Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — CROP REPORTS. [ARTICLE]

CROP REPORTS.

“ Farmers’ Review” Correspondents Tell Abont Wheat and Rye. Reports have been received from the Farmers’ Review correspondents in ten States on the condition of winter wheat and winter rye. In Illinois the condition is at present about fair, though presenting a great variety of developments. In the counties that report a low condition, the present state has been brought about by a dry fall and late seeding. In Indiana the growth has been fair, but there has beern some damage by freezing and thawing. Ohio reports indicate the general condition as fair to poor, a great deal of the wheat not having made a fair growth by reason of a dry fall. Some of the seed sown did not come up at all. In Michigan the crop is in better condition, and has been covered with snow nearly all winter, though the plant generally made little growth in the fall. The condition in Kentucky is hardly fair, at present, and in some counties is very poor. Missouri reports that in a good many counties the plant is yet very small. It seems, however, to be healthy, and to have been injured little as yet by thawing and freezing. In Kansas the present outlook for wheat is good. Some localities report freezing and thawing of the crop, and there may be some little loss on this account. Nebraska reports a general average of fair, though in some counties the outlook is very poor. In lowa the crop is very uneven, and the reports vary all the way from very fair to very good. Wisconsin reports indicate that the general condition for the State is low. Some counties report good, but in many the plant is in bad shape. Some counties have planted very little winter wheat. Winter rye is in fair to good condition In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, poor in Kentucky, fair in Missouri, generally good in Kansas, fgir to good in Nebraska, lowa and Wisconsin. In most of the] States the plant is small, on account of dry weather in the fall.