New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-27
CONDITION OF THE WHEAT.
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE MILLERs.
AN EXCELLENT OUTLOOK FOR THE CROP FROM
NEw-YoRK TO CALIFORNIA.

the National Mlers Association issued here yesterday
Is as foOwsi
In Minnesota the average spring crop for five years has
bcen 35 800 700 bushels In five counties sowing was
from FIVE TO days later than year ago. In ton rom
ten 10 fourteen days earlor and In ak about the sae
In eighteen counties Is about the Same as
year ago; in four to 10 per cent increase, ana IN
two Is to 25 per The present condition IL
either every good excellent" The amount OF wheat
in farmers hands ia from 10 TO ID per cent IN Six cou-
es 20 25 per cent In thirteen, and 30 to 33 per cont
In four The mills will require all OF It, Prices are lower
on the whole. The surpluss about the same Farmers
are going moro stock and mixed crops ana not SOW
ing wheat" says correspondent; while an
other says II Is dry SPRING must have rain soon
or the crops will suffer" The weather throughout the
state is now favorable.
IN OTHER NORTHWESTERN srATE7
Miohgan's average winter wheat crop for I'VE years
has been 27432,O0O bushels In eleven counties the
present average about the same as last year. In ee
TO 10 per cent ncreaso in three ID to 20 per cent DO
crease, and in 10 per cent decrease The present
condition "good to very good in sixteen countless IN
four seventyHve to eighty per cent and in two poor
Eighteen counties report IT as being better 10 macn
better three 80 per cent 9eS rG ana s ooos in SIX
oontos average In six "best In years In one 20 70 w
per cent of average In hyo, and In one nan crop
eight from per cent Most OF the reports sno" nat
the outlook for tho crop Is better thah year So ,ho
farmers hands.
Ia 400 bushels As compared with 1883 the crop 10
reported the IN seven counties per cent ~
crease wo 10 per cant increase IN two 20 per cent IN
crease in six per cent two, 25per cent less IN
one and so per cent less In Two Inc sprlng WneaI
acreage is reported the year IN five counties
20 to IS per cent increase Ave. to 10 per cent de-
crease In three and % per cent decrease IN tn.oe IN
seventeen counties none has been poughed mp IN Two.
per cent, and in Manitowoc ana SneDoygan counes
80 TO 80 per cent The present condition OF Inc Wilt
good excellent" and during the past month 1t mas
time as last near ana its present condition fair TO good
Outside OF Milwaukee the mills VIII require all OF more
than all the wheat Prices are from little less 10 10 10
In Iowa the average crop OF wheat has been for five
years 90 900 bushels The spring wheat acreage III
seven counties is about tho same az year ago III nm an
there is increase OF 10 per cent IN nve
there the ra a of Sm 10 about a same
in five counties 10 per more in 20 per cent more
in one aud ID to % per cent less III two In tweVe
counties the tine OF sJwlh8 was 'DC IS and in i've
year In from week To ton Gays laeI anI wv w
wheat Is Invariably reported good. There Is little OH
wneat IN store and little in The farmers hands The mills
responaens Are AZ follows The prospects for large
crop were never better;' "snns wheat never looked
III Kansas the average wheat croP for five years has
been 23js7700 bushels In nine counties inc acrcge
Is about the same ago; IN two counties IL Is
five per cent Ore IN four, 10 per cent more IN I'VE, ~
per cent more ana one 20 per c5 /, excellent
showing general improvement since nonlh
ago The outlook fer c tng crop wud bet'eT
n ear ago: in three about the same year ago;
in three, 90 per cent b''tri III o an, ',h ul T.,
.for counties il In the farner nands In hve
par cent in nine 10 per cent in six 10 to 20 per cent
Ticre Is little or none In store In twelve count.es The
mills win require all, or all and more one Correspondent
saws 1--WE are shipping III whed an the time' lHo Pih'
In Dakota the acreage in five counties Is the same as
last wear in four % per cent greater IN three 30 W
In r cent greater ia double that OF last year ana In
one three times that OF last year Se'ihE on he
~as tpf liz rSnnrte1 d" good TO "exra good" In six
onntie there is no wheat tho farmers hands In seven
10 ~ Ct f s some parts Of the state the is
odd and backward hut IN most sccos me weather mas
been could De desired and Tue heds are as green
a lawn. $500 ..o g., ,y,,,rost,o "a about ,,o
same a. a year IN I've counties 20 70 - per oonI
mcS i'm six aud cent less IN two In three c0un
es tbe winter wheat Is Is 10 go per cent more
than year ago and 10 80 per cent IN three Inc me
Of The pnS Of the s9ihg Tn both yhs and wints
wheat is reported invariably good 10 never better,
and duH the st mog g5o !HHs Ts4 s G sood
~ THE VALLEY STATES.
Tn Missouri the average winter wheat crop for five
wears has been o. 800 bushels The acreage now "a
conpared with OF $685. is reported IN 81 counties as
about the same IN seven, 10 per cent more Two re-
porr decrease OF 10 per cent and three % to 30 per
cent decrease Thirty counties report none powed up.
tn counties the present condition is fair TO good IN IA.
"a GOOD to excellent" and IN not good. Th'rly-
three counties report mat the present conoh IS
report the outlook for the crop good ana
ne condition about the same in counties; IN 30
better to better mo. per cent hettyI' ana III 4
the farmers hands and in II there is from 10 TO ID per
cent In 80 counties the mills want all or more In
In III less 10 very much less. One report says: Last
Wear we had plenty of Old wheat with poor prospects FOR
the new crop. Now nearly out OF old wneAt WIN
! good prospects for the new crop"
Indiana TIE syeSe G ia o OF %11e "T me p
Hct3se nnr cent less in three 10 to 25 per cent es
| marc
none has been plOughed up Ine preSchI cOluluoh ~
| good to very good IN twenty-four countless poor III
month $50 # Is better to % TO 30 per cent better In
eighteen counties the outlook Tor the crop average 10
f average In four 90 to 10 per cent Of an average
and Ia two only half crop II expected In nnc COUNTIES
from 10 ~ per cent 81 ora Wc and fo M, 5o ~ -
Der cent fourteen counties tine amount In stock ~
| Hnothing" The mills Will require all, or oil ana more
The surplus compared with 1888 is tho Same In eighteen
cDunLies 10 TO ~ per cont IN egnteon ana = IN tnree
Sost of the wheat hands Of the crop OF 1882 In 81
Joseuh County winter wheat has suffered greatly by be
IN GhIo tSe average winter wheat crop for five years
has ee 80 100000 bushels The reports to the assOca-
ton show that in tweBty-nno counties the acreage 10
about tbe same last year IN six 1t Is 10 per cent more
in three 10 Der cent less and 10 per cont less In
twenty elght counties mono have been pioughed up III
seven per cent have been plOughcd uPi III C"o per
cent and Ia twO 10 per cent III t4lryYe counties tn9
condition Ia good 70 very PIoilis'hs :,
in one 1t Is per cent below the average, ana
| I'm one 10 per cent below. Compared with a
month ago the condition Is improved 90 per cent.
I'm tweny-fOur counties the outlook for the crop Is
GOOD 10 very GOOD in five, TO 10 per cent OF an aver
age i'm nine Is 20 per cent below and in one, the
are for so per cent of the crop Most OF the
counties report little wheat IN the farmer hands Under
the head OF remarks che correspondents say Ihere
viii be bat little wheat shipped East until after the har-
vest ms nillers approhend scarcity" Prospects ek.
ceIent some injury Ivy iy." Some complaint of fly y
| weather remarkably fine for wheat" Milling wheat
| very scarce" - - -, ,o
The crop In Illinois Tor Vo years has been 40
600 600 bushels In thirty nine counties the acreage
now Is about the year ago. IN six there Is an
ncroase of 3 per cent IN four OF 10 per cent and one
! " Uer cent one county shows decrease oi 20 per
cent tnroo Of and Of 10. In thirty counties
none has been pOughed up, in eight to per cent In
five 10 per cent In eight 10 to II per cent and IN one
10 per cent The present condition Is . fair 10
| Good" in thirtylyo counties. "excellent" IN eleven
! and poor and thin IN seyen Compared
with four counties report about the same
not 40 good Thirty three counties VIII yield average
crop nine onehaf Of an AVERAGE three onequarer OF an
oynrge and twenty 90 To 70 per cent OF average. As