Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — CONCERNING THE CROPS. [ARTICLE]

CONCERNING THE CROPS.

The General Condition In ThU Section la Good. The Farmer’s Review of this week, speaking of the crop outlook, says: The rains have somewhat improved some of the conditions and have had a tendency to revive the pastures and to hasten the growth of the winter cereals. But, on the other hand, the moisture came so late that much of the wheat and fye will make very little growth and will not thicken up before tho ground freezes. This will leave the crops in an exposed condition to a great extent and less able to withstand adverse climatic changes the coming winter. The future of the crops is largely problematic. Although the growth of win er wheat Is not what could be desired, still there has, as yet, been no disaster to the crop. A great deal of it has not yet come up or is just appearing, but If the future conditions are' favorable it may yet prove the foundation for a good crop. As the crop is to-day the general condition may be called good in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin. It appears to promise-three-fourths of a crop in Kentucky, Kansas and lowa. Little winter wheat is raised in Minnesota, tne crop there being largely experimental, and cutting no figure on the genets) market.