Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-22
The Crop Returns.


YIELD OF WHEAT.
ASH NGroN, July 1.-THE
July returns Of ne Department Of
Agriculture. from all ule states
and territories % Tie United
States, indicate an Increase Of area
planted ia corn, exceeding lour
per cent, or fully Two and a-haii
million of acre- To OHIO. Iodiana
nd Illinois there has been a loss
OF acreage, bus ia All other states
Of any prominence ia corn grow
ing there is some increase. In
the Gulf states the advance has
been heavy, in obedience 80 the
instinct Of self-proteclion. The
usual result Of nigh price OF "a crop
--an immediate extension Of its
breadth Of cultivation was pre-
vented 10 the Ohio Valley only
by excessive rains and temperd-
ture that made early planting im-
possible. The condition OF corn Is
marked low, from late planting,
cold and wet weather, and repldnt-
Ing after floods; but has been i'm
proved during June, and j. genef-
ally in fair vigOr and active
growth, promising far better con-
dition in August should the SEA-
son continue as favorable as al
this date. The general average Is
So against 80 in July last year, be-
fore the disastrous dr0uth set in.
Il is above 100 in all the sea coast
states, from South Carolina TO
Texas, 10 Tennessee and Kentucy,
and Kansas, Oregon, AID Nevada
stand at 100, Arkansas at 81, New
Hampshire, Connecticut and New
Mexico, 90; North Carolina, Cali
fornia and Utah 95; Maryland,
Virginia and Colorado, "a; Massa-
chusetts, Missouri, West Virginia,
90; Vermont, Dakota, 81; New
j ersey, d eIaware, Nebraska,
Washington, 80; Maine, New
York, Michigan, Sc; Kentucky,
81; Minnesota, SO; Pennsylvania,
80; Rhode Island, Wisconsin, so;
Indiana, 10; Iowa, II; Illinois, 68.
The state of largest acreage stands
lowest of all in condition.
Upon this area and condition q
medium yield, producing 1900
100000 bushels is scarcely pos
sible. With the yield of last
year, Che product would exceed
twelve hundred millions The
range of possibilities covers at
least five hundred mi lion bushels,
the resuI, dependen upon the
meteorological conditions of the
succeeding eighty days.
The condition of winter wheat
averages higher than al. any pre-
vious July return, 104 against SO
last July. The spring wheat av-
erage stands at 100 instead 0l 80,
in 1881. Unless the proportion of
wheat TO straw should oc less than
usual, or the grain be damaged
after thrashing, the crop tuust
prove one of the largest ever gar
nered in the country.
ne average Cplt1tkibu "a t3t
principal winter wheat states is as
follows: Ohio, 101; Kentucky,
104; Michigan, 106; Indiana, 104;
Illinois, 105; Missouri, III; Kans-
as, l16; Pennsylvania and The
Southern states each stand al 100
or above; California at 90; Oregon,
1O5. The spring wheat states ay.
erages are: Wisconsin, o., Mime
sofa 90; Iowa, 1902; Nebraska, l05;
Dakota, 9S; Colorado, 9S; Maine,
1O1; New Hampshire, 1903; Yer
mont, "a.
The harvest Of winter wheat on
the first Of July was comp e'ed IN
the South, and WAS IN active prog
ress in Kentucky, and commence
ing north Of the Ohio river. At
this date it has reached the lati-
tude Of 400, and will soon be com
pleted.
The condition Of oats is very
high, averaging 103; of rye 10l; of
barley 90. The cereals-cOrn
alone excepted-all promise
yield per acre above the average