The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-01
THE WHEAT CROP.
aLooAIYvIRwso soF wlsTRRwHEAT
which In many states has Been PIowsd up,
Decrease In the Acreage soWn-spring,
whsaeDelnr wsil-rotarcrops nearly
aHaadrsd mllloa Ba.hsl. short.

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CmCAoo, LIS, May sL-The growing
wheGtcrop having reached critical stage
and winter wheat having approached q
condition sufficiently near maturity to
approximate the aereage and probable
yield, The Farmer Resia5 has followed
lup its usual weekly summary by COM
llplete survey ofallthe westernand South
I ern wheat growing States: Reports hay-
ling been received from over 5000 core
spondenta covering every wheat producing
county in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, nli-
nois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri,
: Kansas; Nebraska, Iowa; Wisconsin, Min
lnesota and Dakota together with very
accnrate and recent summary from the
y eiac coast region made by the Asso..
ciated Press, It Is believed, makes the.
most complete report ever Issued.
The Repiflp says: The gloomiest views
which have been advanced concerning the
winter wheat outlook for 1885 must now
be accepted as the most accurate. The
promising conditions of 1884 have this
{splute uniformity Of the returns Indicate
that the outlook for the winter sown
wheat this year is the worst in ten years
and It may now be set down as positive
that under the most faYor9hle ennditinna
the total winter and spring yield Is to ialI
considerably under the short crop OF lasl,
when the total product was 10000, 600
bushels. With the exception, of Michi-
gan and Oregon and Washington Territory
on the western slope, the causes leading to |
q deereased output Of winter wheat ara
almost Identical! In Ohio. Indiana. IIIi. |
nois, Kansas and Missouri the ground was |
bare of snow during the severely cold |
weather at the close OF the winter, which |
was followed by cold, dry winds later on.
There was also q decreased acreage owingl
70 the low prices which prevailed for the |
crop OF 1884. In California the decreased
acreage was accompanied by severe
drouth which has tended "a almost ruin
the crop. Oregon and ashlngton Terfi,
tory were saved by showers, which came
IN tine to save the grain. When the
States are considered In detail the situa- |
tfon can be better appreciated.
THE srArEs M DETAIL.
TnIllinois 5Spercent oitlIeentire wheat
|crup ofthe State has been ploYetl up and |
more would have been plowod had not
the gTouad beenaown TO clover and grass.
a very large proportion OF the wheat that
q heading out proves to be chess, and
there ts no probability that bread and
seed viii be made in Southern Illinois
this year. -Four entire counties in the
central and southern tier have been
.plowed up, and IN eight other counties
the crop y reported ~ an entire failure.
The average condition OF allthe counties
ot the state does not, exceed 48 percent of |
the yield OF 1854, based upon the fields |
not yet plowed. up.
In Kansas the same paEa! tiena which
exist in Hlinuip are Ia be found, witlrthiAI
exception, that the HeSbian iiy has been
y WgtE more large IN the one State than
the other Ihe acreage of the State not
iploHed under u ~ percent OF 1884 and
ttle average condition OF the plapt u "a. /
Missouri present the saae conditions
spoken 81 WITH reference TO Kansas and
slitnpil. fhs winter killed fields hayingI
been plowed urfters leaves tie total acre.
age remaining 81 percent Of 1854, and the |
average condition Is 52.
In Ohio the northern tier Of counties
are maktRg q better showing that the
ayeF!ga Of the States already given, but |
IN all, inc, southern coun les the plant has |
oetn padiy winter Killed. Tho growing |
acreage mas peen rednQea to ftpercent Of |
last year and tAe average condition does
mot exceed ~ percent Of 1884.
IN parts OF northern Indiana there Is q |
promise Of an average yield. but in the
southern portion; Of the.s State the outlook |
e no:mn promising than in Ohio anGll
Illinois. The yield 0i the State viii be |
about 45 percent OF last year.
IN Tennessee the winter wheat pros
peets have been running down steadily
ter thirty days and the, latest adyiees in
dtcats that the State will not harvest one