Nebraska Newspapers

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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.
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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
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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.
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\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-
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