Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-12
Monday Morning, June 12, 1882.
THE LATEST CROP REPORTS.

| A1A SLNOfo ] The report of the Department of Agricul-
 ture just made covers the entire area of 1,561
 of the principal counties of the United States and gives clear idea of the condition
 and prospects of the crops. It is, on the whole, decidedly encouraging
 | From this report it appears that the area
 sown in spring wheat has decreased about twelve per cent. The southern counties of 1 Wisconsin and the southern and southwestern
 districts of Minnesota report almost without
 exception decline in acreage. In nearly l every county in the northeastern section of
 Iowa large reductions are reported. In Da-
 kota there is a large increase in Cass county
 and decrease in Yankton, Turner, Bon
 homme and other counties. There is appar-
 ently small increase of acreage in the whole | Territory. The comparative average of the | Northwest is as follows Wisconsin, s5
 Minnesota, S3 Iowa, S2 Nebraska, 90; Da | kota, 1O2. The condition of winter wheat is ! still very high, averaging 100. The south ern harvest IS safe. Northern winter wheat has few risks to encounter but the spring wheat is still an uncertain quantity. The condition of cotton is not so pleasing
 The area planted is two and seven-tenths per cent. less than in 1881. Texas makes an in- crease, and also the small cotton district of Southeast Virginia. All other States return some loss of area. The largest deficiency is in the States bordering on the Mississippi river, where planting in overfowed districts was not entirely finished on the 1st of June. The average condition of the entire cotton area indicates 8 depreciation of eleven per cent. from perfect healthfulness and average growth. large number of the latest re- turns, however, say that with the recent fine weather cotton is improving.
 AS to corn, large increase in area is re- ported in the South and in the Northwest, but in half the States planting was not half finished on the 1st of June, and in large dis tricts the plant had made no show above planted is in tassel. Planting is everywhere late; the plant is small and not of average vigor or color, in consequence of cold and wet weather. The increase in the area of oats is nearly universal, and amounts to an average of seven per cent. The average of condition is 10l. The harvest promises to be very large There is an increase of one per cent. in the area of barley. Its average condition is 90. The condition of clover and spring pasture has improved, and ranges very high in the South and fair to good in other sections.
 The crop reports prepared by the Secreta- ry Of the Board of Agriculture of Illinois give prop6ise of an exceptionally large yield of winter wheat. In the northern part of the State winter wheat promises per cent. more than an average yield per acre. The average condition June 1 was 1O4 for the northern division, while one year ago the average was 63. In the central division the condition promises 59 per cent more wheat per acre than one year ago. Some of the largest wheat counties in the State are in this divi- sion. For the southern division the average condition is 1O6, against 49 for June 1, 1881. Only five counties in Southern ni- nois report condition below the average In corn the acreage is slightly decreased and the condition promises ten per cent. less than an average yield.
 The crop reports of the St. Paul Pioneer Press show that grain of all sorts is doing well in Minnesota. The warm weather of the last few days has given corn 8 start. The reports from Northern Iowa are very favora- ble.
 From the above it will be seen that the sit uation as whole is cheering. If it so con- tinues little while longer there will proba- ply be pleasing change in the condition of and outlook for general business.