Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-06
GOOD WEATHER NEEDED FOR corn
Crop Most Encouraging, hut Stin
Wants Favorable Conditions.

Crop Most Encouraging, hut Stin
Wants Favorable Conditions.
II Nebraska Is to reach the coveted
800, 900. 900 bushel mark for corn this year
the weather for the first part OF this
month will have to come along according
to order, is the assertion OF crop experts.
While the splendid corn weather OF, July
and August Offset the late planting and
wet spring and brought the crop up to
standard, still there are sections, it is
reported. which require considerable good
weather to take the corn, out of the dan
ger zone.
The sand hills section OF the country
will send down a corn crop that will
surprise the natives II the weather will
only hold out for that section. The rain
has come at the required time and whore
formerly farmers were satisfied with if-
teen bushels to the acre, they will get
forty and forty-fve this fall
The Burlington statement is very encour-
aging for the last week. The soil and
crop report OF that road shows that condi-
tions are right for big crop. 1t says:
The ground in places on the Lincoln
division is getting rather dry for fall plow-
Ing, but excellent progress has been made,
and in places the blowing is completed and
seeding VIII begin very soon II the weather
About the same progress has been made
on tho Wymore division as on the Lincoln
division One or two more light rains
plowing will soon be finished and seeding
begun. Indications are that the acreage
will be greater than last year.
On the McCook division, as usual the
fall plowing is later than on the two east
ern divisions. There Is more OF the small
grain crop that has not been threshed on
| that division. There is no complaint, how
ever. that the ground is too dry to culti-
vate.
| CORN.
Lincoln Divislon-Indications for corn
| continue to be uniformly good. 1T is esti-
mated that by the middle Of this present
| danger from frost and that some of the
| other half will require until the end of the
month Prospects for q very heavy crop
be very hRttering.
| Wymore Division-Prospects for corn are
| equally as good on the Wymore as on the
Lincoln division. There is considerable
| corn on this division at this time that is
out Of reach Of a light frost and would
| only be damaged by hard freeze. 1t is
stated that between Salem and Lincoip
some Of the late corn would suffer in case
corn that to make anything OF a crop must
| grow during this present month. We can
not reasonably expect much from that
| class of corn. Corn that has not reached
| the ripening and maturing stage cannot
make very much at best,
| ,McCook DlVlsloh1IJuusine from report OF
! McCook than either of the two eastern di
visions, as much of the corn is said to bS
doubtful, however, II there is very much
corn in the district that would not be dam.
aged at any time before the 10th or 18th OF
the month by very hard freeze.
| Potatoes-Yield and quality reported goot
| in all parts of the district. d.
Pastures and Meadows-The third crop o
alfalfa is being cut and is, good. Pastures
are reported generally in excellent condi
tion, although there has not been verJ
| much rain on the two eastern divisioni
since the oath of August, and none on tn,
McCook division for somewhat longe
period.
turity in good shape and previous favor
able reports will hold good.