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Show Harvest N tr. Reports from crop correspondents Indicate that the dry, clear weather which has prevailed largely during the' past month In the states of the middle West has been very favorable to the maturing of sugar beets and some other crops, particularly corn, which in many localities is giving a larger yield than was expected. Much ef the crop was cut before frost caught it and the universal testimony is that a larger amount has been shocked and saved for feed than ever before. The dryness of the soil has prevented prevent-ed the completion of fall seeding and proved unfavorable to germination and growth of early sowings, particularly particu-larly in Missouri, where little more than half the usual, wheat acreage has been put in. Hessian fly and chinch bugs are an additional cause of delay ' to Illinois, Ohio and Michigan farmers. farm-ers. In the state last named the area sown to wheat this fall is 20 to 40 per cent less than average. Correspondents continue to report light crops of potatoes In Ohio and central and southern Illinois. Irish potatoes in Kentucky are very poor and in Missouri the late crop Is practically prac-tically a failure. In northern Illinois, Wisconsin, central and southern Mich- igan and South Dakota, though the crop will be considerably below a full average, yields are much better than were expected, as tubers have made good growth during the past two months. - Northern Michigan has a good crop, the yield averaging 113 bushels to the acre. There has been some improvement In the pastures of northern Illinois, Kentucky, northern and western Missouri Mis-souri and some portions of Ohio. Kansas and South Dakota pastures are generally good and in the state last named the range west of the Missouri Is pronounce the best in years. As haying is still in progress in that state, live stock are likely to have an abundance of feed for the winter. Pastures in southwestern Ohio and central and southern Illinois are shert and poor. Concerning tobacco, Kentucky correspondents cor-respondents report a splendid crop in the dark tobacco districts of western counties, all of which has been housed and is curing well. The Burley tobacco tobac-co of the blue grass district is nearly a full crop, but some of it was cut too green and on that account is curing badly. Ohio tobacco was housed in good condition, but as in Kentucky some of it was cut prematurely te ' -save it from threatened frost. The South Dakota flax crop is light to fair, with a considerable percentage of damaged seed. The Illinois crop of broom corn has been harvested and reports concerning it are favorable. Relative to apples, Missouri reports Indicate that great improvement has been made .and that the principal apple-growing counties wiir Uarvastjf good crop; in Kentucky apple trees . are yielding very lightly and in some counties there is no crop; in only a few edunties in Ohio will there be a fair crop of winter fruit; Illinois reports re-ports continue unfavorable, as fruit is still falling; the crop of eastern and middle Kansas is reported good. |