The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-08-19
CROP PROSPECTS.
The General outlook Favorable
wheat and Corn I'm Excess of Form
err Tears-The Apple Crop


Failure.
The following is the last of the re-
ports of "the Commercial Agency" of
McKiilop, Sprague & Co., New York,
which have been made of special i'm
portance by the accuracy Of their cor
respondence.
1t is now nearly three months since
we commenced the publication Of
weekly reports of crop prospects, and
we discontinue them after this date.
Referring to our first report, We lind
we were right in the belief that such
reports would be both interesting
and valuable" The expense and la
Dor of procuring and preparing the
material for publication have been
considerable; but We consider the value
of the information furnished more than
an equivalent.
In our last weeks summary we
closed by reference to advices from
sections which had suffered by floods.
We stated our correspondence from
those sections, though admitting dam
age, did not justify alarm. Since then
our reports confirm the opln-
ion that the fright Of many
was not warranted by facts.
The summing up for the Northwestern
States, as a whole, is much larger
area under cultivation. AVheat, the
harvesting of which is near finished, a
larger crop than last year, though not
in all cases of as good quality. Win
ter wheat suffered from the late, cold
spring, but the yield of spring wheat
has been excellent. While the State
of Wisconsin reports heavy crop of
hay and oats, none of the adjoining
States have been SO fortunate.
The late rains all over have made
late grass abundant, and there Is no
lack Of feed for cattle. The corn crop
will be largely in excess Of last year,
even when the loss by recent floods
has been deducted. The Wabash Val
lev has suffered, more than almost
any other section, and the corn crop
has been damaged severely. Even
there, however, fine, dry weather du-
ring the remainder of this month and
first ten days of September would in
sure larger crop than last year.
The Southern and Southwestern
States have had larger area under
grain than ever before, and the crops
are most abundant. Some portions
of Georgia and South Carolina have
suffered from drouth, and corn will
not be as good from those sections as
was expected. These local defeien
cies do not affect the general result.
1t is yet too early to give absolute es
Inmates of the cotton crop, but We
are not advised that the overflow Of
the Mississippi has caused serious
damage. An intelligent correspond
ent at Macon, Ga, writes: "Plant
ers complained so much Of the droutf
I determined to investigate for myself
ana fnd,,cotton injured to some extent
Its tructifying power is unquestion
ably injured, and the yield will no
be SO great as anticipated in the ear
lier part Of the year. However, it j
not injured to the alarming exten
reported and published BY many.
Another writes from Columbus, Ga.
"Our immediate section was blessed
with rain, few days age, and tn
crop is saved."
Making allowance for all damag
by drouth in some sections, and foo
in others. the promise.now is, the'eot
ton crop win be considerably in exces
of 10000 Of bales while whea
and corn win be the largest raised g