The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
CROP REPORTS FINE.
More Plentiful Now Than
Ever Before
Situation Surveyed BY Standard
Farm Papers of
Chicago
Associated Press Dispatch. !


will generally be plentiful and their
diversity greater than ever before, &C.
cording to reports from presidents OF
thirty leading railroads and a number
Of agricultural publications gathered
here by the Standard Darn Papers
The reports, in greater part for July
l, are thus summarized by this agep-
Cy:
Condition OF crops throughout the
territory served by the Illinois Cen
tral is very satisfactory and indica-
lions point to normal yield. The
wheat harvest has been completed in
many sections and threshing begun.
Reports indicate that the yield will be
slightly better than the average, corn
making an excellent growth and the
condition of oats, barley and rye be-
ing satisfactory.
Wheat has been cut and threshing
commenced. The condition was much
better than the average and a large
yield is expected, says the Wabash and
there are similar reports from the Chic
ago & Alton, the Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific, the Chicago Great West
ern Railroad and the Atchison, Tope-
ka and Santa Fe. The Rock Island
lAS hduSdS Wucdt
crop at between 113,000,000 bushels
and 130,000,000 bushels. The rice
crop in south Texas shows good
growth and reports indicate a heavy
yield, the Rock Island adds.
Winter Wheat Good Average
1.-The Chicago and Northwestern
ROAD and the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul report winter wheat a good
average over their entire territory
with crops two weeks ahead OF nor
nal.
Conditions in Iowa are practically
perfect reports the Chicago Mil
waukee and St. Paul. There is plenty
OF moisture and all other crops arc
doing we'll. In its Trans Missouri div
ision, the weather has been very IA
vorabie for crops throughout the
Musselshel Division, northern Mon
tana, the Rocky Mountain and Idaho
and Washington.
Corn is splendid and gives every
promise OF good CROP declares the
Santa Fe. Cotton is showing a good
growth, and an increased demand dur
ing the last month or two from both
domestic and foreign spinners has
been rapidly absorbing that portion OF
last years crop which has been in tor
age. In southern and eastern Texas
and louisiana, rye is satisfactory and
truck crops are turning out well.
Catalogues and sugar beets in West
ern Kansas, Colorado and New Mex
leo are developing rapidly. The Sec
ond and third cuttings of alfalfa in
parts OF our territory are making bet
ter yields than the first crop.
Ready Market Oranges and Lemons
Orange and lemon growers IN
California are finding a ready market
for their fruit at attractive prices and
the movement to eastern markets is
in excess OF what it was a year ago.
"On the eastern section of its lines,
the Pennsylvania Railroad System re-
ports wheat equal to last year, corn
doing well, with an unusually large
acreage Of potatoes. On the western
portion, wheat, corn and oats are nor
NAL with the wheat harvest about two
weeks earlier than usual The New
York Central Lines say the general
crops will be good but that early
fruits and vegetables were damaged
some by frosts.
In New England, the rains came
along just in time to prevent serious
deterioration of pasture lands and the
hay crop, the Boston and Maine rail-
road reports. Fruits will be light.
peaches but few apples. Corn is
normal. Tobacco is normal but was
slow in starting.
There is a reduction of acreage of
cotton and tobacco amounting to
about thirty per cent in the territory
OF the Atlantic Coast Line, which is
Offset by increase in sweet potatoes,
early fruit and truck crops. The
south is undergoing an economic
change that will, if continued for a
few years, make her farmers indepen-
dent reports the president of the rail-
road.
Peaches and watermelons In pro-
fusion is the story from the Carolinas
told by the Seaboard Air line Rail-
way. Tobacco and cotton shows a
decrease while grains and forage
cotton and tobacco amounting to
crops are normal. The supply Of citrus
fruits from Florida will be about
the same as last year, the railroad re-
ports. The editors Of the agricultural
publications heard from report as ia
vorably on the condition Of the crops
and see improvement in the economic
Of hn "a, loo