The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-11-20

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| WAsnIN0roNs d. c., November TO-
| The following crop report was Issued
By the Agricultural Department to-day
| The present crop of corn b the nrst o.
full avsraGs y saas 81 yield since 1850
uhich was she last Of : series Of elk full
crops Of 70 10 70 bushels per acre. Tn
present CROP grown on IN area Of 49,
enty-three 70 seventy -four million acres.
u sllshlly above the average for period
OF ten years, or 20 ~ bushels per acre.
The Highest rate Of yield II 80 Ii
bushels. IL Nebraska and Ohio. Three
corn growing States, which produce
1our.tenths Of the entire crop, Ill
inols, Iowa and Missouri, each average
several bushels per acre less than 10 the
census year: Illinois. 81; Iowa. 50;
Missouri, so; Utah averages SO; Massa.
chusetts, Connecticut and Colorado, 81;
New Hampshire aud Rhode Island, 81;
Michigan, SO; Wisconsin, 81; Kansas,
81. The southern States make an aver
age yield. The quality Of the corn u
very good 10 the East and South; me-
dIum In the central parts Of the West,
aud some what deprecated on the north
ern border from Michigan TO Dakota
The cotton returns of November are
local estimates Of yield per acre. They
are somewhat higher than those OF the
past two years, but materially lower than
those OF $50 and 1882. The Increase
over The yield Of last year 10 most marked
IN Texas and Georgia. la Arkansas and
Tennessee, where the average yield %
usually high, the rate Is depressed oy the
unfavorsblc conditions OF August ana
September. The weather has been favor.
able for picking, aud Killing irosts are
only reported In the northern border Of
the cotton belt. The top cEop - very
light, and In many places scarcely an APP
preciablc quantity. The drouth Iufing
the early fruting period caused st&eu-
ding and shriveling Of the bolls. and RS,
duced the yield, Ia North Carolina, South
Carolina and parts Of Texas. In
. large portion OF the gull coast
area, East OF Tcxss an excess OF rain,
and destructive storms, proved almost
equally Injurious. The Injury by the
caterpillar and boil worm has been &C.
we're In Central Alabama, In parts Of
. few counties in Gcoega small loss
from insects Il reported except in the
States bordering on the Gulf Coast. The
past month has been generally favorable
for picking. which Is well advanced,
more than th-ee-fourths OF the crop hav-
Ing been gathered. Rains have inter
ferred with harvesting more In Georgia
and Alabama than elsewhere. With good
weather hereafter the proportion TO be
gathered In December will be confined 10
localities favored with top crop worth
The potato crop IL smaller than that OF
1884. In consequences 81 injury from rot,
which hiss reduced the New York crop
nearly one-third. There Is much com
plant Of rot In Wisconsin and Iowa, and
In some counties In Michigan. Illinois
md Minnesota.
> he reported yield Of nay indicates q
crop Of over 1900, 900 tons, Lcarly %
large IS that OF last year.
The buckwheat crop will be large, ano
The average yield will exceed fourteen
bushels per acre.
REPORT or FIRST ASSISTANT PosrMAs-
TER-GExERAL STEVENSON.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., November H.
The annual report OF First Assistant
General Stevenson shows
that during the past nscal year 2.l2l
Post Offices were established and $50
leaving the total number
Of fourth-class Post-o6iccs at l9,0i9,
and OF Presidential Offices 2,233, or Z
total OF 81, 252 Post-offices Of every
class 10 operation on the 30th Of June,
1855. The number Of appoint
-
Oil vacancies caused By removals
and suspension, 90; 70 all vacan-
cIcs caused BY commissions expiring,
numbered POI. There were ll2 deaths |
pf Postmasters, and the new Of.
Ices established numbered 2,l2i. Dur.
ng the year there was IN increase In Of
ices - follows Middle States, IN:
New England, 10; Southern States. GAG; /
Western States, SIC; Pacific States and !
Territories, S. Virginia led all the
States 10 the increase, 100 being placed
% her credit, while Ncvads's offices were
decreased.
PENNSYLVANIA now has the largest mum.
Der Of Post-ofices, $50; New York
follows with 3,l59. New York
has the largest number OF
Presidential Post-offices, 2l3. The total
number Of money order Offices ID now
), 992, being m increase OF IA during the
last year. The number Of changes In
during the year was less
han during the preceding year.
General Stevenson states that all cities
to II under the law are now op-
Grating the free delivery system. lie
recommends that new legislation be en-.
acted authorizing the establishment OF
Tree delivery service In cities having I
population 81 10. 900, or showing annual
receipts Of $4,000
During the year there was allowed fol
clerk hire IN the several Post
DfIices, o4,92t 500, and for salaries
d Postmasters, %. $50 600 Since April,
1884, 32,400 applications for review OF
lala rIes under the Spaulding act have |
been received, and 8, 900 allowed, invoiv- !
Ing m additional amount for compensa. \
lion and back pay Of e37s.922. Az . re.
suit OF the annual adjust ment Of salaries I
Of Postmasters fourteen cfIices have |
been added to the Presidential list and
l34 ofices reIegated to the fourth-class. 4
General Stevenson says the business Of |
The country, a. reflected through the
receipts OF the Post-off1ce, shows that |
IN era Of prosperity Il uron IA which
1eccssitates IN increase Of appropria- 1
Ions for salaries for the next fiscal year.
The estimates for tho expenses u next |
Tear are nInced n A gQ7 mn