The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-19
THE HARVEST PROSPECTS.


Reports OF harvest prospects received this week
are from several points in ARKANSAS. Alabama,
Texas, Mississippi. Nebraska and Colorado
The Arkansas reports all represent the area un-
der cultivation in cotton not much II anything,
beyond the OF last year. but that in grain In
creased about one third. lizard county reports the
fruit as seriously injured Dy frost. Cotton in
all good stand and healthy, but spring rains
have made the season late. Corn promises large
and excellent crop. The report from Conway
county states:-"Farmers In this section OF the
state are turning their attention greatly TO the
growing or grasses and small grain. The area In
wheat this year is almost, II not quite, quadru-
pied. and the crop promises q fair Yield" In all
cases fne promise 10 that the crop OF breadstufs
Will be large and OF excellent quality.
From Mississippi we quote report Of Tishomingo
county as q lair specimen OF al which have
reached us thus lar. The chief products OF this
section are corn an6 cotton. The area under Gull
tivation in cotton Is about the same as last year.
but in grain Is very largely increased. The iruit
crop will be failure. Condition and prospects OF
other crops are very good. Planters are now har-
vesting the wheat, and 1t is greater In quantity
aud or better quality than they have ever raised
before.
Coleman county, Texas. reports very small
area under cultivation, and none OF IL In cotton.
The grassnopper plague mas dlshearfened the
farmers, and the chIel products OF this section
we haye reports state the area under cultivation
increased III both corn and cotton. wheat IS being
harvested, and Is the finest ever seen In Texas.
Corn and cotton are not sufficiently advanced TO
justify decided opinion. put II they fulnl present
promise they VIII De very good indeed, though
later than usual.
Louisiana reports indicate a moderate increase
in tue area under cultivation in cane, corn and
rice The condition OF all crops Is better tnan an
average at this season o. the year.
From Nebraska we nave reports or seven coun-
ties. Oh tnese few only report damage by
grasshoppers TO O serlouS extent though por-
tons OF some OF these counties nave escaped.
Our advices are the INFESTED districts comprise
q strip In this state, south or Platte River and
along tue Missouri River, about ten miles Ia ex-
tent. Or IL may be SAID that line running
south anu about ten miles west OF Neb aska
City, would INCLUDE the MAJOR part OF The damage
west OF II. SUCH hoe would be twenty miles
west or the Missouri River on tue Kansas line.
Within this line there viii be no small grain 10
amount 10 anything. Farmers are now ploughing
up wheat aud planting corn. In the counties
where the grassnoppers nave not appeared The
crops were never Ia better condition, and the
prospects fol large and good crop are excellent
Inc reports from COLORADO are not encouraging.
In some counties we are advised the grassnoppers
Matched out very tnick-eary In the valley ), and
later : the elevation increases. Consequently
as corn. wheat an1 oats are chiefly grown Ia the
valleys. the farmers are repanting; OUT higher up
10 tue potato region the grassnoppers are stu hatcn
ing out, and will no doubt DO much more serious
mischief. In the mining countieE OF which we nave
reports, tue miners are e!ated BY tie unusually
profitable working OF the mines, While the stock
ralsers are depressed py heavy losses during the
winter, which was one OF unusual severity. The
estimate IS that there may be half a crop raised,
but nothing ike enough 10 supply 1000 Tor their
own people.
From Wyoming Territory we have advices but
In the region reported the people are cnieny en-
ployed In stock raising that their crops do not
enter INTO an estimate ofnarvest prospects.