Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-07-06

Buffaio-Corn small but growing fast,
some fields weedy; pastures good; wheat
and rye fine wheat turning; oats fair; al.
fafa being cut.
Custer-Winter wheat and rye well
filled, good crop; oats good; alfalfa har-
vest delayed, crop damaged by rain; corn
doing well.
Dawson-W Winter wheat looks fine, will
be large crop: considerable alfalfa yet
TO cut: pastures fine.
Gar!ield-Rye and fall wheat fairly
good; pastures and meadows fine.
Greeley-Small grain doing WELL grass
fine; too much rain; corn two weeks
late; large cherry crop.
Hall-Wheat filling well: oats weedy,
fair prospects; too wet for corn on low
ground; all farm operations delayed by
rain.
Howard Winter wheat filling well,
some rust; oats heading; some corn
weedy; small grain and alfalfa fine; grass
and pastures good.
Merrick-LoE lands flooded. injuring
crops; alfalfa harvest delayed; not much
corn cultivated this week; pastures fine.
Nance-First crop of alfalfa about cut
and in stack, heavy crop; oats heading
short; too wet for crops in low lands.
Sherman-Winter wheat and rye prom.
Use well; oats and spring wheat excel.
lent; corn small and growing well; pOta.
to bugs numerous.
Nalley-Oats rather thin; corn back.
ward but making fair growth; alfalfa
mostly in stack, excellent crop; spring
wheat about average. acreage small.
Wheeler-Wet and cool; crops growing
slowly; corn small.
Adams-Wheat filling well, damage by
fly appears to be small; oats heading
well; potatoes good too wet to cultivate
corn.
Dundy-Wet week; potatoes and all
kinds of grain growing well.
Frankiin-Wheat generally well filled,
nearly ready to cut; corn small and much
of it weedy, cultivation retarded by rain.
Frontier-Rye harvest begun; wheat
ripening slowly, crops good; corn very
backward; potatoes and pasture fine.
Furnas-Much damage by hail and
heavy rain in north part of county; aifal!
ia hay damaged by rain.
Gosper-Wheat and oats look fair; pc.
tatoes fine; corn cultivation progressing
rapidly, some fields quite weedy; millet
growing finely.
Harlan-Small grain doing we'll; rath.
err cool for corn, crops small and many
fields weedy; grass good; alfalfa nearly
all in stack.
Hayes-Rye ripening: oats heading;
corn growing slowly; good rain.
Hitchcock-Some rust in wheat; barley
and oats fine.
Kearney-Wheat medium, heads well
filed; corn growing rapidly, some weedy;
too wet to cultivate; oats promise large
crop; potatoes excellent.
Lincoln-All crops look fine; too wet for
alfalfa haying.
Perkins-Too wet to cultivate corn;
rye filling nicely.
Phelps-Wheat very fine; oats good and
headed; rye turning; corn very weedy,
too wet to cultivate.
RedwilIow-Serious damage by hail in
north part of cosnty; wheat ripening,
prospect for heavy crop; rye harvest be.
gun.
Webster-Wheat filling WELL heads
short; most alfalfa in stack; too wet to
cultivate corn and some fields getting
weedy.
BoXbutte-Barley and spring rye head
ing: grass growing Well
Brown-Potatoes and grass doing fine.
ly but too wet for corn and small grain;
considerable damage by wind and hail.
Cherry-Potatoes and small grain doing
nicely; too cold and wet for corn, young
stock in excellent condition.
Dawes-Small grain and grass splen'
did; stock doing well.
Keith-Spring wheat growing nicely;
grass excellent; hay promises fair crop.
Keya Paha-Rust in few fields Of
wheat. foliage very heavy, no heads in
sight yet
ROck-Grass fine; small grain good
stand but short straw; too cold and wet
for corn, cultivation delayed.
SCOTS Bluff-Pastures good; stock in
prime condition; plenty Of rain.
Sheridan-Cold and wet; good for small
grain and potatoes.
Sioux-Grass fine; cattle in good condi-
ton; too wet for haying.
Thomas-Cloudy. misty week; grain
and grass looking fine.
Dodge-Winter wheat very promising
and beginning to turn; oats good; pota-
toes excellent; corn two weeks late and
needs cultivation.