Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-04-29
PROMISES OF THE CROPS.

The New York Times has collected,
and publishes in its issue of Thursday,
report of the condition of the growing
crop of thirty-seven States and four
Territories, which it vouches for as
coming from 'persons whose business
and interest it has been to secure ae-
eurate knowledge of the crops"
The result of these investigations IS
very fairly summed up in the head
lines of the reports as presented:
''Bountiful Harvests Assured in all
Sections" "Few Exceptions to the
Rule of Increased or Average Yields"
1.-THE Damage by Flood and Frost less
than was Feared" "a General In-
crease in all Grains;' "The Great
Western Promises" "Cotton, SUGAR.
cane, and Tobacco doing WE'LL" "Hay
and Fruit the only Losing Crops"
The special report from West Vir-
ginia is as follows:
Winter wheat, with the same acreage,
will show double the yield of 1881.
Corn and oats are more general plant
ed. Fruits have been much damaged.
From our neighboring States, Ohio
and Pennsylvania, the following:
Ohio-Injury to winter wheat, despite
increased acreage, will prevent more
than an average crop. Oats and pota-
toes show some increase. Meadows
have been injured. Dairy and fruit in
terests look well.
PENNSYLVANIA - Notwithstanding an
increase in general acreage, it is believed
that grain and hay will not give average
returns. Corn, oats, potatoes, and tObae-
co are more extensively planted.
From other data of the reports we eX-
tract the following particulars:
The small grains, despite had spring
weather, promise well. Winter wheat
will give an increased yield in nearly
every State except Indiana, Ohio and
New York. The last named only will
produce much less than the average.
Spring wheat is much more tlatter,ng
i'm its promise. In the great grain States
west of the Mississippi the increase is
especially marked, in some eases "a
much a 30 per cent. In some Of
the old grain States, other grains are
replacing wheat - barley, oats,
and rye especially. In all these
a large increase in acreage is reported
and promise a large crop. Insects and
rust are reported in some places, but
only in Tennessee is much alarm felt.
Corn shows large increase in nearly
every State where it is cultivated at all.
In the North it shares tOSOme extent in
the displacement of winter wheat, and
i'm the South it is replacing cotton to
some extent. The sugar cane crop is
looking Splendidly, except in a few
cases, in some flooded districts, whereit
has been killed. The cultivation of rice
is receiving more attention, and proba-
bly, the average crop will he secured.
Tobacco does not show much
change; an increased acreage will
be planted in some OF the Mid
die and Northern States. Hay and
grass crops have been much injured
throughout the country, and generally
a light yield is expected. The high
price of potatoes has led farmers to de-
vote an increased acreage To that veget-
able this year. The fruit crops have
been the chief sufferers. FrOsts have
about destroyed peaches and small fruit
in Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware,
and the Hudson Valley. Other fruits
will give an average yield, except per-
hapS cherries. The dairy interests in
the North and East are receiving more
attention, and, with Embarrassing, re-
placing the cultivation of grain. The
great cattle-grOwing interests of the
West are most flOurishing, the mild
winter on the plains having been favor
able.