The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-31
CROP REPORTS.

show heavy rain has been falling all day.
Farmers are discouraged, and depend upon n
late fall for the corn crop,
In Dekalb county, Illinois. crops Of all kinds
are looking well, though the cool nights are
making cotton look Ike 1t had some malaral
disease. Wheat was never better, and some
have begun to harvest
Adviccs from forty leading points In the north
western grain region represent the acreage of
wheat rs 80 per cent. less than last year The
plant is healthy, and promises good Yield
The apple trees In East Tennessee are bending
with fruit while peaches, cherries and grapes
promise great yield. The strawberry shippers
at Gadsden, Tennessee, realize about $1,000 per
day.
The crop dispatches are, with scarcely any OK
ceptions. of Il favorable tenor, In Minnesota
and Dakota the spring wheat prospects are of
the verv best, the cold wheaher having re-
tarded the growth ST the stalk but at the same
time adding 10 the stock of vitality IN the root
which is considered of decided advantage TO the
crop. From other wheat-growing districts the
reports are favorable. and the corn outlook is
also good
The Chicago Times: Until quite recently in.
formation MS to the progress Of the crops has
been unusually favorable. The extensive
storms of last week have done some injury to
winter wheat and In other quarters have made
the ground unfit for sowing, but there
is no evidence as yet that the effect
will prove serious. Indeed. all attempts ut
this early date to estimate the yield of
spring wheat corn or cotton are obviously barren
and foolish, while even as to winter wheat the
most that can be said is that nothing has vet
occurred to prevent large yield The acreage
appears to be little larger than II wss last
year; the present condition In some quarters Is
especially good and on the whole Is reported
by the agricultural bureau as slightly above the
average But even that portion Of the crop will
not be wholly out of danger for six weeks or
more. When II Is remembered that last year
continuous drought after the middle of June
al m N tAhA Ntglh Of ,UhA l.v At ,at
so, 000O but 1t will be realized that predictions
at this time cannot be worth much
We are receiving daily encouraging accounts
of the condition of the crops In the sections that
were overlooked Cotton Is growing more rap
idly on said lands than on those not visited by
the water. On Bayou Jack on ST. Vile Ducote's
farm, we saw yesterday, q stalk of cotton 81 Z
inches high with six leaves on 1t, where the
land was submerged five feet The water has
not long left this land Marksvillc Review.
Mr. r II Burke, one of our largest sugar
planters, yesterday informed us that he antci
pated no further trouble from the water He
considered the condition of the cane crop now
standing good, though the average is far less
than for previous wears. On the MISSIONER plan
tatOn he expects to make good average crop
The corn crop on the west side of the RIVER ha,
been injured for want of proper attention. ant
will, therefore, not be so good Il Baton Rouge
CapitOlian- Advocate.
With favorable weather the corn yield II
Minnesota will be the largest in the history o
the state. Barley was injured by FROST acreag,
about the same and looking fair Oats in splen
did condition, promising a large but backward
| yield The acreage Is about the same as las
| year Flax Is largely cultivated through tn,
belt mentioned and the acreage has nearly
| doubled There is an encouraging unanimit,
! In all the reports, Farmers are in cxcellen
| spirits over the prospects Vegetables and frui
! were damaged by frost The potato crop, al
though not generally reported. Is said TO prom
| Use well on II triile increased acreage.
| Corn and cotton crops throughout the paris
are reported as very fine and promising. moi
wthstanding the recent cold snap, frost wa
| feared last Monday night hut none fell that W
| have heard, though cotton shows unmistakabl
signs of blight but few days of favorabl
weather will relieve the plant and make IL a
healthy as ever. Lice are TO he the most feare
Just now though we have heard nothing OF ther
In the fields yet. Considering everything tn
crops are as promising as we ever knew them
! lCoushstta Citizen.
/ The Waco Examiner SAYS The Nlcaraga
wheat crop this season Is the finest ever raise
In Texas In quality, acreage and yield tn
crop will be In excess OF that OF any othe
year. IL Is more hardy than othC
varieties, Yields more and IL les
liable TO the various attacks from which sma
grain suffers; millers have announced that the
can convert II into -four, and buyers hold OF
inducements Of u good European market Shout
u good market be found for thi. years crop, NiC
aragua wheat will become staple crop In Ger
trail Texas, and we may add In southern Tcxa!
too Farmers In this county have raised It sue
cessfully this year.
The Brennan Banner says The early corn
now made the last rains having matured tn
crop. The young corn ~ looking well enough
and with good seasons will do well also