Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-12
THE CROPS.
A stood Corn CrOp-Cotton, Potatoes
Hay and Buck wheat.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-The November
crop report of the department of agricul-
ture says; The present crop of corn is
the first full average in rate of yield since
1880, which was the last of series of six
full crops of &c to % bushels per acre.
The present crop grown in an area of
73, 000, 900 to IA 100000 acres is slightly
above an average for period of ten
years, or 264 bushels per acre.
The highest rate of yield is 364
bushels in Nebraska and Ohio.
The three corn-growing states
which produce four-tenths of the entire
.rop, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, each
averages several bushelsper acreless than
the census year-1llinois 81, Iowa 80,
!issouri 30. Utah averages SO, Massa-
husetts, Connecticut and Colorado So,
Sew Hunpshire and Rhode Island 81
Jichigan 80, Wisconsin 80, Kansas 81.
The Southern States make an average
yield. The quality of corn is very good
in the east and south, medium in the
central parts of the west and somewhat
deprecated on the northern 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 last
two years, but materially lower than those
of 1880 and 1882. The increase over
| the yield of last year is most marked in
| Texas and Georgia. In Arkansas and
| Tennessee, where the average yield is
usually high, the rate is depressed by the
| unfavorable conditions of August and
September.
| The rate of yield by states is as fol
lows: Virginia, 1862 pounds per acre
North Carolina, 1877; South Carolina,
142; George, $50; Florida, 105; Ala.
bama, las; Mississippi, 1855; Louisiana,
1923 !; Texas, 1872; Arkansas, 200; Ten
nessee, 1876. The weather has been favor.
able for picking, and killing frosts are
only reported in the northern border Of
the cotton belt. The top crop is very
light and in many places scarcely al
appreciable quantity. Drought during the
early fruiting period caused shedding
or shriveling of bolls, and reduced tn,
yield in North Carolina and South Caro-
lima and parts of Texas. In large por
ton of the gulf coasts area east of Texas
there were an excess of rain and destruo
tive storms, which proved almost equal.
injurious. The injury by the caterpilla
and boil worm has been severe in centra
Alabama, in parts of Texas, Louisian
and Mississippi, and in few counties il
Georgia. Small loss from insects is re
, ported except in states bordering on tn
gulf coast.
] The past month has been general
favorable for picking which is well nc
' yanced, more than three-fourths of til
/ crop having been gathered. Rains hay
3 interfered with harvesting more
! Georgia and Alabama than elsewhere
: With good weather hereafter the propo
q ton to be gathered in December will /
confined to localities favored with to
) crop worth harvesting.
} The potatoe crop is smaller than thu
of 1884 in consequence of injury froi
, rot which has reduced the New York Gro
, nearly one-third. There is much con
: plant of rot in Wisconsin and Iowa an
: in some counties in M ichigan, nlino
! and Minnesota.
The reported yield of hay per acl
j averages II tons and indicates crop {
: over AZ, 100000 tons nearly as large {
: that of last year.
: The buekwheat crop will be large. I'll
average yield will exceed IA bushels pr
, acre.