The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-11
The FIeeCy staple Promises a
Great Yield "DeO vOiente"
and IT'S Hoped He is,
For From cold virginby" TO
Fair Texas the Plant is
Boiling Beautifully.
AGA, 100000 Bushels of wheat
Promised, and Great Crops
Of Corn, Rye, Oats, Etc.
AMERICAN CROPS.


A General Review OF the Condition
OF Cotton, Corn, oats, Rye
and Tobacco.
Washington, ID. C., July l0.-Cotton
has made material Improvement dur
ing June aud there are few imperfect
stands reported. Temperature and
rainfall have favored the growth and
iruiting has commenced ~ the gulf
states. Local drouths are very rare
and moisture generally sufficient, from
Virginia to Texas, though, il is some
what in excess in the low lands, inter-
fering with cultivation aud stimulat
ing the growth ofgrass. The general
average condition has advanced
from ninety-two in June to ninety-siX,
aud has not been exceeded iu July
since 1880. This will insure barring
drawbacks so likely to come later in
the summer, large crop.
The average condition of the crop
by states is as follows: Virginia SO;
North Carolina 93; South Carolina SO;
Georgia 81; Florida 95; Alabama 80;
Mississippi 80; Louisiana 100; Texas
92; Arkansaw SO; Tennessee 81. The
states erst OF the Mississippi
stand as in June, except Georgia aud
Florida, which have advanced
two per cent; all others give higher
average.
The caterpillar is reported in Ban
ker, Brooks and Dougherty counties
Georgia; in Jackson aud Madison
Florida; in Montgomery and Elmer
Alabama; in Cameron, Louisiana, and
In Van Zandt, Texas. The new we
worm has been abundant in Texas
and the boil orms have been observ
ed in Titus, Texas.
The month has been favora
bic to the development of win
ter-wheat aud slight improvement
is indicated, which advances general
ly the average between two and thrc
points, or from siNty-two to nearl
sixty-iiyc. A very slight decline is re
pc tied in Connecticut, New York
Pennsylvania, and in some of tn
southern states. In Michigan, hi
nois, Indiana and Missouri, there ha
been improvement as well as in Colo
RADIO and Oregon. The winter
wheat region, which does no
promises about 2l6C 10000 bushel
p The condition of spripg-wheat con
tinucs good although the average la
: been reduced slightly, the average be-
ing nearly SO. The indications no'
point to crop of about l4S,000,0C
bushels for Wisconsin, MinnesOt
Nebraska and Dakota, all the otht
Territories and northern New En-,
land. This makes All aggregate I
1868, 100000 bushels.
The immense corn area of last YET
. has been increased about per Gel
, at or at least four million acres ma
ing an aggregate OF 100000 acre
The largest increase is in the Mis- OIL
valley. The condition of corn
higher than in any year siuce 1880 Q
cept last. 1t averages 81 against
> In 1884. 1t is highest in the south al
higher on the Atlantic coast than.
the west. The Kansas average is
that of Michigsu and Missouri
Wisconsin, S8; ll"nois, 30; Iowa,
Minnesota, 93; Ohio aud Nebraska,
The aveage of winter-ryc has J
creased from seventy-three to eight
seven, since the first of June.
The average for oats is D'nety-sev
in place of ninety-threc last mon
Oats have shared with all the cere
IN the Improvement of the mon
The only states below ninety are n
Jersey, North and South Carroll
Georgia, Mississippi and Califori
The condition OF barley averal
nine-two, and that of tobacco niue
six