The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-08-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
July Crop RAPPORT.

We are in receipt of the Monthly Ecport
of the Department of Agriculture for July
from which we condense The following aver
ages and guesscs for the month, based on the
voluminlous correspondence, reports ana
statistics of the Department.
The commissioner, from tn" reports before
him, places the average condition oil "lh'ci
wheat for the whole country at l0i-thht Is,
4 per cent above an average crop. Inc mos
favorable conditions of growth are ionnu III
several of the states in which other crops
suffered most severely. In Arkansas tnc
maximum is l44; Tennessee, 40; west II
ginia, 11S; Kentucky, 1T. In these states
severe and destructive drought comihehc IN:
shortly before wheat harvest gave 10 thls
grain q fine opportunity for ripening 'hof
oughly, but told fearfully upon all spring an"
summer crops. In the middle states the crop
was generally above average, and III the states
north of the OHIO nearly or quite average
Ohio, where drought has most prevailed,
shows the highest average 100. West OF inc
Mississippi the crop was generally very goou
and average except where the late sowihgs
we're caught by chinch bugs. In New Eng
land the small acreage OF winter wheat was
somewhat injured by winter killing.
Spring wheat shows Il general average OF
ninety-six. In New England 1t was, on the
whole, considerably above average, though
backward in several counties. In the few
counties growing the crop III the middle
states it is below average. In the northwes-
tern states it especially suffered from the ray
ages of the chinch bugs and other insects.
In Ohio, Nebraska and on the Pacific coast
the crop was above average. In some places
in California the crop WAS affected by hot,
dry weather and north winds. In some coun-
,;,,s a
growth, which it was feared might prove eA-
Cessiye. In Utah the crop was injured Dy
cut-worms.
Alabama has increased her acreage ri s0r-
ghum II per cent; Mimi, 9 per cent; Texas
s per cent Mississippi AM Arkansas, . per
cent; Kansas, per cent. Delaware reports
the same average as last year. In otheF
states there is decline, the minimum, - per
cent, being in Maryland, New England, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Car
DINA Florida, Louisiana, California ana W.
egon make no returns Of the crop. INC con
ditiun Is one per cent. above average in IeXas,
full average in Delaware, Michigan and Wis
consin in the other states 1t is delclent, heh'
lucky showing the greatest dccllne-43 per
cent below average. Several counties in dit
ferent parts of the country report adecllninS
interest in sorghum culture.
Six states report the cultivation OF sugar
cane, IN all of which the average has been
increased, viz: Alabama, 131; Mississippi
100; Texas, ITO; Georgia, 1903; louisiana, lO4
Florida, 1903. The condition in all these
states Is above average, viz: Louisiana, lOS
Mississippi and Texas 1O5; Florida, lo4
1O4; Alabama 1902, and Georgia, 1Ol. 1t is
the prevalent opinion that the Louisiana
sugar product will be equal to that OF
1878, Notwithstanding the overflow
The wool clip was larger than last year.
In Nebraska, ISL; Oregon, 1874; California
100; Connecticut III; Minnesota, no; Texas
1O4 Massachusetts, Louisiana and Indiana
1O3 Arkansas and Missouri, 1902; South Car
DINA, 101 1t was equal to last year in New
Jersey, Michigan and Iowa, The greatest
decrease, II per cent, was in Vermont
Among the larger wool-producng states, Ohio
decreases her clp3 per cent; Illinois pei
cent; Wisconsin, per cent; Kentucky
per cent There is a. very marked increase o!
wool production in the states west Of tho
Mississippi and on the Pacific coast.