Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-13
THE GRAIN CROPS.
Report of the Department of AgricuI-
ture.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.-The October
corn report of the Department of Agri
culture fully sustains the telegraphiC
summary Of the 10th of September rela.
tive to the injuries by frost of the Sth
9th and 10th. There We're light frosts
later, the most noticeable being on the
10th in the Northwestern States. The
average of condition shows the extent OF
the injury, which was the greatest in
Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and New
Ork. There was also severe loss in Min
nesota and Dakota, and some damage in
the elevated portions of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. In the northern
counties Of Indiana and Illinois, and in
the least advanced fields of Iowa, but
scarcely any in Nebraska, and none
in Kansas is reported, except in a
few places in northern Kentucky
and Missouri. There is no mention of
frost in any States south OF Pennsylvania.
The reduction of the State average is i'm
Michigan from go to 10, in Wisconsin
from 16 to 30, in Ohio from s. to G3, in
New York from - to 81. The reduction
is points in Illinois and ) i'm Indiana.
materially reduced by the frost. The loss
OF condition from drought has become
more apparent, causing slight reductions
in the September estimates of MANY of
the Southern States. The general average
Of condition for the entire field Is
-, six points less than on the
lst Of September, four from frosts
in the North and two from drought on
the Atlantic seabOard, south Ofthe frosted
( IS 70 f.fo
Der average Of 1889. While there is per
cent. increase in area, it is twenty
points lower than the October average of
the census crop. The product Of the
year viii be close to 600. .000. 900 bushels.
with more soft corn than last year,
raised mostly i'll the regions that cOnsign
their entire crop. The returns of the
yield OF wheat per acre indicate a pro-
ductlOn of about ~ bushels per acre less
than the crop Of last year. 1t is but 81
bushels per acre in Ohio, 10 in Illinois and
but fraction above 10 in Indiana. 1t
is above II in Michigan, and Is in Mime
sofa, Iowa and California. The Missouri
average is II bushels. Dakota and Ne
braslla exceed l6. and the Kansas aver
age IS about Il. These averages are in
several States based on Systematically re-
corded results of threshing. While re-
vision Of records of the season may cause
slight local changes 1t is certain that the
final average of the yield will not differ
much from II $40 bushels per acre. The
aggregate Will exceed 400000,000 bushels,
ana may reach 420000,0O0. The quality
is not up to an average.
The yield of oats is full
up to the average of a series of
years, or about 2S bushels for the whole
country. The range of State averages in
the West is from 30 in Missouri to fl in
Kansas, about 33 in the Ohio Valley and
36 in the Northwest. Nebraska and Kan
sas have the largest yields. The crop will
aggregate about j00,000,000 bushels. The
quality is high, averaging 9S-l0O being
the standard.
The barley crop Will average between
] and bushels per acre more than last
year, approXimating 50,000,000 bushels.
California, New York, Minnesota, Wis
cOnsin and Iowa contribute three
fourths of the whole, and three-fourths of
the wheat product
Potatoes are in better condition than in
any year since 1875. The average is 90.
While the October averages of 1882 and
1879 were each good the prospect is favor
able for a crop above medium.
The tobacco crop Will be below an aver
age in yield. The average of condition
in Kentucky is -, in Virginia g.. The
Maryland crop will be good. The aver
age of the seed leaf States is low. The
general average of condition is -.