Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-08-20
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The Department Of Agriculture has
issued the following repOrtin relation
to the condition Of the crops in July
| -ThemOst remarkable factin
connection with the corn crop Of the
present yeari the great increase of its
growers in the South, the differences
in the number Of acres between the
present and proceeding year being
more than two millions and half.
A slight decrease is apparent in the
Eastern seabOard States, resulting
from the mpropitiOus character of the
recent col and backward spring, care
ful estimate Of the average shows q
4 decrease of 49, 800 acres in Maine, New
I Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Rhode
/ Island. COnnect4-ut, New Jersey,
I New York and Maryland, and in in
4 crease Of 80, 10. 5acres in other States.
L The figures show an increase Of over
8, ,0O0, 0l0 dcFes In com, making about
36 600 eco in the United ciates-au
advance 81 8 per cent We per cent?
age Of Louisiana reaches 65, that of
Arkansas AZ, Kansas 80, Mississippi
25, Nebraska p, Missouri p, Texas
IS, Minnesota Is, Illinois and Ohio 5
Indiana A. The drOuth in the. South
has retarded somewhat the growth Of
corn, but is c01ld SON In that section
is, in general, good. Inthe West, the
average is Ohio and f1diana, where
the weather mas been somewhat un-
prOpitlOus and the storms dEslructIve.
IL the East, on the last Of June, the
growth was small but the hot weather
OF July has brought a large portion OF
it in splendid condition.
WHEAT-The condition ofWheat Is
above the average for last year in al
the States except Vermont, Connect
icut, the CarOlinas, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, Mississippi and Nebraska.
The season has been peculiarly favor
able for the growth and ripening In
all except the Southern States.
COTTON-The cotton returns ind
icate everywhere a reduction of the
average with the exception Of Texas,
which shows an increase Of 80 per
cent. over last year, and Alabama,
where there appears no material
change in figures; the falling OF in
Mississippi appears to be Is per cent,
"A per cent, in Louisiana, y i'm Georgia,
IA in Arkensas, Is in South CarOliua,
aud 81 in North Carolina. The aver
age reduction is about 20 per cent.
With that diminished breadth thereis
cleaner and better culture and a more
general use Of fertilizers, and the yield
may be quite equal to last year, the
season being equally favorable, with
q like experience as to wet and other
causes Of injury. One county in Az
kansas reports less than third Of the
average of last year, while the area in
corn is three times as large. Such In
dicatiOns are hopeful. The CORES
Hrs7rN H.. q. a
elares that the crops are allin splendid
condition, and if not injured by a
drOuth, the finest yield for manyyears
will be the result. A want Of rain
has been felt in half the States, and
severe drOuth has affected Western
Tennessee, but few complaints Of its
effects on cotton have been made.
The plant enjoys every general except
ion from casualties and injury.
RYE, OATS AND BARLEY promise
abundant crops. No serious draw
back is reported, and few complaints
of bad condition received.
POTATOES are in unusual condition,
and the average is increased in every
State, except Rhode Island.
FFRUIF is variable. Apples and
peaches less promising than usual.
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and West
Virginia make a worse record than
the other States as to apples. Peaches
will be less abundant than apples,
New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware
promising but half crops, and Illinois
and Miehigan showing considerable
reduction.
A fair promise ofgrapes is indicated.
Tobacco covers as large an area az
usual in Virginia, Kentucky and Con-
necticut, somewhat less in Indiana,
and Missouri. It's condition
is good in Kentucky and Michigan;
elsewhere a little below an average.
SORGHUMi is generally doing well I'm
the West not so well as usual in the
middle belt Of Southern States.