Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-08-27

show . high average. aud the only cesliI
piants WQfe ofss late spring. In Pepnsyi..
va1h ard Maryland drunth wis not 10y
tpj1riouS. aud timely rains restoled ne
CROP 70 : fair average. IL Vlrktnia and
the South Atlantic states the drOuth cut
short early planted coru. Late planted was
10 . condition to be benefited by the rains
generally reported at the date Of returns.
The gulf states. Alabama and Mississippi.
report q flne condition. but Louisiana 10 low
and Texas makes the worst record Of my
state In the union. Kentucky Ohio aud
Indiana report the average somewhat .heloM
that Of last year, while Illinois reports .
yery!high coalition. The states west Of
the Mississippi all report an extraordinary
growth ard the most favorable prospects.
Iowa reports 104sand Nebraska l18. The
Pacidc states, with their small area plant
BUCKwHEAT. <
The area planted In buckwheat shows q
light decrease since last year. New York
and, Pennsylvania. in which q half Of the
OF the country is grown. shows
sioss Of 3sper cent 10 Ohio, Michigan
and Wisconsin. which produce 9 larger
portion of the remainder. the acreage Is
nearly the same as last year. The condition
is good and rather better than last year at
this time.
POTATOES.
The condition of the potatee crop is %
against IS 10 July. The New England
states show the stationary condition at %;
the middle states from 96 to 102. The
south Atlantic states fall from 80 to 81; the
gulf states are stationary at 80; the south
ern inland states fall from "a to 81; the
states north Of the Ohio show q very mark.
ed Improvement, raising from "a to %.
West of the Mississippi there is q decline
from 101 to 50, while on the Pacific slope
there is q slight appreciation from 100 to
lOl. In the northern portion of the At.
lantic states above Maryland the conditions
Of growth appear to have been generally
Efavorsb}e. Il
~ THE COLORADO BEETLE. sssi
Is mentioned by but two, correspondents in
this region. Further south they consider.
ably affected the crop. In the gulf state
the crop is grown to q limited extent, beint
displaced BY sweet potatoes. The leading
complaint here is s lack Of moisture. Rain
were not instime to maintain the July aver
age in the southern inland states, but tn
crop was saved from serious disaster. Ear
lier paintings were generally most successful
The improving influence Of July rains va
felt and especially in the region north of tn
Ohio. On the eastern slope of the Miseis
aippi the old fashioned potato bug is noted
but its ravages were mostly local. Melon
ough, Illinois, reports fields nearly stripes
of leaves by it. The western Mississippi
crop was needing rain, but in Hamilton
Neb., rains were excessive. The crops OF
the whole are we'll reported.
THE HAY CROP.
On the Pacific coast the summer of.1S7!
has not been favorable for the hay crop
The drouth of June and July, which va
60 detrimental to other crops, also seriously
shortened this. Timothy hay is above tn.
average in only eight states. In the New
England and middle states the crop ia good
but in all the southern is short. In tn,
states bordering on the Ohio river the sam
cause has reduced the product very m.teri
ally since 1873. In the northwestern state
the returns are favorable, while in Kansa
and Missouri they are very low. Tn
Pacific states report very high averages. Al
the date of returns rains were generally re
ported and the prospect for fall pasture wa
good.