The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-07-12
CRoP REPORTS.
The Damage Done by the Rains In the
NorthWest-The situation In the South
and Southwest. l'I fn..

and Southwest. ft..
ST. PAUL, MINI, July 10.-Reports nov
disturbing the centres Of grain trade Of tn,
failure Of the wheat crop in the northwest
are founded upon facts, but the fact is ex
aggerated and distorted. It Is Difficult
even TO get at the facts rs TO the condition
OF the crops, In the midst OF panickY ru
mors, and the interested perversion o
grain dealers in st. Paul, who claim tha
the crop Is nearly ruined throughout thu
State. Minneapolis millers say the whea
has not suffered seriously in the region
tributary to them, and every railroad com
pauy has glowing reports from along III
line, which in many cases is contradicted
by travellers.
These reports carefully sifted the aver
age OF all evidence seems TO be about this
In the southern and river country oI
Minnesota, embracing the heaviest in
which tie former district in Northern
Iowa and Southwestern Wisconsin, the
crop hassuffered seriously since the heavy
rains oi the first week in June. The
weather followed by warm sun which
induced rust, which is not very dangerous
at this stage OF the growth and q sort ol
blight OF the stalk as II scalded, which is
more serious in certain counties. Aim
stead, Houston, Winona and Wabash have
also suffered from the ravages OF the
chinch bug. In the localities that have
suffered the most 80 to 10 per cent is prob
ably moderate estimate OF the loss from
the combined causes, and OF course the
average for the whole section Is still
more, and for the whole State will be less.
Tie western and frontier counties, includ.
ing those on the main line OF the st. Paul,
Minnesota and Manitoba railroad, have
suffered much less from the wet weather
and rust, and not at all from bugs, while
the reports from the Northern Pacific
country and the Red River Valley where
the rain was not followed by warm wealth
er, as in the South, is uniformly favorable.
From the South aud Southwest.
MEMPHIS, July lO.-The crop report ol
the Memphis Cotton Exchange for June,
embraces one hundred and fifty.one re.
spouses, divided as follows: West Tennes-
see, fiity.one; North Mississippi, forty.one;
Northern Arkansas, filty-nine; Weather,
seventy-six; report OF weather hav.
ing been very unisvorable, with season
able rains. Seventy.six report the first
two or three weeks as very dry, with the
last week very wet. Nineteen report the
first week very wet, but three weeks very
dry with cool weather. Forty.eight re-
port the weather as having been untavor.
sble as compared with last year. Seventy
one report the weather much more favor
able. Thirty-nine about the same, Forty
one, less faYorable stands. Fifty.seven re-
port stands forming and blooming very
fine. sixty.six report stands forming well.
Twenty.eight only moderately good, but
generally forming and blooming well.
Condition of cotton crop-65, report
very fine but full Of grass and weeds; 66,
report well and in good condition, though
slightly grassy; 5, report well cultivated,
but plant small, needing rain; II, report
poor, condition very grassy as compared
with last year; So, report condition much
better; 80, about the same; 81, not SO
good, abandoned cottonj 10. report from
10 per cent OF cotton crop abandoned
on account OF wet weather, grass scarcity,
labor averaging 1 per cent OF entire crop; (;
68. report from to so per cent OF
corn crops were planted In June, aver
aging 40 S.l00 per cent planted since last re-
port; 10, report crops very fine; SO. good,
well cultivated. Wheat; 9s, report wheat
raised yield being from I to IS bushels per
acre, averaging 0 bushels in most instances.
The crop reported as being almost a fail
ure, causedby rust. - O.