The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-07
Northwest Crop outlook.

NORTHWEST Crop Outiooks
John Inglis wrote the following on
the northwestern wheat situation:
Have made circuit where the larg-
est acreage is. Today just feeling
that hope for much of crop has van
ished. Was through this country IN
1883, memorable for dry one. Wheat
that year improved some the last two
weeks in July. Also covered the same
territory in 1900. when there was no
rainfall until July 3, but this year is
different from the others in that seed
Ing was early, getting fair start.
Two years ago much of Ward county
and the Missouri slope was badly
burned, but that was In special locali-
ties. Never have seen such devasta-
ton, In North Dakota. There is much
wheat that will make possibly 800
bu. but so per cent of the area Is al
most hopeless. No use making figures
what the state will produce yet Hay
is almost failure through northwest
ern states. All crops are gone here.
Rain would give them chance to
raise forage yet. Northwest roads will
have little to do. It Is the most dis
astrous year in the history. Consider
that am here month earlier than
usual and find wheat, oats and barley
forced into heading and just being
blistered as 1t comes out. Reports
from southwest Minnesota are good,
but there Is no acreage to amount to
anything. Eastern South Dakota has
good acreage, and see fair reports
from that section, but the western belt
is gone. Copious rains may give you
a sudden break, but it will not make
a wheat crop. Wheat is losing its col
or rapidly.
Following to Lamson Brothers & Co
is summary of crop conditions as
seen on trip through parts of Nebras
ka by N. B. Updike:
Ground in excellent condition. Had
good rains within a week over the
entire territory excepting IN a small
section around Holdredge and between
| Orleans and Alma in Harlan county
and the south half of Saunders county
where rain is needed badly. All three
| places seemingly have missed all rains
for thirty days. In district west Of
Hastings will have more wheat thar
last year, and in all territory we GOV
cred about as much wheat as last year
with the exception of Butler and Saun
/ ders counties, where we saw the o1ly
evidence of winter killing. If this ter
ritory is sample of the state of Ne
braska, and it should be, as we trav
eied from Omaha south of the Platt,
river to within two counties OF tn,
western end of the state, we will
raise 100000 bu. more oats in Ne
hraska this year than last, as the oa
crop is in excellent condition until vol
get west of Kearney and Franklin
counties. For every field of corn tina,
was not knee high we saw field thai
was hip high Corn is very green color
and good stand and will averag,
knee high. Farmers are cutting whea
everywhere from Omaha to McCook
We saw lots of old corn in cribs ant
the general impression is that Will
present prices prevailing wheat will
be thrashed and moved very freel,
right from the shock. There will be ,
good movement of corn as soon al
farmers find the time to haul int.
market, as they all are satisfied will
prospects.
SHOWS REPORT ON CANADA
Wheat In Manitoba and Saskatchewan
in much the same position as Nortl
Dakota was ten days ago. Plant wa
originally weak from late freezing an,
collapsed quickly under heat ant
drought. Along the main line from
Moosomin to Moose Jaw and in tn,
Yorkton districts there has bee,
aboundant rain. The damaged dis
tricts are the most important. an,
with good season northwest Canad.
this year will hardly get more tina,
half its usual rate Of yield.