Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1892 — CROP REPORTS. [ARTICLE]

CROP REPORTS.

General Outlook for Corn Is Not Good Oats In Fair Shape. The Farmer’s Review this week contains the following: CORN. In Illinois the corn crop is in anything but a desirable condition. Out of the alternate. counties reporting, only one gives the condition as good, all of the other correspondents giving either poor or only fair. This fair means below an average, and in some cases 25 per cent, below. The ouilook in Indiana is somewhat better, nearly 45 per cent, of the correspondents reporting the prospectsfor the corn crop as good, the others reporting fair, with the exception of about one in seven, which report poor. The crop is behind on account of lateness in planting, but is making up for it in rapid growth. In Ohio the outlook is a little below that of Indiana, about one-fourth, of the correspondents reporting the outlook for this crop as good. The others about equally report fair and poor. In Michigan the crop is making rapid growth and in about half of the counties reporting is a full average or above. Of the remainder, two-thirds report fair, and one-third poor. The corn crop in Kentucky is in very fine condition, all of the correspondents except eight reporting fair and good, most of the counties being an average or above. In Mississippi about one in five report the prospects as good. 15 per cent, report poor and the others fair. In Kansas and Nebraska the crop is reported as fair or good, with the exception oi a very few counties, where the season lias been particularly unfavorable. In lowa 12 per cent, report the condition as good. 42 por cent, report fair, and 46 per cent, report poor. In Wisconsin the outlook, is very unfavorable, two-thirds of the correspondents reporting it as poor, and in some cases less than half a crop. In Minnesota the "crop is in from fair to poor condition, while in the Dakotas. half of the correspondents report good and others fair io poor. SPRING WHEAT. Very little spring wheat has been sown in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, JMichigan, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas, but the little sown is generally in good condition. In Nebraska the outlook is fair. In lowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Dakotas the crop is generally reported fair and good, in a great many counties being above an average. Taking the twelve States as a whole, about 92 per cent, of the correspondents give a favorable report. OATS. The oat crop is in good shape over most of the country, all of the correspondents, with the exception of about 15 per cent., giving a favorable report. In Illinois 43 per cent, report the outlook as a full average or above, 25 per cent, report it fair, and the rest poor. In Indiana the crop is in fair shape, with few exceptions. In Ohio about 70 per cent, report the outlook at from fair to above average. In Michigan and Kentucky the outlook Is good, but in Missouri nearly one-half report the outlook as poor to fair, the. rest average or above. In Kansas onehalf report the crop fair to good, others poor. Two-thirds in Nebraska report fair to good, the others poor. In lowa, one-fourth report the crop in poor condition, the others report from fair to above average. The crop in Wisconsin. Minnesota, and the Dakotas is generally an average or abov«j. ,