Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-11
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONDITION OF GRAIN CROPS.
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WARRINGTON, August I0.-The
following Is the Agricultural Bureaus
resume OF grain crops:
Corn has made improvement since
the last report; the average stands 4
points lower than the standard OF fun
condition. and indicates q yield. with
reasonable moisture and favoring tenn
perature hereafter, Of &c to q bushels
per acre. The average for August
az 1854 was the same, but fell & points
during the sixty days following. when
the yield was &c bushels. In 1879
die average for August was 90, and
ultimately, as reported by the
census, was IS bushels. The In
crease has been 2 points in New York,
IN Virginia North Carolina, ! /;
Georgia, 2; Alabama, j; Michigan,
S; Illinois, 4; Missouri, 2; Kansas,
2; Nebraska. 3 /; and Iowa, 9. There
has bean a slighs decline in Pennsyl-
yania, Maryland, South Carolina. Ten
nessee, Texas, Kentucky, Ohio, and
Indiana. In the seven corn-surplus
States the averages are Ohio. 9o; In
diana, g5; Illinois, "a; Iowa, l0l /;
Nebraska. 100; Missouri, 80; Kan
sSs, 90. Correspondents report drough;
IN some places, eIeess Of rain in others !:
but well-drRined and deeply cultivated
land has suffered listle from drought or
approximation. The meteorological
conditions have been generally favor
able. The prospect has not been ez-
oeeded since 1880.
Fhsat.-The moist and hot weather
following the 18th Of July has caused
some damage to spring wheat in the
Northwess-maiDly in Wisconsin and
Minnesota. While generally noticed,
its effects are vAriouSly reported, promi-
nent counties returning from 100 down
70 IS, and IN few cases down 10 60,
and to IS in the case Of Pierce county,
Wisconsin. Most Of the great wheat
counties in Minnesota report averages
from IS to 90. though Dodge returns
only so. Some Of less Importance
make an average Of 100. The re-
ductiOn IN prospective yield is greatest
in Minnesota, amounting to nine points.
The decline is FIVE IN Wisconsin,
four in Iowa, and one in Dakota.
There is an increase in other Ter
ritories, and in New England the
average decline is four points, and in
dicstes q reduction Of six millions OF
bushels from expectation on the lst Of
July. No reports concerning the result
Of the threshing Of winter wheat are
received except IN the South. In Texas
the outcome is greater than was ex-
pected. and higher ratios Of yield are
reported.
Other crop averages Oats has de-
cliEed from g. 10 sc, which is points
higher than IN August Of last year.
Rye averages %, showing continued
improvement since the lst Of June.
Barley stands as in the last report. at
-, which indicates about 81 average
crop for any series Of five or ten years.
There is az increase ID the area Of buck
wheat, and the condition averages %.
A medium crop OF hay is assured by
an average Of 80. Tobacco makes 8
general average Of 81. The average for
potatoes Is %. against 81 last month.