The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-10-13
CROP CONDITIONS
Tho Agricultural DEPARTMENT. Re-
port Relative to Cereals and
Tobacco.
10y Telegraph to the pIspateh.l

WASHINGTON. October 12.-The October
corn report OF the Department OF Agricul-
ture fully sustains the telegraphic sum-
mary OF the 10th Of September relative to
the injuries by the frost OF the Sth. 9th,
and 10Th. There were light frosts later,
the most noticeable being on the 10th. in
the Northwest. The State average OF the
condition shows the extent OF the injury,
which was the greatest in Michigan, Wis
cousin, Ohio, and New York. There was
also severe loss in Minnesota and Dakota.
and some damage in the elevated
portions OF Pennsylvania and West
Virginia; in the northern counties
Of Indiana. and Illinois; in the least
advanced fields Of Iowa, but scarcely
any in Nebraska, and none in Kansas, is
reported. Except a few places in Northern
Kentucky and Missouri, there is no men,
ton OF frost in any State south OF Pennsyl-
yania. The reduction OF State averages is
! i'm Michigan from 90 to As. i'm Wisconsin
from 70 to 30, in Ohio from 50 to GO, and
| in New York from II to 81. The reduc-
| ton i seven points in Illinois and five IN
Indiana The high September figures have
been materially reduced by frost. The
loss OF condition from drought has become
more apparent. causing slight reductions
Of the September estimates OF many OF the
southern States. The general average OF
condition for the entire field is 1S-G points
| less than on the 1st OF September-4 from
frOsts in the North and , from drought
on the Atlantic seabOard and south OF
frosted areas. IL is points below the De-
tober average OF 1882. While there Is 4
| per cent. increase in area, II l. u points
lower than the October average Of the cen
sus crop. The product OF the year will be
close 10 sixteen hundred million bushels,
with more soft corn than last year. mostly
in regions that consume their entire crop.
The returns Of the yield OF wheat per
acre indicate a production Of about p
bushels per acre less than the crop OF last
year. II is but % bushels per acre in ohio,
10 in Illinois. aud but fraction above 10
i'm Indiana. II is above ~ in Michigan.
and IL in Minnesota, Iowa, and California.
The Missouri average is II bushels, Da-
kota and Nebraska exceed 10, and
the Kansas average is about II. These
averages are in several States based
on acknowledgements results OF
thresbing. While TIE revision OF the re-
cords Of the season may cause slight local
changes. it is certain that the final average
OF the yield will not ditler much from
II $40 bushels per acre. The aggregate
will exceed i00.000,0O0 bushels, and NAV
reach 400, OO0,0 900. The quality is not up
TO an average.
The Weld Of oats is the full average OF a
series Of years. or about % bush Is for the
whole country. The range Of state ave-
RACES in the West is from 30 in Missouri TO
fl in Kansas, about SO in the Ohio Valley,
and SO i'm the Northwest. Nebraska and
Kansas have the largest yields. The crop
will aggregate about 100000, 900 bushels.
The quality Is high, averaging 9S-l00 be-
Ing the standard.
The barley crop will average between
one and two bushels per acre more than
last year, approximating 10000, 600 bushels.
California. New York, Minnesota, WiScoE-
sin. and Iowa contribute three iourthS Of
the whole product.
The potato crop is in better condition
than in any year since 1915. The average
Is 90. while the October averages OF 1881
and 1879 were each 80. The prospect i,
favorable for the crop beng above medium
The tobacco crop will be below an ave-
rage in yield. The average OF condition in
Kentucky is -; in Virginia, Ga. The
MARYLAND crop will be good. The average
OF the seed-leaf States is low. The genera
average OF condition is 50.