The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-22
SIX PAGES.
The Crops.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The stats
tician Of the agricultural bureau will
tomorrow complete his monthly re.
port, showing the condition Of crops on
the 1st of September. He says: In all
crops except tobacco the showing is
worse than it was for the month OF
August. The tobacco for the New Eng.
land and Atlantic states, with the ex-
ception of North Carolina, is reported
excellent. In the latter and western
states, except Wisconsin, the reports OF
the drouth are alarming, particularly
in Kentucky. The general average for
this crop is about 80 as against So last
y@<>ess*s :.sG same time. y isil the ex-
ception Of this crop, the general aver
age of the crops throughout the county
falls 10 per cent. below that of last
month. The drouth extended on both
sides Of the Alleghenies, and was very
general in northern and southern states.
Wisconsin is about the only state that
does not seem to have been seriously
affected. The corn crop in that state,
according to reports on Sept. l, will
be about IS. In spring wheat
there will probably be an increase
over the average at the same time
last year. The potato crop will aver
age about SO. The crops in every other
state are more Or less damaged by the
dry weather. The general average in
cotton for the whole country will be
about SO, as against SO on Aug. l, 95 on
July l, and 1O2 on Aug. l, 1880. On
Sept. l, 1880, the general average was
much lower than it was month before
that time. This was owing to the ex-
cessive rainfall, which commenced the
middle of the month, and was so detri-
mental in the valley of the Mississippi.
The general average condition of the
corn crop, taking the country over,
will be about 70, which is a consider
able decline since the August report,
which was II, and still further de-
cline since the July report, which was
80. A year ago it was about 100. The
drouth is the general cause for the I'M
favorable condition of this crop. There
is also some complaint of insect inju-
ries, but chiefly in Illinois, Missouri
and Kansas are their ravages reported
as severe. The chinch bug is thespecial
plague in these states, although several
counties in Kansas complain of grass
hoppers. Along the Atlantic coast the
averages are somewhat higher than for
the country at large, except in South
Carolina, where the dry weather has been
excessive. reducing the condition below
40. According to the Aug. report, Louisi-
ana and Texas are the next lowest
of the coast states, reporting 81 and 46
respectively. In Tennessee it was "a,
being lower than any of the interior
states. In the central corn growing
region the highest averages were so in
Iowa, so in Nebsaska, and the next low
est to Tennessee SO in Kentucky, and
II in Ohio. The states of Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, bordering
lakes Superior and Michigan, report
averages Of 81, 95, and so, respectively.
According to the September report
these figures are reduced from to 10
per cent. The condition Of spring wheat
as reported up to Aug. l, was some
what lower than last year at the same
time. The prospect is still less en-
couraging for September The aver
age for the whole country was 81,
against So in 1880, and slim 1879. In
all the New England states and New
York the reports are very high. In
Michigan the returns give crop about |
average but in Illinois and Iowa there is
q great deficiency, owing to drouth and
chinch bugs. Nebraska suffered from
the same cause, but to a much less ex-
tent. In Minnesota there is slight
deficiency as compared with last year,
while in Wisconsin there will probably
be an increase. California, which, al
though not strictly a spring wheat
state, is generally classed with them,
returns q decrease of IL per cent. as
oUfllparet with 1850. Potato crops,
hay, and pasture are also seriously
damaged by the drouth, and show
lower average than last month,
The above statement is, of course,
only approximate, the exact averages
not yet having been calculated at the
department, and reports not having
been received from all the counties;
but in going over what have been sent
in, and roughly estimating the average
in detail, the general average has been
approximately calculated. The exact
figures will be given to the public to-
morrow.