The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-08-08
DECREASE.

s Carolina. 89,764 Kansas 49,. 634ll |
Georgia........255,9 87 Iowa ...........236, 6S3
AIabama... 1897 Wisconsin. 32,36I |
Mississippi BIB, 100 Michigan. 1916
Louisiana ...307, 29I Ohio .-...... los, 497
Texas ........-l32, 220 Indiana. ..10O,626
Arkansas. ..376, 762 Illinois.........366,692
These figures show an increase of over
! 100000 of acres IN corn, making about
/ So 100000 in the United States an advance
! of nine per cent. The per vcentage of Lou
isiana reaches %, that of Arkansas At, that
Of Kansas 81, Mississippi %, Nebraska 25,
! Missouri II, Texas Is, Minnesota II, Iowa
/ Is, Illinois and Ohio s. Indiana f.
The drOuth in the South has retarded
somewhat the growth of corn, but its condi-
/ ton in that section Is generally good. In
the west the average Is high, with the excep-
ton of Ohio and Indiana, where the weather
! has been somewhat unprOpitiOus, and storms
! destructive In the east, on the last of June,
the growth was small, but the hot weather
of July has brought large portion of the
crop into splendid condition.
WHARF.-The condition of wheat, as shown
in she July returns, is above the average for
last year in all the States except Vermont,
Connecticut the Carolinas, Georgia, Flori-
da, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Ne
braska. The season has been particularly
favorable to the growth and ripening of this
great bread crop IN all except the Southern
States
The favorable reports are so numerous, in
the Western States especially. that it is I'M
necessary to give them in detail The gene
lTal tenor of reports is that " winter wheat
bids fair to be the largest crop we have had
for many years; the yield viii be immense;
Z" the prospect was never better for large
crop" the weather has been remarkably
seasOnable; the universal opinion is that
the crop will be the largest ever grown in
the country crops all over the country
were never In a more hOurishing condition"
Our Lafayette, Wisconsin, correspondent
says he has never seen, IN a residence of 40
years, finer prospect for wheat, as we'll as
all other crops, and that the same might be
said of several adjoining counties In High
| land county, Ohio, the acreage of winter
wheat is estimated at three times that of last
year, and in Monroe county, Missouri, the
acreage Of wheat is thought to be three Id
Z that of 1867 In Kalamazoo county, Mich
, igan, an unusual yield is reported, the best
; fields being estimated at 40 bushels per acre ;
, and in Bourbon county, Kansas, lis claimed
q that many farmers will show a similar
! yield.
! Exceptions to this showing are frequent
! in the South, where rust was more or less
f prevalent Some loss from the same cause
a resulted in Maryland and in the similar lati-
= tudes in the West In a few localities loss
\ from lodging is reported. Unusual exemp-
f ton from winter killing is manifest, reports
3 of damage from freezing coming only from
d | Northern Vermont some portions of the
Ohio valley, and a still more Southern belt
Very few accounts of destruction by the
J nudge are received. In Lebanon county
| Pennsylvania, this insect is charged with
taking one-third of the crop, In Clinton
It Indiana, some loss is also sustained from in
J. sects In Queen Anne county, Maryland
a the extreme heat shriveled the grain in ripe
J, ming, leaving it light and poor,
n In the Miami Valley thousands of acre;
+ of wheat just ripening have been destroyed
d by floods and other crops suffered from the
d same cause. Other sections of the State
q were visited by destructive rains at the same
time, and much injury resulted to wheat
3 corn, and other crops. With successful
s. harvesting of the spring wheat it may safely
e be declared, in summing up the local re
1t ports, that a larger number OF bushels o
! wheat, by many thousands, will be grown II
e the United States in 1868 than in any pre-
vious season.
if CoTToN.-Beturns from the cotton dis
- tricts indicate everywhere reduction of TIT
a. acreage in that crop with the exception o
% Texas, which shows an increase of So pc
IS cent. over last year, and Alabama, wher
IF there appears to be no material change II
D. the figures. The falling off in Mississippi
appears to be Is per cent, "a in Louisiana
y u in Georgia, 3 in Arkansas, Is in SOutl
ID Carolina % in Ten ressee, and 81 in NOrtI
at Carolina The average reduction In acreage
" is about 10 per cent With this diminished
# breadth there is cleaner and better cultur
a. and more general use of fertilizers, so tina
le the yield may be quite equal to last yenr, tn
Of season being equally favorable, with Ink
FexpeTience as to insects and other causes o
/ injury 1t Is yet too early to predict the re
IS suit, but the present status Of the crop
20 fairly shown IN this statement.
le One county in Arkansas (Desha) report
,e less than third of the acreage of last year
while the area in corn is three times a
= large Such indications are hopeful Tn
al correspondent, as might be expected, de
le clares that the crops are all in splendid con
It dition, and if not injured by drought tn
! finest yield for many years viii be the result
- A want of rain has been apparent IN tn
T, Gulf States and a severe drought has al
ID ficted Western Tennessee, buf few CON
re plants Of It's effects upon cotton are made
- So far the plant enjoys a very general ez
emption from casualties and injuries.
ct Rye, oats aud barley promise abundan
-, crops; no serious drawbacks are reported
and few complaints of bad condition are re
1S ceived. Potatoes, so exceptionally unprn
s ductive last year, are in unusually fine con
le dition, and the average is increased IN ever.
State except Rhode Island-the natural re
suit Of extremely high prices Of last year
III crop.
at Fruit is variable; apples and peaches les
er promising than usual Vermont, New Jel
4 sey, Delaware, Maryland Virginia, Arkan
sas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
lucky, and West Virginia, make a woTs
= record than other States as to apples