Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-08-19
THE JULY CROP REPORT.

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crop returns collected at the agricult-
ural department, Washington, during
the month of July, and in comparing
them it is found that the number of
acres Of corn planted this year exceeds
last by eight per cent. The condition
of the crop is, about ninety-six per cent.
of an average. New Englapd,is about
ten per cent. below the average, and
the Middle States seven per cent. below.
The South Atlantic States mostly APP
proximate an average condition Vlr'
ginia IS, showing the. minimum
Maryland is put down at 80 per. cent
All the Gulf States show full average.
A general Improvement is noted in
Mississippi, where the crop is II per
cent. above, Arkansas, Tennessee, and
Kentucky are 8 per cent. and West
Virginia S per cent, above the average.
North Of the Ohio river, the crop is 8
per cent. below average, ranging from
s. in Ohio to 50 in Wisconsin. West
of the Mississippi river the crop is about
6 per cent. below average on the whole.
The average condition of wheat of
both kinds for the entire country in 81.
The South, Atlantic and Gulf States,
which have been comparatively free
from insect pests and have suffered less
than usual from rust,@ report a high
condition, North Carolina 1O2, Georgia
1OS, Alabama log, Mississippi 113,
Texas 1876, Arkansas ll9. Tennessee
and Dragon, each 1902, are the only
other States which report winter wheat
above the average. In the North At
lantic and Middle States the figures are
low, Virginia34, eMaryland rs, Penn.
sylvania 7s, New Jersey GO and New
York 45, .lowsst Of ALI Between the
Alleghanies and the Mississippi, West
Virginia averages GA, Kentucky 80,
Ohio II, Michigan 70, Indiana SO,
illinois Is. Missouri returns y, Kan
sas 81, Iowa. IS. Among the States
producing spring wheat to any con
siderable extent Maine returns COM
dition of 10l,. New Hampshire, Wis.,
,consin- and Iowa 80, Vermont 100,
New York. 81, PENNSYLVANIA ss,
Illinois sc, Minnesota 102, Kansas, S5,
Nebraska II and Oregon 106.
r,The oats crop promises large yield.
Except New York a., Pennsylvania
EeS,; al. the large producing States are
above the average, ! e.
? In the States producing rye on a
large. scale, except Wisconsin 100, the
eondl tiol,is reported considerably be,
low the average; in New York winter
CT, spring 80; Pennsylvania 80 and 81;
Illinois 81; Kentucky 95. In New
England spring rye is about average;
winter slightly bellows The other At
lantic States range between 80 and 100,
Maryland being 90 and Virginia 81,
None Of the Gulf States fall below ay-
| erage. Alabama IS 1O3 and Texas 1902
The, highest condition reported go
is id ARKANSAS. Tennessee and Nebras
ka are each JOB. In the remaining
States tileAcondition ranges from sc to
SO.
Tie condition of the barley crop in
California is winter SO, spring SO; Ore
gon SO. and lUl; New I ork 81; Penn
sylvania 81 and 80; Ohio 70 and 100;
Michigan l08 and 1902; Illinois "a:
Wisconsin, 81 and S0; Iowa 1O2; Min
nesota 107. In the New England
States, taken together, the condition is
nearly average. Texas returns Ill.
The potato returns show an increase
over last year of 4 per cent, in the acre
age. Among the Eastern and Atlantic
States the area remains unchanged in
Vermont, is increased s per cent. in
Maine, l in New York, and in North
Carolina; in all others decreased. The
principal relative increase is on the
western border of the gulf and up the
Mississippi valley. The condition in
the Eastern, Middle and Atlantic States
is below average. Except Maryland SO
and Rhode Island IS, the range is be
tween 81 and 80. New York the great
potato State, is So; Pennsylvania and
New Jersey "a; Alabama averages Sc
West Virginia 80; Kansas SO; Calitor
MIA IS; Oregon 96. All the remaining
States report the condition average or
above, the range being from 100 to
125. Arkansas reports at the latter
figure. Illinois 118; Kentucky l16;
Texas 112; Indiana ITO; Ohio 10S.
The condition of the tobacco crop is
reported throughout the country at
about twenty per cent. above average,
being the most satisfactory in the
largest tobacco states. Reports from
Kentucky show g condition thirty-four
per cent. above average; Virginia three
per cent below, and Maryland one per
cent above. So.
The wool clip shows considerable
increase, especially in the South and
West, and ON the Pacific coast. Mary
lands clip'is equal to last years