The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-11
HEAVY HARvESTS.
The Crops Have Improved all
Over the Union During
August.
Cotton and Corn Take the Lead
and show Up GrandIy
All Around.
Oiher News from the National
Capitalize white House
Now Closed.
President Cleveland PardOns an
Election Offender at
Cincinnati.
THE HARVEST FIELDS.
The Res, crop outlook Since $50.

The Best Crop outlook Since 1850.
Washington, August 1O.-Returns
of the department of agriculture show
slight Improvement of the condition
on the first of August, the general
average being 90 H.; u point only
once exceeded in August in the re-
turns of ten years, and that was in
1880. The average in August was
1882 was "a, and only South Carolina
and Alabama exceeded their present
figures. The state averages are as
follows: Virginia, 50; North Carolina,
80; South Carolina, So: Georgia, 100;
Florida, SO; Alabama, SO; Mississippi,
lOl; Louisiana, 100; Texas, 81; Ar
kansas, 81; Tennessee, 81
South Carolina, Louisiana and
Tennessee have made no change.
Florida gained four points, Georgia
and Alabama three, Mississippi two,
Arkansas one. North Carolina lost
one and Virginia three. The cotton
crop has slight disadvantage as it Is
Il few days late, especially in the At
lantic states.
There has been but little damage
from drought, rains or insects. a
few reports from Texas and OCCASION
ally one from the more eastern states
indicate lack of rains, but the larger
number of reports in the Gulf states,
including few in Texas mention an
excess ofmoisture which is injurious
in fiat lands.
Shedding of forms and bolls, with
rust aud blight, are much less preva
lent than usual. The caterpillar has
as yet, done no damage. Though re.
ported in several counties in South
Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Louis.
lana and Texas, it is rare in Missis-
sippi and not reported at all in Ar
kansas and Tennessee.
The corn crop has made an improve
ment since last months report. The
average stands four points lower
than the standard of full condition
and indicates yield, with reasonable
moisture and temperature, of about
twenty-six or twenty-seven bushels
per acre. The average Tor August OF
1884 was the same, but fell three points
during the sixty days following, when
the yield was twenty-siX bushels In
1879 the average for August was nine.
ty.nine, and the ultimate yield, as re-
ported by the census, was twenty-eighi
bushels. In the corn surplus states
the averages are; Ohio, SO; Indiana,
90; Illinois, 81; Iowa, 10l Nebraska
100: Missouri, 50: Kansas, 80. Cor.
respondents report drought in some
places, and excess of rain in other
but well drained, deeply cultivated
ground has suffered little from
drought or saturation. The meteor.
illogical conditions have been gener.
ally favorable. The prospect has not
been exceeded since 1880.
The moist and hot weather follow.
ing the 18th of July has caused some
damage to spring wheat in the north
west, mainly In Wisconsin and
Minnesota; while generally noticed
its effects are variously reported
prominent counties returning from
100 down to 65, and in some casc'
down to 60 and 40, as in the case OF
Pierce county in Wisconsin. Most o.
the great wheat counties report HI
average OFFS TO 80, and though Dodg,
returns only 60, some of less import
ance make an average of 100. The re-
duction In prospective yield is great
est IN Minnesota; amounting TO nine
points. The decline il s in Wisconsin
4 in Colorado, in Dakota. There II
an increase in other territories and il
New England. The average decline i
points. All this indicates a reduc
ton of 100000 bushels from the eX
pectation of the LIST of July.
No reports concerning the result o
threshing ofwintcr wheat are receive,
except in the South. In Texas the out
come is greater than was expected
and higher rates OF yield are reported
The average for oats has decline,
from 92 to SO, which is points highc
than in August of last yerr.