People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1894 — Wheat [?]ospects. [ARTICLE]

Wheat [?]ospects.

Toledo, April 28. —C. A. King & Co. during the past four days have received replies from 3,248 reliable grain dealers and millers, covering every important wheat county in the six winter wheat states, which raise two-thirds of the winter wheat crop of the United States. The present prospect is that the next wheat crop in the six states will be somewhat larger than an average one. Four hundred and sixty six dealers report the outlook excellent. 1.378 say good, 796 an average, 428 a trifle below an average, 144 say poor, while only 36 say half a crop. Indiana has the best and a very good prospect, especially in some of the larger wheat counties. Ohio promises nearly as well, while Missouri and Illinois follow’, each saying above the average. Michigan and Kansas have fully an average prospect. The prospect has improved since a fortnight ago, when the April reports of the Agricultural Bureau were gathered; 586 replies say there has been a decided improvement; 1,302 say improved and 726 see no material change; only 178 say the prospect is worse, while but «2 say it is much worse, and these reports are mostly from sections which med rain. Most of the sections have had beneficial rains since the Easter freeze, and the damage now- appears to be less than was reported. The prospect now is somewhat better than a year ago. Ohio has about the. same, but the other states all Show better, Indiana leading. The acreage sown last fall was sina’l'-r. The amount winter killed, '.including what was damaged by the late freeze, was less than the winter before; 1,648 report no damage, 5”2 a sixteenth, 508 an eighth, 242 a quarter, 86 a third and only 78 a half of the acreage destroyed. There is less old wheat remaining in the interior than a oar ago. One-third say there is about the same amount; a sixth report an eighth to quarter more, while a quarter report a half less and a quarter say an eighth to a third less. Ohio has the largest stocks. Indiana, Illinois and Missouri have, small stocks. A majority of the farmers are disposed to sell before another harvest, while only a fifth will carry all over. Clover seed acreage would have been materially increased but for the late freeze, which destroyed considerable. Some has been re sown since, and the area now promises to be about the same as for the last crop.