Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-11
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oFesi wheat crop-An Assrssass Or Five
Hundred miii'o" nusasIs-rh. corn Crop
the Largest Ever Reported. ~,

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fBy telegraph To the Di,,.,.,,
WASHINGTON, ID. C., September IN The
Department OF Agriculture rcnor, a. cor-
dillon OF cotton on the Ist ~ son,snber
lower than on August Ist. bv ra,son OF
drought. which has been sevcres, q. Tcxas.
vet felt In every State cast and north 10
North Carolina. The apprebsn.,'r that
the too succulent early growth woulJ wilt
under the high temperature and absence 81
rain has been realized too gener,lIv Local
areas on the Atlantic coast apnc,r N have
nad suihcient moisture. The average con-
| dillon Tor the whole field, which wa, AZ in
| the preceding report. Is reduced 10 s2s.
| me state averages are: Virginia. so:
| Norm 'aroiina, 10; South Carolina. 81;
Georgia, So; Florida, SO; Aabam,. 81;
Mississippi, 90; Louisiana, 81; Texas ~;
Arkansas. 50; Tennessee, 90.
The product OF winter wheat Il obove the
average; Is generally OF good quality ex-
cert whore injured by sprouting m the
shock The rate Of yield il not far from an
average OF thirteen bushels per acre. The
results OF The harvest Of spring wheat are
not yet complete, and the product cannot
be precisely indicated. II Is probable from
tue reported condition Of the crop already
harvested and threshed that the aggregate
WIZ vary little from five hundred million
bushels. Reports OF much higher Ggurts
are sensational and misleading, and utterly
unworthy ~ credence. The general aver
age OF the condition when harvested Is %,
seainst SO last year. The condition is almost
identical with that reported in the Septem-
Der. 1879. census crop, which yielded thir-
teen bushels per acre.
The corn crop is in better copdiiionthan
IN any September since 1880. The general
average is "a. II was 81 last September;
SO in 1882, aud 60 in 1881. II promises TO
produce an average yield OF % bushels for
the entire BREADTH or not less than 1,sOO.-
100000 bushels. IL will make the largest
aggregate Of quantity ever reported in the
history Of the crop.
The Oat crop average yield per acre Is
about the same as corn, and makes an aver
age exceeding 800, 600, 900 bushels. It's con-
dilon when harvested was %, which Is
lower than for the two previous years, but
higher than for prior years since 1878.
Barley averages 81 against 100 last year
and % in 1882. 1t will average about %
bushels per acre.
The general average for rye is 96, and for
buckwheat 80, which indicates a medium
crop Of about H. bushels per acre.
The condition OF potatoes averages 81
against % last yeal. II will be an abun-
dant crop, but not so large as the last.
There is some complaint OF rot in New
England, and little in New York. There
is n wide,range Of condition. running down
TO CO in Ohio, while it is ~ in Michigan,
the same in Pennsylvania, and So in New
York. There is fine crop west Of the
Mississippi.
The condition Of tobacco Is higher than
in September Of any year since 1877. 1t
averages - instead OF 50 last September;
Massachusetts,, l0j; Connecticut, 1872;
New York, 9S; Pennsylvania. %; Wis
consin. 100. The cigar tobacco thus stands
high; Maryland, 81; Virgi.
MIA, o.; North Carolina, %; Kentucky,
So; Tennessee, 10j; Ohio, G3.
The London agent Of the Department
cables to-day. aS Il result Of the statistical
that the year will not be one
Of supcrabundance; that European wheat,
though above average in product, will be
less than The aggregate OF 1882. European
countries necd 300, 000, 900 BUSH
els above the production. European cOun-
tries exporting can supply S0,0OO,000, leay-
ing 100000 bushels to be obtained nom
other continents. The stocks are not eX-
cc,sive. There is increased consumption
Of wheat, and ii is the general opinion that
tie lowest prices have been reached. PO-
iatocs and rye are less abundant than last
year