Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 2, 1894, Page 2

R i HING CORN 15 FLOURISHING (Continued from First Page.) ditch; hers about one-half crop of wheat and good torn prospect. Altogether, the wotst spring we ever experienced. The ditehes on the west end of the Republican have been serfously affected by new ditch in Colorado, FILLMORE Fairmont—Small _grain almost a failure. Corn 18 looking well and prospects now good for. crop. Coplous rains recently Geneva—About 5 per cent more corn this year than last. Crops are not much more Qiversified. No sugar beets this year. There was some of this crop last year. Corn pros- pect, i Nattering. Good stand and well ad- vanced. Wheat will be about one-third of a crop. Oats will be a little better, owin o' our recent excellent ramns. Collections are quite slow. Trade Is stagnant and fu ture prospects are not good inancial paralysis seems to have set in Oblowa—Oats were the lig year ever known here, and this year prom- fses to be still worse. Wheat, as Is well known, was less than half crop last and s decidedly worse this year. one-third of the wheat has been wp and put In corn. Corn, despite all croaking, ran about thirty bushels here last year; quality good. As Indicated abov thers 18 a largely increased acreage of corn this year, about 20 per cent, and thus far corn 18 all right. There is a fair st and, Is growing fairly and looks well FRANKLIN COUNTY. Late rains make y flattering; out to some probably, ovi COUNTY. test crop last plowed Bloomington: prospects here ve grain will come will not make, crop. Riverton—Small crop. Corn, prospect FRONTIER COUNTY, Curtls—Up to the middle of this month thore had mot been a good rain in this county for more than one he wheat crop Is dead and will be a total failure The corn that was planted early came up but dried out and died. There was a fail ure of crop here last year, caused by dry weather. Trade of all kinds is dull. Im possible to make collections. Prospects of merchants and farmers not encouraging. FURNAS COUNTY. Beaver City.—Small grain s and total failure. Corn was on the verge of death when rains began to fall. If rains keep up at regular intervals we may ye have a good corn crop. In comparison with last year's crop there was considerable in creasp in acreage, both in small griin and corn, Perhaps an increase of 25 per cent We have had no rain to speak of this spring not enough to thoroughly wet the ground at any one time until within a week. A great deal of corn had not even sprouted, but a good proportion of it came up and stosd the drouth remarkably well. Collectons are very slow and almost impossible to get from farmers. our corn the small extent, but one-fourth grain _about one-third good. a_complete GAGE COUNTY. Beatrice—Very little difference in the acreage of the different crops between this year and last over the greater portion of the county. Wheat is in fair condition, probably one-half crop, and one-hall crop upon the average all over the county. Corn is much better than last year; further along in_growth than ever before in this county Blue Springs—The principal crop raised here is corn, which was light last year on account of drouth, rains being local show, only, not more than half a crop in this Goanty. The acreage is larger this sea-on than last, and it promises well. Wheat was a failure last year, and oats were very light. Although Injured by frost and dry weather, wheat will be about half a crop this year: oats hardly as much. Potatoes, which were badly frosted, are now recovering fast. Fruits were injured in many localitics, and grapes and raspberries killed. Apples will be gcarce, plums and cherries about half a crop. _#=5'rade is atill quite dull. and collections slow, but with the improved prospects of good © ' CHEYENNE"COUNTY. Lodge Pole—The crop last year was prin- cipally, hay on the irrigated botom land and will'pe mbout the same this year. The table land‘produced very Iitile crop last year, prinetpally wheat and oats, and although the crop Tast year was almost a failure the farm- ers have gone to work agaln with renewed courage and put In an increased acreage. The dry weather was the cause of failure Iast year and the small grain is now suffer- ing and probably the crop will be a failure from the same cause. Corn in general looks well. “Trade is dull and collections slow. Business men generally, as well as farmers, ~ wear gloomy face CLAY COUNTY. Sutton—The acreage of fall wheat sown was. vory large, as was also the acreage of oats this spring, but on account of the frost, on the 19th of May the ontire crop of wheat and A SERIES 7. The Book oi the Builders HISTORY of the.. WORLD'S FAIR ‘D. H. Burnbam Chief of Construction, AND..., F. D. 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Soh B 0N, Bk ondors should by addrossod to DIOTIONARY DEPARTMENT, tine K-day coupans, will biy 043 vt Send or bring FOUR coupons and ten cents In. coln W this office and receive the 17th part of this superb work—the story of the war, told by the leading gencralt on hoth aldes. MAGNIFICENTLY ILLUSTRATED. PR THE OMAHA DAILY B!'uétl MONDAY, - = = —— R oats was damaged very serlously, almost en- tirely rufned. A large per cent of wheat and at least one-third of the oats has been plowed up and the flelds put in eorn. Doubt if there will be any wheat and probably not over 25 per cent of a crop of oats In Clay county, The corn crop is the largest ever known In this couaty and at present time I8 looking very fine. The late showers ha very much improyed the outiook for a h corn crop and if rains are seasonable the largest crop of corn the county has ever known will be realized this fall. The prin- cipal crops last year were corn and oats, mostly corn. There was some wheat, but it was of a very poor quality and small. The oats was probably one-half crop. Collections @ very poor at present, and, in fact, an Im- possibility. Trade amongst the merchants is light and mostly credit, Clay Center—Recent rains have added ma- teflally to the prospects for corn, wild hay and late vegetables. However, the rains came too late for small grain A great many fields will make one-half crop, but the greater portion of small grain was Killed' or fatally injured by the frost of May 18, fol- lowed by extremely dry weather. Edgar—Better prospects for corn than last Wheat about same as last season. Oats almost a total fallure, Collections very slow. Merchants report a_fair trade, but not as good as a year ago. ‘armers wanting to borrow more than a year ago. Fairfleld--Prospects for a corn crop very good, with a larger acreage than ever before. Farmers confidently anticipate from two- thirds to three-fourths of a crop of wheat. The acreage is less than for some years past. Oats will be nearly a full crop, about the usual acreage. Tame hay will be light. Many farmers have sown cane seed, corn and ‘millet to be cut for fodder and’ stock foed. Collections are falrly good and the merchants of this pl: are enjoying their usual summer trade. The outlook for future business is good. Harvard—Corn crop will be full. Oats half crop, wheat poor, hay scarce. Corn acreage this year greater than last, but not a vast difference. Collections fair, trade fair, prospects of merchants and farmers good. CUMING COUNTY. Jeemer—Last year's /licat and oats acre me, with, good for corn cipally corn. ge this r about the perhaps, less wheat. Prospects Wheat and oats badly dam- uged by late frosts and drouth, but promise one-half ecrop. Collections are very good, owing to the general marketing of cattle and hogs. Merchants are paying their bills quite promptly and all may be said to enjoy a good trade. West Point—The principal crop here is al- ways corn. The acreage this year is a little larger than last. Prospects are good. Some fields of wheat and oals look fairly well, while others have been almost ruined by drouth. Trade is fair for the time of year. Collections are easy and farmers who are attentive to business are prospering. Wisner—The principal crop last year was corn. The acreage in this vicinity this year is from 10 to 15 per cent more than last year. The acreage of wheat and oats is not quite as large as last year. The acreage of potatoes is about 100 per cent larger than last year. The corn crop never looked bet- ter hiere than it does now at this time of the year. Wheat is looking good. The oat crop was hurt to some extent by late frosts and will not be an average crop. The farmers all_report splendid success with young pigs and the number of hogs marketed here dur- ing the next twelve to fifteen months wil exceed the year just past by 25 to 35 per cent. Collections at present are a little slow, but prospects for trade and collections dur- ing the early fall and winter are good. CUSTER COUNTY. Broken Bow—Acreage of corn this year perhaps 25 per cent greater than last; wheat and oats about the same. Prospects for wheat and oats very poor on account of drouth. Corn promises well so far. Col- lections are very slow. Future for farmer, merchant and ail others gloomy unless corn ix a full crop. Mason City—Last year more wheat was raised than anything else. All other crops Iried out. There is 15 per cent larger acre- age this year than last. A large amount of small grain was sown, but when it dried out, was plowed up and put into corn, so that corn. is now by far the greater crop. There are but few fields of small grain which will amount_to anything at all. Collections are not good. Cannot get in a cont. Mer- chants are simply holding their own. DAWES COUNTY. Chadron—Larger acreage of corn taan ever before. Acreage of small grains has fa'len off about one-third and corn increased to that oxtent. Hardly any more diversificazion than heretofore, In the vieinity of <adron 100 acres of beets have been put in Ly various parties. This is about the only departure from the former rule. In some parts of Dawes county the small grain is suffering badly for rain and in some-eases it is just about ruined. No rain to speak of since May 18, and that did not cover the whole of “the county. Collections are impossible among the farmers, not so serious among the merchants. Future prospects are uncer- tain; all depends on rain. Cern and root crops are very promising. Trade during the spring months in most lines has been f.ood. Crawford—Acreage increased.. Collections are hard to make. Present prospect for Dawes county is very flattering, DAWSON COUNTY. Lexington—A large acreage of wheat was sown last fall and this spring, but owing to the dry weather 90 per cent of It has been plowed up and planted in_corn. We will have no wheat this year. Oats and rye are absolutely a failure, We have good pros- pocts for corn, The grass is entirely dried up and stock is suffering for feed. We are still making a few mercantile collections, Farmers have nothing to pay with. Trade of all kinds is dull. Had no rain between tho middle of May and the middle of June. Re- cent rains. Cozad—Small graln is dried out and no amount of rain can revive it. Listed corn is dried out, but planted corn will make a crop. Merchants all doing cash business. Impos- sible to collect anything from farmers. Ey- ery one was discouraged and a great many left the county, as we had a failure last yoar. Recent rains have changed the situa- tion and hope is rapidly reviving. Gothenburg—This section of the country was favored with a splendid rain of about one and one-half inches June 14; rained for five hours. It appeared to be general and is the best rain we have had in elghteen months. Small grain (s _gone, but corn is doing nicely. Overton—The acrcage of corn is one-third to one-half more There will be no small grain mention. Corn is growing ni will make us a geod crop. present dollar. crop prin this year than last, worthy of ely and rain As things are at it Is almost impossible to collect a DEUEL COUNTY. Chappell—In this fmmediate vicinity it is pretty dry. Eight or ten miles north of here crops are all right and not suffering any at North of North river crops are all right. It looks as favorable here if not bet- ter than in other portions of the state. The principal crop last year was small grain, wheat, et Acreage s about the same as last year on small grain. There i3 about three times as much corn fn. The principal crop north of North Platte river Is corn, which is doing fine. Collections ara slow now. The prospects now are.not yery en- couraging, as we are not sure of a crop b e DODOGE COUNTY. This county had a long dry spell In May, which was broken the second week of June. The dry weather following the dry winds prevailing when oats were sown and the frost just as they were starting has hurt oats 0 that we do not think this county will have one-half a crop, and for the same reasons wheat will probably not some parts of the county it may go two- average much over half a crop, although in thirds. Corn Is not injured at all, and with anything llke favorable weather in the future the corn crop will be the largest one this county has ever produced, crops, renewed courage Is felt and business prospects are much brighter. GARFIELD COUNTY. Burwell—Small ~ grain dried out. Corn looking well. Huy cantot make more than half a erop. GOSPER COUNTY, mwood—Prospects for crop poor. in I8 about gone, though It may from one-fourth to one-third of a erop. i growing. GREELEY COUNTY. Greeley Center— rainfall of two inches on June 8 did a great deal toward reviving the crops. The principal crop last year was corn. The acreage this year compared with last I8 increased about 10 per cent. The oats crop for this year has been greatly dam. aged by drouth and does not promise more than one-third to one-half crop, The wheat Fremont Small make Corn erop has been damaged by the samo oauses and does not promise more than one-halt crop. Collections and trade are slow. Future prospects are not,very flattering. Scotla—The small grain in this county was greatly damaged by a late frost and the subsequent drouth, which injured it to such an oxtent that about one-fourth of the crop sowed has been plowed up and the ground planted to corn. The acreage of corn is about 30 per cent larger than last year and the prospect {s admfrable. On the 18th inst. we had about four inches of rain, the ground was thoroughly soaked and much of the wheat which was thought to be ruined has improved and now prom- ises to make a fair crop. The oats crop will be very I'ght. Barly potatoes were bitten down by the early frost, but are growing nicely and promise a good orop The rain has dispelled all despondency with the farmers, and every one feels jubilant over the prospect. This part of the state promises the best corn crop raised for a number of years, GRANT COU Hyannis—This TY. county s not adapted to farming, only to cattle ralsing and grazing Cattle are In excellent condition. Calr crop is unusually large. Shipments of cats tle will begin about July 1. Two good raina in succession. Collections are good. No fallures, HALL COUNTY. Calro—Corn this year Is in splendid con- dition, good stand ‘and never was cleaner for this time of the year., Large per cent planted to corn, Wood River—Average in corn is now about one-fifth more than last year. Prospects have improved greatly this weeck, and farm- ers and business men are paylng up much better than they did with the prospect of drouth ahead. "Hay Is a large item in our resources here, and the writer drove over several miles of hay land this morning and found it in good shape, and with one or two more rains a heavy yield will be as- sured. We 1aise a great many sugar beets and they are now coming up all right. We probably had halt a crop last year, and farmers are now paylng their machine notes and thefr bills very promptly. Our mer- chants, as a rule, seem to be making just a living, and it keeps them hustling to meet their obligations. Purchases by mer- chants have been light and stocks mainly in good shape. HAMILTON COUNTY. Aurora—The small grain crop in this county was badly injured by the long dry spell and hot winds. It will not average a one-half crop. The corn is the only promising crop. It is in good shape and condition. Our mer- chants are in fairly good shape. Bromfleld—The corn is all right and look- ing fine and large for the time of year and the prospects for a large crop are very en- couraging. Acreage very large. Oats very poor and acreage very small. Many oat fields were plowed up and planted to corn. Wheat is light crop and acreage very small. Chinch bugs are now liable to damage it. Lots of wheat was also plowed up and put to corn. Barley s not raised much in this county, but what there is looks very well. No flax or rye to speak of ralsed. Garden vegetables and potatoes are looking quite well and will likely make a fair crop. Hampton—Corn looks fine. Oats are all burned up and will yield from two to seven bushels per acre. Wheat Is poor and so short it will be hard to cut it. HARLAN COUNTY. Alma—There will in a few places be from one-third to one-half a crop of winter wheat, but a great deal will be a total failure, Spring wheat is almost a total failure, not one-fourth of it will be cut and what will be harvested will not yield over one-fourth crop. Oats also will be a failure. Corn is looking well in most instances, and on ac- count of the failure of small grain and the flelds being replanted to corn the average I be greater than last year in the latter named crop. Hay will be very light. Col- lections are hard, especially with the farmers. Of late there has been a falling off of trade with the merchants, Republican City—Wheat, oats, rye small grain a failure. Corn is all yet. Corn' is the only thing we can pend on this year. HAYES COUNTY. Hayes Center—Our principal crop is corn. There was only about 25 per cent of a crop last year. There will be about the same average this year as last, but it will be considerably later. The wheat and rye crop will be a total failure. It is impos- sible to make collections against farmers at present. Our merchants report a fair trade. and right de- KEARNEY COUNTY. Axtell—About 25 per cent larger acreage in corn than last year. There will be but little small grain here. Corn is in good con- dition, looking well and fairly well ad- vanced for this time of year. Have had rains in the last ten day Minden—Principal crop last year was corn. Areage increased this year about 10 per cent, diversity of crops about the same. If any difference there will be an increase of corn acreage this year. Small grain will be about an entire failure, except oats. Oats, how- ever, cannot be more than one-half a crop. Corn, the principal product, looks well. With fair season from now on crop will be good. KEITH COUNTY. Ogallala—Small grain 1s a total failure. Some corn will make a good crop If rain continues. We had about 5-100 inches on June 2, Since then several copious showers, but the country is fearfully dry. Paxton—Acreage in wheat and corn In 1894 about the same as in 1893. Wheat is a failure. Prospects for corn very poor. Ma- jority ot farmers discouraged.” Trade dull and prospeots gloomy. HITCHCOCK COUNTY. Stratton—Small grain of all kinds a total failure this year on account of drouth. Too early to make any prediction of the corn crop. Last rain of any account before the middle of June was in August, 1893, Some snow In February, 1894. Collections poor, and the general condition of this county is_the worst in its history. Trenton—No show for anything but corn crop. No general rain from August 8, 1593, until June 4, when showers began again. HOLT COUNTY. wing—Collections have been better last six months than they have been for four years. The crop outlook Is fair to good. = Small grain a little short, owing to the dry weather and frost, but corn is all right. O'Nelll—Corn principal crop About same acreage this year. at this time uncertain, but favorable, lections are slow and hard to mak HOOKER COUNTY. Mullen—Everything depends upon rains in season. Corn looks well, but small grain is not promising. Trade dull and collec- tions hard. HOWARD COUNTY. Dannebrog—Last year's crop was a partial failure, owing to the drouth. The corn crop this year promises well and it sufficient rain {s had it will be unusually large, as the acreage I8 probably one-fourth more than last year, a great deal of the small grain having been' plowed up and corn put in. All small graln is very backward on account of the drouth. The yield will not exceed 25 per cent of an average crop. Collections very slow and future prospects not encouraging. Elba—Rains have insured corn crop. Will Bet some oats. Wheat almost a failure. St. Paul—Nine-tenths of the fall wheat has been listed to corn and most of the rye. About one-fourth of the spring wheat and oats crop is all that can be expected In this county. Corn is doing well and about one-third more s now planted than last year. Trade Is generally dull and collec- tions slow. JEFFERSON COUNTY. Fairbury—Principal crop of this county last year and every year is corn, although there was a large acreage of wheat. This year the wheat acreage is only about haif of what it was last year and there has been a corresponding increase in the corn acre- age. This year there will be about half a crop of wheat, a third to a half crop of oats and a large crop of corn, provided of course that the conditions continuc as favorable as they are now. Collections are.very hard at present and trade is dull. This is caused not so much from the lack of money as from the dislike of spending it. If we have a good crop this year the farmers will lot g0 their money and the business men will get on their feet again. Steele Clty—Wheat acreage not so large as last year. Oats small acreage and al- most a fallure. Corn acreage considerably larger. Some wheat and most of the oats plowed up and put in corn. Oats ruined by frost, followed by drouth. Corn prospects the last year, Prospects Col- | T, about average. Colctions falr and trade | last year. The prospects are that we prospects good. N4 KEYA FAHA COUNTY. srden—The peindipal crop last year was cat and corn.!) T® acreage this year ex- ceeds that of lagt 'yéar. Prospects of crop are very good. Chndition of trade and fu- ture prospects are good. Springview —~The _acreage of wheat s larger than last \weary but many acres of it are dead and dry _cnough to burn. The prospect is very joon We did not have a good hard rain fer fen months. Trade is very poor_and. collactions almost an Impos- sibility. Our failiros here are all due to drouth. e KIMBALL COUNTY. Kimball—Local ralos lately have improved crops. Wheat looking fine and corn coming on nicely. A good small grain crop is as- sured. KNOX COUNTY. Crelghton—Acreage some larger this year than last. Prcspects best they have been for years at this season of the year, Col- lect'ons are slow. Prospects for merchants and farmers are fair. People are hopeful, though times are duil. Niobrara—Have had good rains recently. Crop looking_well Verdigre—The prospects for a corn crop arc 5o far good and the average is largely in excess of last year. Small grain is not promising. About half a crop Is expected. Collections are fair. Trade Is light, but the prespects are encouraging. LANCASTER COUNTY. Bennett—There is a good prospect corn; good stand ‘and growing 'well. The oats and wheat in poor shape and cannot make over one-half a crop. Hay crop al- mest nothing. Potatoes poor. Havelock—Wlheat and ‘oats will be light Some flelds of oats have been plowed up and put in corn. Corn Is doing well. Col- lections at this point are fair. Prospects of merchants depend on what the B. & M, railrond shop does. If there is a big corn crop the shops will more than likely go on full time and increase thewr working force. Hickman—Acrcage of corn is 20 per cent more than last year. Wheat and oats £0 per cent less. Millet will be more. Pros- pects fair for corn and millet. Wheat and oats a failure. Collections fair. Trade rather dull. Prospects for merchants and and farmers poor. LINCOLN COUNTY. Brady Tsland—Wheat is nearly destroyed by the drouth, barley the same. There acreage of corn and it is in good color ana looks well. Has not suffered from the dry weather and promises a very large yleld, North Platte—Corn was the principal crop planted last year. Crops of all kinds wero a failure last season, except in the irrigatea district. The acreage of corn this seasow is about the same as last. The dry weather has ruined small grain, but corn has not suffered. This is the dryest spring that has ever been known in this county. When we have had drouths heretofore they have started later. The crops that brought most money into the county last year were hay and potatoes, the potatoes grown in ths irrigated district. Owing to the dry weathes hay will be short, but there will be an in- creased amount of potatoes raised. With a reasonable amount of rain from this time our farmers outside of irrigation districts will have plenty of corn. Farmers in the irrigation district are doing well and making plenty of money.” New ditches now undex construction in ths "eounty’ will quadruple the irrigation before'ianother scason rolls around. 302 Sutherland—Crapk poor last year and pros. pects not very favorable for this year. Wheat and rye.7gone, but light showers have kept corn growing and it may be good. Wallace—Our crops for 1893 were about cqually divided betwéen corn and wheat, cut short on account of dry weather. Smali acreage of oats. , In,spring of '04 had a large acreage of .wheat, but owing to dry veather it has been largely plowed up and put to corn; percentage of wheat to corn now about 25 per cent. Corn Is looking well and ground i5 In fine condition, having had two good rain§ recently. LOUP: COUNTY. Taylor—Principal ‘crops last year were wheat and corn. " Acreage about same this year as last and ‘o miore diversified. Wheat cannot be more than half a crop, and many fields are wholly ruined by the drouth, Corn is good. Collections are hard to make and all are cautious as to extending credit. A failure of crops this year will be a hard blow on the farmers and bring business to a standstill, M'PHERSON COUNTY. Tryon—Corn and rye are the principal crops in this county. ~ Both poor crops last year. Rye a total failure this year. Corn has made but little growth so far, as the frost in May Kkilled much of the corn, it belng so dry that it did nof start up again. Potatoes have been frosted twice, last frost being on June 1. MADISON COUNTY. Battle Creek—Good acreage grain. Suffering some, but rains are doing much good. Large acreage of corn and it is In good condition, Business and collec- tions fair. Tilden—The small grain is nearly all gone. A few pleces of new ground look well. West and south of here, between this place and Newman's Grove, there cannot possibly be one-tenth of a small crop of grain, though they have had local showers. Between Meadow Grove and Madison it is the same. Botween here and Meadow Grove there Is the best prospect for grain I have seen. Be- tween here and Plerce it Is about the same. That is poor, in fact, no crop; also be- tween here and Neligh. Corn will make a full crop. The local showers south and west have greatly benefited the corn. In this immediate vicinity corn needs rain, but will survive ten days. The hay crop is nothing and cannot be much, no matter how much rain there is on the uplands. A great acrcage of millet has been sown in sections of local showers, Sugar beet flelds are all doing well in this section. Norfolk—\While there has been rain all around us, Madison county has been missed entirely and as a result there is much com- plaint of drouth. Wheat and oats will be an entire failure. An carly rain would save the potatoes. Corn looks better than usual, As a rule it is well along for the season, of good color and free from weeds. The sugar beets are all right so far, except that in some flelds the stand Is not so good as usual, caused by cut worms and an early frost. But for all that the promise is that we will have a much greater yield this year than ever before, MERRICK COUNTY. Central City—The oats crop this year is very dublous and will not exceed one-halt crop. Rye is almost totally a failure. It will not be worth harvesting from present appearances. ‘The corn crop never looked much botter that it does now for this season of the year. Corn in this county is far ahead of average crops. Merchants are doing a small, healthy business. They did not purchase as large summer stocks as usual and have been mpre careful in extend- ing credit, and do not,seem to be pressed as to meeting bills. No. collections coming (o hands of attorneys against local merchants. Farmers have some money and are less extravagant than usual, Clarks—Corn, oats and hay principal crop last year. Corn is looking well now; acreage. Oats in poor condition and very little will be rafsed. Hay will be short at best. Collections quly,fair. Merchants are having a good trade and are in very good condition. Silver Creek—Corn ‘looking good. 1In- creased acreage this year. Oats will not make over 25 per ent of a crop under the most favorable cireumstances. Grass will be very light, not Il a crop. NANCE, COUNTY. Fullerton—Principal ,.erop last year was corn. Acreage this year 20 per cent increase over last, caused by plowing up winter grain flelds. Prospect for all small grains poor and not more than one-third to one-halt crop expected. Corn prospect good. Collec- tions are slow, but prospects good for fall trade. Genoa—The oat and section |s almost an entire fallure. few flelds will pay to barvest. Corn looks well and Is free from’ Weeds. 1t promises average crop. ' It we can have a good rain or two about the middle or last of July it will insure a good corn crop. This will make hay plefidy, as an upusual amount of millet has been sown. NEMAHA COUNTY. Auburn—The principal crop of this county is corn. The ‘acreage this year s about equal to that of last year. The prospect for corn at present s very good. Oats will un- doubtedly be light on account of dry weather Fall wheat, the only kind grown here now, will make & falr yleld, but not so heavy as for totally Oats and rye and is an extra large of small wheat this Some crop In big | " Y 1894. will have an all round average crop. Collections are very slow and trade not brisk Brock—Wheat comprises about one-third of the acreage in this section and will hardly yleld ten bushels per acre on an average. Dry weather s the cause of the fallure Chintz bugs have been bad and most of the wheat fs in bad condition. Corn takes about half the acreage and prospects for crop are excellent. The flelds are well cultivated, free of weeds and ground in excellent con- dition. The remainder of the acreage Is In oats, potatoes and pasture. Oat ecrop will be a failure NUCKOLLS COUNTY. Nelson—Ground s in good condition, Corn looks fine. Never looked better. Wheat dbout one-third plowed up and planted to corn. Standing wheat will make about two- thirds of m crop. Oats about the same. Superior—Acreage larger this year. Crops more diversified. Prospects for small grain this year are not flattering, but will raise sufficient grain to supply local demands Prospects for corn crop all that could be wished. Trade is falr. Collections slow and money close OTOE COUNTY. Nebraska City—At this time of the year corn looks better tham it has for the past few years. From all appearances we will have a very large crop of corn this fall. There will be about one-third of a crop of oats. Wheat will turn out about one-haif a crop. Potatoes do not look very promising, but the last few rains we have been having have fmproved the potato outlook very much There will be no timothy and but very little clover. Fruit is in good shape. Apples are all right and we will have a big crop this fall. There Is a large crop of early cherries, but there will be no late cherrics. There will be a large crop of plums. Some of the grapes were slightly injured by the frost, but we will still have a large crop of that fruit. Corn was the principal crop last year and I think the acreage of corn this year fs larger than last by a good per cent Collections seem to be getting better and prospects for the merchant and farmer are looking considerably brighter. PAWNEE COUNTY. >awnee Clty—The oat crop is nearly a fail- ure in the western part of the county and in all parts it looks very bad, but the corn now is very good and there is an excellent prospect. Farmers are feeling very much elated over the prospect of a good crop. Table Rock—Crops diversified about as usual. Corn is our principal crop. Oats are short in straw_and will probably be about half a crop. Wheat promises an average crop. Corn s clean and a good stand; looks favorable for a large crop. Hay will be short, owing to dry, cold spring. Farmers are in good shape and collections average with former years. Merchants report a lighter but more satisfactory business than in other years. PERKINS COUNTY. Elsie—Wheat will be almost a total fail- ure, Twico the acreage of corn in 1894 as in_1893. Prospect fair with continued rains. Venango—Acreage of wheat in 1894 double that of last year. Other cereals about same acreage as last year. The prospects are now that the wheat and oats crop will not exceed one-third of a crop, if that good, and many farmers report an entire and absolute failure, others that their wheat will average ten bushels per acre. Collections are fairly good, fully as good as one year ago. The majority of our farmers have held some money for the dull times and our merchants are doing an almost strictly cash business. The futvre of farmers and merchants here depends in a great measure on July raing, on which depend the corn, rye and potsto crops and grass for winter grazing. No | general rain of any extent for twenty months, PHELPS COUNTY. Bertrand—About one-third more corn planted this year than last, much of which has been planted late on account of small grain having been plowed under. Our small grain will be a two-thirds failure. The early planted corn is up and growing nicely and think it has not been hurt by drouth. Later planting coming up slowly. Collections are fairly good and our merchants are in fairly good shape and not borrowing money. Holdrege—We are having good rains and the outlook for a corn crop was never better at this time of the year, but there is no small_grain of any Kind in this county or section of the state. Business is generally dull and collections are very poor. Loomis—Small grain will be very light and almost a failure. Will have heaviest crop of corn ever known if rains continue in season. Acreage very large. Collections are fair, and merchants careful, but in good spirits. ' Work begins today on two fine brick stores and in a few days one or two more will be commenced. This would indicate a healthy condition. PIERCE COUNTY. Plerce—Crop prospects fair. Crops are varied and almost the same in extent as last year. Collections, average. Much of the money, however, s obtained by borrowing, Plainyiew—About twice as many acres of sugar beets planted as were planted last year. The prospect for beets is poor and some will be plowed up. Corn was probably never in better condition in Pierce county at this season than now. Wheat and oats are considerably Injured by dry weather. The estimate is thai there will be from one-halt to two-dhirds of an average crop. The hay crop will be lighter than the average. Potatoes are in fair condition. Prospects are good at present for an average crop in Plerce county. PLATTE COUNTY. Columbus—Two per cent more of land broken than last year. Winter wheat almost a failure; not much sowed, but spring wheat will yleld a full half crop. Oats a scant half crop. Corn looks well, 10 to 15 per cent more than last year. It is somewhat back- ward owing to drouth and cold nights, but it the weather is warm and have rains from now on will have a big corn crop. Hay and pasture dried up. Potatoes late, but look well. Sugar beets also late, but looking well. Business is dull and merchants are not heavily stocked. Collections fair. Lindsey—Corn looks good. Wheat and oats all gone and will not raise a crop, with the exception of a few small flelds sown on last year's breaking. POLK COUNTY. Osceola—This section has been extremely ary all spring. All small grain has been badly damaged, if not totally ruined, and corn for a while grew very slowly, and there are a few flelds in which it lay in the ground for six weeks without sprouting. The first rain of much value fell June 8, and since then we have had showers. The south part of the county had rain enough. In fact, the southeast part of the county had three good rains last week. The north part of the county is still dry, especially the northwest part. However, there never was a better prospect in the county for corn generally. It is a fair growth, good stand, very clean and the acreage tho largest ever planted, owing to the fact that most small grain fields have been put to corn. Very little wheat but what has been plowed up and there will be but few oats. All that is needed in Polk county from now on is a contiuance of these showers, to give more corn than ever. There will be no hay, or very little. The valley grass on the Platte is killed and the meadows are all dead. Pastures are burned badly and yleld but little feed, but if there is moisture to grow the present corn prospect, which I8 im- mense, we are in splendid shape, as it has always been our principal crop, and the acre- age Is almost one-fourth greater than in previous years, Stromsbur, chiefly of corn, Last year's crop consisted oats and wheat, together with broom corn, Crops this year are about | the same as last as to kind. Small grain cannot yleld one-halt crop this year. Corn 18 in good condition. Present condition of trade seems to be falr. Collections are slow, very. Shelby—Corn was the principal crop in 1898 and there is one-third to one half more acreage this year. There will bo at most a half crop of small graln. Prospects for corn good. Dry weather caused partial fail- ure last year and partial failure of small graln - this year, Collections are very dull Trade will be good If there is a corn crop, of which there 18 now good prospects. RED WILLOW COUNTY. Indianola—=The outlook here this year up to this date is the worst in the history of this section of the country. A large acreage of corn oats and wheat was planted, an in- crease all round over last year. Up to June 1 there bad been no rain to speak of and corn remained In the ground unsprouted for | a long perlod. Wheat came up and in most instances died. The balince remained at the top of the ground and s a total fallure. Has been cold most of the time. Had good prospects for fruit until & hard frost killed usual abundant no rain to speak of since October, 1893, No collections, no trade, no business. People have hope that late rains will make some coarse feed for stock Lebanon—The prineipal crop raised last year was corn. Prospects this year, very poor. Had no rain th's spring. Wheat crop is a falure. Wo will raie some corn. Acreage larger than last year. Collections are very slow and the condition of trade not very promising. McCook—The acreage crops Is somewhat larger last. There s no prospect grain this year except in a few localitics where the flelds are irrigated. Corn will be a light crop. Early corn was killed by the drouth. Farmers claim that at present prospects are worse than they have been for | jn gome parts of the country a fallure, and fifteen years. It has boen 8o dry In #omo | in no part moro than one-halt of & orop. localities there Is no grass growing on the | The acreage of the corn crop fs much larger uplands. It s almost imposible to collect | than last year. We have had several good anything. Many of the merchants have been | rajng lately and the prospect for an abune forced to borrow money to keep the wholo- | dant corn crop at this season of the year sale houses from closing In. Men who have | wa: never bettor. The corn crop, if favors heretofore been considered good are unable | able conditions follow, will be the best ever to mnim their bills. There Is not water | mado in this country enough in the streams to supply the Irriga- 30 TR COt tion ditches and there fs much litigation in 4w Sooets DUUEE CQUND Y, that line at present. The Republican river | Gering—Tho principal crop here last through this county was dry all through | WAS Wheat and oats. The acr ¥ May. Will be about the same for these crops, but the acreage of corn has been largely in- creased and there has been a great quantity of alfalfa sown this year, all of which crops aro doing well. Of course, this refers to land under ditch Above the ditches there has bee no inerease in crops and it looked as It everything was going to be burned up, crop. Corn Is looking fine and the rains have startell it to growing rapldly, so that at present it looks as though there would bo more than an average crop of corn this year. Collections are hard to make. Many of the merchants are hard pressed to meet bills. People do not seem to pay, even If they have money. Are walt Ing to sco what the prospects are, No property Is changing hands, although prices are not high. Farmers seem fubilant over the prospects for a good corn crop, but say that the small grains are beyond redemption, Mead—Corn 15 looking well. Oats and wheat somewhat damaged by drouth. Some flelds plowed up and planted to corn. Exe tent of damage difficult to determine Wakoo—Oats and wheat will be very short, overything. Have h the different yoar than for any small of all this ear ear RICHARDSON COUNTY. Falls City—The largest crop here fs corn and the acreage I8 increased some over last year., he corn s looking fine and the weather has been good for getting the same in fine condition. The small grain lins been necding rain a little, but generally the | but roce ins have improved county has been favored with rain. The :‘:':u.r T apple crop Is increasing and promises fine for s this year. The late frosts damaged some of the Vineyards In the eastern part of the county, but damage was small In extent, and the grape vines are heavy with fruit. Cherrles are near their end and the trees have been very full, more so than usual. Business is promising, but purchases are conservative, and good times are predicted after harvest. Some of the small grain is ripening and promises fairly well, Humboldt—About the same acreage as last last year of each kind of crop. Corn is principal crop; showing this year so far good. Wheat not so good, and some of it was killed by frost. Oats not good; two- thirds crop at most; potatoes fairly good crop. Hay will be short, especially tame hay. Collections only fair and trade quiet Stella—Corn is always the principal crop IWARD COUNTY. Seward—Wheat Is about gone and will not amount to much. Late oats will be a falr crop, but the.carly oats is too short to cut and very thin. Corn was never better and the prosy is splendid he acreage is large. Collections are slow and money hard to get. Farmers about out of money and they have to be carried by the mer- chants Milford—Principal erop last year, corn, and same Is true this year. Acreage increased this spring over last by perhaps 10 to 15 per cent The very dry weather and frost combined have injured small grain greatly, Probably the most damage was dono to rye, which is now a complote failure. Wheat and oats were also damaged severely, but re- cent timely rains are bringing these grains in’ this county and acreage this year {s | Out amazingly. While some low lying flelds about the same as it was last year. Last | Will probably turn out little or nothing, a spring there was so much of “the wheat | Breat many farmers are now looking for a frozen the ground was planted to corn, | fair yield of wheat and a partial crop of This year there was not much wheat sown, | 0ats. Actual damage done by frost will not 50 think the corn acreage this and last year | be known until harvest, as the question is is about the same. Oats is almost a failure, | Whether the grain will fill out. The stand The prospect for corn is good and wheat is | of corn is excellent and the plant is grows doing fairly well since we had rain. Col- [ ing fine. A great deal was cut to the lections are fair, but trade is very dull. | ground by frost, but it sprung up again and There seems to be a disposition among the | seems now none the worse for that. With farmers to not buy goods, though they are | reasonably favorable conditions hereafter the the least hurt. Grain and stock are at a | “bumper” crop of will be equalled, if not good price. Pasturage and hay suffered | excelled, In this vicinity, The sofl is in ex- from drouth. cellent_condition. The flelds are comparas tively free from weeds. Corn has been all ROCK COUNTY. Bassett—Principal crops were corn and wheat last year. Greater acreage of corn and smaller of wheat than last year. Corn looking well and with a good rain now we will have a crop. Wheat cannot make much. There is no rye at all. Grass must have rain soon or there will not be one car of hay shipped from Rock county this fall and winter where there was a dozen last. SALINE COUNTY. Wilber—June 8 it commenced to rain and continued until June 9. Seemed to be gen- eral and the heaviest rain in this locality for twelve months and was badly needed. Several good rains since. Corn generally is in good condition. Winter wheat one- \. third to one-half crop. Oats and timothy s ’r ‘l grass almost a faillure. All kinds of fruit ~Mrs. Viola Emery nearly destroyed by frost. SARPY COUNTY. g i Indigestion, Cramps in the stomach, dyspepsia and catarrh of thy Papillion—Wheat looks fairly good, al- though very short straw, making it almost howels, caused my wife greatsuffering. She hat “een taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and now hat impossible to bind. Oats are nearly a total Hood’s sarse V™Y failure and many farmers are using oat parilia none of these symptoms, flelds for pasture and some are plowing it has tmproved n looks ‘ ures L2222 under, with intention of putting in millet. Corn looks better than it ever has at this season of the year, having suffered but little from dry weather. Pastures are brown and and weight. I have also taken Hood’s Sarsapa- rilla for Serofuln and General Debilit with much benefit. “Iam satisfied Hood's Sarsa arilla is a splendid tonle and blood purifier TERMAN P. EMERY, 348 Sixth St., Portland, Ore nearly burned up. The rains we have had Hood's Pills cureall Liver Lils, Billousness “(Continued on Seventh Page.) lately have had a good effect on all crops, but small grain will be a short crop. SAUNDERS COUNTY. Ashland—The principal crop raised In Saunders county is corn. The acreage this year is larger than last year by reason of onts and other small grain having been plowed under and planted to corn. This was done on account of the extreme drouth, which prevented small grain of any kind growing, and what has been left of such grain will not produce to exceed one-half of OFF with the PANTS In a sale at which so many goods have been sold as has been the case with out great closin out sale, there must necessarily b many odds and ends in coats—vestsia pants, Tomorrow we sell PANTS PANTS for suits for 50¢, $1.00, $1.560 0DD size pants for $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 Remeber our time is limited aqd to secure the best bargains you mugt be first on the ground.--When we Y » vertise a bargain it is known as su and is snapped up at once. Look in the show window for PANTS. Columbia Clothing Co., Cor. 13th and Farnam,