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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1894)
> 1 t'l THIS OMAHA DAILY BEJ&J , MONDAY , JULY 2 , 1891. KING CORN IS FLOURISHING ( Continued from First Page. ) ditch > hero about one-half crop ot wheat and good born prospect. Altogether , the w6r t spring wo ever experienced. The ditches on the west end of the Republican have been seriously affected by new ditches in Colorado. FILLMORE COUNTY. Fairmont Small grain nlmost a failure. Corn Is looking well and prospects now good t6r crop. Copious rains recently. Qcneva About fi per cent more corn this year than last. Crops ore not much more diversified. No sugar beets this year. There rtas some of this crop list year. Corn pros pect Is nattering. Good stand nnd well ad- vanccd. Wheat will bo about one-third of n crop. OatH will be a little better , owing to our recent excellent rnins. Collections are qulto slow. Trade Is stagnant and fu ture prospects are not good. Financial paralysis seems to hnvo set In. Ohlowa Oats were the lightest crop last year ever known here , and this year prom ises to be still worse. Wheat , as Is well known , was less than half crop last year , nnd Is decidedly worse this year. tully one-third of the wheat has been plowed tip and put In corn. Corn , despite nil croaking , ran about thirty bushels here last year ! quality good. As Indicated nbovo tht-ro Is a. largely Increased acreage of corn thin year , about 20 per cent , and thus far corn Is all right. There Is a fair stand , Is growing fairly and looks well. FRANKLIN COUNTY. riloomlngton Lnto rains make our corn prospects here very nattering ; the small grain will come out to some extent , but will not make , probably , over one-fourth ni'verton Small grain about one-third crop. Corn , prospect good. FRONTIER COUNTY. Curtis Up to the middle of this month there had not been a good rain In this county for more than one year. The whf.it crop Is dead and will be a total failure. The corn that was planted early came tip , but dried out and dlod. There was a fail ure of crop hero last year , caused by dry weather. Trade of all kinds Is dull. Im possible to make collections. Prospects of merchants and farmers not encouraging. FUHNAS COUNTY. Beaver City. Small grain Is n complete nnd total failure. Corn was on the verge of death when rains began to fall. If rains keep up at regular Intervals wo may yet luvo a good corn crop. In comparison with last year's crop there was considerable In- creasp In acreage , both In small grain nnd corn. Perhaps nn Increase of 25 per cent. We have had no rain to speak of this spring , not enough to thoroughly wet the ground at any ono time until within a week. A great deal of corn had not even sprouted , but a good proportion of It came up nnd stood the drouth remarkably well. Collect ons are very slow and almost Impossible to get from farmers. 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 , nnd one-half crop upon the averngo 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 hero Is corn , which was light last year on account of drouth , rains being local showers only , not more than halt a crop In this county. The acreage Is larger this season than last , nnd It promises well. Wheat was n failure last year , and oats were very light. Although Injured by frost and dry weather , wheat will be about half n crop this year ; oats hardly as much. Potatoes , which were badly frosted , are now recovering fast. Fruits were Injured In many localities , and grapes and raspberries killed. Apples will be scarceiplums and chorrlcs about half n crop. S'rfldo Is tlllqulto dull and collections , slow , but with the Improved prospects of good . ' CHKYENNEnCOUNTY. Lo3go < Pole The crop last year was prin cipally | inyuon the Irrigated botom land and ' wlirljtf'ribotit' tin ) , same1 tills year. The table land produced very" little crop last year , principally' wheat nnd 'oats , and although the crop'last year was nlmost a failure the farm ers have gone to work again with renewed courage and put In an Increased acreage. The dry weather was the cause of failure last year nnd the small grain Is now suffer ing aid probably the crop will be a failure from , the same onus's. Corn In general looks well. Trade Is dull and collections slow. Business men generally , as well as farmer.1 ! , wear gloomy faces. CLAY COUNTY. Sutton The acreage of fall wheat sown was very largo , as was also the acreage of oats this spring , but on account of the frost , on the 19th of May the entire crop of wheat and SERIES 7. The Book of the Builders . 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OUR Siiml'iy ami Throa \\'oo'x-dvy ODUDJIM with 13 cenlH In coin , will Imy o.i j Dirt of Tim American Knuyalorta.lU Dlollo i- hry. Sonrtorilurato Tliu lljio.lljj. , TJan onlorn wlioulil uouldvoHuol to DIOTIONAE ? DEPAKTMENT. NUMBER 17. CENTURY or trip ? KOUK coupon ! and tin cent * In coin tu thU office anJ rectlv. th ITth | > .irt of ttilt iuperb work the itory of th irnr , tnld b > the Icndlnr general I on MAONIF1CKNTLT ILLUSTRATED. oals was damaged very ncrlously , almost en tlrely ruined , A largo per cent of wheat anil at leant one-third ot the ( Kits has l > cen ( ilowcd up nnd the fields put In corn , Doubt If ( here will be nny wheat nnd probably not over 26 per cent ot a crop of oata In Clay county. The corn crop Is the largest over known In this cou.ity and at present time U looking very fine. The Into nhowrrs hnvo vary much Improved the outlook for n heavy corn crop nnd If rains are seasonable the largest crop of corn the county has ever known will bo realized this fall. The prln clpal crops last year were corn and oats , mostly corn. There was some wheat , but It was of a very poor quality nnd small. The oats \vtu probably one-half crop. Collections arc very poor at present , nnd , In fact , nn Im possibility. Trade amongst the merchants Is light and mostly credit. Clay Center Recent rnlns have added ma terially 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 fatnlly Injured by the frost of May IS , fol lowed by extremely dry weather. Edgar Heller prospects for corn than last season. Wheat nbout same as last season. Oats almost a total failure. Collections very slow. Merchants report n fair trade , but not as good as a year ngo. Farmers wanting to borrow more than n year ngo. Knlrfleld Prospects for a corn crop very good , with n larger acreage than ever before. Farmers confidently anticipate from two- thirds to three-fourths of n crop of wheat. The acreage Is less than for some years past. Oats will ho nearly a full crop , nbout the usual acreage. Tame hay will bo light. Many farmers hnvo sown cane seed , corn anil millet to be cut for fodder and stock feed. Collections are fairly good nnd the merchants of thin place 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. CUMINO COUNTY. Decmer Last year's crop principally corn. Wheat and oats acreage this year about the same , with , perhaps , less wheat. Prospects good for corn. Wheat and oats badly dam- uged by late frosts and drouth , hut promise one-half crop. Collections are very good , owing to the general marketing of cattle and hogs. Merchants arc paying their hills quite promptly nnd all may be said to enjoy a good track1. West Point The principal crop hero Is nl- ways corn. The acreage this year Is a little larger than last. Prospects arc good. Some fields of wheat nnd oata look fairly well , while others have been almost ruined by drouth. Trade Is fair for the time of year. Collections arc easy and farmers who are attentive to business are prospering. Wlsner The principal crop last year was corn. The acreage In this vicinity this year is from 10 to 15 per cent moro than last year. The acreage ot wheat nnd oats Is not quite as largo as last year. " The acreage of potatoes Is about 100 per cent larger than last year. The corn crop never looked bet ter hero than It docs 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 ho an average crop. The farmers all report splendid success with young pigs nnd the number of hogs marketed here dur ing the next twelve to fifteen months wjl | exceed the year just past by 25 lo 35 per cent. Collections at present are a llttlo slow , but prospects for trade and collections dur ing the early fall and winter are good. OUSTER COUNTY. Broken Dow 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 fanner , merchant and all others gloomy unless corn U a full crop. Mason City Last year moro wheat was raised than anything else. All other crops dried 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 nro hut few fields of small grain which will amount to anything at all. Collections are not good. Cannot get In a cent. Mer chants are simply holding their own. DAWES COUNTYi Chadron Larger ncreago of corn tnin ever before. Acreage of small groins has fallen oft about one-third and corn Increased to that extent. Hardly any moro diversification than heretofore. In the vicinity of t'lmdtun 100 acres of beets have been put In by various parties. This is about the only dcpnrturo from the former rule. In sime parts of Dawes county the small grain Is suUtrlng badly for rain and In soino-canes It Is just nbout mined. No rain to speak of slnco May 18 , and that did not civer the whole of the county. Collections nro Impossible among the farmers , not so serious r > mong the merchants. Future prospects nre uncer tain ; all depends on rain. ( Jam and root crops nre very promising. Trade during the spring months In most lines has been r.ood. Crriwford Acreage Increased. Collections are hard to make. Present 'prospect for Dawes county is very flattering. DAWSON COUNTY. Lexington A Jargo acreage ot wheat was sown last fall nnd this spring , but owing to the dry weather 90 per cent of It has boon plowed up nnd planted In corn. We will have no wheat this year. Oats nnd rye nro absolutely a failure. Wo have good pros pects for com. The grass Is entirely dried up nnd stock Is suffering for feed. Wo nro still making a few mercantile collections. Farmers Imvo nothing to pay with. Trade of all kinds is dull. Had no rain between the mlddlo of May and the middle of Juno. Recent - cent rnlns. Cozad Small grain Is dried out nnd 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. Ev ery ono was discouraged and a great many left the county , as wo had a fiilluro last year. Recent rains have changed the situa tion nnd hope Is rapidly reviving. Gothenburg This section of the country was favored with a splendid rain of about one and one-half Inches Juno 11 ; rained for flvo hours. It appeared to bo general and Is the best rain we have had In eighteen months. Small grain U gone , but corn Is doing nicely. Overtoil The ncreago of corn this year Is one-third to one-half moro than last. There will bo no small grain worthy of mention. Corn is growing nicely and rain will make us a gcod crop. As things nre at present it Is almost Impassible to collect a dollar. DEU13L COUNTY. Chappell In this Immediate vicinity It Is pretty dry. Eight or ten miles north of hero crops nro all right and not suffering any at all. North of North river crops are nil right. It looks as favorable hero If not bet ter than In other port Inns of the state. The principal crop last year was small grain , wheat , etc. Acreage Is about the same as last year on small grain , There Is about throe tlmos as much corn In. The principal crop north ot North Plutto river Is corn , which Is doing line. Collections nra slow now. The prospeqts now are. not very en couraging , as we are not sure ot a crop yet. " DOnOE COUNTY. Fremont Tbla county hud n long dry spell In May , which was broken the second week of June. The dry weather following the dry winds prevailing when oatg were sown and the frost just as they were starting has hurt oats so 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 like favorable weather In the future the corn crop will bo the largest ono this county has ever produced , crops , renewed courage is felt and business prospects are much brighter. QAUFIELU COUNTY. ' Ilurwoll Small grain , dried out. Corn looking well , Huy cannot make more than half a crop. QOSPER COUNTY. Klmwood Prospects for crop poor. Small grain la about gone , though It may make from one-fourth to one-third of a crop. Corn lr growing. QREELEY COUNTY. Qrceloy Center A rainfall of two Inches on Juno 8 did a , great deal toward reviving the crops. Thfr principal crop last year was corn. The acreage this year compared with last Is Increased about 10 per cent. The oats crop for this year has been greatly dam. aged by drouth and does not promise more thnn one-third to one-half crop. The wheat crop has been damaged by the same causes and docs not promise moro than one-halt crop. Collections nnd trade are Blow. Future prospects nro not.very flattering. Scotia The small grain In this county wai greatly damaged by n late frost and the subsequent drouth , which Injured It to such nn extent that about one-fourth of the crop sowed has been plowed up nnd the ground planted to corn. The acreage of corn Is about 30 per cent larger than last year and the prospect Is ndmlrdbld. On the 18th lust , wo had about four Inchoi of rain , the ground was thoroughly soaked and much of the wheat which was thought to bo ruined has Improved nnd now prom- Isoi to make n fair crop. The oats crop will bo very 1'ght. Early potatoes were bitten down by the early frost , but nre' growing nicely nnd promlso a good crop. The rain has dispelled nil 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 yearj , ORANT COUNTY. Hyannls This county Is not adapted tt > farming , only to cattle raising and grazing. Cattlct nro In excellent condition. CaU crop Is unusually large. Shipments of cattle - tlo will begin about July 1. Two good rains In succession. Collections nro good. No failures. HALL COUNTY. Cairo Corn this year Is In splendid con dition , good stand and never was cleaner for this time of the year. Largo per cent planted to corn. Wood River Average In corn Is now about one-fifth more than last year. Prospects have Improved greatly this week , nnd farm ers and business men are paying up much bettor than they did with the prospect of drouth ahead. Hay is a largo Item In our resources here , nnd the writer drove over several miles of hay land this morning nnd found It In good shape , and with ono or two more rains a heavy yield will ba as sured. We lalse a great many sugar beets and they arc now coming up nil right. We probably had half n crop last year , and farmers nre now paying their machine notes and their bllli very promptly. Our mer chants , as a rule , seem to bo 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. Uromfleld The corn Is all right nnd lookIng - Ing flno nnd largo 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 nnd planted to corn. Wheat Is light crop and acreage very small. Chinch bugs nro now liable to damage It. Lots of wheat was also plowed up and put to corn. Barley Is not raised much In this county , but what there Is looks very well. No flax or rye to speak of raised. Garden vegetables and potatoes nre 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 EO short It will bo hard to cut It. HARLAN COUNTY. Alma There will In n 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 bo harvested will not yield over one-fourth crop. Oats also will be a failure. Corn Is looking well In most Instances , nnd on nc- couut of the failure ot small grain and the fields being replanted to corn the average will bo greater than last year in the latter named crop. Hay will bo very light. Col lections nro hard , especially with the farmers. Of late there has been a fulling on * of trade with the merchants. Republican City Wheat , oats , rye and small grain a failure. Corn Is all right yet. Corn' ' Is the only thing we can de 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 bo about the same average this year as last , but It will bo considerably later. The wheat and rye crop will bo a total failure. It Is Impos sible to make collections against farmers at present. Our merchants report a fair trade. KEARNEY COUNTY. Axtcll About 25 per cent larger acreage In corn than last year. There will bo but little small grain here. Corn Is In good con dition , looking well nnd fairly well ad vanced for this tlmo ot year. Have had rains In the last ten days. Mlmlen Principal crop last year was corn. Areago Increased this year about 10 per cent , diversity of crops about the same. If any difference there will bo an Increase of corn acreage this year. Small grain will be about an entire failure , except oats. Oats , how ever , cannot bo moro than one-half a crop. Corn , the principal product , looks well. With fair season from now on crop will bo good. KEITH COUNTY. Ogallala Small grain Is a total failure. Some corn will make a good crop If rain continues. We had about 5-100 Inches on Juno 2. Since then several copious showers , but the country Is fearfully dry. Paxtou Acreage In wheat and corn In 1894 nbout the same as In 189S. Wheat la n failure. Prospects for corn very poor. Ma jority ot farmers discouraged. Trade dull nnd prospects gloomy. HITCHCOCK COUNTY. Stratton Small grain of all kinds n total failure this year on account of drouth. Too early to make any prediction ot the corn crop. Last rain of nny account before the mlddlo of Juno was In August , 1893. Some snow In February , 1891. Collections poor , and the general condition of thl * county Is the worst In Its history. Trenton No show for anything but corn crop. No general rain from August 8 , 1893 , until Juno 1 , when showers began again. HOLT COUNTY. Ewing Collections have been better the last six months than they hnvo been for four years. The crop outlook Is fair to good. Small grain a little short , awing to the dry weather and frost , but corn Is all right. O'Neill Corn principal crop last year. About same acreage this year. Prospects at this tlmo uncertain , but favorable. Col lections are slow and hard to make. HOOKER COUNTY. Mullen Everything depends upon rains In season. Corn looks well , but small grain Is not promising. Trade dull and collec tions hard. hard.HOWARD HOWARD COUNTY. Dannobrog Last year's crop was a partial failure , owing to the drouth. The corn crop this year promises well and If sufficient rain Is had It will ba unusually large , as the acreage Is probably one-fourth moro than last year , a great deal of the small grain having been plowed up and corn put In. All small grain Is very backward on account , of the drouth. The yield will not exceed 25 per cent of an average crop. Collections very slow nnd future prospects not encouraging. Elba Rains have Insured corn crop. Will get homo oats. Wheat almost a failure. St. Paul Nine-tenths ot the fall wheat has been listed to corn and most of the ryo. About one-fourth of the spring wheat and oats crop Is all that can bo expected In this county. Corn Is doing well and about4 one-third more Is now planted than last year. Trade Is generally dull and collec tions slow , , JEFFERSON COUNTY. Falrbury Principal crop of this county last year and every year Is corn , although there was a largo acreage ot wheat. This year the wheat acreage U only about half 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 continue as favorable a 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. U wo have a good crop this year the farmers will lot go their money and the business men will gut on their feet again , Stcelo City Wheat acreage nnt so largo as last year. Oats small acreage and al most a failure. 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 r < about average. j'ColUctlons fair and trade prospect * good. " + KEYAflliMJiA COUNTY. N'onlcn The prliuilpal crop last year was wheat nnd corn. " The ndreago this year nx- ceeds that of lartj'yfcir. ' Prospects ot crop nre very good. VjVindltlon of trade and future - turo prospects nro good. Sprlngvlcw Tha acreage of wheat Is larger than last ir/c ri but many acres of It nro dead and dry .enough to burn. The prospect Is very | | oor . Wo did not have a good hard rain .fjjc * ( on months. Trade Is very poor nnd eolations nlmost nn Impos sibility. Our failures , hero nro all duo to 1 drouth. rn . ' KIMItALl ! COUNTY. Klmtml ! Local ralu's lately have Improved crops. Wheat lodMhg fine nnd 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 _ ycars at this season of the year. Col- It-ct'ons nre slow. Prospects for merchants and farmers are fair. People are hopeful , though times are dull. Nlobrara Have had good rains recently. , Crop looking .well. Verdlgrc The prospdcts for n corn crop arc so far good and the average Is largely In excess of last year. Small grain Is not promising. About half n crop Is expected. Collections nro fair. Trade Is light , but the prospects are encouraging. LANCASTER COUNTY. Bennett There Is n good prospect for corn ; good stand and growing 'well. The oats and wheat In poor shape nnd cannot make over one-half a crop. Hay crop nl- mcst nothing. Potatoes poor. Havelock Wheat and oats will bo light. Some fields of oats have been plowed up nnd put In corn. Corn Is doing well. Col lections at this point are fair. Prospects of merchants depend on what the I ) . & M. railroad shop does. If there Is a big corn crop the shopi will moro than likely go on full tlmo nnd Increase their working force. Htckman Acrcngo of corn Is 20 per cent moro than last year. Wheat and oats fO per cent less. Millet will be moro. Pros pects fair for corn and millet. Wheat and oats n failure. Collections fair. Trade rather dull. Prospects for merchants and and farmers poor. LINCOLN COUNTY. Brady Island Wheat Is nearly totally destroyed by the drouth. Oats and rye and barley the same. There Is nn extra largo acreage of corn and It Is In good color and looks well. Has not suffered from the dry weather and promises n very largo yield. North Platte Corn was the principal crop planted last year. Crops of all kinds were a failure last season , except In the Irrigated district. The ncreago of corn this seasou Is about the same as last. The dry wcathei- has ruined small grain , but corn has not suffered. This Is the dryest spring that has over been known In this county. When we have had drouths heretofore they havb started later. The crops that brought most money Into the county last year Were ha > nnd potatoes , the potatoes grown In ths Irrigated district. Owing to the dry weathev hay will be short , but there will be an In creased amount of potatoes raised. With a reasonable- amount of rain from this tlmo our farmers outside of Irrigation district * will have plenty of corn. Farmers In the Irrigation district nre doing well and making plenty of money.1 New ditches now undei construction In this ' 'county' will quadruple the irrigation bcford''another ' season rolls around. ) " * Sutherland Crabrp0or / > last year and pros. pects not very jffavorablo for this year. Wheat nnd ryeirgonc , but light shower * have kept corn growing nnd It may bo good. Wallace Our crops 3for 1S93 were about equally divided 'b ' two'en corn nnd wheat , cut short on nccdi/nt / b'r dry weather. Small acreage of oats. , In. | spring of ' 91 had a largo acreage of , , wieat | , but owing to dry weather 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 Is ; Irf flno condition , having had two good ra s r ently. LOU.I' . COUNTY. Taylor Principal 'cFops last year were wheat nnd corn. 'tiAcreago about same this year as last nnd 1n $ ntyre diversified. Wheat cannot be moro &l/nnj half a crop , and many fields are wholly ruined by the drouth. Corn is good. Collections arohard to make and all nre 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 llttlo growth so far , as the frost In May killed much of the corn It being so dry that It did nof start up again. Potatoes have been frosted twice , last frost being on Juno 1. MADISON COUNTY. Battle Creek Good acreage iof small grain. Suffering some , but rnlns are doing much good. Largo acreage of corn nnd It Is In good condition. Business and collec tions fair. Tllden The small grain is nearly all gone. A few pieces of now 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. Between here and Meadow Grove there Is the best prospect for grain I have seen. Be tween hero and Pierce It Is about the same. That Is poor , In fact , no crop ; also be tween here and Nellgh. Corn will make a full crop. The local showers south nnd 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 acreage of millet has been sown in sections of local showers. Sugar beet fields ore 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 bo an entire failure. An early rain would save the potatoes. Corn looks better than usual. As a rule It Is well along for the season , of good color nnd free from weeds. The sugar beets ore all right so far , except that In some fields the stand Is not so good as usual , caused by cut worms nnd an early frost. But for all that the promlso Is that wo will have a much greater yield this year than ever before. MERRICK COUNTY. Central City The oats crop this year Is very dubious and will not exceed one-half crop. Rye Is almost totally a failure. It will not be worth harvesting from pros'ent appearances. The corn crop never looked much hotter that It docs 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 Iprg6 summer storks as usual and have beqi'ififro careful In extend ing credit , nnd dp aiuk'seem to bo pressed us to meeting bills. NQ. , collections coming to "hands of attorneys against local merchants. Farmers have somn money and are loss extravagant than usuali Clarks Corn , onts , qnd hay principal crop last year. Corn Is , lqoklng well now ; big acreage. Oals In tpoqr condition nnd very llttlo will bo raised , .flay will bo short at best. Collections qulynfalr. Merchants are having a good trade- and are In very good condition. f * Silver Creek Corn 'looking good. In creased acreage thlfyear. Oats will not make over 25 per tie'nt of n crop under the most favorable circumstances. Grass will bo very light , not Ijifl 11 croi ) > ' ' NANCE'i'cpUNTY. Fullerton Principal npr ° P last year was corn. Acreage this , year 20 per cent Inrrcaso over last , caused by plowing up winter grain fields. Prospect for all small grains poor and not more than one-third to ono-lmlt crop expected. Corn prospect good. Collec tions nro slow , but prospects good for fall trade. Genoa The oat and wheat crop In this section Is almost an entire failure. Some few fields will pay to harvest. Corn looks well and U free from' ' ceds. U promUes average crop. ' If wo can have a good rain or two about the middle pr last of July It- " will insure B Rood corn crop. This will make hay ple'/Uy , as nn unusual amount of millet has been sown. NKMAHA CQUNTY , Auburn The principal crop of this county is corn. The "acreage thfs year U about- equal to that of last year. The prospect for corn at present Is very good. Oats will un doubtedly be light on account of dry weather , Fall wheat , the only kind grown here now , will make a fair yield , but not so heavy as last year. The prospects are that wo wll Imvo nn all round average crop. Collection hro very slow nnd trade not brisk. Brock Wheat comprises nbout one-thin of the hcrongo In this section nnd will hardly yield ten bushel * per aero on nn average . Dry weather la the cause of the failure ' Chintz bugs have been bad nnd most of th wheat Is In bad condition. Corn takes nbou half the acreage and prospects for crop ar excellent. The fields nro well cultivated free of weeds nnd ground In excellent con dltlon , The remainder of the ncreago Is It oats , potatoes and pasture. Oat Crop wtl bo a failure. NUCKOLLS COUNTY. Nelson Ground Is In good condition. Corn looks fine. Never looked bettor. Whea dbout one-third plowed up nnd planted t corn. Standing wheat will make nbout two thirds of re crop. Oats nbout the same. Superior Acreage larger this year. Crop moro diversified. Prospects for small grnlt 'this ' year are not flattering , but will rals Miinclcnt grain to supply local demands Prospects for corn crop all that could b wished , Trade Is fair. Collections slo\ and money close. OTOE COUNTY. Nebraska City At this tlmo of the yea corn Io6ks belter thnn It has for the pas few years. From , all appearances wo wll haVe n very fnrgo crop of corn this fall There will bo about one-third of a crop o oats. Wheat will turn out about one-half a crop. Potatoes do not look very promising but the last few rains wo have been having have Improved the potato outlook very much There will be no timothy nnd but very llltl clover. Fruit Is In good shape. Apples ar all right and we will have a big crop till fall. There Is n largo crop of early cherries but there will bo no late cherries. Then will bo a largo crop of plums. Some of th grapes were slightly Injured by the frost but wo will.still have a largo crop of tha fruit. Corn was the principal crop las jcar and I think the acreage of corn till year Is larger than last by a good per cent Collections seem to bo getting better am. prospects for the merchant nnd farmer nrr looking considerably brighter. PAWNEE COUNTY. Pawnee City The oat crop Is nearly a fall uro In the western part of the county and li all parts It looks very bad , but the corn now Is very good nnd 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 nnd will probably be abou half a crop. Wheat promises an average crop. Corn Is clean and a good stand ; looks favorable for a largo crop. Hay will be short , owing to dry , cold spring. Farmers nre In good shape and collections average with former years. Merchants report a lighter but more satisfactory business that In other years. PERKINS COUNTY. Elsie Wheat will be nlmost a total fall ure. Twice 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 no exceed one-third of a crop , If that good , am many farmers report an entire and absolute failure , others that their wheat will average ten bushels per acre. Collections nre 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 nro doing nn almost strictly cash business The future of farmers and merchants here depends In a great measure on July rains on which depend the corn , rye and potato crops and grass for winter gracing. 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 ot smal grain having been plowed under. Our smal grain will be a two-thirds failure. The early planted corn Is up nnd growing nicely and think It has not been hurt by drouth. Later planting coming up slowly. Collections are fairly good and our merchants ore in fairly good shape and not borrowing money. Holdroge Wq are having good rains nni the outlook for a corn crop was never better at this time of the year , but there Is no small grain of nny kind In this county or section of the state. Business Is generally dull and collections are very poor. Loomls Small grain will bo very llghl and almost a failure. Will have heaviest crop of corn ever known If rains continue In season. Acreage very large. Collections nre fair , and merchants careful , but In good spirits. Work begins today on two fine brick stores nnd In a few days ono or two more will bo commenced. This would Indicate a healthy condition. PIERCE COUNTY. Pierce Crop prospects fair. Crops are varied and almost the same In extent as last year. Collections , average. Much of the money , however , Is obtained by borrowing. Plainview About twice as many acres ol sugar beets planted as were planted last year. The prospect for fceets Is poor nnd some will be plowed up. Corn was probably never In better condition In Pierce county at this season than now. Wheat and outs are considerably Injured by dry weather. The estimate is that there will bo from one-half to two-ihirds of an average crop. The hay crop will bo lighter than the average. Potatoes are In fair condition. Prospects are good at present for an average crop In Plerco county. county.PLATTE PLATTE COUNTY. Columbus Two per cent moro of land broken than last year. Winter wheat almost a failure ; not much sowed , but spring wheat will yield 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 If tha weather is warm nnd 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 weii. Business Is dull and merchants are not heavily stocked. Collections fair. Llndsey Corn looks good. Wheat and oats all gone and will not ralso a crop , with the exception ot a few small fields sown on last year's breaking. POLK COUNTY. Osceola This section has been extremely dry nil spring. All small grain has been badly damaged , If not totally ruined , and corn for a while grow very slowly , nnd there are n few fields In which It lay In the ground for six weeks without sprouting. The first rnln of much value fell June 8 , and since then wo have had showers. The south part of the county had ruin 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 the 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 bo but few oats. All that Is .needed In Polk county from now on is a contlunnce of thuso showers , to give more corn than ever. There will bo no hay , or very little. The valley grass on the Platte Is killed and the meadows are alt dead. Pastured are burned badly and yield but little feed , but If there Is moisture to grow the present corn prospect , which Is Im mense , we nro In splendid shape , as It has nlways been our principal crop , nnd the acre age Is almost one-fourth greater than In previous years. Stromsburg Lasf year's crop consisted chiefly of corn , oats and wheat , together with broom corn. Crops this year nre nbout the snmo as last as to kind. Small grain cannot yield one-half crop this year. Corn Is In good condition. Present condition of trade seems to bo fair. Collections are slow , very. Shelby Corn was the principal crop In 1893 and there U one-third to one-half more acreage this year. There will bo at most a half crop of small grain. Prospects for corn good. Dry weather caused partial fal uro last year and partial failure of annul grain this year. Collodions are very dull. Tradn will be good [ f there Is a corn crop , ql.whlcli there t now good prospects. UED WILLOW COUNTY. "indlanolorrThe outlook here this year up to-tills date l the worst In the history of this section of the country. A large ncreago of corn oats and wheat was planted , on In- crCDit * all round over last year. Up to June 1 thcffi bad been no rain to speak of and corn remained In the ground unsprouted fern n long period. Wheat came up and In most Instances died. The balance remained at the top of the ground and Is a total failure. Has been cold moat of tha time. Had good prospccti for fruit until a bard frost killed everything. Have lintl no rain lo speak of slnco October , 1893. No collections , no trade , no business. People have hope that Into mltm will make eomi co.irso feed for > tock. Lebanon The principal crop raised last year was corn. Prospects this year , very poor. Had no rain th spring. Wheat crop la a failure. Wo will ralio some corn. Acreage larger than last year. Collections nro very slow and the condition ot trade not very promising. McCook The acreage ot nil the different crops Is somewhat larger this year than last. There Is no prospect for nny small grain this year except In a few localities whcro the fields are Irrigated. Corn will bo a tight crop. Early corn wns killed by the drouth. Farmers claim that at present prospects ore worse than they have been for fifteen years , It has been so dry In some localities there Is no grass growing on the uplands. U Is nlmost ImpoMblo tg collect anything , Many of the merchants have been forced to borrow money to keep the whole sale houses from closing In , Men who hnvo heretofore been considered good are unable to meet their bills. There Is not water enough In the streams to Supply the Irriga tion ditches and there Is much litigation In that line nt present. The Republican river through this county wns dry all through May. RICHARDSON COUNTY. Falls City The largest crop hero Is corn nnd the acreage Is Increased some over last year. The corn Is looking flno and the weather has been good for getting the same In fine condition. The small grain has been needing rain a llttlo , but generally the county has been favored with rain. The apple crop Is Increasing nnd promises fine for this year. The late frosts damaged some of the vineyards In the eastern part of the county , but damage was small In extent , nnd the grano vines are heavy with fruit Cherries are near their end nnd the trees have been very full , moro so than usual. Business Is promising , but purchases are conservative , nnd good times are predicted after harvest. Some of the small grain Is ripening and promises fairly well. Ilumboldt 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 , nnd some ot It was killed by frost. Oats not good ; two- thirds crop at most ; potatoes fairly good crop. Hay will bo short , especially tame hay. Collections only fair nnd trade quiet. Stella Corn Is always the principal crop In this county nnd acreage this year Is about the same as it was last year. Last spring there wns so much of the wheat frozen the ground was planted to corn. This year there was not much wheat sown , so think the corn acreage this and last year Is nbout the same. Oats Is nlmost n failure. The prospect for corn Is good and wheat Is doing fairly well slnco wo had rain. Col lections nro fair , but trade Is very dull. There seems to bo a disposition among the farmers to not buy goods , though they are the least hurt. Grain and stock are at a good1 price. Pasturage and hay suffered from drouth. ROCK COUNTY. Bassett Principal crops were corn nnd wheat last year. Greater acreage of corn and smaller of wheat than last year. Corn looking well and with a good rain now wo 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. Wllber Juno 8 It commenced to rain nnd 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 grass almost a failure. AH kinds of fruit nearly destroyed by frost. . SARPY COUNTY. Papllllon Wheat looks fairly good , al though very short straw , making It almost impossible to bind. Oats are nearly a total failure and many farmers are using oat fields for pasture and some nro plowing it under , with intention of putting In millet. Corn looks better than tt over has nt this season of the year , having suffered but llttlo from dry weather. Pastures are brown and nearly burned up. The rains we have had lately have had a good effect on all crops , but small grain will bo a short crop. SAUNDERS COUNTY. Ashland The principal crop raised In Sounders county is corn. The acreage this year Is larger than last year by reason of oats nnd other small grain having been plowed under and planted to corn. Tills was done on account of the extreme drouth , which prevented small grain ot any kind growing , and what has been left of such grain will not produce to exceed one-half of usual crop. Corn Is looking flno nnd the abundant rains have ntnrtetl It to growing rapidly , so that nt present It looks an though there would bo moro thnn nu nvcr.tgo crop of corn this year. Collections nro hard to make. Many of the merchants nro hard , pressed to meet hills. People do not HPCIU to pay , oven If they hnvo money , Are wall- lug lo sco what the prospects arc. No properly Is dunning hamln , although prices nro not high. Farmers seem jubilant over the prospects for n good corn crop , but nny that the small grains nro beyond redemption. Mend Corn Is looking well. Oals nnd wheat somewhat damaged by drouth , Some fields plowed up nnd planted to corn. Ex * tent of damage dlllicult to determine , Wahoo Oats nnd wheat will be very short , In some parts of the country n failure , nnd In no part moro thnn one-half of a crop , The ncreago of the corn crop Is much larger thnn last year. Wo have had several good rnlns lately nnd the prospect for nn abun dant corn crop nt this season of the year was never better. The corn crop , If favorable - able conditions follow , wilt bo the best over made In this country. SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY. Oerlng The principal crop hero last year was wheat and oals. The ncrcage this year will bo 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 are doing well. Of coiir e , this refers to land under ditches. Above the ditches there has been no Increase In crops and It looked ns If everything was going to be burned up , but recent rains have Improved the pros , peels. SnVVARU COUNTY. 'Seward Wheat Is about gene nnd will not amount to much. Late oats will bo n fair crop , but the-early oats Is too short to cut and very thin. Corn was never better nnd the prospect Is splendid. The ncrcage Is large. Collections are slow and money hard to get. Farmers about out of money nnd they have to bo curried by the mer chants. Mllford Principal crop 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 damngo was done to ryo. which Is now n complete failure. Wheal ami oats were also damaged severely , but re cent timely rnlns nro bringing these grains out amazingly. While some low lying fields will probably turn out llttlo or nothing , a' great many farmers nro now looking for a' fair yield of wheat and a partial crop ot oats. Actual damngo done by frost will not bo known until harvest , ns the question Is whether the grain will fill out. The stand ot corn Is excellent and the plant Is grow ing flue. A great deal was cut to the ground by frost , but tt sprung up again and seems now none the worse for that. With reasonably favorable conditions hereafter tha "bumper" crop of ' 89 will bo equalled , If not. excelled , In this vicinity. The soft Is In ex cellent condition. The fields nre compara- tlvaly free from weeds. Corn has been nil ( Continued on Seventh Page. ) JUrs. Viola Emery Indigestion , Cramps in the stomach , dyspepsia and catarrh of tin lioweli , caused my wlfo greatsufferlng. She nai oen taking Hood's Sarsaparllla and now nai f-food 'g Sarsa- ilia JL i fc a * par none of those symptoms , has Improved in looks Qures and weight I have also taken Hood's Sarsapa- rllla for Scrofula nnd Orn rnl Dcbillt with much benent. I nm sntlified Hood'i Saras pirllla Is n , splendid tonic nnd blood purifier HEHMAK P. EMERY , 3i3Slith 31,1'ortland. Ora Hood's Pills cure all Liver Ills , IMllousuesi OFF with the PANTS In a sale atwhich so many < * goods have been sold as has been the case with out great closing out sale , there must necessarily be ' many odds and ends in coats pants. Tomorrow we sell sellTS PANTS for suits for for50c 50c , $1.00 , $1.50 ODD size pants for $1.00 , $1.50 , $2,00 Remeber our time is limited and to secure the best bargain s you must ' be first on the ground. When we ad * vertise a bargain it is known as such and is snapped up at once. .Look in the show window for PANTS. Columbia Clothing Co. , Cor. 13th and Faruam.
