Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1896 — CONDITION OF THE CROPS. [ARTICLE]

CONDITION OF THE CROPS.

Winter Wheat Harvest About Ended and Corn Lookins Well. Reports as to the of the crops throughout the country and the general effect of the weather on the growth, cultivation and harvest of the same were received at Chicago us follows: The favorable weather conditions of the previous week have continued, under which rapid progress has la-en made in the cultivation of crops, especially corn, and the .harvesting of winter wheat, which is now well advanced in the more north;, erly districts, and is practically finished iu southern sections. Corn has made good progress during the week, ami the general condition of this crop is very satisfactory. It Is now being laid by as far north as Missouri and Central Illinois. In the States of the Central Mississippi and laiwer Mississippi’ Valleys, where during the first halt of May cultivation was much {delayed and the crop very grassy, the fields are now mostly free from weeds. In Texas. Louisiana, and portions of Arkansas and Mississippi corn has suffered front drought, particularly in Texas, where much of the crop is too far advanced to be relieved .by rain. In Texas and Louisiana cotton continues to suffer from drought and complaints of injury from lice are numerous from the eastern portion of the cotton bolt. A marked improvement is reported from Florida. In Arkansas the crop is making slow growth, but is dean and well cultivated. In Missouri it is looking well, but fields are very foul. Cotton is now in bloom over the northern portion of the cotton region. Tobacco planting is about completed and the reports indicate that this crop is in very satisfactory condition. Kentucky. Tennessee and Ohio report good growth during the week. In Southern Virginia tobacco is in bloom and some has been topped in North Carolina.