields of oats and wheat will
not be cut.
Han. Hs%ilt on. sSax, cnt and d., t bssiR Psars re;
corn growing well; haying delayed; pas
lures fine.
MISUNDERSTANDING and threshing de-
iayed; wheat yielding fourteen to twenty
FIVE bushels; corn growing very fast; hay
Johnson-Threshing retarded by rain;
oats about all cut that will be cut; corn
doing nicely; apples fine.
Lancaster-Oat harvest well advanced,
some oats being moved; threshing begun;
wheat yielding eighteen to forty bushels;
corn growing rapidly; t., ...
yielding twenty to forty bushels; hay crop
very heavy; corn in very fine condition.
Nuckolls-Wheat in shock damaged; corn
Overwhelming begun; grain not as
good as expected; corn exceptionally fine
and promises large crop.
Pawnee-Excelient crop Of hay: corn
doing well; oats good.
Poik-Harvest nearly over; few pieces Of
oats too badly lodged to cut; wheat yield
ing thirty-five and forty bushels; corn
making immense growth.
misunderstanding progressing slowly;
oats about all cut; apple crop good; corn
growing fast; pastures good.
Saline-Oats about all cut; wheat thresh-
ing progressing slowly, quality of grain
poor; corn In excellent condition.
Saunders-Oats mostly cut; corn doing
well; apple crop medium; rain retarded
haying, harvesting and threshing.
Seward-Threshing progressing slowly:
oats not turning out well; corn very rank
and gives promise of large crop.
T~hayer-Oats badly lodged and some
pieces will not be. cut; wheat and oats In
shock damaged some; corn making rapid
growth.
York-Wheat growing some in shock.
some threshed, yielding thirty TO forty-five
bushels; corn fine and making rapid
growth. -