Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-08-10
DALLAS HERAL
ECRERT J0SSELYN Il
Editor.
Department of Agriculture.

We have the Monthly Repor, Of the De.
partment Of Agriculture for July before
US, and shall give our readers brief sb.
stract Of its contens:
The Report for July is mado up Of infor-
nation sent on the lst day Of the month
by the respective agents of the Department.
and not during the mouth Of June rs sup.
posed BY some.
The amount OF corn planted this ycnr
10 represented as little moro than inst
ysar--ssy about s per ceni. This increase
has been principally In the South. Th, iu-
crease in Texas is represented At 3 per
cent. The condition Of the corn on the LIST
Of July in most of the Northern aud Mid.
die States is reported below average. The
States making returns higher than 100
are: Vermont, l0l; North Carolius, lOl;
Alabama, ll0; Mississippi, llOi Louisiana,
ll9; Texas, ll0; Kentucky, lOS; Califor'
mia, lOi. Reports are given from n
counties In Texss-noue from Dallas.
WHEAT.
The average Of condition for the United
States is given at 94-6 less than average
but the quality of grain is uniformly su-
perior. The falling off is confined to the
Northern and Middle States. Throughout
the South, as shown In extracts from cor
respondence, the c.op is better In quanti-
.y and quality than for many years. Tex
as, Of all the States this year, ranks high
est, and is put down as 1915 over aver
age. The next highest (spring wheat) is
California, l20. Reports are given from
IL counties only in Texas. Dallas is rep.
resented as the best crop ever raised here
yield from 2ll to 37a bushels per acre.
CoIToN.
Tho month of June is represented az ia
vorable to cotton. The general average
condition is l03. The July returns MS
whole are better than any year since
1859. Texas . put down at l05i Ala
bama, los; Mississippi, lo9. These are
the highest given. Twenty counties are
reported from Texas-Dallas is not among
lem.
The oat crop throughout the United
States is above an average. In Texas it il
reported at ITO. Eight counties are re-
ported, but no report from Dallas.
RYE.
The general average this year is less,
but the yield in the South is bet'or The
Cult States report An increased acreage
and Texas an improved condition. Two
counties from Texas are report.d-Wil-
Hanson aud Medina.
BARLEY.
The barley crop is given as full aver
age, hut a slight falling Of in acreage
Texas reports an increase in acreage OF
Ia per cent. Red River and Williamson
are the only counties mentioned.
POTATOES.
In the New England States the acreage
is an average but the condition above. In
the Middle States acreage and condition
are an average. In most Of he Southern
States the acreage and condition are be.
low average, but in Louisiana and Texas
above.
GRASS AND PASTURES.
The New England States report PASTURE
above an average. New York is the only
| middle State in which an average is re-
ported. The South Atlantic States are oil
below--the Gulf States above. Glover is
reported il Texas this ycar at 70 per cent.
above average. The report from Dallas
county says experiments with timothy
i.nud clover unfavorable."
FRUIT.
The fruit crop in different portions OF
tie United States is reported as encourag.
ing. The peach crop in New York and
New Jersey is above an average-in Penn
sylvania, Delaware and Maryland cousid-
eIably below. 8, too in Virgins. Tue
| Gulf States, except Texas, are all def.
cient. Texas is given Mt per cent above,
while in some counties the yield is espe-
cially abundant aud fine.
Take all together, the crop prospects Of
the Uui,ed States may be considered
good.