The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-13
Promises of the Crops.
from the New York Times.l

lFrom the New York Times.l
Floods, frOsts and backward
spring have all worked to the injury
OF the crops this year, but the COM
prehensiye statement of their present
condition, which the Times now lays
before its readers, will show that,
despite these influences, the general
condition, with few exceptions, prom
ises an abundant harvest throughout
the country. From 81 states and 4
Territories-nearIy all except those
whose agricultural products are of no
lmportance-the most trustworthy
information has been obtained. From
12O different places, covering oyer
1900 centres of agricultural work,
persons whose business and interest
it has been to secure accurate know
ledge of the crops have sent the re-
suit of their investigation to the
Times.
The small grains. despite bad
spring weather promise we'll. Win
ter wheat will give an increased
yield in nearly every State except
Indiana, Ohio and New York. The
last'naned only will produce much
less than the average. Spring wheat
is much more hattering in its prom
Use. In the great grain States west
of the Mississippi the increase is es-
pecially marked, in some cases as
much as so per cent. In some of the
old grain States other grains are re-
placing Wheat-barIey, oats and rye
especially. In all these a large in
crease in acreage is reported. and
promises large crop. Insects aud
rust are reported in some places. but
only in Tennessee is much alarm
felt. Corn shows very large increase
in nearly every State where it is cul-
tivated at all. In the north it shares
10 some extent in The displacement
of winter wheat, and in the South it
is replacing cotton to some extent.
Emigration and the pushing of rail-
road construction are prominent fac
tors in the increase of the grain
fields.
Cotton is expected to give at least
an average crop. The area devoted
to it is much smaller. floods, a partial
abandonment of the "all-cotton" sys-
tenn, and the inability of planters to
obtain sufficient supplies work to-
gether 10 this result. The free use of
fertilizers, however, is expected to
keep the yield up to the average.
The planters throughout the South
have been much hammered, also, by
the difficulty in obtaining laborers.
The sugar-cane crop is looking splen-
didly, except in a few cases, in some
of the flooded districts, where it has
been killed. The cultivation of rice
is receiving more attention, and prob
ably the average crop will be secured.
Tobocco does not show much change
an increased acreage will be planted
in some of the Middle and Northern
States. Hay and grass crops have
been much injured throughout the
couutry, and generally light yeild
is expected. The high price of pota-
toes has led farmers to devote an in.
creased acreage to that vegetable this
year. The fruit crops haye been the
chief sufferers. Frosts have some
what damaged peaches and small
fruit in Virginia, Maryland and Del
aware and the Hudson valley. Other
fruits will give an average yield. ex'
perhaps cherries. The dairy inter.
ests in the North and East are re-
ceiving more attention, and, with
fruit-raising replacing the cultiva'
tion of grain. The great cattle-grow'
ing interests of the West are most
flourishing, the mild winter on the
plains having been fayorable.
The condition of the crops in each
State is shown by the following reca.
pitulation;
Ata6oma.-Cotton, although the
decrease In land cultivated is mark.
ed, is expected to yield an average
crop. The acreage of corn ana oats
has been increased.
arkansas. Winter wheat, with 9
very large increase in acreage, will
soon be harvested. Corn and oats
also show large increase. Cotton
planting is going on. with perhaps
a slightly decreased area.
! California. largest increase is