The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-20
FACTS FOR FARMERS.


Cleaned from the October Report of the
Department of Agricuiture--Former Es-
timates Reduced by the Ravages OF Frost.
WASHINGTON. ID. O., Oct II.
The October corn report of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture fully sustains the tele-
graphic summary of the 10th Of September
relative to iljuries by frcsts Of the Sth, Oh
and 10th. There were light frosts later, Hle
most noticeable being on the 18Th, M Che
Northwest. State averages of THE coudi
ton show the extent Of the injury, Witch
was greatest in Michigau, WISCONSIN, Ohio
and New York. There was also severe loss
in Minnesota and Dakota and some tiafrs
age in elevated portions of Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, in the northern counties
OF Indiana and Illinois, and in least adj
vanced fields of Iowa, but scartely any iIi
Nebraska and none in KANSAS rs repprtedI
Except from few places in Northern Ken
lucky and Missouri, there is no mention of
frosts in any States south of Pennsylvania
The reduction Of State averages Isl: Michi-.
gan, from ~ To Is; Wisconsin,, from "a tol
90; Ohio, from 81 to 3;sNew York, froIn77
TO 81. The reduction is points in Illinois
and in Indiana. The high September fig,
nres have been materially retpesd bysfrqsff \
The loss in condition from DROUGHT has be-
come more apparent, causingslight redpc-
tions in September estimates for many
Southern States. The general average coH9
dition for the entire field is 76, 6poiffts less'
than the LIST Of September q from frosts IN
the North and from drought ON The Allan
tic seaboartl and sottff of frost areas. IS
points below, the October average of 1882,
while THERE'S percent, increase in area
1t is 81 points lower than the October aver
age of the Census crep. Fhe product Of the
year will bs close to- l,qOO,00O,0oO bushels,
1au
in regions that consume their entire crop.
The rethrhs ofthe Yield of wheat per acre
indicate q produetion of about two and d
quarter Bushels per acre less than the crop
OF last year.t 1t is but nine and a half BUSH
els per acre in Ohio, ten IN Illinois and but
fraction above ten in Indiana. 1t is above
twelve I'M Michigan and thirteen in Mime,
sofa, Iowa and California. The Missouri
average is twelve bushels; Dakota and Ne
braska exceed sixteen, and the Kansas
average is about seventeen. - These aver,
ages are in several States based OF, syss.
tematically recounted results of lthreshing.
While a revision of the records for the sea-'
son may cause slight local changes, it is
certain that the final average yield will not
differ much from 11.3 bushels per acre; the
aggregate will exceed 10000, 900 bushels,
and may reach 10000, 900. The quality il
not up to the average. y. Is = 50 ftr =
The yield of oats is full average of a
series of years, or about 2S bushels for the
whole country. The range OF State aver
ages in the West is from 80 in Missouri to
Al in Kansas, about 80 in the Ohio Valley
and 80 in the Northwest. Nebraska and
Kansas have the largest yields. The crop
will aggregate about 50O,000,000 bushels,
The quality is high, averaging 9S, and 100 is
the standard. .uF J0Fr 'Fss
The barley crop will average between 1
and bushels per acre more than last year;
approximation, 10000, 900 bushels. Califor-
mia, New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin
contribute three-fourths of the whole crop.
The total crop is in better condition than in
any year since 1915; the average is 90,
while the October averages in 1882 and 1878
were each9(. The prospect is favorable for
a crop above medium. ---
The tobacco crop will be below an aver
age in yield: the average condition in
Kentucky is II, in Virginia Ga. The Mary
land crop will be good. The average in the
seed-leaf States is below the general aver
age condition of 1880