Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-11
THE WHEAT CROP
OFFICIAL CROP REPORT.
Special Dispatch 10 THs Bkp.

ly lower In New York.. Michigan,
Ohio and Illinois. Further injury
was wrought by frosts early In April,
and in more northern districts real
damage by March freezing was more
fully disclosed as tho covering OF
snow and ice disappeared. The aver.
age Is " per cent. tor New York,
Michigan, SO per cent. /; Ohio, 81 per
cent; Illinois, 66 per cent. Further
loss is suffered by blowing up Of large
areas In Ohio ard Illinois. A reduc-
ton in Missouri from SO to 80 per
per cent. Is also reported. In Indiana
the average Is 70 per cent, and New
Jersey reports 101 per cent,
both the same as In April. All the
remaining northern states have shown
improvement since the April reports.
% well as the Pacific coast and nearly
all the southern states. These aver.
ages are: Connecticut 90, Pennsyl-
vania 95, Delaware So, Maryland SO,
Virginia 81, North Carolina SO, South
Carolina SO, Georgia 81, Alabama SO,
Mississippi %, Texas 81, Arkansas
sc, Tennessee S8, West Virginia 80,
81, Kansas 81, California
", Oregon ~. This is an improve
ment of Is points In California and II
In Oregon. The average condition of
winter wheat Is 839 against 80 In
The loss In area from re.
planting In other crops may be az.
sumed to reduce the prospect to that
of April 1st, In 1879 and 1880.
The general average was 80 In
1881; 1t was SO In 1882 and 102 In
May last year. In former years there
YER no May returns. Two years
ago the average declined to 80 In July.
Last year 1t increased to 104 at the
time of cutting 1t. 1t should be un-
derstood that in the department re-
ports of condition 100 means the
medium growth with full stand and
healthy plant. Ohio and Illinois state
reports compare with last years crop
thus: Ohio reports 56 for May com.
pared with last year, and 81 compared
with the average crop; spring wheat
II not be complete till May 10 and
will be reported June LIST. The
agent fer Dakota makes a
probable increase of 80 per cent. The
agent for Minnesota reported 8S per
cent of last years area already planted.
An Increase OF Is PER cent Is reported
In Warrington territory. 1t Is not
probable that the increase In spring
wheat area will more than make good
the loss of winter wheat acreage.
Without regsrd to spring wheat
breadth, the present prospect for
winter wheat, In confederation Of the
reduced condition and acreage, IL 20
per cent lees than In May last, repre-
sentipg a loss of about 1900, COO
bushels.
A dispatch from the London stats.
tical agent, under date of April %,
reports an Improvement In European
wheat prospects during last month.
The severity of March was followed
by three weeks of dry weather, which
was followed by one week OF invigor.
ating rain. The season II still back.
ward and higher temperature Is
needed. The small area OF spring
sown wheat In England Is thin aud
much of 1t will be displaced by bar
Icy. In France and Germany
rain L. needed and higher tenn.
perature necessary. With reduced
acreage In western Europe and some
injury from freezing In March, a re.
duced crop appears inevitable. In
Aus ria aud Hdngsria the prospect is
favorable for at least a medium crop.
Returns Of the progress of cotton
planting show the work I, later than
usual in every state and indicate that
oc May 1as "a per cent. of the pro-
posed area wss planted, when the
usual proportion is said TO be 81 psr
cent. In Virginia and North Caro-.
lima It WAS very late. The per cent.
ages planted were Virgisia 10,
North C,Folins 80, Sonth Carolina 70,
Georgia %. Florida 90, Alabama 83,
Mississippi 80, Louisiana 81, Texas
70, Arkausas ~, Tennessee 81.
OTHER REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE, Miy los. w. Tall.
madge, of the chamber CT commerce,
to-day obtained the following infor-
nation relative to the condition of
the wheat crops: II. FL. Young,
secretary of the Minnesota state board
Of agriculture says: "The crop 10 all
backward, even that down earliest,
and taking the area and condition to-
gether we have no right to expect
more than sc per cent of q good acre
age crop. 1 estimate the crop OF the
state at about twenty-three million
five hundred Thousand bvshels."
Alex. Heron, secretary Of the lndt'
ana state board, under date Of May ..
says: II have bur lit'le change TO re
port in the rroBpeot for the wheat
crop in Indiana. Tho improvement
1, not 80 much os estimared III the
April report, and we placs the tizureS
q shade lower as to condition, In
the southwestern part of the state
CONS good wheat Ia reported, but on
the whole it Is very Encouraging.
The Benson Is az least ten days late.
Tallmadgs has mads n nav ,s.imste
of the crop on the year 1888, giving
tho f flowing totals by states: Onto,
26 DOC, 600 bushels; Miah'Ron, %
COO 600; Indisns, 80, COG 600; Illinois,
"a coo 600; Wisconsin, 10 600 OOO;
Minnesota, 20, 600, 600; Iowa, 22,OO0,'
600; Missouri, 20 600, 600; Karsss,
% 1000, 900; Nebraska, 1900, 600;
California, 20, 900 000; Oregon, 49,
DOC, 600; Pennsylvania, % OO0, 600;
New York, IL, 600 900; other states
aid territories, 90, 000, 900, making a
total of 400, 600, OOO bushels, against
603 000, 900 bushels, last years pro-
duction.