Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-30
NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS
Corn Advancing Rapidly Toward Maturity
and About Up to Normal for Season.
BULK OF IT WILL Be SAFE IN THREE WEEKS
HRyinG Progressing Rapidly and over
Half of the Heavy Crop is Now
Secured-GOOd Progress
in Threshing.

LINCOLN, Aug. 29.-The past week was
warm, with maximum temperatures above
90 degrees on several days. and but one
cool day. The daily mean temperature
averaged degrees above the normal.
Scattered showers occurred, with rain
falls exceeding one inch at a few places
and exceeding one-half inch IN a consider
able portion of the southern part of the
state. In the northern counties the show
ers were lighter and more scattered.
Haying progressed rapidly and more than
half the heavy crop is now secured in good
condition. The third crop of alfalfa is q
good one and Is being cut. The showers
generally did not interfere with or retard
threshing. Fall plowing has progressed
we'll and is now we'll advanced and some
have finished. little rye and some win
ter wheat have been sown. Corn has ad-
vanced toward maturity rapidly and now
has nearly reached normal condition for the
season of the year. Some early corn is
dented. with normal weather the bulk OF
the corn will be safe from danger OF dam-
age by frost by September Is, while, as
usual, some late corn will need until Octo-
Der to mature,
Southeastern Section.
Butler-Corn in roasting ears and ma
turlhB rapidly, some nelds damaged 10 TO
q per cent by late storm; rather dry for
plowing.
Cass-some early corn ripening all corn
sdEanslng rapidly pastures much inn
Clay-Pastures and wild hay good; plow-
ing for wheat well advanced; corn ma
turing nicely. early corn too hard for
Fillmore-oats and wheat about all
stacked some threshing from. stack; corn
Gage-Oats yielding better than expected
prairie hay being CUT pastures good; corn
extra fine and will be heavy crop.
Hamilton-Pastures good; much grass
not cut; plowing well advanced; corn dam
aged in places by storm, but generally in
hne condition.
Jefferson-Haying progressing fast; plow-
ing nearly done, ground in splendid Condi-
ton; wheat and oats in stack damaged
some by wind and rain.
Johnson-Fall plowing about finished
pastures and all vegetation improved.
Lancaster-Corn looks fine and will be
Dig CROP corn ripentng, but needs more
dry weather; oats in stack some damaged.
Nemdha-Pastures improved by recent
rain; wild hay being made, fair CROP con
ditlons excellent for corn.
Nuckolls-Threshing progressing with
grain In poor condition for rapid work
some oats spoiled; corn doing well; potatoes
.Otoe-Rather poor week for cutting prai-
RE hay; corn maturing well, ears well
nlled and promises large crop.
PaWnee-Pastures and meadows good :
plowing for fall grain progressing well;
early corn beginning TO harden; corn in ex-
cellent condition.
Polk-Plowing progressing rapidly; corn
blown down some, but not injured to any
great extent; early corn dented.
Richardson-Fau blowing about finished
potatoes being dug corn In excellent con-
dition, early planted past roasting ears.
Saline-Plowing we'll advanced; threshinR
delayed some by rain; corn cared nicely
and doing well prairie hay very heavy
crop; potatoes good.
Saunders-Plowing more than half done;
some rye sown; pastures improved; pota-
toes light crop; threshina progressing rap
idly; corn doing we'll
Seward-Ihreshing and plowing delayed
by rain; corn about ten days late but
growing fast and very promising.
Thayer-Fall plowing progressing rapidly,
many have finished corn doing finely: no.
tatoes good crop; pastures improved: wheat
damaged some in shock.
fOrk-rhreshing delayed by rain; corn
doing well, early corn beginning 10 dent .
plowing well advanced.
Northeastern section.
Antelope-Haying and threshinE progress
ing nicely potatoes light crop: early corn
glazed and dented In some fields
Boyd-Small grain mostly in stack or
threshold oats good: wheat fair only: corn
groHing well but good maturing weather
Burt-Threshine finn, sbocL 1T. -. -