Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-10
CROPS GROWING FINELY.
COTTONS CONDITION THE MOST
PRECARIOUS IN THE LIST.

The Average a Point Better Than a
Month Ago, However, and an Improve
msnt over that of Several Years Past
Corn IN Splendid Condition and Wheat
also Doing Well.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The Depart.
mena of Agriculture reports the condition
of cotton improved in Virginia, Tennessee.
Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas
The improvement is especially manifest
in Mississippi and Louisiana. In North
Carolina and Georgia it's average status
is unchanged since the July report. In
South Carolina, Florida and Alabama the
excessive rains have caused weedy growth
and shedding off of forms, and has pre-.
vented cultivation. In Texas the drought
has caused loss of point and raised
serious apprehensiOns for the future.
The temperature of the past month has
been either normal or higher than the
average in the Mississippi valley and
lower on the Atlantic coast and in the
Alabama region there has been an in
creased rainfall. The cotton moth has
appeared in the Gulf States, and worms
are II ported in a few counties, but no
damate has as yet resulted. The plant
IS generally reported late and deficient as
yet in fruitage. 1t is in condition to give
good results with favorable weather and
deferred frosts, or show heavy deprecia-
tlon " tn continued excess of rain in one
section and drought in the other.
THE PERCENTAGE OF CONDITION.
The average of condition has advanced
from So in July to 81. So far this is favor
able, 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, 1880 and 1881. The
State averages are: Virginia, 50; North
Carolina, 81; South Carolina. 81: Georgia.
80: Florida, 81; Alabama. 90; Mississippi,
50; Louisiana, 80; Texas, 70; Arkansas, 81;
Tennessee, 80. The adVices since Aug. l
Indicate improvement from seasonable
rains in Texas.
The condition of corn averages the
same as in the July report, and is higher
than IN any August since 1880. 1t has
been eXcelled but three times in ten
years-in 1875, 1879 and 1880, when it was
SO in each instance. There has been I'M
prOVement in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, and in Georgia, Alabama, Ken
tuckY, New Jersey and on the Pacific
coast. A slight decline in condition is
reported in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and
In some of the Southern States.
Drought has prevailed in parts of the
Ohio valley and in Texas with consider
able severity, reducing the condition Of
corn points.
CoRN's AVERAGE.
The averages of the principal States
are: New York, 91; Maryland, "a: Vir-
ginia. 90; North Carolina, 81; South Caro-
lima, "a; Georgia, 81; Alabama, 80; Mis-
sisslppi, 80, louisiana, 81; Texas, SO: Ar
kansas, 81; Tennessee, 80; Pennsylvania,
80; Kentucky, 81; Ohio, 81; Indiana, "a:
Illinois, 80; Iowa, 1903; Missouri, 1902:
Kansas, 101; Nebraska, 105.
The report for wheat includes ONLY the
spring wheat region. The average is 98.
point higher than in the two last good
spring wheat years, and higher than in
any year since 1877.
The average for the condition of oats is
"a, point lower than in 1882. The crop
has been harvested in the lower latitudes
and promises fine yield in most of the
Northern States.
The condition of rye averages 81, the
same as last month, as harvested and
ripening.
Buckwheat promises full crop on an
area about the same as last year.
tobacco promises a large crop. The
averages tor the principal States are
Massachusetts So, Connecticut 80, Penn
sylvania 80, Maryland 102, Virginia 81,
Norti Carolina 80, Tennessee 103, Ken
tucky 81, Ohio "a.
The prospect is favorable for another
large crop OF potatoes, not so full as that
of last year, on an area per cent,
smaller. The present indications point
to crop of about 10 per cent. less than
that of 1888, with larger difference if
the future conditions should be less ia
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