Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-11
STATE CROPS
REPORTED FINE
SECRETARY TRUE'S FIGURES
SHOW GOOD PROSPECTS.
Oats Up to Average Despite Excessive
Rains and Lodging-AppIes Lowest
in List of Percentages Pastures
UnprecedentedIy Rich-Harvest De-
Iayed.

| Notwithstanding the reported eX-
cess of rain, damaging wind storms
and lodging of small grains, John M.
True, in his monthly state crop report
says the prospects of crops in Wiscon-
sin are most promising. Oats, which
were reported to have suffered most
are almost up to the average, only one
half of one per cent. below the normal
/ Lowest in the list of percentages is the
apple crop which average 66 per cent
This is a gain of eight per cent. over
| last year. The report, which was is
sued yesterday, is as follows:
Harvesting of all crops up to date
has been performed under most dis
couraging circumstances. All of the
tame hay crop should have been Sc
cured before Aug. 1, but in some parts
| OF the state quite a percentage of the
grass is still standing, though over
| ripe, and consequently much dimin-
ished in value. Of the tame hay al
ready harvested it is estimated that
only about 70 per cent. was secured
without serious damage from rain.
The hay crop of southern Wisconsin
| is not to be an unusually heavy or ex-
cellent one, the growth being too
coarse and heavy, and the quality SER
iously injured by rain at the time Oh
| curing. Many marshes at this time
are too wet to admit of cutting with
mowers, and the prospects are that not
one-third as much wild hay will be cut
this season as was secured last.
Winter grains were harvested in fail
condition and are generally of excel
lent quality; some early threshings al
ready reported show high yields. All
spring soWn grains have been more or
less injured by lodging; spring wheat
the least SO and it will be an average
crop, both in yield and quality.
Barley, while giving a larger than
usual yield, is not generally of high
quality. The lodging and extremely
wet weather. having colored the grain
and in other ways effected the mer-
charitable grade.
Oats never promised larger yield
than at the time of making the last re-
port, but heavy rains, in many in
stances accompanied by high winds,
badly lodging the grain upon most
promising yields and materially in
jured the prospects of the crop, both
by inducing rust, preventing the COM
plete filling, and also causing heavy
waste in harvesting. Farmers are now
in the midst of their oat harvest, and
in spite of loss, the crop is evidently to
be an average one.
The secretary asked the correspond
ents to estimate the percentage of loss
that will probably result from lodging
in oats, and the answers give the loss
at 1872 of the prospective crop.
Corn, Notwithstanding unfavorable
weather, has made a good growth, and
is generally in a thrifty condition,
though backward, and the future of the
crop largely depends upon the length
of the season and hot weather.
Potatoes are generally reported In
excellent condition, though there is
some complaint of rotting among early
varieties.
Beans, sorghum, fax and buckwheal
are favorably reported.
Tobacco, aus whole, is reported an
average crop; Rock, Dane and Colum-
bia counties, holding higher condi-
ton than Vernon and Crawford.
Apples will not be a full crop, and
many orchards will be seriously and
permanently damaged by the blight so
common this season.
Highland pastures are exceptionally
good, and stock is doing we'll except
where molested by mosquitoes and
otner insects that are specially trouble
some this season. Marsh pastures are
practically inaccessible to stock on &C.
count of excessive rains.
Reports of correspondents give the
following percentages of an average
crop, as shown by present conditions:
Spring wheat, 100.
Barley, 1921.
Oats, 991a.
| Pasture, 116.
| Corn, SO.
Potatoes, 102.
Beans, 1922.
Sorghum, 95.
Tobacco, 100.
Sugar beets, 100.
Flax, SO.
| Buckwheat, 101.
Peas, 95.
| Apples, 66.
No crop report will be issued Sept.
1, on account of pressure of state tair
work which will occupy Secretary
True
| KILLED BY DYNAMITE
INTENDED FOR FISH
Clinton, Iowa, Aug. 5.-Arb Nc
Donald dropped stick of dynamite
from boat into the Mauqketa river
for the ~urpose of killing fish. The
dynamite exploded directly under the
boat and Mcdonald was blown to