Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-09-01
General Condition Of the Crops.

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 25-The following is
the condition Of the crops on the first of
August, reported to the Department of Ag.
riculture
During July there were no general con-
ditions of the weather affecting the crops
unfavorably in the Eastern and Middle
States, including Maryland. Droughts pre-
vailed generally in Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Minnesota, also in The South Atlantic
and Gulf States. In Texas, Alabama, Flor
ida and Georgia, they extended through
almost every county, and were attended
with intense heat. Louisiana, Mississippi,
and South Carolina, report considerable
drought in some sections, with more favor
able weather, and excessive rains in other
localities. In North Carolina, Virginia
Arkansas and Nebraska, an area of
excessive rains prevailed, with alterations
of favorable weather and drought. In the
remaining States east of the Pacific slope
rains were almost incesssnt and very dis
astrous to cereals and hay. They also oc.
casioned an extensive rottng of the pOta-
toes in the ground. Along many OF the
tributaries of the Mississippi and Ohio the
bottom lands have been overspread for
weeks.
IN uDJ lew lOChlllleS DEVASTATING uOouS
are reported, which have swept away vast
quantities of small grains in the shock.
The injury done by the molding, rotting,
sprouting and growing Of grain in the shock
OF stack is very great, bat to what extent it
is impossible to estimate before the return
of dry weather.
The average condition of spring wheat in
the States producing to any extent, not in
Guiding California, is So, the extremes of
average are 80 in Wisconsin and Minneso-
ia, and 60 in Nebraska The condition of
winter wheat is not reported after the first
of July, but in all the States in which ex-
cessive rains prevailed in July, our cores
pOndents in their foot notes have very gene
rally volunteered statements that vast guam
titles before threshed or housed were over
taken by the rains and swept away by floods
or damaged in degrees ranging from serious
injury to utter ruin in the field, principally
in the shock.
The average condition of corn for all the
States is about SO per cent. 1t would be
over 100 were it not for the damage on the
low lands by excessive rains. The injury
from that cause is quite liable to be over
estimated. The highest averages reported
are, in Kansas, ll9; Tennessee ia; Mis-
souri,, 1l2; Mississippi III; New Jersey
and Arkansas, l09; Virginia, l0S West
Virginia, l06; Connecticut, Maryland and
Nebraska, l05; Pennsylvania and North
Carolina, 103; Kentucky, 1922 Oregon, 1Ol
Delaware and Alabama, 100; Illinois, SO
New York, IS; Ohio, Oh Iowa, 81; Wis
eonsin, 10; Indiana and Minnesota, SO
Louisiana, IS; owing to the drought Texas
is reduced to So; from the same cause other
States range between SO in South Carolina
and IS in New Hampshire and Michigan.
The average condition for the country is
81 per cent. The reduction by rains and
foods in the Valleys of the Mississippi and
Ohio was very great The States above
average in condition are: Mississippi, 1l9;
Texas, Arkansas and Wisconsin, III; YER
mont, l05; Connecticut, New York and
California, l04; Oregon, 1903; Michigan,
10l. New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Louis
lana and Iowa are average. Kentucky, In
diana and Nebraska are down TO SO; Kansas
is &c; South Carolina and Delaware 20;
Tennessee II; Virginia &c; Illinois rs.
Other States range between So in Maryland
and SO in West Virginia, Ohio being "a.
Potatoes promise an extraordinary crop
the average condition for all the States, ex>
elusive of Missouri, being about 1874 per
cent. In the States visited by the unprece-
hGhhtu rams ilhAGhllOnb VI IOAlluK III TIC
ground are extensively reported, which may
yet seriously affect the promised result.
The States reporting the highest aver
age condition are as follows: Illinois,, l3l;
Ohio, III; Iowa, lis; Kentucky, ll2; Ten
nessee, ITO; West Virginia, Missouri and
Kansas, l07; Connecticut, Texas and Ar
kansas, log; New Jersey, l04; Maine and
Pennsylvania, 103; Vermont, New York
and Mississipni 100. Rhode Island and
Michigan, l0l. Maryland is down at rs.
The remaining States range between 81
and 100.
The incessant rains have occssioned ex-
tensive trenching and injured the tobacco
crop otherwise to some extent on low land,
particularly in Kentucky and Tennessee,
but reports indicate that the injury has
been less than was feared. Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Miss.
issippi report a condition considerably
above the average. West Virginia is about
an average. TENNESSEE about per cent,
and Kentucky 7 per cent. below.