The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-16

" NHtNtI hut .IuhuNtnN Aatir " ~
gard to the condition Of The wheat crop
in the United States from The rsPort of
the Agricultural Deparsmcns for April,
1873:
On the fret week Of April a consider
able portion offhs northern belt 81 the
winte.wheat area vas covered with
snow. The condition Of that which vS
visible CAV. prumise Of general exemp-
ton from winter injury. leaving the crop
subject to the meteorological vicissitndes
of April. In the Middle States great
improvement upon the showing Of last
spring Is everywhere conceded, especially
in New jersey and Pennsylvania. The
prospect In the States south Of Maryland
is les favorable than last year. and there
are indications Of diminishiBg sres in the
cotton States, though acreage is not in
tended 10 begiven In this report. Mich
ignn. the only State of the northern Dor
der in which winter-whcat is mainly
grown, presents green and vigorous
growth, wherever snow has disappeared
sufficiently to reveal it !; and Ohio makes
far more favorable returns than last
ysar., In Kentucky . more chsckered
showing Is made, giving the present ap
pearance a decidedly unfavorable cast,
with indications Of future Improvement
a. the weather becomes settled. In In
diana and Illinois the unfavorabIe re-
turns outnumber the rose-colored the
dry autumn retarding seeding and ger
minatiOn, and leaving the plants too
weak and shallow rooted TO endure well
the effects Of winters changes Of temper
allure, Similar causes affect the condi-
ton of wheat in Missouri, but great
Improvement over last year is reported !;
and still more afasorahle condition ex-
lists in Kansas. In Wisconsin, MinnessO-
ia. Iowa and Nebraska, rs is. known,
very little winter-wheat i produced, but
fallreports arcgiten o. such experiments;
The indications fiSm California all point
70 another year of abundance. scarcely a
county reporting unfavOrable condition.
As whole the wheat prospect at the
close Of winter is more favorable than at
the same time n lS72. E1
There are places now in the New
England States where 4 portion. Of the
wheat area Of that section b preferably
sOwn with some hardy winter variety.
II the protection Of snow is unfailing,
the growth Of such wheat win be vigor.
Gus the present spring, the surhce genef@l
ally having been wall covered in much
Of the northern belt from 2 to 5 feet
deep, 'se''i ,-.,s 4
More than fifty counties 10 Virginia
made reports, nearly all.more Ca less un-
favorable. II. =, ~ /
Nearly three -fourthl of the North
Carolina reports indicate "backwardness'
VI "winter-kiIling.' Indications of i'm
proyement, under the influence of mild
weather, is reported from various quar- |
tors.
There is little wheat grown in South
Carolina, or 10 any Of the cotton States,
except Tennessce and Texas. About
half the reports from the former STATE.
are favorable. the others Indicating Al
poor stand and unthrfty- condition. !
Eleven counties Ia Georgia report condi.
ton from average togood, and thirty.two
below average. Several report no wheat
raised. - =,
In Arkansas nnfayorable report, ORE.
domipate sliebdy. M mora tban balf
The counties Of West Virginia there is !
compiaint Of injury from frost ar nm.
&c., -. tn. nr;n.;..l Ia.
' ~. Nc !, -
y appears 70 nave Oeen oons ~ mAfcn'
after the disappearance Of the winters
snow. VINE tie sariace became pare
IN places. the 'enperA'ufe was TOO low
lot grOw.o' syep IN counties % iAr sou'h
as csPeh.
ID most Oh UP counties OIL AeOiueky
.hs appearance reported unpromnins'
In shelby tne early sown stood best;
.he carry or'i'ed De''e, imam broadcast
nna al / - EafN far h.
IN warren II gooo' oe''er 'nan ex-
pec,sa N lawrence GOOD on ne"
iIna ~ 'onu''on 10 Boone
LOOKS 'O,s'ao'f we'i ~ irlmole' II rs
.n0usns 'nA. ''s .sius VIII % worth
harvesting . sAcs'0n: ~ I's'ngs'on
Nnsa' = Pq' 'nAn ior many years