, 1879-07-21
THE CROPS.
Abst:ac' Of Ii, Il port Of thu Illinois
D partment Agrieu!. .ura.
In Unprecedented Improvement In Corn
During tae Mantl, af June.
narrowing Accounts Of tho Ravages o.
0hinoh- -Bugs in 0artain Districts.
The Great Crop Of Minnesota Likely
to Be Safely Garnered.

to Be Safely Garuered.
ILLINOIS.
sufctal Etsrdfchesto 1hf Tribune.
srHtHoflra,. llly july 1a-'rlc following Is
condensed tr"n, lilo Forthcoming July crop ro-
port OF the Department NJ A1rtcultures
HEABos.
The season Turing Tho month Of June has
bcen favorable for tic growing crops. Occa-
slo,lN shuwers stu warm wra hrr have induced
II very rapid growth Of sr cEt,Fs, aud aided
materially Ia sisancing the condition of rar,l to
n'ar that Of aTcraRe seasons At corresponding
datr.
rrni over tl,e State dHrtns Inc past month, uNl
has Afforded tnucn needed relief from tho con-
ltuucd drought, which seriously threatened tho
craps iii many rorEions Df tie Statt.
lhtsc nr. comparatively lew localities in the
Stale that report conditions unfasorable to the
growing crops.
The improvement In tho condition Of corn
during the nlsnth OF June Is withullt perctlrnt.
drought. v whieh genesalty prevailed
over sm atutc to liz last Ut slay, was followed
by frequent eopons showers aud hot weather.
wtlrl, Inns greatly promoted the growth Of corn.
hero Ia scarcely locality Tint docs not report
tno3t encouraging prospcet Tor nj least att average
vici.l per nrfe nj eur1,, Willie thu retrns frnm
rreae majority oF counties Indicate tint tho
Weld viii be much above nooI average. The
of low wet luhds that hage generally boon
too wet to ptow In ttn,o for corn, alld on this
kind ul land u tn bc found thu most vigorous
.st,l promising growth Of ihe crop. The area OF
the presn,lt crop Is nearly 0OW,000 G, OH, ,7Gll
4cres, which Is tho lnrEcst breadth 0f corn ever
planted in tile State. The nbuso acreage will BE-
slightly Increased IN Central usl Sou hcrn I'LL
nols BY slle planting OF l.nl from which small
grain has Just bccn harvested: Willie thta late
md unusual planting may not .,naturc nnd
make marketable corn It will furnish good feed
HAT WILL partially supply tho deficiency occa-
stunned by the limited csop Of hay. THIS lats
inehes high on July 8, ntssl tn n,oat prutntslng
condition for good yield Of marketable corn.
.is over one-Rtxth Of NIL the corn produced Ia
The United States ts grown On the rich prairies
closely scrutinized by home and foreign con.
sumcrs and dealers. The present condition Of
corn for tho STATE Is about Is per cent better
than for tle corresponding period tJuly j Of
lsis; Tho crop tor me previous year was go
fIu, $40 bushels. There nre probable c0ntfngcn-
Gics, snct, rs drought, storms, etc., which NAV
rc,licc tho present prospects,, und 1t would not
be safe to estimate 40 large m 1nrreaso over the
previous crop. as Indicated by the comparative
wen.!1 Tie increase Of the present corn crop
over that Of tho previous year wilt be nearly 10
pcf cont.
WINTER WHEAT.
Winter wheat harvest cominancel earfor than
uSuAtt lltt EIUU OEGlI b4fcA III EUul t0ll.
d.ion. Considerable thrcshtilK has oeep done.
nnl tho yield Is reported bottcr than IN avcr-
'nge. The qua!it, Is uniformly good, md pur.
cllasers mako no distinction for quality, pnYlsy
Tho atrlw Is eilort :.lnl bright, and ll,e heads
we'll tslicd with plump AMI cAoiee quality Of
rrain. The condition OF winter wheat has i'm.
proved since Inst advitcs. und tile un!ayorablc
reports CONCERNING Tho yield Or quality are rnre
exceptions.
WINTER RYE.
Winter rye will nuke a much better crop than
anticipated Tic dTst ut JUNE; thtrtY-IinC couu-
ties, against eighteen last month, rsport thu
condition up to good average: sIx counties re.
than last nonth. The prucous report showed
the condition from o 10 Is pcr ucut below MI ny.
craee In tlfty.seyen coanttes, while only forty
counties now report tho condition as Low,
srH1S0 WHEAT.
Tho condition of Bprlng wheat Is above m
average III only two counties In the Stnte, ,lifd
III average III fur counties. Tie coutttcu In
lhirty-two counties is from + to @ ucr cent be-
luw m average. LII tic rolnulning seventeen
cunnties tho condition ranges from 20 to 10 per
uboge tltat tha prospects, for aycu medium
crop Ut spring WHEAT are Encouraging. The
drought las been tllc prlncipal causs affecting
1slc spring wheat crop; there tias been but little
| complaint Of injury hT tnsects, etc.
srntSd BARLEY.
The condition Ut this crop Is reported from
thIrty.cEht cuun.ics,-th.rteen moro than
named III thu juno report. The condition Ia up
10 IN averaEe In eloven against soven counties
lust mouth. Thu condition Ia from : to a5 per
against twatye counties last mouth. -Four
counties tic condition Is as follows: Que 10 per
cent, ore 81 per cent, aud Lwo ~ per cent ot m
average.
The condition Of oats l,as improved somewhat
tHt.IL il hot