The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-11
CROP CONDITIONS.
Repsrt or the Agricultural Bureau for An
Eust-Cotton, Corn, Wheat, Oats, Bar.
lev.
fBy telegraph 10 the Dtsratoh.l

report Of the Agricultural Bureau show
that cotton returns are less favorable tina
those OF July. The condition Is lowe
In every State except two on the norther
border OF the belt-Virginia and Tenne:
see. The plant Is suffering from meteorc
logical vagaries o: this peculiar season. ]
was too cold in May, too wet i'm June. an,
too dry in July. In Tennessee generall
and in the majority OF North Carolin
counties. where the drought has been Sc
verest, the fields stimulated by commercial
fertilizers are fruiting the top crop prema
turely, and plants are drying up, rs 4
usually the case under these circumstances
| The general average OF the condition has
fallen TO 81 from 90 in July. The record
stands, by States: Virginia, 81; North
Carolina. 81; South Carolina, so; Georgia,
10; Florida. go; Alabama. SO; Mississippi
So; Louisiana, So; Texas, SO; Arkansas,
| 80; Tennessee, 90.
Reports OF the presence OF the caterpillar
are numerous in the Gull coast States.
Central Alabama is infected more seriously
than Texas, and Georgia and Louisiana
more than Mississippi. They are not re-
ported in Virginia, Carolina, Tennesse, or
Arkansas.
While the relative condition, as COM
pared with the returns of former years, is
unpromising, the volume of the crop de-
ponds largely upon the more critical pc
riod from August to October.
There has been an improvement In the
appearance of the corn-fields during the
month Of July in the New England and
Middle States, the Ohio Valley, and west
OF the Mississippi. In Illinois, Missouri,
and Kansas it is slight, measured by q sin
gle point. There has been retrograde in
the South in consequence OF drought, and
some decline in Michigan from too much
moisture. Taking the whole area together
the condition has advanced from SO TO 50
per cent. OF perfect crop. The condition
OF the census crop QS79) in August was 90
and the yield was % bushels per acre. The
present returns indicate yield OF not
much over % bushels per acre, or
100000 bushels, which is as much as
was produced in 1879. The condition
is six points higher than last year in
August. and lower than in any August
from 1870 to 1880 inclusive. The nights
have been too cold for rapid development,
and the crop is late. Fears are expressed
that frost may yet cause disaster. The
averages OF States OF principal production
are: Illinois, So; Indiana, 9j; ohio, 50 /;
Michigan, So; Kentucky, 81; Missouri,
SO; Kansas, o.; Iowa, So; Nebraska, 81 ;
Wisconsin, So. On the Atlantic coast ::
New York, 80; Pennsylvania, 90; New
Jersey, 101. In the South: Virginia, 90;
North Carolina, SO; South Carolina, 20;
Georgia, "A; Alabama, so; Mississippi,
81; Louisiana. 100; Texas, 90; Arkansas.
81; Tennessee, 50.
The average of the condition OF spring
wheat for August LIST is %, the same rs in
1882, but higher than for any previous Au-
gust since 1877. In Wisconsin recent rains
have injured the crop. In the southern
and southwestern counties the average is
30. The prospect in Minnesota favors
crop OF 13t bushels per acre, nOtwith-
standing the bad weather in the early
spring and subsequent drought. In north
ern counties the condition is %. Fears
excited by excessive heat early IN July in
northern Dakota have been happily dis
PEELED. Cass and Rchland counties prom
Use better yield than last year. Other
counties will scarcely equal their last re-
cord. In south Dakota harvest is pro-
crossing. The straw is bright, heads large,
and yield better than last year. The re-
turns Of August do not essentially change
the indicated aggregate Of July for the
entire crop. The result of harvest
will be more fully tested on the return OF
threshers' blanks. 1t Is now certain that
shortage exists which will require all the
surplus OF last year, and keep prices well
sustained. A cable dispatch received from
the London statistical agent OF the Depart
ment says that the weather has been unset
tied during the first ten days OF August,
and the temperature low for this time of
the year. The wheat market is advancing,
and stocks are large. The quality OF the
new crop is fair. The general prospects
OF last months dispatch are confirmed.
Counting the decrease of acreage. the total
output OF European wheat will be one
fifth less than last year and one tenth below
the average. German, French, and Rus
sian advices are worse.
The condition OF oats is represented by
100. The figure is surpassed only by last
August since 1878. North OF parallel 400
a high condition is almost universal. In
some western districts there has been in
Jury from lodging, the result OF storms.
The condition OF barley averages %, the
same as in August, 1882, but higher than
I'm any previous year since 1874. The aver
age for New York is 1O2; Pennsylvania,
81; Ohio, 80; Michigan, 9G; Wisconsin.
%: Minnesota, 90; Iowa, 90; Nebraska.
1O2: California. So. These States produce
more than two thirds OF the crop.
The returns indicate full development
of the potato representation, 10l. The
promise is better in the central States OF
the West than on the northern border,
where the soil has been saturated with
moisture.
A breadth OF buckwheat equal to that OF
last year has been sOwn, ana its condition
is high, represented by 90.
The average condition OF tobacco is IS;
Kentucky has %; Tennessee. 80; Virginia,
"A; North Carolina, 20; Ohio, 90; Penn
sylyania, 90; Connecticut, 81; Wisconsin,