The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-14
BIG WHEAT CROP
NL1lA WEST WILL FURNISH ITS GREATEST HARVEST.
xansxs's Percentage is 100--Iowa, the DakstaA Minnesota, Oklahoma,
 and Missouri Report
 Splendid Prospects.

Topeka Special.
 Six and one-half million acres con 1tituts today in Kansas the I,ost mag, has ever seen ip a like area. Alter Aattug showers and sunshine are put tfnG the crop in perfect condition. 4eporfs that wheat fields in this sec tion have been ravaged by green bugs ars without foundation. The present wheat condition of nearly 100 per cent. prevails practically over the en- tire State.
 Sioux City, Iowa, April s.--The acreage over last year shows an in- crease of ten per cent. The prospects for an excellent crop are regarded as hrst class, and farmers and mill men are planning for the greatest harvest of winter wheat ever gathered in the Central West. The winter crop has been gaining in favor in the North west, and about twenty per cent. of the entire wheat crop is of the win- ter variety. Last year the average yield of wniter wheat in South Dako- ta, Iowa, and Nebraska was about twenty-eight bushels to the acre. Spring wheat was scarcely twenty. The outlook for 1907 Is most encour- aging.
 Omaha. Nebr., April s.--Aain is bad ly needed in Southern Nebraska. The green bugs have appeared there and are spreading into the central portion of the State, although at present there s1s no apparent damage from the pest. The damage these insects do is not manifest until ten days after they make their appearance.
 Just now the Nebraska wheat crop is in first class condition, averaging 100 per cent. The deficiency of mois- ture. however. is greater than at any time since 1871. Unless there are heavy spring rains the wheat plant will be damaged and cannot reach ma turfty in good condition.
 St. Paul, Minn., April 9.--Winter wheat in Minnesota and South Dako- ta has an unusually good appearance. and promises record yield from a largely increased acreage. Spring wheat, through accidents that have overtaken it, has given place largely in this region to winter wheat, which has produced great results. Fully one-third the crop of Minnesota and South Dakota Is really winter wheat. although officially classed as spring wheat. Light snow has fallen over the Northwest winter wheat belt since Saturday, but has melted under the warm sun, insuring moisture for long time.
 Milwaukee. Wis. April s--President Johnson of the Chamber of Commerce, has just returned from a trip through Nebraska. Kansas and Oklahoma. and says the outlook for winter wheat was never better. He covered Oklahoma thoroughly and found the winter crop in flne condition. In Kansas the reports were satisfactory. After inspecting the crops in Nebraska he pronounced them excellent, while what little was grow ing in Indian Territory was altogether MT. Johnson doubts if the green bug is doing the damage report ed. The weather conditions were fine. and he looks for a good ysld.
 St Louis, April 9--Early expert esu- mates on the growing wheat crop show 1t to be in good condition. Damage by bugs was reported from Texas nearly a month agq, and ever since then bug news has been constantly reported These repoftE of damage to the wheat crop in Texs$. Oklahoma, and parts at this point. The damage to the wheat crop in Texasso Oklahoma, and parts of Kansas have been taken with some de- gree of allowance by the trade at this