The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-10
yuME cRop REPORT.

Some Facts and Figures OF More or Less
Interest to Farmers - Well ~ Other
H~sAsrs.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-While the gem
eral fact has been published that the winter
wheat crop throughout the country has L.
mentally failed, the data upon which this
deduction has been drawn has not yet met
the public eye. In the advance press re-
port just issued Of the June report
Tor the Department of Agriculture,
the following important facts are shown:
"Winter wheat has had an almost unprece-
dented experience. Calamity has attended
its growth from termination to full devel-
spment The sowing was delayed in the
East and South by drought, and the soil
was dry and impacted while in the Ohio
Valley it was in scarcely medium condition.
Late and feeble termination and slow
growth resulted under these conditions.
The April report showed great damage
from frost and ice, and referred to the I'LL
certainty of early indications and depend
eucs ION future contingencies affecting
growth and ripening." The May report
reflected this unpleasant picture, and the
continuance of unfavorable weather con-
tributed to further substitution of small
grains and corn. The appearance of the
Hessiau fly i'm Kansas, and in some parts of
California, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia,
South Carolina and Tennessee, increased
the apprehension of wheat growers. The
chinch bug also appeared in Illinois, and
grasshoppers in California.
THE WORST IN SEVENTEEN YEARS.
The result is ths worst official showing
for winter wheat since 1865. The general
average of condition is e.. In 1881 it was
"A, and 80 in 1884. while in the great crop
years of 1880 and 1882 it was 80 in June.
A comparison of returns of May and June
show the effect of bad weather. crop SUBJ
stitution and insect depreciation in strik-
ing manner. The reduction of general
average of nearly 20 to 81 is a loss of moro
than 10 per cent In few States there
has been slight imprOvement-of points
in Delaware, Z in Maryland, l in Georg a,
9 i'm Alabama, and 9 in Arkansas. In
Texas it was 100. both in May and June
Pennsylvania and West Virginia. elevated
regions, which failed to discover the heavy
losses experienced until May, give, re-
spectively, reduction Of Is and 4 points.
In North Carolina, where the wheat area is
mainly in the more elevated districts, cot
ton and tobacco monOpOllzing the tide
water and part of the Piedmont regions,
suffered q lOss of 10, and Tennessee a dimi-
mutton Of points. In Indiana the reduc-
ton is and in Michigan 8; Missouri, re-
ported very low in May, shows reduction
of 8 points and Kansas 6; while Virginia
Ohio and Illinois, with extremely low
figures in May, report a slight decrease fur
Their in June.
FIGURES OF WINTER WHEAT STATES.
The returns of June have required an
unusual amount of revision and interpreta-
ton. There is possibility of some change
for the better or worse during this month,
but no probability of any very marked tluc-
tuation- While it is not possible to deter
mine the character of the winter wheat
harvest so accurately as it may be shown
after reapng and threshing, there is little
danger of serious mistake in accepting the
present indications as substantially correct.
There may be some variations in State esti-
mates, but the aggregate, it is believed, will
not vary greatly from the total of the fol-
lowing figures for product of the winter
wheat States: