The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-23
Reports of Crop Conditions
Give Outlook as Promising

grown in the state would become near
ly as valuable as 1906.
In northern Iowa and the states Of
Nebraska South Dakota, and Mime
sofa, where probably half the spring
wheat of the country is grown, the
Sioux City Farmers Tribune reports
conditions fully six per cent better
than a year ago.
The Farmers Tribune says that
South Dakota never has looked so
prosperous as it does today; in fact,
the railroads are said to be worrying
about car shortage to handle the crops
Live stock men are reported in good
shape.
E. A. Webb, of the St. Paul Farmer,
agrees that crop conditions of Mime
| sofa and the two DdkOtas are above
the average of the last few years. He
pronounces financial conditions good.
The Wisconsin Agriculturist, of Ra-
cine Wis, reports an immense hay
crop; farmers entirely satisfied with
the corn outlook; tobacco all right ex-
cept for occasional damage from cut
worms: probable falling off of from
ten to fifteen per cent. of the tobacco
crop
On the basis of 100 per cent. the Wis
consin situation is summarized as
follows: Winter wheat, 9411s: spring
wheat 90; winter rye, 9S1s; spring rye,
SO; oats, 971a: barley, 90; corn, SO;
peas. "a; beans, 90; potatoes. 'eS: cab
bage, 81; sugar beets, 90; tobacco "a;
meadows, 1O4; pastures, 1O5; apples
20; small fruits, %.
Nebraska, according to the Twenti-
eth Century Farmer, of Omaha, never
has had stand of corn equal to that
of this year, although the bottom
lands have suffered from high water
and hot weather. The harvest of
small grains is above the average AL.
falfa, which is becoming the great hay
crop west of the Missouri river, Is
yielding an excess of any former
year.
John M. Stahl, editor of the Farm
ers' Call of Quincy, ILL.,. says that the
states crops will be about the average.
Mr. Stahl says that potatoes will be a
good crop and that pastures are in ex-
ira good condition.
Texas reports show that cotton.
while a little late. is making splendid
progress and that the yield will be
quite as good if not better than had
the spring been earlier and the crop
planted sooner. The truck and fruit
crop will exceed in acreage and yield
that of the last season.
Oklahoma shows a corn acreage of
100000 and the yield is estimated at
150oo0,OG0 bushels. The cotton
crop is estimated at $4,000 to 1000
coo bales, the oat crop will be twenty
five per cent above last year, and the
two alfalfa crops have been satisfacto-
ry.
The Michigan Farmer reports hay
crop put away in fine condition, and
the condition of growing crops is nine
ty or above in practically every case
The National Fruit Grower. of st.
Joseph. Mich, which is the fruit au-
thority, reports as follows:
The principal crops among our
readers, of course. are apples, peaches.
pears and grapes. At the present
time the apple crop looks like about
fifty-five to fifty-seven per cent of a
| crop. against forty-four in 1907.
Peaches sixty-five to sixty-nine. as
against thirty-five in 1907. pear crop
about the same figures as peaches.
grapes show up about eighty-six to
| eighty-seven per cent. as against eigh-
ty-four in 1907. The general condi-
lions are prosperous. there being. of
course. some localities where special
conditions have arisen that have been
hurtful, but take the country through
out. there is no doubt that fruit grow
! ers are in a prosperous condition.
Montana reports they have the start
for record crops. wheat bcing at lcs5t