The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-07-20
JULY CROP BULLETIN.
Indications OF Crop OF 300, 900, 900
Bushels Of Winter and 125, O0O,-
900 Of Spring Wheat.
Large Increase in the Area Devoted to
Corn---A Total of $1,000, 900
Acres.

The July report of the National Depart
ment of Agriculture indicates very general
improvement In the condition Of cotton
Rains were general up to the 18th or goth OF
June, and local showers have been frequent
since. There has been an excess of moist
ure, interfering with the cultivation and
promoting the growth Of grass Clean
fields are found only in favored districts and
on lands with prompt and pushing Guilt
vators Since June 90 the growth has been
rapid In grassy districts the plants are
still small but healthy and making great
progress with recent cultivation The only
complaint of drought comes from Central
and Southwestern Texas, from the Colorado
to the Guadalupe. few counties in South
Carolina and Georgia report present need
of rain.
There is promise of Improvement during
July. A gain of 10 points has been made in
the Northern Zone North Carolina and Ten
nessee in Georgia, in South Carolina A
in Texas, in Mississippi 2 in Virginia, and
in Florida Alabama and Louisiana stand
as in June The July State averages are as
follows: Virginia, IS; North Carolina, 81 ;
south Carolina, 81; Georgia, 80; Florida, 80;
Alabama. 81 Mississippi, 80; louisiana, 81;
Worms have wrought but little injury as vet
The caterpillar has appeared at few points
from South Carolina to Texas I'm Butler,
in Alabama. the second brood of worms
appeared June % The boll-worm Is at
work in Denton county, Texas. Picking
will commence in Southwestern Texas about
the Goth Of July.
There has been some improvement in
winter wheat in Connecticut New York,
Virginia South Carolina, Texas, Ohio Mich
igan, Indiana Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and
California w advances
age condition from IS to 40. The spring
wheat average has advanced from 50 to 1O0
The indications for July point TO a winter
wheat crop of fully 500, 600 600 bushels, and
n product of about $4,000, 0oO bushels OF
spring wheat
The area of the corn crop has been in
creased about =, 500, 600 acres, making an
aggregate of 6S,0O0,0C0 acres. There has
been some extension of the area in nearly
every State The proportion OF increase is
large in the Northwest and in the Southwest
On the coast, from Virginia to Mississippi,
the advance has been small. In some places
the reduction of price from the enlarge
ment OF the supply last year had dis
couraging effect. There has been too much
rain IN the great Western maize districts,
and the failure of stands from
planting poor seed making the crop
late and the growth small, but the
improvement has of late been rapid. Taking
all the States together, the average Tor corn
is IS, against IS last July, 80 in 1851 and 100
in 1880 The averages of the principal States
are as follows: New York, 81; Pennsylvania
80; Ohio, S3; Michigan rs; Indiana, 80; I'LL
nois 50; Iowa, so; Missouri 81; Kansas, IS;
Nebraska. So; Dakota, rs In the South the
averages range from 80 in Tennessee to 103
in Louisiana
OTHER PRODUCTS.
The prospect for oats is nearly as good as
in July of last year, the average being 80
against l03.
The condition of barley is represented by
a. Last July it was 81. The average in
New York is l03; Pennsylvania, 81; Wlscon-
sin, l02; California, 80
There has been an increase of about per
cent in the area planted in Northern pota-
toes They are reported in high condition,
averaging 10l.
The average of tobacco appears to have
been diminished Z per cent in condition