McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-18
CROPS IN GENERAL.
Their Condition as Set Fort. by the AGricsss-
tural Department at Washington.

Their Condition as Set Fort. by the A0ricsss-
t,sral Department at Washington.
The agricultural department report
for September Is ~ follows: The product
Of winter wheat is above the average and is
Of general good quality, except when In
jured by sprouting In the shock. The ratio
Of the yield is not far from an average Of
thirteen bushels per acre. The results Of
the harvest Of spring wheat are not yet com.
plete and the product cannot be precisely
indicated. II is probable, from the report
of the condition Of the crops already har-
vested and threshed, that the aggregate will
vary little from five hundred million BUSH
els. Reports of much higher figures are
sensational and misleading and utterly un-
worthy of credence. The general average
condition, when harvested, is 80, against SO
with that reported In September.
1879, the census crop, which yielded
thirteen bushels per acre. In wheat states
the highest condition are California, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Oregon. These, with
some of minor production, show figures
higher than the general production, Iowa,
and Michigan at So; Indiana at 81; Illinois
at 80. The eastern and southern states
range from 81 In Mississippi to 103 in
Maine.
The corn crop is in better condition than
in any September since 1880. The general
average is a.. 1t was "a last September, 80
in 1882, and 60 in 1881. 1t promises to pro-
duce an average yield of 26 bushels for the
entire breadth, or not less than eighteen
hundred million bushels. 1t will make the
largest aggregate quantity ever reported In
the history Of the cop.
The oats crop average yield on prairie is
about the same as corn and makes an ag-
bushels. Its condition, when harvested,
was IS per cent which is lower than for two
previous years, but higher than for the
prior years since 1878.
Barley averages 81 per cent, against 100
last year and 95 in 1881. 1t will average
about % bushels per acre.
The general average for rye is SO and for
buckwheat SO, which indicates a medium
crop of about twelve bushels per acre.
The condition of potatoes average 81
against So last year. It will be an abundant
crop, but not SO large as the last. There is
some complaint of rot in New England and
little IN New York. There is wide range
of condition, running down to 81 in Ohio,
while it is 81 in Michigan the same in Penn.
sylvania and Sc in New York. There is
fine crop west Of the Mississippi.
The London agent Of the department
cables that, as a result Of statistical investi-
cations, the year will not be one of super
abundance; that European wheat, though
above the average in product, will be less
than the average Of the last two wears. The
European importing countries need two
hundred and sixty million bushels above
production. The European countries ex-
porting can supply eighty millions, leaving
one hundred and eighty million bushels to
be obtained from other continents. The
stocks are not excessive. There is an in
creased consumption Of wheat and it is the
general opinion that the lowest prices have
been reached. Potatoes and rye are less
abundant than last year.