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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1897)
- " * * * * * " * ' * " * "T""f' O THE OMAITA DAILY 3JEE : SATURDAY , AUGUST 21 , 1807. the assessors filial ! report the afrcago under cultivation each year. This useful statutory pravlslon , however , Is not followed. Only fifty-six counties have reported for 1S97 the amount of land in cultivation. The total of acres for theno counties Is ; Wheat , 1.- 2B9.977 ! corn , -M90.035. Iawon county has hn largest acreage of wheat , 84,296 , while Who-lor county reports only fifty acres , Gage county'has the largest acreage of corn , 207,155. while Lancaster conies second with 184,320 acres , Douglas county reports 9.7CC ncr.-fi of wheat and 7C.4SS acres of corn. The Bounties not reporting are : nanner , Illalne , lltiffalo , Iloyd , Cheyenne , Colfax , Cueter , Dawcs , Franklin , Frontier. Kumas. Orant , myps , Hitchcock. Holt , Hooker , Klmball , Keith , Kcya t'aha , Loup , Mcl'hcrson , Mer- rlck , I'helps , riattc. Ited Willow , Hlchard- Bon , Sarpy , Saundcrs , Scotts llluff , Sheridan , Hlotlx , Thomas nnd Thurston. Nearly all of Ihrso counties are among the foremost producers of Nebraska , anrt It Is to be re- grettnd that the exact acreage under cultiva tion In rac-h is not known. AS COMPARED WITH SII.VKU. Many Inlcrtutlng comparisons can be made In connection with thte season's crops. Take the cllvcr proposition. If the Ne- br'aika farmer had sold his wheat drop this year at Chicago on the 19th day of August , 1896 , at the top quotation for September dc- Iltfery , ho would have received $16,575 000. With thin , he could have gene on the mar- J pt and bought pllver bullion at thp Now York prleo at the rate of BC4 cento per cuncp , or a trine lefl- than one and one-half ounces for n dollar. Ills wheat crop , then , -wan worth 2l,8fi2.KOO ounces ot silver. On the 19th day of August , 1897 , the same crop of wheat , wld In Chicago at the top prlco for September delivery , was worth $26- DG2.500. This crop of wheat on the New York market ou August 10 , 1S97. would buy f0,786,000 ; ouneps of silver , the price of nil- vnr having declined from a trllle lew than ono and one-half OUIICOH for $1 to a llttlo lcr than two ounces for $1. the exact ratio in 1S96 being 1.498 ounces to the dollar , and In 1S97 It won 1.923 ounces to the dollar. The gain to the farmer In sliver for 1S97 over 1896 lo a small matter of 25.523,500 ounces , or about one-half of the total output of the United Stalio. In other words , on the markets of the world the wheat crop of Nebraska Is worth more than the total nll- vcr output ot the United States. The value of the nvo principal crops of Ni-biuska for 1897. as shown by tlio figures Riven before , cxprcracd In ounee , > of silver , Is 1S3,079G40 ounceu. or 33,079.040 ounces more than the < total silver output of the world. That Is , If the Nebraska farmer so desires he can buy the entlro fllver output of the world at the. "market prlco and have a matter of $16,000- POO left out ot the market price of his corn , wheat , oatK , rye and hay. with his barley , buckwheat , sugar beets , chicory , poultry , 'dalrv products , hogs , cattle , sheep and ho'ra'ea . 'till to dispose of. This computation 1s based on the actual prlco paid for these commodities In Nebraska on Saturday , Au gust 14 , 1897. LIVE STOCK IN THE STATE. Tha abstract of assessment of the per- nhrial property of the state. IMS compiled from 'tlio reports sent In by the various county 'clerks ' ehows that there are In the state IUOS58 head of horses , the largest number being contained In Ouster county , where 19038 are reported , with an average value ' $ . per head. Ueuel county has the Binallest average value , the horses there be ing nBscsacd at $2.47 per head. The HuiS liorscs in Gage couuty are assessed at $103 - D50 , the total amount being larger than In any other county. The average value Is highest in Dodge , where 7,1)50 ) head are as sessed at $78,133 , being an average of $9.82 per head , Dnuglan county shows 10,128 head , valued at $93.914 , an average of $9.27. The } number of heart of cattle In the state , according to the asswsora , Is 1,212,025 , with 'an average taxable value of about $5 per 'h'pad. The largest number Is contained in ' Ctiming county , where there are 28,593 head ' 'of cattle , valued at $123,215 , an average of ' $ 1.31. Custcr county cornea next with 28- HIO , valued nt $112,738 , an average of $1. Hooker county , has the smallest number f > 86 head , valued at $2,5in , an average of $3.68. Thomas county comes next with G8S head , valued at $2,770 , an average of $3.30. The report shows that the most valuable cat. tie , are in Scotts Hluff couuty , where the 5.29S head are listed at an average of $10.S5 cento per head'while the lowest average Is , ! iii Dawson county , where the 11.717 head are ll.sted at an average of only $2.2 } . In Doug las county there are 11,00.1 head , valued ai ? 65.134 , an average of $5.61. The number ot hopi in the state Is shown to he 1Gil.271 , ' with an average ot about 5J..10 per head. Sauuders county has the , larger ! number , -1S.34 , ' ! , valued at $1.17 per head. Gage county comes next in number , 42:87-1. : valued at $1.37 per head. The smali- csi number Is contained In Klmball county , whpro thrrp are only 33 head , valued at $20 , nn average of GO crntn per head. Grant county has If ! head , but the average valua tion Is the highest in the state 52.15 per head. In Oeuel county the 52."i hogs arc- valued at only 25 cents per head. Douglas county hss 13,970. valued at ? lti,35S , an average of $1.17 per head. ' WHAT IT is wou-ni. The assessor's valuation ot these animals , Ifl hardly a fair criterion of their market jjyalii"7t"s ! a well known fact that the estimation ot the value ot an animal by the appraloer for purpn-iis oC taxation and the buyer for a packing house vary widely. It Is not the present Intention to speculate on 'li'ow widely they would vary In the present Instance , hut every reader may gather some > ltlea ot the advance in actual market value of those animals from the llgurm below. < fl'hey arp taken from actual sales at the Union stock yards at South Omaha on Au gust 19 , ISUli , and August 19. 1897 , the lowest and highest prlco for each grade , bc..ing given : August J9 , ISM. 19. 1817. fleet steers J3..V to ft.in $1.10 to $ r.01 Oqws 1.21 to 2.8i 2.0) to 3.50 'Heifers 2.10 to 3.50 s.oi ti . ' .r , Hulls 1 : ! 5 to 2.K ! 2 25 to 3.2. , J'ppilerH 2.0 to 3.35 3.7 , " , to J.K Western' ? 1.01 to a. ) 5 3.20 to1.33 2 75 to 3.07 3.CO to 3.M ) I -There has hem no shortage In the crop tot cattle and linpi. Itecelpts ut the local yarda have bwn : higher for 1897 than for ! )89i ) ) . They compare as follows from January , .J lo August 1 for each year : Uecelpla , 1SU7 i , ' Citttlf. lloan Shopp. tTiuiiiiiry -IS.r-Gl H3.0 < i 41 i.fli JCe.Immry I7.l : * < 112,291 51.0 0 iJUiirch Wtll7 110 44S 77.3CO April rlRll OiR.1 tIny 5S'i | lf.9 977 7fi 211 " .June os.ic 17B.9.1S r.s mi "July roon.t JSl,4Mi 25IV17 AlKMluf (13 ( days ) . . S * > IWfi 71.WX ) 19.2S2 I1U.903 ioircos fJf--- . Jifmmry 10,193 n7,3'7 ! 12S'S 73,772 13.21X March 37lM2 SJ.ifl7 17.08 Ki.Cl 20,111 I21.37' ' ' , I' ' ] . 150 S\\no \ \ Cl',17'1 ' r,3.2 2 15.SS7 July 40,520 ! S7N 21,110 AujfUMt (15 ( < lny ) . . 1U'JI3 35.M2 11,070 l- . 27l'7t ' T7 l7iis : 172'ill 'IncreaSB for 1897. 137,511 2C0.77U 2.M.003 ; CONUKilNING HOUSKS. a Whllp the food nnlnulH of the farmer have , t)0t'u advancing In prlco , the horse-has shared aldo In thu general prosperity. His market tirlco 1'xir , nut gone up to tuoli a great extent , tint ho U In better demand today for the . u-i'S he U commonly devoted to than IIP his , ltTii In u lonu time. On this topic the Wnlworth-l'roctor Coinmltslon compiny of outh Omaha says : "Common and cheap .TirqOm of horse , ] are nti higher thin last year at thU time. Drivers were higher last Kprlng than now for the reason that thai rise i of lioret-4 are not In demand during the foil and winter. Draft horses weighing 1,4'iO pounds nnd upward , good enough for 'xjivjrt , aiv celling form $10 to $15 lil'hcr ' than < i year ego. Western hordes are eelllng for -from $15 to $30. the name aa b. > t year. Tliero 1 a much belter demand for * n ca * s ef ) HO d , In jifccullir to and trao lottle only of Hood'a Birtapn- rlja | , and Jii proof of Its uuporlor ( strength } < ! economy , Thro la moru curative in n bottle of JIood'H Bareaparilla in any other. Thin fact , with its word of cures , proves the for nil blood diseases la Hood's Pills U. VuJ u.S horses than last year , but prices are no higher. The Increased demand has been caused by the revival of business. Heavy horses are always In demand and bring good prices. The Interview with J. S. Cooper if Chicago published laat Sunday Is misleading. Advlcca from the Chicago market are to the effect that the price ot common horses Is no higher than a year ago , although the demand la greater , top horses only being higher there , the same as at South Omaha. " SO.MH SAIII'I.KS OK I'HOSPKUITV. HIMV thp ftrpnt Uplift HUH AOVutPil the \plirnHkn Farmer. From time to time recently The Bee has published feme remarkable stories of the result of the advance in price of farm products on the farmer of Nebraska. This paper has consistently held through all the years of depression that recovery was cer tain to come when the unnatural conditions that prevailed from 1892 to 1S9G were re moved and the great American Industries wcru given an opportunity to pursue their glorious destiny unhampered by free trade and a ruinous policy of finance. During these years of hard tlmeo the Nebraska farmer had the experience common to all. He had to struggle to keep alive. Many sensational Btorica have been written con- cernlng hla wrestle with unkind fate and free trade. It hoe even attracted the atten tion of purveyors to the popular craving for realistic Ilctlon , and "Jim Lancey'o Water loo" and "The Spellbinder" were published forth as giving true pictures ot the agri cultural conditions in the Antelope state- . It need not bo related here how these utorico wore repudiated by Nebraska. They are re ferred to only to Illustrate what things the hard times gave rioo to. Broad fields of waving corn , acres and acres , for miles and miles of rich fall pasture , thousands on thousands of stacks of grain awaiting the thresher , great stretches ot fertile pralrlo mr.tted with sugar beet and chicory leavco , herds of cattle , drove * of hogs and flocks of sheep , with granaries already tilled to over flowing where the thresher followed the reaper tell a story more eloquent than words , and the cry of calamity l.v lost In the bustle and hum of the farm machinery aa the husbandman gathers the products of his farm. The mallgncre of Nebraska have been answered by Nebraska. It la a matter of record that ono fanner in Nebraska ownca a farm today which he bought with his wheat crop. He took the land last fall , paid a llttlo on It and gave a mortgage for the balance. His wheat crop has raised the mortgage and ho has all his other crops for prollt on one year's work , Not a wheat Held In Nebraska would have Bold last fall for the price of the wheat harvested from It this season. One of the most remarkable storied , well authenticated , eomcvj from lied Willow county : James Doyle of Perry precinct rented a piece of land which he determined to plant to corn. By the time ho had thg crop on his own place It was , he thought , too dry to plow for corn , and hs decided to let the volunteer wheat on the tract unmolested. He has Just threshed 1,000 bushels of wheat from that land. De ducting the one-fourth rent he has strong 760 bushels of wh'.at for the mcro harvesting , aa ho never harrowed tJie land. W. S. IIiMiiilton had the tract In wheat last year. Here la another from Cusier county : HAHGKNT. Ouster County , Neb , , Aug. 16. To thu Kdltor of The Uee : Speaking of this section < > H H dvslruble place to locate for custom fcniu-rsi , I met at our Grnml Army of thu Hepubllc picnic , Saturday , August II , Mr. I'lurcp of Somerford. He said : " 1 hme a mortgage of $100 * on my homestead dun next year. My this year's wheat crop will pay the entire mortgage nt present prices of wheat. " W. IX I1ALU Douglass Township , Ouster County , Neb. Instances of this nature can bo multiplied beyond the limit of space or the patience of the reader. Somti terse , plain ( statements from several of the counties of Nebraska follow : ADAMS COUNTY. Adams county contains 576 rfquaro mllcji. The average farm Is one-quarter of a section , and the lowest average sowing of wheat per farm was twenty acres. This acreage at the very lowest estimation will not fall short cf an overage of twenty bushels , or 921,600 buahelu for the county. This Is a very con servative estimate , and yet It glvca Adums county by far the largest crop over raised here. The acreage of corn la much greater and will hardly fall short of forty acres per farm , or 92.1GO acres In the county. It Is estimated to go between foity and fifty bushels per acre , but at forty bushels , the vwy lowe l estimate , the corn crop will yield u.GStf.400 bushels. Tills estimate- only ac count * for sixty acres out of each farm , leav ing 100 acres , per farm , or 400 acres per sec tion yet to ba estimated. On the untutlmatcil and the farmers have raised great crops of barley , cats , rye. grata for hay and postures , and plenty of potatoes and vegetables. Evcty- ihlng ki in excellent condition nnd the corn P0t8lbl > ' look a"y I" " l" > it do < w at ires UOONK COUNTY. The acreage of wheat in this county Is 20 per cent more than last year , the yield 10 per cent morn and the quality butter. Oats average 15 per cent lezs. yield 10 per cent better and quality better. Corn averages larger , yield thu same as last year. This Is by far tuo best crop | n the history of lloono couuty. There was another splendid rain Friday und the crops are now fully assured. HUTLKn COUNTY. Fanners should certainly reel satisfied with prlcw they are receiving here for their gram at the present time. Corn In in fair condition , but at least ten days late with Home ple-ces that will never mature. The wheat crop will be about the earn * ai last year nnd of better quality. Oats gain a much larger yield and much better quality. Hay not so large n crop , but better In quality. BOX BUTTK COUNTY. There will bo a full crop ot small grain , except wheat and oats , which will make about half a crop. Potatoes are extra good , and corn Is a fair crop. BURT COUNTY. A fair estimate ot the crop of Burt county for the year 1897 la as follows : Wheat , 340- 614 bushels ; corn , 3,130,170 bushels ; oats , 1- 020,720 busheln ; barley , 59,700 bushels ; rye , 23,220 bushels ; hay , 68.767 tons. The pros perity of Burt county Is well shown In the following table : five bushels per acre , which Is much better than last year , but not so good as two years ago. Wheat Is of excellent quality , but the yield has proven disappointing , running from six to fifteen bwhols per acre , with some fields up to twenty-five and thirty , while some exceptionally line fields of spring wheat yielded forty to fonty-three bushels per acre by measure , by weight some more than that. Ilyo , flax and barley are ot average yield , but there were few fields of either. CUMING COUNTY. The acreage of corn In Cumlng county Is about 15 per cent less than last year. The acreage of small grains of all kinds Is fully 20 per cent greater than last year. The yield of corn will be at , leaot 15 per cent below Tons. CASS COUNTY. The winter ot 1S07 was milder than that of 1S9G and all of the crop. . ' of the preceding year has not been used. The following | acreage is approximately correct , as shown j by the acsesMir's returr.a for 1897 : Wheat , , 30,000 acres ; corn. 160,000 acres ; oats , 32,000 acres ; meadow , -10,000 acres ; barley , 162 acres. The change In acreage Is very little over 1896. The yield o ! wheat Is about 10 per cent greater than ! S9i ) , and the quality of the wheat superior. In a g-rat portion of tlio county corn is 100 per cent , in other oortlons about SO per cent , lesultlng from the uneven dhtrlbtitlon of rain. Oats U above an average in yield and quality. The num ber of cattle and IIOFH In Ca-s county is much greater than 1S9G , resulting from nat ural Increase and large number.j ot feeder * having been purchased by our farmers and brought into the county to be fattened. A conservative estimate ot the grain crop ot Cass county for 1837 would be 500,000 bushels ot wheat ; G,500,000 bushels ot corn ; 112,000 bushels of oats and 3,240 bushels t > [ barley. CHASE COUNTY. It has been rainy almost daily the past week in Chase county , and the ground Is wetter than ever before known at this sea son of the year. The corn crop is forging ahead most wonderfully and the farmorn say that the yield will nt least double that of any season since 1891. CHERUY COUNTY. In Cherry county but little rye and barley Is raised Tha average- yield of wheat this year is twelve bushels per acre , and corn , It Is thought , will run thirty-five to fifty bushels per acre. Of wheat there Is more than twice the acreage of last year , but it Is difficult to estimate the exact number of acres. Of corn there ! s a much larger acreage than last season. If corn turns out what Is now expected Cherry county will raise a surplus thlo sowon , the first time In the history of the county. Hay Is most excellent and a largo amount will bo put up. Cattle are In excellent condition and 2-year- old steers are celling at $3.75 per hundred , for feeders , weighed at the shipping points In the county. CHEYENNE COUNTY. It Is Impossible at present to give a fair estimate ot the amount of crops In Chey- cone county ; however the hay crop will bo large , corn will be nearly a full crop , wheat , oata , barley and rye about 60 per cent. CLAY COUNTY. A * conservative estimate of the various crop products of Clay county Is as follows : Wheat , 1,250,000 bushels ; rye , not much sown ; barley , not much eown ; oats , leas thnn half the acreage of wheat , but the yield per acre Is nearly double the average of wheat , will bo not less than 1,000,000 bushels. The prospect Is that corn will bean an Immense crop. The acreage will exceed that of wheat and will be not far from 76- 000 acrcH , and perhaps more , In the county , which , at n low estimate , will yield nearly It not exceed 2,000,000 bushels. Hay will also be an Immense crop here thin year. In 1S9G and previous years , hay was a short crop , which accounts for the high price In 1896 as compared with the present price. Uyo and barky were not generally sown , and the product of these grains will be but very few thousand bushola In the county. I'otatocs will bo a good yield thld year , suffi cient , at least , for home consumption. COLKAX COUNTY. A tour of the greater portion of Colfax county will convince any ono that the pros pects for corn are but very little Inferior to the prospects of last year , which for yield far exceeded the average , but was away off as to quality , many thousands of bushels of corn being * In auch condition because of Im properly maturing that it was lit for market only after being picked over at heavy ex- [ icnso of tlino and labor and loss of thou sand ! ! of bushels absolutely spoiled that had to bo thrown out. This year there la good prospect of the crop maturing properly , nothing now to be feared but early frosts , rod nothing la known to cause shortage excepting a few fields that llo In sandy or ( shallow soiled portions ot the county , and some imperfections of ears that are known to exist , the mine being the result of tussling too far In advance of "ehootlug , " which wao retarded by dry weather. The yluld of oats nti fair , being from twenty-five to thirty- that of last year ( which was phenomenal ) , bui will be fully up to thn usual average. All small grains are yielding above the aver age , I should Judge 10 per cent. Quality , ot nil small grains is No. 1 , berry round , plump 'and hard. CUSTEH COUNTY. The farmers In this locality are a jubilant class of people. The wheat crop this season Is the largest In acreage ever sown In the county. Comparatively few have thrashed yet. The yield varies in different localities. The lowest yield yet reported Is ten bushels to the acre and -the hlghc-st thirty bushels. The greater number icport from sixteen to eighteen bushels to the acre. The average will not be far from fifteen bushels to the aero iu this county. The oats , crop will bo comparatively light , as In many Instancco the stand was poor. Some fields were very fine. The acreage Is small and the average will not exceed thirty bushels to the acre. There was a larger acreage of rye than usual , but the yield will not exceed fifteen bushels to the acre. The acreage ot barley IP this county was small , but Is yielding about twenty-live bushels. Tha corn crop Is second to the wheat In acreage. In oorno localities the crop was Injured materially by the dry and hot weather In the latter part of July. The recent rains have greatly improved the condition of corn. Fully half of the county will have an average crop of not less than thirty-five bushels to the acre. Even the worst affected field will have u fair crop ot corn. Should the frost hold off until the middle of September there will bo a largo surplus of corn produced. People of all vo cations are greatly encouraged with present prospects and business Is lively In ail lines of trade. The Idle hands are all employed at remunerative wagco. DAKOTA COUNTY. The wheat average In Dakota county this year will bo about fifteen bushels per acre and corn promises a good crop. DAWSON COUNTY. Ninety per cent of the wheat In Dawson Is In the stack ; the average for the county will bo twenty bushels to the acre , with 110,000 acres In this crop , Corn , owing to local rains , varies , but will make a good average crop. Potatoes and alfalfa are AI. DODGE COUNTY. Last year's wheat crop was of poor quality and much of it would not grade at all. There Is no market hero for barley and the quality of thu crop la such that It Is valuable only for feeding , The-acreage ot wheat la 10 per cent above that of 1896. It in thrashing out from twelve to twenty-five- bushels to the acre. wlth''aii'occaslon8l ' ! field going as high as thirty , b.ufehels . ; will average from flftec-n to twenty bushels , Oats are of flrot- clasa quality ' ,4nl'i ( will make a good crop. The condition' fthe corn crop Is peculiar , In some sections-there will not be over half a crop , whileIn othern the yield bids fair to bo way abo.vo the average. Farmers and grain dealers , d'o'not agree on the corn crop , some filgr.lilS It at two-thirds and others at an wvernge- crop , A conservative estimate Is from 70 to 80 per cent. Rye Is an average yield. Hay U lighter than usual , FIldNTJEIl COUNTY. Cropa In Frontier county arc A 1. The acreage U thd'JqfRest on record ; the quality line ; yield 35 iiec. cent above normal. Wheat U yielding from ' .twenty-ono to forty-live bushels per acrJ'oats ; , sixty to eighty ; barley , tevontv to 10(7. ( ' Corn ia simply Immenao , well advanced and safe from dry weather and much will be out of the way of frost In ten days. The crops as a whole are the best ever raised in the county. Corn Is euro to advance under the Impulse given by thousands of extra cattlu brought In for feeding purposes by our farmers and stock feeders , FURNAS COUNTY. The estimated yield of corn In Furnas county U 2,880,000 bushels ; small grain. In cluding wheat , rye and oats , 500,000 bushels , Ono of the greatest crop ylehl.3 this season will be that of alfalfa , Four crops will be C" ' OARF1ELD COUNTY. The prospects for a crop were never better and the acreage la largo , GOSPEIl COUNTY. The wheat crop for thin year will average twenty burhcls per acre. Numbers of flelda of wheat have thrashed twenty-five to thirty bushel * and one U rcoortcd maklne forty- one busheta. Oata are very heavy , nuking from fitly to ecventy-flvo bushels per acre ; barley , forty-five bushels' per acre. Corn bus been damaged by drouth lo the amount of 25 per cent. nilEEI.RY COUNTY. Cropa in Orccley county were never bet ter. Thrashing well under way and farmers paying oft their Indebtedness. HOWAHU COUNTY. Acreage of wheat in Howard county , 36,100 bufthcls ; entlmatcd yield spring wheat , fourteen bushels ; winter wheat , eighteen bushels. Acreage of corn , 58,190 ; estimated yield , about thirty bushel to the acre. Acreage of oats In the county , 16,661 ; esti mated yield , thirty-five bushels to the acre. Thcro Is but llttlo barley raised In the county , but It Is a good yield what there Is. Acreage of rye , 4,500 acres ; yield about twenty-five bushels. JEFFERSON COUNTY. "Wheat acreage , 18,084 ocres , a decrease from lost year ot 1,816 acres ; estimated average yield , twenty bushels. Corn acre age , 163,059 ; an Increase of 11,578 acres over 1898 , and an Indicated yield of forty bushels. Oats acreage Is very small , 23,131 ; a decrease of 8,086 acres as compared with last year. The Ixirley and rye acreage Is very small , but the yield Is good. Of barley only 318 acres and ot rye only 762 acres are reported. Late rains have materi ally Improve. ! the hay crop , which will bo above the average. JOHNSON COUNTY. Wheat and oats a good crop , and present prospects for big yields of corn , hay , etc. , this year very promising. Farmcis arc feel ing Jubilant at the outlook. KEARNEY COUNTY. Acrea ot wheat , 66,596 ; average per acre , sixteen bushels. Acreage of corn , 109,760 ; average per aero , 36 bushels. Acreage of oats , 27,872 ; average per acre , 50 bushels. Acreage of barley , 10,360 ; average per acre , 35 bushels. Acreage of rye , 9,866 ; average per acre , 14 bushels. KEITH COUNTY. Small grain was Injured by dry weather In Juno and Is only half a crop. Corn Is looking fine and will be a good crop with an Increased acreage. All Irrigated crops are good , No Idle men In the country. Hey men are getting | 1,00 per day and board to work in hay fields. LANCASTER COUNTY. The corn crop ID this county Is about the same acreage as last year , but the yield will not bo quite so heavy , probably five bushels per aero lew. About the usual number of acres of oats , and the yield was very heavy , and quality good. Not much wheat eown hero , but the yield was heavy , and largo acreage will bo sown this fall. Rye was a heavy crop. Hay Is not as good a crop as last year. LINCOLN COUNTY. The local price of corn and oats Is not ruled by eastern prices. All Is consumed at homo and brings Kearney prices with freight added. Wheat and rye la shipped from the county , the supply being greater than thn local consumption. It is very difficult to accurately estimate the crop of 1897. Tak ing the assessoro' returns of acreage , which are not accurate , j. conservative estimate would bo : Whea 350,000 bushels ; corn , 3,000,000 bushels ; rye , 150,000 bushels ; oats. 250.000 bushels ; alfalfa , 25,000 tons. This estimate is based on an average yleid of fif teen buohote of wheat to the acre , sixty of corn , forty of oats and forty of rye. This is lumping Irrigated sections with unlrrl- gated portions ot the county. The crop of 1S97 will be more than double that of 1836. 'MADISON ' COUNTY. No data at hand to furnish an esti mate of the crop of the county for this year In bushels , but from all reports of the farmers wheat und oats are far above the average yield and of excellent quality. The outlook for corn was never bettor and the yield promises something wonderful. The estimated average yield of wheat this year will be about twelve to fifteen bushels an acre , corn , forty to alxty bushels nn acre ; oats , twenty-five to thirty bushels ; rye , fit- teen bushels ; barley , twenty-five to thirty bushels , and hay an excellent crop. Sugar beets are a good stand and making root in rt satisfactory manner. The season was a llttlo late and dry at first , but plenty of ralna and perfect weather later. Pastures are in excellent condition and the soil Is now In splendid condition for fall plowing. MERRICK COUNTY. The wheat crop this year is far superior to that of 1S9G , winter wheat weighing from sixty to sixty-four pounds to the bushel. The acreage of wheat Is greatly Increased nver that of 1896. Oats are about two- thirds of a crop and are of better quality than a year ago. Corn promises well , al though Injured by the hot weather. Vlth favorable weather there will probably be a,3 much corn raised as last year , as the acre age Is greater. Rye Is above the average In quality and yield. Very llttlo barley raleeil. No flax. The hay crop Is light , probably from half to two-thirds or a crop. Another good rain yesterday , which will help both corn and hay. hay.NEMAIIA NEMAIIA COUNTY. The acreage of wheat In this county was not as largo as usual this year , owing to many pieces freezing out last winter , but the yield was good and the bsrry good , Oata are the finest raised for some time , and the yield Is large. The acreage of corn Is larger than usual , owing mainly to the fact that much of the ground sown to wheat was plowed up In the spring and planted to corn. Owing to the late , cold and wet spring , and the havoc made by the cut worms , the stand of corn is not up to the standard. Many of the farmers had to replant their corn and some of them replanted the second time , but the corn is good and the yield will be good. Nothing can now cut it short , except an early frcst , and all of the early corn ID safe from even that , NUCKOLLS COUNTY. The wheat crop Is estimated by conserva tive authorities to reach 200,000 bushels ; corn , 2,250,000 bushels ; oato , 500.000 busheln. The corn Is In the finest possible condition and nothing but wind or hall can prevent lt being a big crop. OTOE COUNTY , Total acreage of crops for 1897 taken from the atEespors' books upon a fair , con servative estimate will give a yield about as follows : Wheat , 700,000 bushels ; corn , 7,000- 000 bushels ; oats , 1,800,000 bushels ; barley , G.GOO bushels ; rye , 4,000 bushela ; hay , 25,000 tons. PHRLPS COUNTY. Crops are the beet filnco 1891 nnd there IB a larger acreage than In that year , nearly nil of the land now being under cultiva tion. PIERCE COUNTY. The wheat and oats crop will be consider ably less than last year. In thu. north and west parts of the county the wheat crop will average about ten bushels to the acre. In the south part of the county the yield will bo cpnslderably more. The procpects are flattering for an enormous yield of corn all over the county. It Is predicted that corn will yield on an average of about forty- live bushels to the acre , POLK COUNTY. All of the crops are good and the acreage Is larger than ever before In the county. Corn will average forty bushels to the acre , wheat twenty , rye fifteen , and there Is a good crop of hay , and the fruit crop of all kinds that we raise Is abundant , never any thing like It before. RED WILLOW COUNTY. Thcro are about 100,000 acres of small grain. At a generally accepted average of twenty bushels per aero the mall grain yield IB 2,000,000 bushels. A very largo proportion of tills Is wheat. There are about 100,000 acres of corn , and placing the aver age yield at the conservative figures of thirty busholB per aero the total yield will bo 3,000,000 bushels , RICHARDSON COUNTY , About half the wheat was frozen out , but what remained was good , about thirty bushels to the acre average ; corn , full crop ; oata , full -crop ; hay , full crop , ROCK COUNTY. The price of corn , oats and rye Is governed for the most part by the local demand and supply. This county lias a better corn crop this year than it ban had for a number of years , and the acreage has never been so large In the history of the county as It Is this year. Hay will be a little better than an average crop , and the quality la good. Late ralno will cause the grass to continue to grow until frost. The average yield per aero of wheat Is not so good by about 25 per cent this year as last , but the acreage la considerably larger and there will be considerably more wheat thrashed than will bo required for the local demand , Thli U essentially a stock county nd farming Is not carried on very extensively. Cattle are looking exceedingly well , prices are high and resident buyers are ready to take all nd more than are offered Thin county Is beginning to feel the effects of the better times. The people have made more Im provements hero this year than have been madn In the county altogether during the past fiveyears. . All crops excepting wheat , and hay are much bettor than they have been for ft number of years. A cold and late spring may bo sild to be the cauio of the wheat nnd hay crop being light , SAHPY COUNTY. The prospects for R bountiful crop In S rpy county thlet year ro excellent. The small grain no far ns thrashed Is an Improvement ovpr thp crot > of 1S96 and whlla It Is not ex pected the corn yield will hardly reach the figures of lost year It will nearly do so and tlio Improvement In thp small grain will more than balance the falling oft of the corn crop. SAUNK COUNTY. Crop for 1897 : Wheat average , eighteen to twenty bushels per acre ; oats , thirty to thirty-five bushels ; barley not thrashed yet ; hay crop lighter than 1S9G ; rye. forty to' forty-live bushel per acre. In 1S9G Saline county produced nearly 0,000,000 bushels of corn and this year's crop will make about two-thirds of laet year. The wheat acreage te smaller than In 1S9G ; eamo with oal . Total average for Sallno county , 1897 : Corn , about 4,000.000 bushels ; wheat , about 1,000- 000 ; oats. 2.000.000 ; rye and barley small acrcvigo , Lite rains helped the late corn and crops are now beyond danger. SAUNDBKS COUNTY. Crop prespects throughout the county arc reasonably good. The corn crop will lack considerable of being as good aa last year , but Indications are that a fair average crop will bo produced. Dry weather damaged the corn to some extent , but good rains fell In tlmo to bring incut ot It out In good shape. The crop of small grain and hay Is above the ordinary , and the acreage of wheat Is considerably larger than lost year. A largo yield and a good quality of wheat are- re ported from over the county. On the whole , the crops ot the county are In good condi tion. SCOTTS IlLUKF. The prices paid in Scotts Uluff county for the principal crops arc : ISM. 1597. Wheat 3050e Corn 22c 2.'c Oats ISo 2" ! ir y $150 $255 Prices hero were not so low last year an elsewhere , the local market not being affected , being off the railroad. The esti mated crop for 1S97 Is : Wheat , 6,000 acres , at 25 bushels , 15,000 bushels ; corn , 4,000 acres at 35 bushels , 14,000 bushels ; oats , 3,000 acren at 40 bushels , 12,000 bushels ; hay ( alfalfa ) , 15,000 acres at 4 tons , 60,000 tons ; potatoes , 200 acres at 100 bushels. 20,000 bushels ; alfalfa seed crop , 7,200 bushels at $2.40 per bushel , $17,280. These * crops are aisured. SHERMAN COUNTY. Small grain is now coming In fast and ele vator men are kept busy handling It. In the year 1896 the crop of this county was far less than It will bo thl < ? year. A great many Holds of spring wheat have been thrashed and the poorest yield the. writer has heard of so far Is eleven bushels , and the best thirty-one bushela , and nearly all the fields are running seventeen and eighteen bushels to the acre , a great many running twenty- two and twenty-three. Winter wheat Is averaging about sixteen- eighteen bushels. It is estimated that Sherman county has grown this year fully 750,000 bushels of wheat , and Sherman county Is only twenty- four mllea square , being ono of the small counties In this part ot the state. The corn crop Is In excellent condition , and from present prospects the yield promises to ex- ceel the large crop of 1891. There will alee bo an Immense crop of hay. STAUNTON COUNTY. The assessor's return show that there was crown In the county 7,299 acres more wheat In 1897 than In 1896 , 3,283 acres less corn , 2.634 less oats and eight acres less rye. There were on the flist day of April 1897 , 18,590 hogs as against 17,309 a year ago , and 18- 435 cattle as against 14,472 last year. Wheat will average fifteen bushel per acre as against thirteen last year. Corn In the north half ot the county Is excellent. In the south half lighter. The yield will not exceed two-thirds that of last year. THAYER COUNTY. Thcro wan no corn on the market at all last year. Small grain has turned out well this year , the yield and quality being good. Corn will run from fifty to seventy bushel to tin ) acre. THUUSTON COUNTY. The com crop hero will be nearly up lo last year's yield If frc t docs not come too soon. The acreage ot oats Is about the same aa last year , and while the yield will not be so great as that of 1896 , the quality Is far better , overrunning about live to six Dounds to the bushel. The acreage of wheat In this county Is about double that ot 189G. It Is not yielding as well as was expected before thrashing was begun. The averng will bo from twelve and a half to fitieci bushels per acre. Some pieces are going a : high as twenty-five to thirty bushels , bu more are going under fifteen. The quality ot the wheat Is the best that had over beei raised in the county. The crops of rye am barley are about the same In yield and qual ity as last year. There was a very emiil acreage sown to these cereals. The hay cro [ Is good although not quite so heavy as In 1S9G. WASHINGTON COUNTY. Corn , about the same amount planted as last year ; wheat , about 50 per cent better in quality and 25 per cent more in quantity ; oats , about 50 per cent be'ttcr In quality and quantity. WAYNE COUNTY. Crop estimate for 1897 : Wheat , -18,000 acres , average yield , twelve bushels per acre , line quality ; corn , SG.OOO acres , in llrst-clafs condition , will bo a full crop , probable average ago forty bushels per acre ; oats , 20,000 acres , big yield , average , forty-live to fifty bushels per acre. The acreage ot rye and barley Is small , but the yield large , and the hay crop Is very largo and illlllcult to estimate. Sugar beets , 400 acres , average ten tons per acre. The crops of Wayne county may be AN OPEN LETTER From Miss Sachnor , of Columbus , O. , to Ailing Women. To nil women who arc 511 ; It af fords mo great pleasure to tell you of the bcncllt I litivo derived from talc ing Lytlia E. 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MisaMAV " U8 > 8' E. liich St. , Columbus , 0. said to bo a full average- crop and thfl farm- era for the most part arc , feeling jubilant. YORK COUNTY. The estimate- the yield per aero of York county wheat Is twenty-five bushels ; rye will average about twenty bushels to the acre ; outs will go from twenty to forty. Conserv ative estimates ot the corn crop place the average yield at twenty-five- bushels to the aero for thp entlro county. The yield for different parts of the county will vary greatly , however , as the rainfall has not been evenly distributed. WHEKLKR COUNTY. There Is no buyer of grain or hogs at llartlott , the county scat of Wheeler county. Ilusines9 ot that kind Is all done at the nearest railroad points , as Nellgh , Albion , Elgin , Cedar Rapids and ( Jrecly. The crop of 1897 Is good , the average per aero being : Wheat , about twenty bushels ; oats , about thirty-five bushels ; rye , about fifteen bushels ; corn prospects are good ; hay. about threo-tourths of a crop. KM HI , lMIM-.s7f | ( MTliKTTiH TIMKS. \fltriixliii Timlin TiiUlnHT on nil Mr of OlilTInuIIf , - . ( IRANI ) ISLAND , Neb. . Aug. 20. To the Editor of The lice : During the past few weeks I have boui traveling over the portions tions of the state covered by the 1C Ik horn road between Omaha and Scrlbner , on the Scrlbner branch to Oakdalo and the Union Pacific branches to Ord and l.oup City , and at no time In the- past ten years has Ne braska had such good prospects for crops of alt kinds. In wheat the like has not been known In the history of the state , th yield In many cases going far ahead of ex pectations. 1 talked to a farmer In North L.otin a few day ago who had Just finished hauling In 1.000 bushela ot wheat , the average - ago yield per aero being twenty-one bushels , and for which ho received 65 cents per bushel , leaving him n net profit of niearly $12 per acre. Many pieces ot wheat hav made twenty.fivo to thirty bimhels per acre , nnd of the very best quality. A dealer In St. 1'aul ( Howard county ) , told me ho had shipped a few carloads of spring wheat to St. Louis that had graded No , 1 rod , some thing Nebraska wheat has never done be fore. In traveling on the trains you can sea threshing machines going everywhere , many thrashing from the shocks , and where you do not u-eo the thrashing machine going- you see great ricks of grain. Wheat In not moving much yet , farmers anticipating that prices will bo better and are holding on. Seventy-two cents haj been , paid at Home points for wheat. To see the now life In the towns Is something wonder ful. At Elba a farmer drove In with a load of grain. I ast year ho would have been compelled to hunt up the grain man. Today they were on the street watching for him. Not ono , but several were after him. This shows the difference In conditions. The merchants are busy selling alt kinds of goods , traveling men complaining that they cannot get at them to sell them goods. Everything scema to bo putting on now lit * In all the small towna. HulldlngH are being painted and repaired , and lumber men are expecting more business this fall than for many years. Now trains are being put on the branch roads and more areto go on September 1. On Tuesday night forty-five traveling men stayed all night at Ord , something never before - fore known In the history ot the town. Traveling men who have not made the state In four years are now on the ground- looking for eomo of the business , and all nay busi ness la good. Ask any merchant how trade Is nnd his answer is "good , and we arc going to have a good trade this fall and winter , " they eay. eay.Ono populist told mo yesterday that allvor had nothing to do with It , he guessed , and as long as he had good crop , ) and got such prices ho would not say anything about silver and guessed there was money enough to buy all the grain nnd slock offered for wile. In talking with some farmers from Ohio and Indiana , who were with the H. & M. oxcur- ( Contlnued on Sixth Page. ) Skins on flro with torturing , disfiguring , itching , burning , blooding , ncaly , and pimply humors , Instantly relieved by n. warm bath witli CUTICUUA SoAr , n single application of Cinici'KA ( ointment ) , the gie.it skin euro , and a full dose of C't TICUKA UCSOLVEST. It 'oM throughout the world. PoTTrn" D. 4 C. Conr. , So ! 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