The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-05-25
CROP PROSPECTS.

ne general tenor OF the reports of
Toe agricultural department at Wash
ington, ID regard to the coming crops,
has been much more dIscouraging than
tine facts would warrant The winter
has been long and severe, and products
of all kinds have suffered accordingly;
but there have been a number of COM
pensating agencies which render it
probable that the crops which have suf-
fered the most will return. at least, an
average yield. The reports here given
have been gathered together with much
care from the local authorities of the
districts where the several products are
grown. and are therefore more reliable
than the reports of the agricultural de-
partment.
WHEAT.
A month ago the prospects of large
crop OF wheat seemed very unlikely,
and farmers everywhere expected to be
Obliged to rely wholly on the spring
crop. April showers have, however,
done much to repair the damage caused
by tie blusturing cold of March and.
combined with the warm weather of the
past two weeks, have so changed the
appearance of things that cheering re-
ports are now coming from all parts of
the country. In our own state. not
withstanding the long continuance of
cold weather, wheat is looking better
thar the most sangulne expected ::
and, according to present indications
the coming crop, as a whole, promises
TO be quite as heavy as that OF last
year. In Pennsylvania, owing to raw
ages of the fly and the dryness of the
spring, wheat IN many counties will be
an entire failure. Ia some places but
i've bushels to the acre is expected.
Butler county, however will Weld an
average crop, as will counties In her
vicinity. In Virginia, recent rains
have given new life to the failing crop.
and the yield will probably be as large
as usual Maryland wheat, although
thin, promises well; but the Delaware
crop is almost failure, from the lack
81 weather protection. IN West Vir.
Glnla, although there was more sown
than usual, owing to its being care.
lessly done, the crop Will be barely ain
average In The Carolinas there will
De lafgo YIELD The North Carolina
crop IS promising, and that of South
,F~folina is IN fine condition. In
cold weather and rust, but is fast re-
covering. There are no fears Of q fail
IRE in any part of the state, and in
North Georgia the crop promises to be
one of the best ever harvested. Asthere
has been much greater breadth of
land sOwn than usual. the Weld cannot
but be large one. Alabama has also
devoted large area to wheat. and the
gram has weathered the winter and is
dong finely. The Mississippi crop is
reported a failure, and neither Texas
nor Arkansas viii make much of n
SHOW 10 cOunterbalance this. the
crop IN Tennessee, especially in the
eastern part of the state, will be very
large, rs 1t VIII also IN Kentucky. In
both these states, and In Indiana and
southern Illinois, an Increased area was
devoted to wheat, and present appear
ances indicate that the crop viii be in.
creased IN proportion. In Indiana and
ILLINOIS the yleld Will re very abundant.
ONO Is expected 10 yield much larger
crop than Iase year Earlier in the sea
sou theie We've fears of failure in Mis-
souri, out they now appear to have
neen ~ oundless, and the crop will I'M
houo oedly be an average one. The
WI eat crop Of Minnesota and Western
Wisconsin IS In good condition, and
promises better than it usually does at
this season of the year. The Kansas
crop was greatly injured by the winter,
but is coming out better than was ex-
pected. The California crop will be
very large. 4 larger area has been
sown than ever before, and the pros
meet of larf~a arp,, woe nay-ar IC4+o..
After a careful survey of the situation
the conclusion is manifest that, al
though there may he entire failures in
some states and but thin crops in 9th
ers, the prospects, taking the country
rs a whole, of at least an average crop
are very favorable.
CORN, OATS, BARLEY, AND RYE.
The corn crop throughout the south
ern states promises to lie large one
In some sections re-plantIng will be
necessary, but the crop already in the
ground is coming up well. The prob
abilities Of good corn crop on the Pa
cific coast are better than usual In
all the oat-growing states our informal
ton is to tine effect that there will be
an Increased production. In some
parts of Georgia, barley and rye have
headed out and are looking finely. In
California, oats aud barley are rapidly
maturing and will yield abundantly.
In some counties yield of 80 bushels
OF barley to the acre Is expected The
Ohio oat crop, although badly damaged
by the late unusually heavy and pro-
tracted rains, may vet prove paving
yield, while the barley and rye have re
covered from the winter freeze and
Will make good returns. In ether bar
ley and rye growing states the indica-
tions are favorable for good crops of
both these cereals, aud any anxiety
that may have been felt on the score of
their scarcity should be given up at
once.
FRUITS.
The fate of the peach crop has been
an object of concern to fruit-growers
al over the land, and the fruit, like the
wheat, has suffered greatly from the
winter In peach growing Delaware
the intense cold lot only killed the
buds but also the ends of the lower
limbs of the trees, and n few weeks
ago all supposed the entire crop was
irretreviably ruined The balmy
breath of spring has, however, started
into life the untouched tops of the
peach trees, and revealed the fact that
there would be ut least part of a crop,
and in some places the growers are
confident of having full crop. At