New-York tribune., 1885-08-11
CONDITION or THE CROPS.
ESTIMATES OF THE DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE
on COTTON, CORN, WHEAT, RYE, OATS, BARLEY

ESTIMATES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
on COTTON, CORN, WHEAT, RYE, OATS, BARLEY
AND TOBACCO.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-The returns Of the
Department OF griculture show slight Improvement
OF the condition OF cotton August the general aver
age being 96s point only exceeded In The August
returns OF ton years, namely, 1880. The average In
August 1884, 9i. and ouly sontn Carolina and Ala
bama exceeded their present hgurcs The state aver
ages as follows:
Virginia. % North Carolina, o.; South Carolina o6 ;
Georgia. 100 Florida, 90 Alabama % Mississippi
lOi Louisiana 100; Texas, 81 Arkansas, v7 Ten
nesseeo7 South Carolina Louisiana and Tennessee have
made change FLORIDA has gained points, Georgaand
Alabama, 3; Mississippi 2, aud Arkansas. /. North
Carolina has lost and Virginia three The crop IA
few DAYS late especially In the Atlantic statea There
has little damage from drouth. rains or Insects
A few reports from Texas and occasionally one from
more Enstern States Indicate hack Of rain larger
number in the Gulf states, including a
few in Texas mention m OF moisture, which Is
Injurious In Nat lands Shedding OF forms and bolls,
r,,s, and blight are much prevalent than usual
The caterpillar done damage. though reported In
several counties In sonth Carolina, Georgia
Alabama Louisiana and Texas II Is rare In Mississippi
and not reported I'm Arkansas and Tennessee
Corn has mado improvements since the last report
The average stands points lower than standard
~ fuli condition aud Indicates yield with seasonabe
moisture and favorng temperature hereafter OF twenty
m 70 y, st was me same but fell three points in
The sisty days following. when the yield was twenty
NINETY nine and the ultimate yield reported by the
census tweufy eghf bushel- Tho Increase has been
Georgia. - Alabama. hichisan' D Illinois, .; mis-
sos s9 S-%t .e d.sSs IL rsa".yvaS a & Maryland
souih Carolina. Tennessee Texas. Kentucky Ohio and
sndans fu surplus states the averages
Ase; chlo. 90; indiana, %; Illinois "a: "a:
Kansas. 90 Correspondents rcpsrt drouth
In sone places OF rain In Others but welldrained
Srouth or .ainraton. Meteorological conditions have
been generally favorable The prospect has not been
Ibe oit aud hot weather after July 10 has caused
some damage spring wheat IN the northwest mainly
In Wisconsin and Minnesota while sensraiy notlced'
turning from 100 down TO 20. and Ia lew eases
down 10 co. ~ In the case of Pierce County Wis
consp Most of the great wheat counties In Minnesota
report averages from 20 10 30 though Dodge returns
only so same OF leas importance make an average OF
Mime sofa, amounting to points, Tho decline Is
s IN Wisconsin. in Iowa and IN D.sotA
and In New I'm gland The sversgs decline Is points
and Indicates reduction OF dOOoooO bushels from the
re"oyt. eoncefning the result Of threshn OF winter
wheat are received except from the south In Texas
the outcome Is greater than wa expected ana higher
rIss Tss aysrare Tor oats has declined OF 96
yhicn points higher than IN August or last year
Rye averages 81. showing continued Improvement
Barey stands a, In the last report at o2. which ind
about average crop Tor any series OF hVo or ten
years -. - -, ,...,...,.., o,, ,h.
condition averages %. A.. . n,
Tobacco makes general average 0l Tho average
for potatoes is 90 agsinst "a last month
MopuE Ala, Aug. 10.-rho first bale OF new cotton
was received here on Saturday from Montgomery 1t
the Exchange the ground that III copthiis All uhnls
taxable quantity OF Immature cotton