The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-06
WHEAT, CORN AND OATS.
Favorable Report ef the Condition Df tn
g1Eops-A Aarge Weld AntIclnaaed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. s.-The following interest
ing extracts are from the September report o.
the Department Of Agriculture:
CO?n-Vhe average condition OF the corn crop
is a2 agninst 9G in August and s. in July. It is
still somewhat better than last year, when the
september average was 81. The extreme heat
able to the crop, as seen In the slight improve
ment in July. The agricultural reports Of the
bs iii h reon m Is soWn
By By fal Of per cent In tho general average.
This decline. however, is not unexpee cd, as it
gus crop, The, crop In the Northern por-
hed iis own That q the ssouthern States, aos' as
corn region north of the Oh50 river. Yhioh asa
ally contributes about two ffths Of the crop,
shows . sIight sdmpr,92yemept, while the new
corn area west Of the NJ Mississippi fell OIL over 10
per cent. The Pacific slope maintains its usual
average q 100. The tendency OF favorable end
nnay3rabe oondions i to
as was remarked In the last report In regard to
July. lnsret injuries were lnsigniacant; Local
eral aggregate. The leading complaints were
yaries but slightly from last year and the con-
dttlon fully as good, the present prospect is for
Il yield of corn fully equal to that of 1877 pro-
ylded the remaining part OF the season is as fa-
Vo12ole Whaat as St ea,o,s gear rotrn - ,ha ao.
crop represented 1t In Its two i'm portant divis-
Ions Of winter and spring wheat, In September
W6 Sn0ehVOT6u 10 gain q com pTeASnS1V6 i0eH OF
the two portonasof the crop Consolidated The
general average Of condition Is B7 against % in
september. 1871 The condition Of winter wheat
when harvested was t0t. At the time of the
winter Wheat harvest spring wheat presented an
unprecedented promise, its average on the fret
Of Juy being 1oe Both Juy and August
crop. Winter wheht after cutting is always
Liable, to injury from being left In the field ex-
posed to the yicisitudes of the weather, and
hence Its condition is apt to decline after har-
vest. The grain also often falls TO thrash
out according to expectation at harvest
fine. All these points are taken iuto
cons1deratiOn by our correspondents In theig
September estimate Of the whole crop. These
Indicate q promise OF per cent below that Of
last year. This reduction evidently results
nosty from disaster to the spring wheat crop
In the Northwest. From the preliminary ex-
animation Of the returns Of acreage It appears
that the wheat breadth of1878 il about ons-tighh
greater than that Of 1877, which will moro than
cOunterbalance the loss resulting from the de-
crease in the general condition. The present
crop will at least equal it's Predecessor in yield
and most probably surpass it. 1t js likely to
realize the popular estimate OF 400.00Ge00 bush
els. The esti mate Of the acreage will be revised
after the final returng OF the crop come in when
q more definite estimate will be prepared.
Oats.-The. condition Of oats averaged 81.
against 100 In August. 1U In July and 1o3 In
1o6 against 98 in August and presenter an ex-
cepttonaly high condition. The preliminary
estimate In juno indicated an increase Of 8 per
cent IN acreage. The yield will probably equal
that OF 1877, which amounted to over 100000, eco
bushels