The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-15
Report Of the cpar. mcnt OF Agriculture.

Report of the ucpar mcut or Agriculture.
WAsuNGrsE, June Ii.--Returns ofcotton
planting made % the depar' mCnt OF agri-
cal .urf Indicate the teudoLCr TO increase of
area ls checked somewhat IN tae sIuthwest
1y rail ST. d Tennessee by los temperature
.n The planting srasor. Rap'Altiug was
.,iil ln progress % some extent on the lAt OF
June, even iu lower la;i udt5 The apparent
Increase ig about per cant, II T0uld have
been larger " 'Ih hrt.cr planting season.
IN com lHrisCn With tha area OF previous
rraI1 tla crop Is as follow: Virginia, 50;
North C1rolius, l0l, South Carolina, l0j.
Gqorei1, l03. Fo-'df, los. Aablma l0j;
Arkcnsn5 lu5. fe-rc6.cc, l0l; Missouri,
50. Foe Jgmptr1tuIe OF April was lower
,hsn tho average throughout the cotton
stntcs. The rainfall WAS dcdG'aut on the
Atlant coast aud lightly han no nal
ia the gulf statCu, bl' the ran7 w'rr exccs-
live In May throughout tie south vest, ,oaus-
ing ovofloNs OF rivers lrl4rnr stands ev-
erywh6rc and causing @ large amount OF re-
planting. The latte-par. Uus warm and
clear ma cor siderable por o. Of tho Atlau-
tic coast causing rap d gruNtn enc Gliogding
al opportunity for th.rHvgh wedding and
| clear cultivation. Iu &c 1e.t fields are
grassy, aud '5hcpI ing cut" is not vet
| finished. Tho seosJl ls one 20 two weeks
late. The plants ore generally thrifty and
vigorous. The m4in Cause OF The relatively
low condition ia want OF size, which few
weeks OF tine weather may remedy, yet q
continuance Of bad weather would now be
disastrous beyond the Mississippi. The
general average condition is 81, against SO
Ia Juno last year and SO in 1852. The fig
ures by states are: Virginia co. North Caro-
Ina %, South Carolina o., Georgia SO, Flor
ida. % Alabama 90, MississipDi 81, Louisi
ana 12, IeAne u, ArkansG9 50, Tennessee
l92, Missouri 9l.
The increase in area o, tpring wheat APP
pears to bs nearly 100000 acres or 0 per
cent. No part si the Pacific coast area In
included as sprirg wheat. The largest in
crease is IN DAKOTA, amounting TO about
100, 600 acres. . The Cor dition OF spring
wheat avernges'lC per cent. The sveregeis
03, against OF month ago. Itwas 7jin June
last year and 90 % the same date In
lSS2. since the last report the Illinois aver
sge has declined II points Oal0 aud Ken
tucky 3. Indiana, Michigan and some
other states show q higher condition. The
average condition OF tke principle states
ert; New York 0S, Pennsylvania 100,
Maryland 99 oa aGeofGSsIe9 %, Texas IeSss
gan 0l, indiana 0l, Ilinoil 7Cs Mis-
souri, 90, The increase in the ares OF oats is
per cent. and the Hverare condition %. IL
was 90 st year and .Ol in juno, 1889.
The averages are highcs' as is usually the
case. an states north O, III 40 farallel,
g.mIus ~ .a tL- 1t.ll lL.I J. ,N 'hc west
arn states. The geurr average ci rye has
advnrced from o. 10 o. The barley aver
age hos isIleu from l0l In Nay 60 90. 1t
= az O. 'ast Juus a' d, l IN ] No lsS2. 10 in
o. IN N1H YORK, so iu Psuuylvanir, l0l in
Wisconsin, 100 ia MInroEoia, 81 IA lows,
100 In Neb Gska and 0i in California. These
states u.ualy produce four lilths Of the
Crop,