The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
CROP REPORTS.

Washington. 9.-The department of
agriculture reports the increase in the
cotton ares Rs slightly exceeding per
cent. Florida and Tennessee fail by one
! point to msiDtsin their area, and there is
dec: ease of about 10 per cent. in the
cotton districts OF Virginia and Missouri
| The increase is per cent. In Texas, Ia
! Arkansas, 5 in Louisiana, 3 in Alabama,
IL respectfully Ia South Csrnlins and
{ Missouri, and one in Georgia. The de-
pertnent records that the area in '62 as
! 10 276, 000 of acres. Returns now iHdi
cate breadth OF Is, $50, 0g0 acres, an in-
cresse Of 504, Oa0 scres. The area by
states is in thousand of Acres; Virginia,
55; North CsrUIinh. l.U50; South Caro-
! limo, 1873; Georgia, 2 673; Florida, 25S;
! Alabama, 26l0; Mis issippi. 278;
Laramie, 9S2; Texas, 2,055; Arkansas,
!, 1873; Tennessee 6O7; Missouri, Indian
/ Territory and other states contribute the
remainder. The plan ing hss been late,
and replanting to fill defective stands is
more general than usual, owing 10 the
cold and wet April followed by cold
and very dry May, with froEts from May
Z0h 20 oath. Extended attempts TO fill
gaps up TO the date of the report have
been made and in the gulf states the
plants had rot appeared on tie lst of
June. A persistent effort is made to pro-
tect stands throughout the cotton 0elt.
The low temperature and rains of April
delayed planting end retarded the
growth. All returns make the season late,
the range being from one to three weeks.
More favorable weather ia lower Iatitudes
has b gun already to brighten the out
look Thee were counties 10 North
Carolina in which ore sixth 10 enc third
the cotton was not up. The frost on the
23d o. May, which extended nearly or
quite through the srea planted, was
i furious on the northern border. In
South Carolina the cold nights and
drying winds during Mey greatly re-
duced tie vitality. and the weather of
the first week of June was scarcely warm
enough for cotton. Similar causes have
produced like effects Ia Georgia, but
somewhat modify by a milder temper
stUrei yet one ;spondent claims,
from personal record, it is the worst
aeason for cotton in q years. In re-
naming states the temperature hiss been
lower than usual. There are frequent
reports OF the presence Of sphis, the
caterpillar made its appearance on the
18th of May in Butter Co, Alabama,
two days earlier than ever known before
Robertson and Pretoria, in Kansas. re-
ported their presence. It has been
generally too dry, but serious injury is
rot reported though threatened. In
southwestern Texas, especially IN
Guadaloupe, Aendina, LaVaco,
Somerville and Llano. Notwithstanding
those draw backs there is a fair stand Of
medium quality, and usual clean culture.
The average condition is represented By
SO against SO in June last year, which
was the lowest then in several previous
years, though improving constantly af-
forwards. The average of condition are;
Virginia 81, North Carolina 81, South |
C4roline S5, Georgia 49, Florida 81, Ala
bama 81, Mississippi Sc. Louisiana 81, |
Texas SO, Arkansas 81, and Tennessee rs. |
The condition Of winter wheat is reported |
lower than in May throughout the en-
tire area. With a few exceptions the |
decline amounts to points in Connecti- |
cut, IA in New York, 2 in Ohio, s in In |
dians, Is in Illinois and Z in Missouri. |
It is slight in Michigan and generally
throughout the South. The general |
average condition is IS against SO in May. |
In June 80, it was SO for winter wheat. |
It is by States as follows: Connecticut
81, New York CD, New jersey 1O1, Penn.
sylvania 81, Delaware SO, Maryland 90, !
Virginia 90, North Carolina 95,
South Carolina 90, Georgia So, |
Alabama 95, Mississippi SO,
Texas 86, Arkansas 88, Tennessee SIS, |
West Virginia So, Kentucky n, Ohio 60, |
Michigan 80, Indiana 81, Missouri 20,
Illinois 81, Kansas SO, Californis SO,
0regan 80. These figures indicate con-
ditlon of growing wheas without refer |
ence to the loss Of area by the blowing up |
OF winter killed spring wheat, the area |
hes been increased about half million |
acres, or nearly 5 per cent. Wiseon-
san reports reduction of l per cent
Iowa two, Minnesota marks an increase |
of per cent, Nebraska Z, Dakota |
40, and Montana IS. Spring.
wheat states average nearly ten |
million acrez. The condition of spring |
wheat is everywhere high, averaging SO,
the same as last year. The area of bar
ley is Increasing 5 per cent. The total |
acreaga about 2, 800, eco acrea. The con-
ditinn averages 81. The increase in the
area Of oats is 4 per cent; the area ia
nearly 19,200,0 900 acres; the condition |
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