Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-08-21
FIELD FACTS,

| Official Reports of the Condition of the
Crops by the United States Department
Agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture reports
the condition of cotton improved in Vir-
ginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Arkansas. The improvement is es-
pecially manifest in Mississ ippi and Lou
isiana. In North Carolina and Georgia
| its average status is unchanged since the
July report. In South Carolina, Florida
and Alabama excessive rains caused a
weedy growth and shedding of forms,
and has prevented cultivation In Texas
drought has caused loss of one per cent.
and raised serious apprehensiOns for the
future The cotton moth has appeared
in the Gulf States, and worms are re-
ported in few counties, but no damages
as yet,have resulted. The plant is gem
orally reported late and deficient as yet
in fruitage In condition to give good
results with favorable weather and de-
ferred frosts, or show heavy deprecia-
ton with continued excess of rain in
one section and drought in another. The
average condition advanced from IS in
July to little above 81. So far this is
favorable, as in six years of the past ten
the August report has shown decline
from the record of the preceding month,
the exceptions being 1876, 80 and 'S2.
The State averages are: Virginia, So;
North Carolina, 81; South Carolina, 81;
Georgia, 80; Florida, 81; Alabama, 90;
Mississippi, SO; Louisiana, So; Texas, 70;
Arkansas, 81; Tennessee, 80. Advices
since the first of the month indicate an
improvement from seasonable rains in
Texas.
The condition of corn averages is the
same as in the July report, and is higher
than in any August since 1880. 1t has
been exceeded but three times in ten
years-in 1875, 70 and'S0-when it was
80 in each instance. There has been an
improvement in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky,
New Jersey and the Pacific coast. A
slight decline in condition is reported in
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and in some
Southern States. Drought has prevailed
in portions of the Ohio valley and in
Texas with considerable severity, reduc-
ing the condition of corn points. Az
erage of the principal States are: New
York 81; Maryland "a; Virginia 50; North
Carolina 81; South Carolina "a; Georgia
81; Alabama 3d. Mississippi 80; Louisiana
rs; Texas SO; Arkansas 81; Tennessee SO;
Pennsylvania 80; Kentucky 81; Ohio 81;
Indiana "a; Illinois 90; Iowa 103; Mis-
souri, lO2;;..kansas 10l; Nebraska los.
WHEAT
The report for wheat includes only the
Spring wheat region. The average is 90,
one nOjnt hioher than in the two last
good Spring wheat years, and higher
than in any year since 1877.
OATS AND RYE.
The average for condition of oats is "a,
one point lower than 1883. The crop has
been harvested in lower ATTITUDES, and
promises a fine yield in most Northern
States.
The condition of rye averages is 81,
the same as last mouth, as harvested and
ripening.
Barley also maintains its high condi-
ton, and buckwheat promises full crop,
in area about same as last year.
TOBACCO.
Tobacco promises large crop. Aver
ages for the principal States are: Massa-
IS; Connecticut, 90; Pennsylva-
MIA, so; Maryland, 1O2; Virginia 81; North |
Carolina, 80; Tennessee, 103; Kentucky,
81; Ohio, "A.
POTATOES.
The prospect is not so full as last year,
on an average of three per cent. smaller.
Present indications point to crop about
10 per cent. less than that of 1883, with
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