The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-13
THE COTTON CROP.

A Gilt-Edge Report by the National
Bureau of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l0.-Returns OF
the department of agriculture mark a
slight improvement in the condition OF
crops on the lst OF August, tho general
average being 96H per cent, which is
only exceeded in the August returns
of the year 1850. The average in Au-
gust, 1854, was 81, aud only South Car
DINA and Alabama exceeded their
present figures outh Carolina, Louis
lana and Eennesses have made no
change. 4 Florida iained four points;
GeorgiM an Aiabima, three, Missis-
sippi Bwo. Arksns,s one, North Caro-
linas one ana Virginia three.
Whore the crop na5 q slight disadvant-
,"age, it, is few days lsLe, esps ciaiiy IN
the Atlantic stats Ihere mas been
little damage from dfouth, rains OF IN
sects, A few repo Us irom teXas ana
ern dstates. indi1ntf Il lack of rain. A
larphr number in tle Gulf States, in
cluIinr = lew IN Texas, mention an OK
cesa Of moisture which is injurious in
fiat lands. The sh9adipg OF forms ana
lex S nr WIa than usual. The cater
piIlar has az vel done 30 damage,
thouph reportei in several counties in
South Carolina, georgia, ALABAMA,
Louisiana and Texas. LIZ IS rare III
mississippi, and rot reporIeo Ill Ar
Kansas and Tennessee. ..,
Tho State averages are az follows:
virginia 03 North Carolina %
SouIh Carolina Oh Georgia. .......... lOO
iFlorida - 30 Alabama ........, 10
Mississippi. ..... 1Ol on slana $1,000 AU Az
Texas - OF Arkansas. nom. w
Corn.NThis crop PAS made improve
ment since last report. The average
stands points lower than the
standard OF full condition, and indi'
Gates Weld with reasonable moisture
and favoring Temperature mereaIter, OF
&c to q bushels per acre. Inc average
rrr bTlg,at Of 1884 yss the same. but fell
coints during the 60 days
following. when Gds y l9ld was 20 bush
els. In 1879 the Hvsrage Tor August
was 80 and the ulii llate yield, a. re-
ported by the census, was - bushels
The increase has besl potats In New
York; 3 in Virginia; North Carolina,
l; Georgia, 2; ALABAMA, l; Mlcnlgan,
S: illinois, a; Missouri, 2; Kansas, Il;
Nebraska, s.; Iowa, s..
There has been a s'nght decllne In
Pennsylvania, Mary ana, S9utn caro-
lima, Tennessee, Texas, hentucky,
Ohio and Indiana.
In the corn surplus States ING aver
ages are: Ohio, SO: lndlana, 70; ~, ~
linois, "a; Iowa, 101 Nebraska, Ioo'
Missouri, SO; Kansas. W. :,
Correspondents report oIouIu ~
some places and eXcefs OF ram III ON
ers, but we'll drained pnu ueepiy Guilt
waited land has suffered httie from
dTouth or saiuyation
Meteorological cond blols nave peon
favorable. The prospect has not peen
exceeded since 1880
Wheat-The IL DIST ana not weather
following tho 18TH of July hSs oausea
some damage to spriBg Wneao III Iho
northwest. mainly in WISCONSIN, auu
Minnesota. While ge,peraliy notlceu,
ils effro,s are yaiisusly reported.
prominent counties returning luu
Down In IA. and in somle cases down 10
m and an In tho case oh Pierce county
in Wisconsjnl and most of
the sreas wheat COUNTIES report
an sveres~a of "a 4. 90l though Dodge
retnrns onlv 10. Somb of the less i'm
n"rtant ms,tean everhge OF 100. The
Reduction in tbe PROSPECTIVE yield ia
oreatsst IN NJinlIesots.i amounting to
4 noints. TIE dsciino is in Wiscon
sin. 4 in Iowa. as.d 4 IN Dakota. There
is ~, inc,esSe IN ftn other Territories
and in NaW Ersls1dt The average
1ieclineis uoiul- which indicates
reduction OF Q 600 coo bkshsls fron the
exp ,ctation OF the LIST oil Jay.
No reports ce.ncsrning the result of
threshing of winter wheia e are received