Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-27

CHICAGO, May ga local commission
have condensed the reports of the crops re-
ceived by twenty correspondents. Their
points are "a follows:
Tt1as.-Fally fifty per cent. more wheat
acreage than last year; none killed; no bugs;
harvest progressing; good yield expected.
Corn and oats hfty per cent. larger acreage
than in 1881; looking we'll.
KeHtueky.-Twenty-h five per cent. more wheat
planted than in 1881; none killed; no bugs;
a little frost has done some damage.
Missolui-About the same acreage as last
year; great quantity of chinch bugs in some
localities; no material damage; prospects
very fine. Corn all planted; fifteen TO twenty
per cent. greater acreage; no old corn on
hand. Oats, same acreage; only ordinary
yield.
MaryLand.- Slight increase in winter wheat
acreage; crop looks promising; some little
winter wheat killed; no bugs; ten per cent.
old wheat on hand. Corn, acreage I'M
changed. Oats, fifteen per cent. less; locks
poorly.
OhiO.-Whest, acreage same or trife
larger; ten per cent. of winter wheat killed; ;
no bugs; looks we'll except where flooded.
Acreage of corn and oats unchanged; little
old grain on hand.
Indiana.-Acreage somewhat increased;
little winter wheat killed; few bugs. plant
looks well; little on hand. Corn, about all
planted; acreage unchanged none left
Michigdn-Acresgei increased ten per cent;
none killed; no bugs; ten per cent of old
wheat on hand. Corn, same acreage as 1881;
none for shipment. Oats look well.
IHinois-Winter wheat, same acreage or
trifle larger; bugs have appeared but are
harmless; the army worm has only stripped
the leaves; stand looks well, promises seven
teen TO twenty bushels per acre. Corn is
mostly planted, except in the northern part;
acreage same or little larger in the southern
part; central Illinois has about forty per
cent. for shipment. Oats, acreage fifteen to
twenty per cent. increase; fair amount for
shipment; looks we'll.
KdnSds.-Winter wheat, acreage about the
same; spring less; both look well; harvest
will begin about June 10th. Corn, all
planted; acreage twenty per cent. larger;
Oats, acreage increased; little grain of any
kind on hand.
Ne6easka.-Not much winter raised, none
killed; acreage larger than in 1881; bugs
harmless. Spring wheat same as last year;
plant looks well; little wheat here. Corn all
planted; little must be replanted; acreage
increased twenty-five per cent. Oats-acre-
age larger; crop splendid.
Iopd.-Fifteen per cent. less acreage; looks
we'll; little on hand. Corn-acreage fifteen
per cent. larger; not all planted; about
twenty-five per cent. on hand. Oats
acreage increased ten per CENT; looks well;
little on hand.
MinneSota.-In the southern and south
western part fully thirty per cent. less
acreage; central and eastern no larger, pos
sibly less acrerge than in 1881; northern
section twenty-five per cent. more, mostly on
new land; looks well, though the season is
backward. Corn-Twenty-fve per cent. more
to be planted. Oats-the yield will prob
ably be larger. Both depend on the weather.
Dakosa.-Acresge of wheat twenty-five per
cent. greater. About half the hay crop was
in ten days ahead the usual time; rains de-
layed the balance, but all will be in by the
18th in good condition. Prospects more ia
vorable than last year at this time.
WisconSin.-Acreage of winter wheat fif-
teen per cent. larger; none killed; no bugs;
promises well. Acreage of spring wheat a
little smaller; looks healthy. Acreage of
corn and oats ten per cent. larger.
Nots.-The cold and frosts in the North
west the past few days will not materially
affect the situation.