Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-10-13

which wheat rirens early, and in
August the lstitudes where il is bar
vested later, go that over the whole
region the crop was very generally
caught either in harvest or in the
stack. In Michigan, Wisconsin, and
Minncsots, Gin which tho yield was
extraordinary and in tho Middle
States, tho rainy season WAS in pro
gress at the time of reporting, and
therefore the extent OF the damage
was yet etundetermined. A considerable
portion Of the crop in Maryland, and
larger portion in the Gulf States,
were secured in good condition before
the rainy season camo on. Tho dam
age from wet in Kansas and Nebraska
though extensive, appears TO have
been lcss than in the valleys of the
Mississippi and Ohio.
In Iowa, injury from blight or rust,
reducing both quantity and quality,
was very general Most Of the States
report local injuries to condition from
the same cause. Local injuries by the
weevil are noted in Maine and In
diana; by chinches, in Indiana, Wis.
consin, and Missouri; and by grass-
hoppers. in Kansas, Nebraska, Mis-.
souri,, and throughout. tho grasshop-
per region of the Northwest. In Cali
fornia the crop, though reduced in
yield and in come localities affected in
quality by rust, was generally harvest
ed in superior condition; while in
Oregon an extraordinary yield ap.
pears to have been secured without
serious damage.
The quality of the crop is poorer
than for several years.
WOOL.
The wool.clip is of full average
weight. or little above, in nearly all
the Statee.
SToCK-HOGs.
The number of stock hogs kept for
fattcning is generally below that of
last year, tho only States reporting an
equal number being Vermont, North
Carolina and Oregon.
OATS.
The general condition of the oats
crop, reported July ], was ono of un-
usual thrift, promising an cxtraordi-
nary yield. In the northern and
southern sections Of the country that
promise has been fulfilled. Bnt in the
section between the thirty-fourth and
forty first parallels, and the Atlantic
and the Rocky Mountoins, vast guam
tiles of magnificent crop were abso-
lutely lost, and the remainder greatly
damaged, by continuous wet weather,
with repeated flooding rains, during
tho period of ripening and occurring.
The destruction and damage were
greatest between tho Alleghanics and
tho western limits of Missouri. Be-
tween the lst Of July and tho Let of
September, tho averages of condition
were reduced, in Kentucky, from los
TO 67; Ohio, los 10 6S; IudiADa. llO to
o. liilnols, IUo W 80. IOWA AGO .@s s.sss
Missouri, 1la ~ %. svpost. fsOau all
parts Of this section abound in such
statements as "Impossible to harvest
oats, owing to storms; hundreds of
acres fed TO the hogs;" "The storms in
harvest destroyed at least one-half of a
magnificent cror;' "Rotted on the
ground" "But few cut. and they so
badly damaged as to have no sub.
stance = Not one acre in ten harvest
ed.'
In northern and southern sections
of the country, tho rye crop, when
harvested was nearly if not quite an
an average in quantity, and of fair
quality. But in the middle belt, like
the other cereals, it was much reduced
in quality and somewhat in quantity
by the excessive rains. West of the
Mississippi, the grasshoppers appear
to haye had "a special relish for this
crop. The average condition for the
whole country ia 81.
BARLEY.
This crop did we'll in the Northern
States. The range of condition when
harvested was, in the New England
from 100 to l04; New York, 9S /;
Pennsylvania, 90; Michigan, ,l03; Wis
consin, l02; Minnesota, 80. 1t was so
in California, and 96 in Oregon. Tho
production of barley in the Southern
States is too limited TO be worthy of
mention, except in Texas. where the
condition was los. In tho rainy belt
tho crop was much damaged, though
less than wheat or oats. The condi-
tion was reduced to II in Ohio (; Ga in
Indiana; IS ia Illinois; 81 in Iowa; 81
in Missouri; "A in Kansas, 20 in Ne
brasks. The reduction in the three
last named States is to be partly cred
tied to the grssshoppcrs.
The average for the whole country
| is SIS.
POTATOES.
The condition Of the potato crop, "a
whole is about 10 per cent. above
average all the large potato growing
States reporting very favorable pros
pect.
IlOn. Daniel webster Om the Tendcu.
cies 0t n Flmcsuntine Currency.
1T CHEATS THE LAgoRING CLASSES.
OF all the contrivsnces for cheating
the ldboring classes Of mankind, none
has been more ctloctnal than thai
which deludes them with paper money
This is tho most eflectual of finventiont
to fertilizo the rich mans field by Ms
saceat Of the poor mans 6roW. Ordin.
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