Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-11
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
THE DEPARTMENT. OF AaRFrrrt
TUREs JULY REPORT


Excessive Rains Cause I.atene.s a.,
succuIency in the Cotton rta,ss ..,' ~
Condition Not Very Dtssonr..,..s.
However-Corn Healthy and e;ro,r,,,,,
Rapidly-spring wheat Up "a teo
Standard.
WASHINGTON, July I0.-The report of
the Department Of Agriculture for Iulv
relative to cotton represents that rains
have been excessive during June over the
entire breadth, and the temperature low.
The plants are too succulent and eener-
ally late for the season. In some places
almost daily rains occurred for two or
three weeks. The fields are necessarily
grassy, and in some cases plants are
smothered and the aphis is becoming
| abundant. There is some complaint 81
shedding form as the result Of these con.
ditions. The statement received from the
signal Service Office shows that the mean
temperature for June was about 3 de-
grees below normal at Wilmington. 5 at
Charleston in the interior and
10 at Atlanta. Beyond Mississippi the
depression was from to . degrees. With
seasOnable weather hereafter the eondi-
tion will improve. With drought fol.
lowing the exposure of suceulenee by
clean cultivation serious injury would
result. There is nothing at present TO
render fair crop an impossibilitv. but
the next 60 days will be awaited with in
terest, If not anxiety. There has been
some planting in June, especially i'm
Louisiana, where oyerilows prevented
seeding.
THE AVERAGE OF CONDITION.
The general average Of condition Is
per cent. lower than in June, it being Sc
instead Of 81. In June it was 90 in 1882,
and in July it was 90, hut in 1881 Il was
80, falling thereafter to 66 in October. The
condition is generally highest In July, but
in 1880 and 1882 it was the highest in An
gust. The condition in Florida and Ala
bama remains as in juno. In the Atlan-
tic States, Mississippi and Tennessee. II
has declined, and west of Mississippi ID
has advanced. The averages are: Vir-
ginia 81, North Carolina 81, South Car
olina 93, Georgia 80, Florida 80, Ala
bana SO, Missi 8ippi SO, Louisiana "a.
Texas 50, Arkansas 81, Tennessee 50.
THE CORN CROP.
The Area in corn has increased about 70
per cent. The total area will be between
go 600 and 70, 900, 600 acres. A few States
report decrease, they being Maine, Mas
sachusetts, New York, Louisiana and
Minnesota. There is a good degree of
uniformity in the increase Of the Southern
and central districts. 1t is 5 per cent. in
Iowa, 20 in Nebraska, and 80 in Dakota.
There is also an Increase on the Pacific
coast. 1t is evident that care has been
taken in the selection of seed,
as there is little complaint of fail
ure from planting immature corn.
The comparison Of the area with last year
is as follows, in the principal States: New
York 80, Pennsylvania 100 Ohio l02,
Michigan 102, Kentucky 100, Tennessee
101, Indiana 1902, Illinois 100, Iowa l05.
Missouri lO2, Kansas 10l. The season has
been favorable for planting and growth,
except that large districts have had too
much ram and the growth has been
slow from low temperature. The
crop now is generally healthy
in color and growing rapidly. The aver
age condition is 96 and has been exceeded
but twice in July in ten years-in 1879
and 1880. 1t was 80 in 1881, So in 1882,
and SS in 1883. The principal States
averages are: New York, 96; Pennsyl-
vania, 93; Michigan, 80; Ohio, 93; Ken
lucky, 90; Tennessee, 95 Indiana, 81;
9S; Kansas, "a: Nebraska. 90.
The prospect is most favorable IN Iowa,
which promises the best yield since 1879,
which was the largest crop ever grown in
the State.
SPRING WHEAT.
The condition Of spring wheat is up to
the normal standard-100-the same as in
July last year. Wisconsin and Minne-
sofa stand at 101 and Dakota at 102. Win
ter wheat is harvested in the south and
will soon be cut in its northern belt. It
sustains the promise Of the previous re-
port. The average of condition is 81,
/ per cent. higher than IN June, and
the same as in the May report.
Winter wheat covers an area Of about 27,-
100000 acres, and unless the threshing
records should prove diappointing, or in
jury result in the stack, the outcome
would exceed $4,000, 900 bushels of winter
wheat.
The condition of barley is good, aver
aging 9S, against 81 last July.
Oats average 9S. Last year at this date
the average was 30.
The average for rye is o..
The excessive production and low pri-
ces of potatoes in 1888 has caused q re-
duction of per cent. in the area. The
condition is good.
A large increase, amounting to nearly
10 per cent, has been made in the area CT
tobacco,