The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-17
PROSPECTS OF WHEAT.
Report Of the National Agricultural
Bureau.--The Outlook Not Bright.
The Acreage aud Yield Below the Aver.
erage, and the Crop 77,OOO,OO0
bushels Less Than Last Ycar,0s

The MAY returns OF wheat to the Depart
mcnt Of Agriculture at Wa .hington make the
condition. compared with the April av-
eragcs, materially lower in New York, Mich
iean ohio and II inos. Further injury was
wrou2ht by frost early n April, and IN the
Northern districts the real damage by the
March freezing wa more fully disclosed as
the GOVERN of snow and ice disappeared.
Tie average is - New York; Michigan y,
Dlio - IllinotsG. Further loss Is suffered by
piowifi. M large areas in ahi and Illinois.
4 reduction In Missouri from - to 80 is also
reiursad In Indiana The average Is -. ana
New JERSEY reports iDi both the same as IN
4, ril. All the remaining Northern States
how an improvement since the Anri re-
uort. as wei Us the Pacific coast. and nearly
all the Southern Safes These averages
were.
Connecticut ........ 90 Mississippi ..........g
Tenn ylvania. ....... 10 Iexas.
IelaMarc...,..... ~ Arkansas 10
Maryland. - tennessee :.........ss 70
Nirs,hia ~ West Nirsnia. W
Narta Carelina...... 81 hcntuehy............si ~
sattth Carolina ... ~ Kansas. ...............l
scorsia. a.............a .. California ...........I
Al bana. ........s....a - oregon ...............s1
This is an Improvement of Is points in
California and II In OREGON The average
condt on uf winter wheat i SIS, against W
il N ri. The loss in area from replant ng
ia other crops may be assumed To reduce the
pro pect to That of April |. In 1919 and lssO
the general aycra- G WAS -. in ISL II WIS >;
iii ISL, IT,, and III Nay, Of last Year, lso In
former years there were no May returns
Two wears ago the ave- are declined to ~ IN
Juv Last year IL increased to W Mt the
tine of cutting. 1t should be understood
that in the department reports OF the con.
d,tion loo means medium growth with iuil
slandana aea'tiy plant. TIE ONO ana III
al
crop thus. Ohio rcrolt- sc Tor May compared
with last year and d. compared with aver
are crop
The spring wheat area will not be COM
pleta till May II, nnl will be rcpor ed june
|. The statistical agent for Dakota makes
TIE probable increase ID per cent The
agen. fer NJ nncs ota reported sG per cent OF
last Years area already planted An increase
j ~ l., per cent. liz reported III Washington
Territory. u IL no. probable that the In
/ crease in tie spring wheat area will more
/ lhaf make good tho loss OF .hs winter wheat
atreage without regard to the spring
] wheat breadth, the present pros Tor the
1 wintlg wheat area in consideration OF the
] reduced condition and acreage, is 20 per
/ cent. less than in Nav last, representing q
1 loss Of about I, ,Nr,Nr b3shals.
THE cfoP ABROAD.
A dsp tch from the London statistical
agent aRtitr da i OF April - reports an I'M
prayamenu in European wheat prospects
,uriag tie In. mon Ii The severity of
March vas followed w three weeks OF dry
/ Mea. her. which was succred.d by one week
IL iavgoratIng rain. he season is still
| ackuaid, ard higher tamI erature fs need
Ell Tho smafl al ef spring sown wheat In
i England it TIM, and much of it will be dis
! placed III harcy. In france and Germany
rain is re adnd and high temperature neces
sarv. With n reduced acreage in Western
Europe and some injury from freezing IL
/ March, reduced crop appears inevitable
In Austria Hunpa Y tho prospect Is fayora
lae f.l a. lo.,at saEe9 crop.
COTTON
Returns Of the rrpgrcss Of cotton-plantfnt
show tic work is later than usual in every
State, and Indicate that, on May !, a pei
cent uf the proposed area was planted
when tho usual proportion is said TO be >
Ter cent In Virginia and North Carolina i
was very late Tie percentages were:
Nicsiuia ............i Il Mississippi. g
Sa-th Caloina...... 81 Louisiana. .S
South Carolina. IS Texas ................I