Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — WINTER WHEAT DOES WELL. [ARTICLE]

WINTER WHEAT DOES WELL.

Crop Report for December la Decided* I ly Favorable. The climate and crop bulletin of ths weather bureau for December shows th« following general conditions of wintei wheat: While the middle of December wa« §nite cold to the eastward of the Mis* sissippi, especially over the northern dis tricts, the month as a whole ’was mild and generally dryer than usual, the tenv perature being much above the average over the northern districts to the wesb ward of the upper Mississippi valley, There was, however, decidedly jnore than ■the average rainfall in the south Attain 'tic and east gulf States and on the north [Pacific coast. The winter wheat region has been practically without snow protection through* out the month, but the crop has not been subjected to marked extremes of temperature and is generally in promising condition, especially over the western portions of the winter wheat belt. There is quite general complaint of injury by Hessian fly, but the ravages of this pest seem largely confined to the early sown wheat. In western Kansas, the greater part of Texas and Southern California winter wheat has suffered from lack of moisture. The following reports from Middle Western States are also given: Missouri-—Month remarkably pleasant and exceptionally favorable for wheat; aside from some damage by fly to early sown in eastern and southern counties the crop is in excellent condition, Illinois—Favorable weather for wheat which is generally in very good condition; there has been considerable damage in the central and southern districts by Hessian fly, though it is serious only in a few localities; absence of snow covering caused slight damage from freezing is a few localities. Indiana—Weather mild and dry; rain or snow needed; rye and wheat hav« made some growth and look green; fly injured some early sown; clover and timothy look well; tobacco stripping has begun; corn most all cribbed; much corn fodder shredded; plowing and other farm work well advanced. '< Ohio —Reports on wheat variable, but 'general condition only fair; weather favorable for growth except too dry in some eastern and central Counties; very little snow protection; slight damage by freezing and thawing; injury by fly in early seeded general; of later sown there are many healthy fields, but many with unsatisfactory stand. ■ Michigan-—Lack of snow protection with alternate freezing and thawing has been detrimental to wheat, the genera.' condition of which is rather poor; correspondents quite generally note the pres ence of Hessian fly.