Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-10-15
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Official Report from the Department of
Asriculture.
Washington, Oct. To- October returns
Of the department of agriculture show
that corn averages higher for condition
than in the past five years. but not SO
high as in any remarkable corn years
from 1875 to 1879 inclaslve. The general
average 10 0S, which is very nearly an
average OF any series Of ten years, and
indicates about twenty-six bushels per
acre. The breadth approximation is
100000 acres. The region between
the Mississippi and Rocky mountain
slope again presents the highest figures,
which in every state rise little above
the normal standard full condition. No
state east of the Mississippi returns
condition a. high as 100. The lowest
figures are in West Virginia, seventy
three; Ohio, seventy.four; Louisiana,
seventy-four; Texas. eighty; South Caro-
caused by drought. There is com.
in the Atlantic and Cult states, but not
sufficiently severe to reduce seriously the
yield. Early planted is every where
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southern states suffered for want Of
summer rains and will be light and not
we'll filled. Very little injury has been
done by frosts. There was frost in Yer.
mont on the 25th Of August. and in sew
eral border states about the middle Of
September, with slight injury to late
corn. The damage by chinch bugs and
other insects has been slight.
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last year by about 100,0OO,0OO bushels.
Threshing is slow and late with results
thus far confirming the indications Of
former reports. The yield per acre will
average about 1875 bushels. The quail.
ity of the present wheat crops is gener-
ally very good, especially the eastern
and middle states. On the western
slope of the Aileghanies. Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota some depreciation
in quality is noted. In Indiana, Illinois,
lowe, Missouri and Kansas the average
for the entire breadth is ninety.six.
The indicated yield of rye is about
twelve bushels per acre. The quality is
superior.
The yield of oats is little above the
average, yielding about twenty seven
bushels per acre, and making crop ap.
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quality.
The barley crop makes yield of near.
ly twenty. three bushels per acre, and o
product exceeding 5O,00O.000 bushels of
average quality.
The condition of buckwheat averages
eighty seven, indicating crop slightly
under the average.
The conditioned the potato crop is rep.
resented by eighty.eight, five points
lower than in October last year, two
points lower than in 1879 and 1882, and
the same as in 1880.
October returns for cotton indicate a
reduction of nearly eight points in the
average condition from S2.5 to 74.7, as q
result of the continued drought in ar.
resting developement and destroying
the vitality points. The prospect of the
top crop is reduced to . minimum. The
drought has been great and its eject
manifest in every state. OF ten success
sive crops only two have averaged lower
in condition in October. These were
1881 and 1888, when the averages were
sixty-six and sixty.eiRht respectively
The average was eighty-eight in the
great crop year of 1882.