Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1892 — CONDITION OF THE CROPS. [ARTICLE]

CONDITION OF THE CROPS.

Frost Threatening: In Some Quarters and Rain Badly Needed In Others. Following is the weekly telegraphio bulletin of the weather bureau as to the crops: New England—Favorable week, light frosts; no serious damage; tobaego excellent crop; cranberries promising well; fall feed and rowen good. New York —Cool and dry, corn being cut in southeast; potatoes, rot Increasing. New. Jersey—Cool nights retard the maturing of fruit, corn and truck; cutting buckwheat and early corn. Pennsylvania —Crops are in fair condition; fall seeding begun; potatoes below average; slight injury from frost. Maryland and Delaware—Light frosts; all crops suffering from drought; farmers cutting corn preparing ground for seeding. Arkansas—Cotton shedding rapidly and boll worms doing serious injury In a few counties; all other crops improved. Tennessee —Bain needed tor late crops and fall plowing; clover pulling, fodder pulling and sorghum making progress. Kentucky—All crops and pastures suffering for rain and will be short in most sections; tobacco good In southwest counties and cutting progressing rapidly. Missouri—Late com, potatoes, grasses, stock, plowing and seeding have suffered from drought, but rain on Sunday was beneficial. Illinois—Early com maturing rapidly and will be past danger from frosts In ten days, and late corn will be safe' Oct. 1; rain needed. Indiana—Bain needed much; early planted corn ripening fast. West Virginia—Drought broken; oorn cutting begun; pastures very short; plowing for fall wheat is progressing slowly. Ohio Draught continues, injuring corn and pastures; corn cutting commenced; light frosts, no damage; plowing and seeding progressing slowly; some tobacco cut; buckwheat doing well.

Michigan—Northern and central counties report crop in good condition; southern counties poor; wheat and oats will be average; potatoes light; fruit fair. Wisconsin—Cool weather and light frosts retarded growth of com; large acreage of winter grain going in; tobacco cutting, excellent crop. Minnesota—Two weeks’ warm weather required for corn; flax being harvested; crop good; rain needed. lowa—Frosts three mornings in northern portion; no damage; com doing fairly well and most of it will be safe from frost about Sept. 25; rain needed. North Dakota—Slight damage by frosts; cutting grain practically ended and thrashing well under way. South Dakota—Com maturing rapidly; no damage from frosts; harvesting small grains about completed; flax and millet being cut; crop good. Nebraska—Too cold and wet for com; crop will require from fifteen to twenty days to be beyond injury from frosts. Kansas Conditions favorable to com, pastures, stock and plowing; com much improved. Oklahoma Rainfall heavy in sections; farmers cutting com and plowing. Utah—Frost in northern counties injured potatoes and late wheat; grain turning out well. Colorado Conditions favorable for grass, potatoes, com and fruit in northern and dry in southern portions; light frosts did slight damage. Oregon—No rainfall reported, but now threatened; oereal creeps nearly all thrashed; hops doing well; oorn promises fair yield.