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for five weeks and growing crops are suffering. Some fields of oats and spring wheat 
will be an almost total failure. Rye, winter wheat, and barley are ready for harvest, 
and the yield will be fair; chinch bugs are commencing to be very bad in some parts 
of the county. The prospect of a good corn crop heretofore has been good, but now 
it is discouraging on account of the drought.—Omaha Daily Bee, Saturday, July 10, 
1836. 
HEBRON, THAYER CouNTy, NEBRASKA, July 10.—Corn is in need of rain. The dry 
weather has continued for a period of two weeks or more. Small grain in general is 
suffering for want of rain, A rain any time within a week will help the corn in its 
growth and destroy the chinch bug, now playing havoe in many fields. Most of the 
small grain failed to fillout by reason of the dry weather, and its production won’t 
reach that.of last year’s by one-half. Our farmer friends are somewhat discouraged 
over the present outlook for prospects of a good corn crop. 
York, York Country, Nesraska, July 10.—Chinch bugs are working on wheat and 
other small grain. Corn looks fair, but some of it is turning to a yellowish shade. 
Squash and melon vines are wilting and bugs working on them. No rain for nearly 
three weeks. If we have rain in a few days there will not be a great shortage on an 
average crop. Farmers feel blue, knowing that the crop will not be an average one. 
York, YORK County, NEBRASKA, July 10.—The condition of the corn crop in York 
County is good, notwithstanding the dry weather of the past two weeks. Oats will be 
an immense crop. Spring wheat is an entire failure. The crop was very short and 
what remained is being rapidly destroyed by the chinch bugs. The dry weather has 
had a damaging effect on wheat and corn. Winter wheat and other crops are good. 
The York County crop will average about 60 per cent. 
EpGAR, CLay County, July 10.—Small grain has suffered badly from the drought in 
this part of Nebraska. There has been no rain in this section for two weeks, during 
which time the weather has been intensely hot and dry. Barley and rye are har- 
vested, but there is not more than two-thirds of a crop. There was yielded about two- 
thirds of acrop. Spring wheat and oats are very short, and are being destroyed by 
chinch bugs rapidly. Unless rain comes soon, but little grain will be harvested on 
account of chinch bugs. Farmers are very much discouraged, though they still enter 
tain hopes of a medium corn crop. 
FAIRCHILD, CLAY County, NEBRASKA, July 10.—Wheat will make about one-half 
a crop, barley about three-fourths, and oats a good average yield. Dry weather in 
the early part of the season injured small grain most. We had good rains in the lat- 
ter part of May. Since that time it has been dry, no rain at all since June 28. Corn 
is looking well in spite of dry weather. If we get rain in a few days there will be a 
good prospect of nearly a full crop. Lately chinch bugs have made their appearance 
in large numbers and are doing considerable damage. Farmers, as arule, are feeling 
in good spirits over the crop prospects.—Omaha Daily Bee, July 12, 1886. 
Fort Dopae, Iowa, July 16.—[Special telegram to The Bee}—A much needed rain 
fell in this locality yesterday. * * * Thecropsare slightly damaged by the drought. 
Chinch bugs have made their appearance in portions of the county and are getting 
their work in on grain and corn. 
HEBRON, July 16.—[Special to The Bee]—Your correspondent has made a thorough 
investigation of crops in Thayer County and Southern Fillmore, arriving at this place 
to-day. The chinch bugs have entirely destroyed many fields of spring wheat and 
oats. Some fields have been burned on the ground, with the hope of killing the bugs 
to keep them out of adjoining fields of small grain and corn. At the best, small grain 
will not make over one-third of a crop throughout this section. Corn has looked well 
until within the past ten days, but the hot, dry weather of the last two weeks has 
put a different hue on the aspect and on farmers’ countenances. The earliest plant- 
ings and most forward corn suffers the most, but on all sides can be seen, sprinkled 
through the fields, stalks of corn that are white as snow. With copious rains within 
a few days a fair crop of corn may be had, but a delay of wet weather for ten days 
