The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-05-16
The Wheat Prospect
AS REPORTED TO THE DEPART.
MENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Cutton-The Planting Of the Staple
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WAsHr1SGToS. May lo.-Tbe May returns oI
! wheat to the DEPARTMENT. of Agriculture make
averages, materially lower in New York and
| Michigan, AMI in Ohio and Illinois further
! injury Was brought Oh by the frnSiS e'rlj ~
.Anril. and In The more nO: lliern districts tlt
| real damage by the MIIcl freezing Was more
iul v ,iisrlO.ed a. the covering IF SNOW and Ii
Disappeared. The uveiagr Tor these Sta:es J..
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a further loss i suffered by the plowing NJ
| of llr-e ares III Ohio and Illinois. a iedu'.
ton in Missouri from S3 To 81 IS also reported
in Indiana the conIltinfi averages 20, :'l,u
New Jersey reports lul-bot the same rs lr
AI.ril. All the remaining northern states
SHOW an improvement since The April report
as well us the Pacific coast. nnl NEARLY all tht
southern States. In the latter two classes In.
averages are: -.
IrnnsyIran1a..-" 800:
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This Is i'm improvement o: Is points In Cali.
fornia and IL In Oregon.
The average condition OF winter Whcnt ]:
S3I3 against 30 In April. A loss In area from
rcplanl!ng in the other crops may he assumed
to reduce the prospect of April LIST. In Isl!
| AMI in iSSn the general average was 80 In 1881
II WAS IS. and In lSS2 II WAS lU2; In May OF las'
year. lu0. In the former years there were NJ
| May returns. Two years aGo the average dc
to l0I at tile lime Of cutting. 1t should be under
stood That III The department reports of, Ontli
ton, l0l means Il mc'iium growth wi:h II full
stniId and Il healthy pant. The Ohio and IL
linnls reports compare with last years crops
thus: Ohio reports for May 81 compared
with last year. and " compared with al
~ crage crop.
The srriiig wheat ares will not he complete
TIL May -, and will he reported on June |
The statistical ag' mt for Dakota maicsa prob
bic increase OF 30 per cent. The agent iO'
Minnesota reported H6 per cent. l last year 5
area already planted. an increase Of Is pei
Is not probable that the increase In the spring
wheat area Will more than make gnnd the los,
OF tho winter wheat acreage, without regard
TO The spring wheat breadth.
a dispatch from the LONDON statistical
agent, under the date Of April Ssh, reports all
Improvement In European wheat prospects
during tie last month. The severity Of March,
wa followed by three weeks of dry weather,
which was succeeded by one week Of invigo'
rating rain. The season Is still back ward, and
u higher temperature Is needed The small
area of spring w wheat In England Is thin
AMI much of 1t will he displaced hy bar cy.
In France and Germany rain it needed and a
higher temperature necessary. with reduced
acreage In Western Europe and sOmr injury
from freezing in March, n reduced crop ap'
pears to br Inevitable. In Austria anu Hun.
.ary the prospect Is favorable for nj least Il
medium crop.
Cotton.
Returns Of the progress OF cotton planting
show that work to be later than usual in every
State, and Indicate that on May the fist n
pcr cent. of the proposed area WAS planted,
when the usual prop prtinn Is said t. be 81 per
cent. In Virginia and North Carolina II was
very late. Pho percentage planted were:
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