Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1899 — WHEAT PROSPECTSLESS BRIGHT [ARTICLE]

WHEAT PROSPECTSLESS BRIGHT

Vitaßty EAowaia tha CMd Ttemte* Fan. Ttoe Jane erop report of the Orange' fcrifl FteßMr ihvia condition «t winter wtteolr off '3BIS. against 72A on May 1. Ttaeu Bas been severe decline in the promflor Sa trie O6£» and Missouri valleys, and ■mnr dmtline- in California. Insects and mxst: are reported over an increasing area, taa trie amin. txonble in the lack of vitaffity mi the plant which resulted from | trie Boot rismuge of the Severe winter. The awrenjse wtatk last fidl was reported at laetiiri’y 30t000,000 has been reduced by pfiMvihff up ami abandonment to 24,574,<nr weoriy 6,000,000 acres less than was; tattmsced Bnt year. The maximum FHwihiUfty may now be causexvatlveJU gfuxred as 275,000,000 bushels. The spring wheat a»a Is reportedr at acres, or 160,000 atres larger tffisifflß fast year. In Minnesota and the Dakotas it is reported 500,000 acres smallay, Bnt trie increase in lowa, Nebraska and trie Rmifie eoast a little more than offisete this loss. The average condition be Deported at 9®.9t against 99.1 a year •gm. Kt b lower only because the crop is stented a little fate. The plant is vigoron® and eosers trie ground well. Should Fwsent eonifftum. be maintained till harvest trie crop result might easily reach TSROWW tashefa. TKr caeo acreage fa the largest ever ■farntet. trie preliminary report reaching flkfflF aHUMMUNOi acres. The crop fa starttoc DWtrier poorly and too much rain has fatenflteed with encouraged weed eteotdh sod caused wrwiatel rotting of ■eedL The- stand fa rather ragged, but tfflww bb yet abundant time far recovery. Tte- eats are* is reported at 28,931,000 ■uxe*. or less than 1 per cent increase. The* emEtrim fa reported at 91.6, which, wfiffle not especially high, fa not low oraragK to ihiEcate any permanent impairBxent off trie plant.