Even then it brought the smile of
glee to the ditch less farmer, be
cause he thought he saw in it a
guarantee against the drouth. It
is now a little past midsummer.
We can estimate with considerable
accuracy what the results of the
present season will be. And it is
interesting and profitable to com
pare prevailing conditions of grow
ing crops throughout the United
States west of the Alleghenies.
We have before us u bulletin is
sued from the agricultural depart
i ment at Washington. We quote
briefly from various counties in
j several states, showing how mat-,
' ters stood in July of a so-called
I “good year,” in a country watered l
| by the rainfall:
OHIO.
Mahoning County: Rotted bad
ly on wet land.
Vinton: Very weedy on account
of so much rain.
Henry: Seriously injured by
wet weather; will not make half a
crop, and may be an entire failure.
INDIANA.
Allen: There is scarcely a hope
of half an average crop, owing to
the continuous rains throughout
May and June.
Ohio: Wet weather hindered
early planting; since dry weather
set in it does not thrive well.
Wells: There never was so poor
a prospect for a crop.
ILLINOIS.
Jackson: Very weedy and small.
Peoria: Acreage reduced by
wet weather; drowned out in spots
and very weedy.
Schuyler: Condition is 20 per
cent below the average at this
date, ow’ing to excessive rains dur
ing April and May.
IOWA.
Brewer: Prospects very poor;
constant rains have made ground
so soft that many fields cannot be
planted, or those cultivated that
are planted.
Fayette: The most unpromis
ing crop ever known at this season
of the year.
MISSOURI.
Caldwell: Not yet perceptibly
hurt by dry weather, but in great
danger.
