The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-09-18
TIE CROPS.
Tobacco and Potatoes Reported to fss
the Agricultural Bureaa.

WASHINGTON, September n.-Agricul-
tural reports of the condition of cotton, 1st
of September, is lower than August 1, by
reason of drouth, which has been severest
in Texas, yet felt in every State east and
north to North Carolina. The apprehen.
sion that the too succulent early growth
would wilt under high temperature and
absence of rain has been realized too gener-
ally. Local areas on the Atlantic Coast
appear to have had sufficient
moisture, at few points too
much on the lowlands. The effect OF
these meteorological changes has been
wide prevalence of rust and shedding
leaves and young bols. In light soils
fruiting will be hastened. Top bells ar
already forming. In those of greater
moisture there is a strong weed, and with
deferred frosts good crop may be made.
There are few losses by caterpillars. When
it has appeared it was promptly met by
poisonous applications, as rule. The
boil worm has been more abundant than
usual, and has mot had treatment suffl-
GENTLY prompt The average condition for
the whole field (which was 81 in the preceding
report, Is reduced to S2H, though Texas is
the only State below that. average. The
iowef % 'ds 'sn we're a is7
three-and-a-haH points lower; 1881, when
the average was only 20, and last year,
when it was "a. The weather of the next
three months may modify for better or
State averages are: Virginia, So; North
Carolina, 80; South Carolina. 81; Georgia,
S6; Florida, 50; Alabama, "a; Mississippi,
80; Louisiana, "a; Texas, y; Arkansas, 50;
Tennessee, 90. The product of winter
wheat is above the average, and is generally
n mn w m nv
sprouting in shock. The rate of
yield is not far from the aver
age of thirteen bushels per acre.
The results Of the harvest of spring wheat
are not yet complete, and the product can
not be precisely indicated. 1t is probable
from the reported condition of the crop ais
ready harvested and threshed, that the ag~
gregate will vary little from five hundred
million bushels. Reports of much higher
figures are sensational and misleading, and
utterly unworthy of credence. The general
average condition, when harvested, is SO,
against 83 of last year, a condition almost
identical with that reported in the Septem>
Der, 1879, census crop, which yielded thir-
teen bushels per acre. The wheat States
in the highest condition are California,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Oregon. These,
with some of minor production, show
figures higher than the general average,
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas standing at
nois 80. The Eastern and Southern States
range from 81 in Mississippi to 103 in
Maine. The corn crop is in better condiS
tion than in any September since 1880. The
general average is "a. 1t was "a last
September, SO in 'S2, and in 'S1. 1t
promises to produce an average yield of
twenty-six bushels for the entire breadth,
or not less than eighteen hundred million
bushels. 1t will make the largest aggre-
gate quantity ever reported in the histo-
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yield per acre about the same as corn, and
makes an aggregate exceeding five hundred
million bushels. Its condition when har
vested was So, which is lower than for the
two previous years. but higher than for
prior years since 1878. Barley averages 81,
average about twenty-five bushels
per acre. The general average
for rye is SO and for buck
wheat SO, which indicates medium crop,
about twelve bushels per acre. The
condition of potatoes averages 91 against
95 last year. 1t will be an abundant crop,
but not SO large as the last. There is some
complaint of rot in New England, and a lit
tie in New York. There is wide range'of
condition, running down to 81 in Ohio,
vania and Sc in New York. There is fine
crop west of the Mississippi. The condi>
tion of tobacco is higher than lin Sep
tember in any year since 1877. 1t averages
u instead OF " last September. Massas
chusetts 106, Connecticut 103, New York SO,
Pennsylvania 80, Wisconsin 100. Cigar
tobacco thus stands comparatively high
Maryland 81, Virginia o., North Carolina
50, Kentucky 95, Tennessee 105, Ohio E63.
The London agent of the department. cables
to>day, as result of statistical investiga-
tions, that the year will not be- one of
superabundance; that European wheat,
though above the average in product, will be
less than the aggregate of '82. European
importing countries need 260, ,00O, 900 bushels
above the production. European countries
1S0, ,000, 600 bushels TO be obtained from
other continents. Stocks are not excessive.
There is an increased consumption of
wheat, and it is the general opinion that
the lowest prices have been reached. Po-
tatoes and rye are less abundant than last