St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-01
AN 0MINOUS OUTLOOK.
Reliable Crop Reports Gathered From the
Wheat-Growing States and Ter
ritories.
The Winter Wheat Yield Believed TO Not
be More Than Half That Of Last
Year. ~
But Sprfng-Sown Wheat Has Much
Better Prospects, Though Not
Flatter1ng.
minnesota, Dakota, Iowa and Micht.
gan Come to the Front in Rais-
ing Breadstuffs.
Growing Grain.

tion Sumclently near maturity to approxi-
mate acreage and probable yield, the Farm
ers' Review has followed np its usual
weekly summary by a complete survey Of
all the Western and Southern wheat grow
ing states, reports having been received
Irom over three hundred correspondents.
covering every wheat-producing county in
Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois. Ken
lucky, tennessee, Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Wisconsin. Minne-
sofa and Dakota, together with
very accurate and recent summary
from the Pacific coast made by the Asso-
clated fress, 1t is believed, makes the most
complete report ever issued. The review
mas been carefully prepared, and the in
IOrmatlon is believed to be most exhaustive
and the best that has yet been obtained. and
1ofeshadoWs the states and government re-
ports. In summing up it's
DETAILED REPORTS
the Review says: The gloomiest views
which have been advanced CONCERNING the
winter wheat outlook for 1884, must now
be accepted as the most accurate. The
promising conditions of 1884 have. this sea-
son, been completely reversed. The absolute
uniformity OF the returns indicates
That the outlook for the = winter
soWn wheat this year, is the worst in ten
years and it may now be set down as posi-
i've that, under the most favorable condi-
Mons, the total winter and spring wheat
yield Is to fall considerably under the Short
crop OF 1881, when the total product was
3oO, ,O0O, 600 bushels, with the exception of
Nilchlgan and Oregon and territories on the
western slope, the causes leading to de-
creased output OF winter wheat are almost
Identical. In Ohio, Indiana, illinois, Kan
sas and Missouri the ground was bare of
snow during the severe cold weather at the
close OF the winter, which was followed by
cold dry winds later on. There was also
A DECREASED ACREAGE,
owing to the low prices which prevailed for
the crop of 1884. In California the de-
creased acreage was accompanied by
severe drOuth which has tended to almost
ruin the growing crop. Oregon and Wash
ington territories were saved by bountiful
showers, which came in time to save the
grain. When the states are considered in
detail, the situation can be better appreci-
ated. In Illinois 53 per cent. of the entire
wheat crop OF the state has been ploWed up
and more would have been plowed had not
the ground been sown to clover and
grass A very large proportion of the
wheat that is heading out proves to be chaff,
and there is no probability that bread and
seed will be made in Southern Illinois this
year. -Four entire counties in the center
tier have been plowed UP. and in eight
other counties the crop is an entire failure.
The average condition OF all the counties
of the state does not exceed 40 per cent of
the yield of 1884, based upon the fields not
yet plowed up.
KanSaS-Tha Samo conditions which ay-
ist i'll Illinois were to be found in Kansas,
with this exception, that the Hessian fly
has been at work more largely in this one
state than the others. The acreage of the
state not plOwed under is 50 per cent of
1884, and the average condition is 55 per
cent.
Missouri = The state presents the same
conditions spoken of with reference to Kan
SaS and Illinois. The winter-killed fields
having been plowed under leaves the total
acreage remaining 5S per cent. of 1884, and
the average condition is 3d. The state will
not produce more than one-third of its
yield last year.
Ohio-The northern tier of counties are
making better showing than the average
of the states already given, but in all the
southern counties the plant has been badly
winter-killed; the growing acreage has
been reduced to 76 per cent. of last year.
and the average condition does not exceed
5S per cent. of 1884.
Indiana-In portions of Northern Indiana
there is promise of an average yield, but
in the southern portions of the state the
outlook is no more promising than in Ohio
and Illinois; the yield of the state will be
about 45 per cent. of 1884.
Tennessee-The winter wheat prospects
49, !
lily for thirty days, and the latest adyiceS
indicate that the state will not harvest one
fourth of the crop of 1884.
Kentucky-In few counties the wheat
crop promises to be fair, but the returns
by counties indicate that the crop will not
exceed SO per cent. of last year.
California. Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory-The prolonged drouth in California
has very seriously injured the prospects Of
the growing crop. Edwin f. Smith, secre-
tary of the State Agricultural society Of
California, has computed the yield of
that state at $1,000, 900 bushels, while
Oregon and Washington territory, under
the improved condition. Will turn out IT,
900, 600, an aggregate of AZ, 900, 600, against
6S, 700, 600 for the Pacific coast in 1884, or
shortage of 26, 500, 600 bushels for the Pa
cifc coast region.
Michigan-This state is the only one in
the winter wheat belt to-day which gives
promise of an average yield. While the win
ter in the other states was bare
of snow, the wheat in Michigan was well
protected and covered, to which cause is to
be ascribed the present promising condition
of the crop. The state promises to turn out
fully SO per cent. of an average yield.
From close compilation and taking the
most cheerful view Of the situation, the
winter wheat yield for the present year will
not exceed 900, 600, 900 bushels, and the alb
solute percentages from the most trust
worthy sources indicate that the yield will
fall somewhat below that of the figures
given.
Turning to the spring wheat belt, the
outlook is altogether more promising. Full
returns fromDN N ebraSka show slightly en-
larged acreage, as compared with last year,
while in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota
the decrease in acreage will be about 10 per
cent, while the condition is about 95 per
cent. The acreage of Dakota is about 5
per cent less than last year, and the condi-
tion fully equal, although the season is from
ten to twelve days later. The probable
spring wheat yield, based upon continuing
favorable weather, will be 1S0, 600, 600
bushels. The total wheat crop of this
country, therefore, from the present OUT
look, will be from 800, 900, 900 to $50, 0e0,-
900 bushels, against an average yield for
the past five years of 464, 600, 900 bushels.
IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, May 31.-The most encourag-
ing feature of the agricultural outlook is
the favorable change in the weather, which
has come at the most opportune time when
the warmth and sunshine will produce
the best results, especially as it has been
prec eded bycopieus rains. The backward
condition of the crops and the diScoloratfon
of wheat have been source of complaint,