Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1896 — CHOP REPORTS. [ARTICLE]

CHOP REPORTS.

“Farmer*' Review” Correapondeata Tell About Wheat and Rye. ■ Reports have been received from th« Fanners' Review correspondents In ten States on the condition of winter wheat and winter ry-e. » In Illinois the condition is at present about fair, though presenting'a great variety of. developments. In the counties that report a low conditiod, the present state has been brought about by a dry fall and late seeding. In Indian# the growth has been fair, but there has breu 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 eonic up at all.' In Michigan-th* crop is in better condition, and has been covered with snow nearly all winter, though the plant ’geaeraliy made little growth in the Calf. Tim condition in Kentucky is hardly fair, at present, and in some counties 'is ve|y poor. Missouri reports that ima good many counties ths plant ik yet very small. It seems, however. to' be healthy, »nd to have been injured little ns yet by thawing and freezing. In Kansas the present outtook for wheat .is good. Some localities, report freezing a-nd " tha wing-of the crop, - and there may be some little loss on this account; Ncbm ska reporfsa general ar erage 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. Wiseonton reports iudf-ate that the genera) Condition for the State is low. Some counties report good, but in many the plant is in trad shape. Some counties have planted very lit tie winter wheat. Winter rye is in fair to good condition laJLlhums. Jndjana._Oliio, Michigan, poor in Kentucky, fair in MiSsodn, generally good in Kansas, fair to Nebraska, lowa arid Wisconsin. Tn most of the States the plant is email, on account of dry ‘weather in the fail.