The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-07-23
GROWING CROPS.
Reports Of Their Condition from All
Parfs Ofthe Country.

Parts 0fthe Country.
CHICAGO, July 2O-The Times to-
morrow morning will publish reports of
the condition Of the growing crops, and
the progress of the harvest collected from
all parts of the United States and east
of the Rocky Mountains. The dispatch
es comprise reports from over nine hun
dred different counties. Ofthese reports
the Times makes the following analysis:
"The wet weather of the past two months
has resulted in an extraordinary growth
ofall kinds of grasses; consequently the
hay crop will be large in all parts of the
West; and as it has been very generally
harvested, and is therefore free from all
danger of damage, there need be no fears
of the scarcity of hay. Wheat has been
harvested in the section lying south of
the forty.fourth degree of latitude. In
Wisconsin, II is much above the average
in quantity and quality. In Illinois and
Indiana some damage has been done to
the crop by rains, bugs and other causes,
so that the yield will not probably ex-
Kansas, Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa,
the reports show that the crop will be
largely 10 excess of last year. In the two
first named States the depredations of the
grasshoppers have been comparative l.
insignificant. Unless some unlocked for
calamity occurs, the producers will real
ize a far greater return for their la Dor
than ever before. In Kentucky, Mich
igan, Ohio, Missouri and the Eastern
States, there is every prospect of a far
| better yield than heretofore, and the
| production will he far in excess of the
consumption. The product in these
States is represented as being much su-
perior in quality to those of former years.
1t is notable that for the first time in
twelve years the SOnth will raise suffici-
ent breadstuffs for home use. This will,
/ of conrse, relieve the North from the ne
cessity of shipping grain in that direc
ton, and enable us to supply the defici-
ency in the European markets. Oats
promises an extraordinary large yield.
In some sections the heavy rains that
have fallen recently have lodged the
grain somewhat, and the chinch bug
| elsew here has caused some damage, but
there is every indication that the yield
will be at least forty live to fifty bushels
] Al, r,rah
larger. Rye and harley promice we'll.
These crops are not extensively grown,
but there is every indication that the
supply will be fully equal to the de-
mand.
Corn is not yet matured in the North
west. In Alabama, Mississippi, Geor-
gia and some parts of Arkansas and
Tennessee, the crop has been harvested,
and is more abundant than for many
years. In Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio
and Indiana, the crop is backward, but
unless frost should occur previous to the
middle of September, there is no reason
to apprehend a short crop. In Minneso-
ia, Wisconsin and Michigan, the back
wardness of the crop is such that there
is but little hope of more than half a
crop, but as these States raise but little
corn the diminution of the crop there
will have but little influence on the sup
ply.
Potatoes will yield full crop in all
sections. The Colorado bug is only seen
in the Eastern States. In the West il
has disappeared, having been almost en-
tlreIy exterminated by the heavy rains
Some complaints of IFS depredations
come from points east of the Ohio, but
none from the West.
Reports of the cotton crop are exceed.
ingly favorable. The army worm, so
destructive to the plant, has appeared in
| all sections but has been deferred from
active operations by exigencies of the
weather. Consequently the cotton pro-
Alabama, Georgia and Virginia will be
the largest ever produced. The plant il
Towering in even the more northerly
latitudes, and in the extreme south pick.
ing has commenced. Planters are san
guine of splendid crop, and as there
has been no trouble with the negro Ia.
borers there will be no danger of loss
from incomplete harvesting. Asto fruit
and vegetables, dispatches are not very
full, but as these products supply but a
temporary want, and there is no COM
plaint of failure, there will be probably
enough.