Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1878-05-18
,rEE CROPS.
IN. 0. Democrat

Tho New York Times of last Friday con-
1.,;us thirteen columns of telegrauls from
all portious and sections of the Cn'oh
! relative to the growing crops. Never mas
| q NOR, uattern showing been l!la"e
! than these kilograms pr"phesS. There
,,,v he sections OF the country, it Is true,
| where the crops are not unusually large
where they even fall behind those OF rI;'s'
y.ar; but, taking the whole countrF
| INTO consideration, the crops OF lo'o, II,
the prescnt promise is not blasted oS
,m. unforeseen calamity, will bring the
Limited states the largest amount of lhon-
ry they have ever received ior thc'r pro-
duets. -
Everything has tended to insure large
cro,,s this year The winter was eNcep-
tionally mild the spring early, an"
p,.ntinr from four t." six weeks
earlier than uSral. just the proper
+ amount of rain fell and no more; SO thar ,
,s far as the weather is concerned, lo'e
il superior to any year since 1859.
In New England the crops are th1es
u..ls earlier than usual; the hay crol
will, he one third larger the tobacco
crop the largest since 1879; the co'i
crop much larger than last year. ah'
fru;t more plentitul than in has bee'
,;,c. tbe war. In New York the crop
,r.. over twenty days earlier than las
IN ..r with q considerable increase II
H. acreage. Rye, oats, buckwheat an" o'.
er will he 30 per cent above the average II
,tt pannsvlyania, and probably yield IN
he 1,ryest crop reaped in that State &c
ik twenty years
tv vast v;rr;nia and North Carolin
ell both report crops earlier an" LOOKING 'e
NJ fer and IL larger acreage OF COTTON
I'D North Carolina, and the biggest cott'
si- o-,n since the warts confidently eXpec
of sd. In Georgia there is q decrease Oh
nd nor cont in the cotton acreage, ana
his large increase in wheat Tho crops
to that State will yield an increase Oh 1ro
Wi 10 to l5 per cont above the aVeral
.ol- Tn Alabama the acreage OF cotton IS apo
Ii tho same az usual the corn crop, no
MIS- ever is the largest anA-most prom
uld ing since 1889. In ONO the "nea' u
ich will be the largest that the stare O.
Le Welded in Indiana the increase III WIZ
try, will be 20 per cent over the Dest y
his since 1853 in Illinois 50 per ceh1 o
in the average. In Iowa the increase
ANS wheat ia calculated at 80 per cent ana
the fru;t at 20 per cent. In Wisconsin
lebt increase in the wheat crop Will De ~
self cent. in Minnesota 30 per cent, Nebr;'
wing d and Kansas 10 per cent. In kentu
COM less tobacco will be raised than last y
the but more wheat, oats, rye hi'' oo'''
heir Arkansas the yield OF cereals will be
COM per cent above the average
jism. In fact, from all portions OF the VI
have comes the same news. 1t is dlfht
, of nerhaps, to make q general estlmat
who the expected crop as compared with
ding YEA S, but judging from the I'M"
M as amount of new land opened up III
COW sas. Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa,
, Mr.. tho increased acreage in the south
form West, there seems to be n" reason
n. to doubt that there is an increase OF ITO
mill To 90 per cent in the land cultivated
uctcd wear over last year, and an almost
and probable increase in yield to the
doing Of conrse, IL IS LOO o"''> W ~,
time thing with accuracy, but the pre-
make crons now in the ground and their
;,den. isinr condition ought to be s'lilcish
, any dispel the gloom now overspreaol'i'
or the country and to inspire some conn"
, MFR. even if they do not at once eno 'ho
sden- of ''harl times o""1 io'e'
with country.