The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-07-17
CROPS.
The Report of the Department Of Agri-
/. culture on the General Condition
Of the Crops.

VI tu0 O4Upos
Letter from the President to General Sher-
idan Regarding the Indian Troubles
Want the Apaches Removed
~a5 from Arizona.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REPORT.
WASHINGTON, July 11.-Thc Department
of Agriculture reports that cotton has made
material improvement during June. There
are few imperfect shoots reported. Tenn
perature and rain fall have favored growth
and fruiting has commenced ia the Gulf
States. Local droughts are very rare and
moisture generally sufficient from Virginia
to Texas. 1t is somewhat wet in low lands,
interfering with cultivation and stimulating
the growth of grass. The general average
condition has advanced from 90 in June to
90 in July. 1t has not been exceeded in
July since 1880. This will insure, barring
drawbacks, so likely to come in the late
summer, large crop. Average Of condi-
ton by States are as follows: Virginia, So;
North Carolina, 90; Florida, 95: Alabama,
Mississippi, 80; Louisiana, 100; Texas, 90;
Arkansas, SO; Tennessee, 81.
The States east of the Mississippi stand
as in June, except Georgia and Florida,
which have advanced two points. All others
give higher averages. The caterpillar is re-
ported in several counties in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. The
new web worm has been very abundant in
Texas. The ball worm moth has been OBJ
served in Texas.
The month has been favorable to the de-
velopmenG of winter wheat. A slight i'm
provement is indicated which advances the
general average between two and three
points, or from SO to nearly 65. A very
slight decline is reported in Connecticut,
/ New York, Pennsylvania and in some Of the
Southern States. In Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri there has been inn
provement as well as in California and
Oregon. The winter wheat region, which
does not include the Territories, now prom
| ises about 215, 900, 600 bushels.
The condition of spring wheat continues
| high, though the average has been reduced
slightly, the average being nearly 96. The
! indications now point to a crop of about
| 148, 900, 900 bushels for Wisconsin, Mime
| sofa, Nebraska, Dakota and other Terrific
ries and north New England This makes
an aggregate of 1868, 600, 900 bushels.
| The immense corn area of last year has
apparently been increased about per cent,
or at least 4, 600, 900 bushels, making an ag-
| gregate of 70, 100000 acres. The largest in
crease is in the Missouri valley. The con-
| dition of corn is higher than in any year
| since 1880 except the last. 1t averages 81
against 90 in 1884. 1t is highest in the
| South and higher on the Atlantic coast than
in the West. The Kansas average is SO;
| that Of Michigan and Missouri, 81; Wiscon-
sin, 88; Illinois, 90; Iowa, go; Minnesota,
| 90, Ohio and Nebraska, 81. ji3
| The average of winter rye has increased
| from SO to 81 since June 1.
The general average for oats is 97 in place
| OF SO last month. Oats have shared with all
| the cereals in the Improvement of the
month. The only States below 80 are New
| jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi and California
| The condition of barley averaged go; of
| tobacco 90.
| General Sheridan's departure for the In
dian Territory last night was at the instance
of the President who yesterday addressed
the following letter to that officer:
| In view of the possible disturbances that
| may occur among the Indians now in the In
| dian Territory and the contemplated con-
| centration of troops in that locality, dee m
It desirable that you proceed at once to the
| location where the trouble is to be appre-
| hended and advise with and direct those in
command as to the steps to be taken to pre-
| vent disorder and depredations by the In
| dams and as to the disposition of the troops.
Your acquaintance with the history and
/ the habits and customs of these Indians
/ leads me also to request that you invite
! statements on their part as to any real or
/ fancied injury or injustice towards them, or
] any other causes that may have led to dis
content and to inform yourself generally as
20 their condition.
] You are justified in assuring them that
any cause of complaint will be fully exam
med by the authorities here and if wrongs
/ exist they shall be remedied. I think |
/ hardly need add that they must be fully
| assured of the determination on the part of
| the Government to enforce their peaceful
/ conduct and by all the power it has at hand
| to prevent and punish acts of lawlessness
and any outrages upon our settlers"
Captain q. q. Adam, of Tombstone Ari-
iona, who is here to urge that the Apaches
/ be removed from Arizona to the Indian Ter
ritory, has had an interview with the Presi-
dent and Secretary Lamar. He urged his
views upon Secretary Lamar yesterday, who
expressed his desire to accommodate the
people of Arizona, and would do so but for
the fact that by an act of Congress of 1879.
| it was prohibited from removing Indians
| from either New Mexico or Arizona into the
Indian Territory. Captain Adam is now
| indeavoring to induce the President to re-
move the Apaches into the public lands of
the United States just west of the Indian
Territory or into Greene County, Tex, which
county is in dispute as to whether it belongs
to Texas or to the United States. If to the
latter, it is within the boundaries of the In
dian Territory and the law of 1879 will also
apply to it.
War Department officers deny that orders
have been issued to General Miles to disarm
the Cheyenne Indians. There is official au-
thority for the statement that Government
officers in the Indian Territory have recon-
mended that the Cheyennes be disarmed and
that Colonel Sumner, who is on the ground,
concurs in that view. General Schofield.
however, does not think that there are now
| sufficient troops in the Territory to accom-
| plish thesMOrk and on this account has is
sued an order concentrating the troops about
| the Cheyenne reservation. Should the
troops make an unsuccessful attempt to dis
arm the Indians, General Schofeld intim-
ates that bloody Indian war would ensue.
| Colonel Brooks, commanding the Depart
ment of Montana, has telegraphed Adiutant
General Drumm that the Canadian authori-
ties have notified him that twenty-five
lodges of Canadian Indians, undersa son of
| Big Bear, are making their way to the
United States border presumable for the
purpose of joining the Indians on the Crow
reservation in Montana. If these Indians
succeed in getting to Montana they will form
a disturbing element and cause privation
| among the Crow Indians The War De-
partment will take prompt steps to prevent
the invasion.