The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-18
AGRICULTURAL.
The National Crop Report for Septem.
Der Makes q Most Favorable
Showing.
Corn 10 he tho Largest Yield Ever
knOWn-The Market Abroad
for Our Wheat.

Following ia tho national crop report for
September. ~ teieSfanhed IRON Washington
The condition Of cotton ON the lst OF september
WAS lower than on August ist, by reason oi
drought. which has been seyercst III Texas. vi
felt in every state east and north to North taro-
lima State averages are: Virginia. -: North
Carolina. M: South Carolina, 81: Georgia. s6,
Flosids, -: Alabama, 81; Mississippi. ~: Louis
lana. 81; Texas n: Arkansas, 81: Tennessee, nj.
Tie production Of winter wheat il above the
average. and generally of GOOD quality except
where injured by spronting iii shock. The rate
nf yield Is not fiom average thirteen bush
els per acre The reports of the harvest OF spring
wheat arc not yet complete, and the prgdue, ian ran
the reported condition of the crop aheadN
harvested and thrashsd, that the aggregate " /
vary little from ate.eoa.o,o bushels. Eerarts"
much higher figures arr sensational AMI mi
leading and utterly unworthy OF credcnc'. 4 lat
general average condition when harvested i -,
against 81 last year. The condition ~
almost identical With that reported in Sertem-
her. 1877 the census crop, which yielded thir-
teen bushels ner acre. The wheat States in high
est condition arc California, Wisconsin, Minne-
sofa, Pennsylvania. Kentucky, Tennessee. and
Oregon. These, with some Of minor production.
show figures higher than the general average,
Iowa. Nebraska, and Kansas standing nj ~,
Ohio and Michigan at Nj. Indiana at ~, and IL
linois at III. The Eastern and Southern States
range from 81 in Mississippi to los In Maine.
The corn crop IL In better condition than in
is a.. 1t Was :. las, September, - in 1882, and
60 in 1881. 1t promises To produce an average
Weld of Vi bushels for the entire breadth, or
not less than |. oa.aeao,o bushels II will make
the largest aggregate quantity ever reported III
the history OF the crop,
The oats crop averages yield per acre about
the same as corn. aud makes an aggregate cN-
ceeding s0a, a,aaoon bushels. Its condition when
harvested was ~. which il lower than for the
two previous wears. hut higher than for prior
years since ISIS
Rar,ey averages ~. against 100 last yc r, aud
~ III issa. II will average about twenty-five
bushels per acre The general average Tor rye l.
nj, and for huekwhcat ~ which indicates Il
medium crop, about twelve bushels per acre.
The condition os potatoes averages III, against
as last year. III will he al abundant crop. but
not so large last.
The condition Of tobacco il higher than in
September Of any wear since lss1. IL averages
"a, instead If 80 last September.
Tie London agent of the department cables.
as the result of statistical inye~ttga-
tions, that the year will not lie one Of super
abundance: that European wheat. though above
the average in product, will he less than the
aggregate of isss European importing conn-
tries need asn.eaaasa bushels above their pro-
duct ON. European countries exporting can
supply su.aoo,oa. leaving isa,ato,noo bushels Ia
be obtained from other continents. Stocks are
not excessive. There il increased consumption
of wheat. and II is the general opin ION that low
est prices have been reached Potatoes anu rye
mr.. 4 abundant han Ia year