Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-06-26
Crop Reports.

The R,Tai Ne,c Iorker, of Satur-
day last, dcvotcs no less than seven
of its large pages TO n condensed re-
port Of the condition of the growing
crops, gathered from all quarters of
the Union. We quote n synopsis
Of this excellent report from its edit
orial columns:
From these and various other sources
OF information, including the report of
the Department of Agriculture, receiY.
ed this morning from Washington, il
appears that the average condition OF
winter wheat IS 90. against 9S last year
The yield on the Pacific coast, from
which our special reports have not yet
reached u, is considerably above the
average, Oregon rising to lOi. Tho
States north of the OHIO river average
%, Indiana rcAching lO3. The crop IN
the Middle States averages Sc. that Of
New England Of; and Of the South
Atlantic States gG, South Carolina re-.
porting los and Georgia ll2-a fine
showing for the Empire State Of the
South. The southern inland States
average IS, the Gulf States -, and the
trans Mississippi States only -. rs com.
pared with 9s last year. All over the
country a late spring and severe drought
have been more or less injurious TO the
crop. Complaints of winter. killing
have come from some parts OF the
South, and OF slight rayagcs 10y the
licssian fly from the North and West
while grasshoppcrs have made their
appearance, but have not yet done
much damage, beyond the Mls.issippi.
The acreage under spring wheat is
about four per cent. greater than last
year. The heaviest increase is in Cali.
fornia, which reports ten per cent.
more while in the New England and
the States west of the Mississippi there is
an increase of five per cent. and one
of nine per cent. in Minnesota while
the Middle States fall oil one per cent.
The condition of spring wheat is about
the same on the whole, as that Of win.
ter wheat all the States being trile be.
low the average, the crop having been
subjected tn the same injurious inhu.
ence4. There Is considerable increase
in the acreage under wheat, but the
amount Of this it ia at Present impo-si.
BILE TO ascertain. In many Of the old
States the increase is, in the aggregate,
not uncomfortable, while in some OF
the border States, and especially in the
Territories, it is Of great extent For
instance, in one county IN Dakota.
which last year sowed only fifty acres.
upwards OF four thousand acres have
been grown this year. IL is moro than
probable, therefore, that this great in.
crease of area under wheat will at least
fully counterhalancc the slight diminu
ton in the yield per acre of the crop.
Corn is nearly everywhere backward.
but the late rains all over the country
have already pushed it ahead wonder.
fully, and unless the weather is very un.
favorable q fair crop is among the prob
abilities. Cautiously enough, while our
Kansas reports indicate very poor
wheat crop, they all promise a splendid
/ crop of corn. Poor seeds and planting
too early appear to be the causes OF the
| present unsatisfactory condition OF the
/ crop in the Middle and most of the
| Western States, and it is to be hoped
that the lessons taught by the hard ex.
4 perience of the present season will not
/ be proiitless in the future.