The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-08-16
TENNESSEE CROPS.
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OFFICE or rHE BUREAU oP AGRI,
CULTURE, STATISTICS AND MINES,
NAsuvlfLE, Tenn, Aug. S.-During
the FIRST half Of the month Of July
hot, dry weather prevailed through
out tho State. except along a strip ~
ing al the Western base OF the Cum
bertrand mountains aud among the
Dnaka mountains in East Tennessee.
Cops began 10 ,lroop for want Of suf
helent moisture, and in many of the
counties the oorn crop was lrreparably
inquired, Amer the 10th rains began
10 tall, and they were general from
the 18th 70 the 2lth In every portion
Of the State except in some small local
areas ON the highland rim, where the
rainfall was very partial, coming
down in torrents in some localities,
while lt remained very dry in others.
In East Tennessee, 20 counties re-
port the weather seasonable, 3 wet
and , dry, those being Campbell and
Union.
In Middle Tennessee, all the coun-
ties, except those lying along the foot
of the Cumberland Mountains, IT.
ported dry weather up the 18th.
Since that time l9 have been seasons
able, Is wet and , dry-DIckson and
Smith.
West Tennessee had too much rain
towards the close Of the month. The
crops along water courses and in baN
sins were materially injured. OF the
counties reporting, u were seasonal
bic and Z wet.
AVERAGE FOR EAST TENNESSEE
The average condition Of crop,
prices of stock and rate of wages from
thirty counties represented in East
Tennessee are as follows, 100 being
taken as an average crop: Apples,
81; peaches, 34l; pears, 30; plums,
90; berries, So; grapes, 10; garden
vegetables, 80; cotton, 81; hay, 64;
wheat, So; oats, SO; rye, SO; barley,
Il; peanuts, 6S; hog prospects, 90;
price of cattle per pound, 2 17,29c;
price Of sheep per head, Sl.42; per
centage of sheep killed by dogs, Z 81;
price per head of horses, S84 lS>l0O;
mules, s8S.S7; labor per month, with
board, 50. 80, without board, S14. 10.
AVERAGE FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
For 81 counties represented in Mid
die Tennessee, the average condition,
etc., is as follows: Apples, ~;
peaches, 2; pears, 20; plums, 10;
berries, 66; grapes, 50; garden vege>
tables, so; cotton. 60; tobacco, %;
corn, 81; hay, 81; wheat, 10; oats, 81;
rye, SO, barley, 81; peanuts, "a; hog
prospects, 81; cattle, per pound, De;
sheep, per head, 1925; percentage
killed by dogs, III; horses, per head,
s84.75; mules, per head, S96; labor,
per month, with board, SO; per
month, without board, S14971.
AVERAGE FOR WEST TENNESSEE.
For 10 counties reported in West
Tennessee, the average condition, etc,
is as follows: Apples, 80; peaches,
IS; pears, rs, plums, So; berries, 20;
grapes, 20; garden vegetables SO, cot
ton 81, tobacco, 96; corn, SO, hay, So;
wheat, 101; oats, 81; rye, 81; barley,
81, peanuts 90; hog prospects, 103;
price Of cattle per pount p cents,
price Of sheep per head s2.l9; per
centage of sheep killed by dogs, /;
horses per head SS4.64, mules per
head, $500; labor per month, with
board, s10.15, without Sl5.l5.
AVERAGE FOR THE STATE.
The total average for the three di>
visions of the State-eighty-six cOun-
ties in all reporting--is as follows:
Apples 624; peaches, 275;; pears, &c;
plums, 723; berries, 635; grapes, ];
garden vegetables, 91S; cotton, 735;
tobacco, 948; corn, S73; hay, S05;
wheat, S9B; oats, 81; rye, S5B; barley,
81; peanuts, II; hog prospects, 965.
Average price of cattle per pound =
cents; price of sheep per head, ST.
955; per centage killed by dogs. 81.
Average price Of horses per head,
SS4.52I. Average price Of mules
per head $50. 65b. Average price of
labor per month. with board, 50. So;
without board Si45S.