Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1899 — WINTER WHEAT OUTLOOK FAIR. [ARTICLE]

WINTER WHEAT OUTLOOK FAIR.

Reports in Some State* Are Bad, but Ot her* Good. Reports on the condition of winter wheat have been received by the Farmer’s Review from its correspondents in Illinois, Indiana. Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri and Kansas. In northern lllinbis the outlook is extremely discouraging, many of the fanners declaring they will turn up their crops entirely. In such counties as Schuyler and Adams only- 10 per cent will be left, while iu Logan. Macoupin. Sangamon. Shelby, and Knox counties 75 per-cent will be plowed under. In southern .-Illinois the reports are far from bright, but more-hopeful than those nearer Chicago. Recent rains have brought hopes ot prosperity to tillers of the soil in Indiana. In the central part of the State the reports are quite encouraging. Early sown wheat in Kentucky looks well, but the late sown bad. The conditions are said to be generally fair. Kansas has little better tidings to report than Illinois. Snow saved the wheat in Michigan, where high hopes are expressed by the farmers. In Wexford County an exception is recorded, however, correspondents claiming that 50 per cent will have to be turned under. Missouri has had a variety of fortune in her wheat. Half the counties in the northern part of the State will be almost destitute of crops. Southern and central Missouri farmers have been more fortunate. Correspondents in Osage, Benton, Franklin. Hickory, Miller and Bates counties say only 5 per cent will have to tie plowed up. In Ohio the best reports are from Huron. Geauga. -Hancock and Mahoning counties, where condition ranges from 95 to 100 per cent. The reports on the whole from this State are highly en-<-ouraging.