The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-10
JUNE CROP REPORT.

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wAsnSefox. July I-whiie the gsn-
ssal faet has been published that ths visses
wheat crop t~hfoughoos the country has -
Dentabiy failed. IL data upea which shh
deduction has bern dnvu has o yes met
The vob,ie eye. In TIE advance psas r.
port juss issued of the June IMPORT
Sos Tie Department Of Agriculture
the following Important facn ars showa:
Winter wheat has had an almost unprecs-
densed experience Calamity has attended
IL growth from termination to full devei-
! opment The sowing Was delayed 10 the
East and South by drought. and the coil
was dry and impac:ed. while In the Ohio
Valley IL was in scarc-iy medium condition.
Late and feeble termination and slow
growth resulted under these conditions
The April report showed grra, damage
from fros; and ice, and referred 70 the un-
certainty Of early indications and dep-nd-
ence o future contingencies affecting
growth and rip~ntng.' The MAY report
ref'ocied this unpleasant picture. and tho
continuance OF unfsyorahlc weather con
irihuied 10 further Substitution of small
trains and corn. The appearance of The
Hesslan ny I'm Kansas. and IN some Parts OF
California Illinois. Indiana. Oaio. Virginia.
South Carolins and Tennessee, increased
tie appvehells on of wheat growers Tho
chino bug also appeared in Illinois. ami
grasshuppers in California.
THE WORST IN s~EvENTYTS YEARS
The result is III. worst Official showing
for winter wheat since 1865 The general
average Of condition Is g.. In 1851 IL was
"A, and IS IN 1854. while IN ia. great crop
years OF 1880 and isS2 u; VAS % in June.
A comparison OF returns o! Nay and june
show the effect Of bad weather. crop sub
stitutIon and insect depreciation in a s;rik-
ing manner The reduction of a general
average of nearly 20 Ia 8. is q loss of moro
than 10 per cent. la q few States there
has been a slight improvement-of Z points
In Delaware, I in Maryland, l IL Grorg q,
= In Alabama. and : in Arkansas. la
Texas Il WAS 100. both In May and June.
Pennsylvania aud West Virginia. elevated
regions, which failed 10 discover the heavy
losses experienced until Nav. give. re-
spectively, a reduction Of Is aad II points.
In North Carolina, where the wheat area IL
mainly In the more elevated districts. cot
ton and tobacco monopolzing the tide
water and part Of the Piedmont regions
suffered q loss OF 10. and Tennessee Q dirni-
mutton OF . points. In Indiana the reduc-
ton Is ! and in Michigan s.: Missouri, re-
ported very low In May. shows . reduction
az 8 20. nts and Kansas g; while Virginia
Ohio and Illinois. with extremely low
figures In May, repor. a slight decrease fur
ther In June.
FIGURES or WINTER WHEAT STATES.
Tho returns OF juno 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 fuc-
tuation. While il Is not possible to deter.
mine the character of the winter wheat
harvest So accurately As Il may be shown
after reaping and t%hrs~hlng. there Is little
danger OF serious mistake In accepting the
present indications a. substantially correc.
There may 10 so,ne variations In State esii-
mates. but the aggregate. il Is believed, will
not vary greatly from the total If the FOL.
lowing figures for product OF the winter
wheat States: