Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-10
THE CROPS.
The June Report of the Department of
Agriculture-GOOd Prospects for a Large
Cotton Yieid-Wfnter Wheat Below the
Average and Spring Wheat Above.

Cotton Yieid-Win:er Wheat Below the
Average and Spring Wheat Above.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The department
of agriculture reports an increase in the
cotton al ca slightly exceeding per cent.
Florida and Tennessee fail by one point
to maintain their area, and there is a de-
crease Of about 10 per cent. in the cotton
districts of Virginia and Missouri. The
increase is 8 per cent. in Texas, in
Arkansas, 3 in Louisiana, in Alabama
and 2 respectively in South Carolina and
Mississippi, and 1 in Georgia. The de-
partment records that the area in 1882
was 16,276,000 acres. Returns nov indi-
cate breadth of 16,78O,000 acres, an in
crease of $4,000 acres. The area By
states is in thousand acres: Virginia So,
North Carolina 1850, South Caro-
lima 1873. Georgia 1913, Flor
ida 258, Alabama 2,61O, Mississippi
2,27S; Louisiana 932; Texas 3,035; Arkan-
sas 1,188; Tennessee 807; Missouri, the In
dian Territory and other states contribute
the remainder. Planting has been late.
and replanting to fill defective stands is
more general than usual. L cold and wet
April, followed by cool and very dry
May, with frosts from May Goth to oath
extended the attempt to fill gaps up to the
date of the report, and in the gulf states
the later plants had not appeared on the
LIST of June. A persistent effort has been
made to perfect stands throughout the cot
ton belt. Low temperature and rains in
April delayed planting and retarded the
growth. All the returns make the season
late, the range being from one to three
weeks. More favorable weather in the lower
ATTITUDES begins already to brighten the
outlook. There were counties in North
Carolina in which one-sixth to one third of
the cotton crop was not up. The frost on
the 23d day of May, which extended near
ly or quite through the area planted, was
especially injurious on the northern bor-
der. In South Carolina GA nights end
drying winds during May greatly reduced
the vitality, and the weather the first
week in June was scarcely warm enough
for cotton. Similar causes of production
III Georgia was somewhat modified by
nilder temperature, yet one spondent
claims from personal record 1t IS the
worst season for cotton in 81 years. In
the remaining states the temperature has
been lower than usual. There is fire.
quent report of the presence of
aphis wherever the plant is in the worst
condition. The caterpillar made its ap-
pearance on the 18th of May in Butler
county, Ala, twenty days earlier than ever
known before, and Robertson and Victoria,
III Texas, report their presence. 1t has
been generally too dry, but serious injury
Is nowhere reported, though threatened in
southwestern Texas, especially in Guada-
iope, Medina, Lavaca, Somerville and
Leano. Notwithstanding these drawbacks,
there Is fair stand, medium vitality and
usually clear culture. The average condi-
ton is represented by Sc against 80 in
June last year, which was lower than for
several previous years, although improving
constantly afterwards. The average CON
ditions are: Virginia, 81; North Carolina,
81; South Carolina. So; Georgia, Sc;
Florida, 81; Alabama, 81; Mississippi, Sc;
Louisiana, 81; Texas, SO; Arkansas, 81. and
Tennessee, 78.
The condition Of winter wheat is re-
ported lower than in May throughout the
whole area with a few exceptions. The
decline amounts to four points in Con-
necticut, fourteen in New York, two in
Ohio, eight g.. IuiIana, fifteen in Illinois
and sevea Missouri. 1t is slight in
Michigan a..I generally throughout the
South. The general average condition is
IS against 50 IN May. In June, 1882, it was
SO for winter wheat. 1t is by states as fol-
lows: Connecticut 80, New York So, New
Jersey 1O1, Pennsylvania, 81, Delaware
50, S.Carolina 95, Georgia Sc, Alabama 50,
Mississippi SO, Texas Sc. Arkansas so,
Tennessee IS, West Virginia SO, Kentucky
II, Ohio 60, Michigan SO, Indiana 81,
Missouri 10, Illinois 81, Kansas 80, Cali
fornia So, Oregon 80. These figures lndi-
cate the condition of the growing wheat
without reference to loss by blowing up
winter killed areas. Spring wheat has
been increased about half million acres,
or nearly per cent. Wisconsin reports
reduction of per cent, Iowa 2. Mime
sofa calls an increase of 5 per cent, Ne
braska Z, Dakota 40, and Montana 35. The
spring wheat states have an acreage of
nearly 100000 acres. The condition of
spring wheat is everywhere high, averaging
So, the same as last year. The area of
barley is increased ) per cent. The total
acreage is about 2,35O,000 acres; condition
average 81. The increase in the area of
oats is 400 per cent. The area is nearly
10, 900 acres; condition high, averaging
So.
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