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will insure anywhere from one-third of a crop to nothing. Pasture and hay lands are 
also showing the effects of the drought.—Omaha Daily Bee, July 17, 1886. 
GRAND ISLAND, HALL County, August 5.—The wheat crop throughout Hall County 
is turning out much better than was expected. In some precincts the farmers report 
the yield better than it has been for years, while in other localities it was damaged 
by drought and chinch bugs, but the average yield will be about 12 bushels per acre. 
The recent rains have done much toward bringing out the corn crop, which is in a 
splendid condition, and in some places it will make 60 to 80 bushels to the acre, and 
without any more rain it will average about 40 to 50 bushels to the acre. Farmers 
are feeling good generally, and think the entire crop, on an average, is better than it 
has been for years.—Omaha Daily Bee, August 6, 1886. 
