Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16
CROP PROSPECTS.

The Condition Of the Cotton and Cereal
Crops as Cleaned From the Reports to
the Department OF Agriculture-Cottoh
Showing q Remarkably Fine Average.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 1.-THE
| Department of Agriculture reports that
cotton has made material Improvement.
during June. There are few Imperfect
stands reported. The temperature ana
rainfall have favored the growth, and
| fruiting has commenced in the Gulf
| States; local draughts are very rare, and
| the moisture is generally sufficient from
| Virginia to Texas Il Is somewhat In
excess in the lowlands, interfering with
cultivation and stimulating the growth
| of grass The general average condition
has advanced from 90 per cent. IN June
to Sc in July. 1t has not been exceeded
in July since 1880. This will insure,
barring drawbacks likely to come in the
later summer, large crop. Averages OF
condition by States are as follows: Vir-
ginia, So; North Carolina, 63; South
Carolina, 90; Georgia, 81; Florida, So;
Alabama, go; Mississippi, 80; Louisiana,
100; Texas, 80; Arkansas, SO; Tennes-
see, 81.
The States east of the Mississippi stand
as in June, except Florida and Georgia
which have advanced two per cent. All
others give higher averages.
The caterpillar is reported in several
counties in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana and Texas. The new web
worm has been very abundant in Texas,
and the ball worm moth has been OBJ
served in Titus County, Texas. The
month has been favorable to the develop
ment of winter wheat. A slight improve
ment is indicated, which advances the
general average between two and three
points, or from sixty-two to nearly sixty
five. A very slight decline is reported In
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania
and in some of the Southern States. In
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri
there has been improvement as we'll as in
California and Oregon. The winter
region, which does not include the
215, ooO, 900 bushels. The condition of
spring wheat continues high, though the
average has been reduced slightly, the
average being nearly SO. The indications
now point to a crop of about $4,000, 900
bushels for Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Dakota and all other Territories
and Northern New England. This makes
an aggregate of $50, 900, 900 bushels. The
immense corn area of last year has ap-
parently been increased about six per
cent, or at least 100000 bushels, max
ing an aggregate of 747,000,000
acres. The largest increase is in
the Missouri Valley. The condition
of corn is higher than in any
year since 1880, except the last, when it
averaged "a, against So in 1884. It is
highest in the South and higher on the
Atlantic coast than in the West. The
Kansas average is 80; Michigan and
Missouri, 81; Wisconsin, SO; Illinois, 80;
Iowa, 90; Minnesota, 90; Ohio and Ne.
braska, 81. The average of winter rye
has increased from SO to 81 since the
first of June.
The general average for oats is 81, in
place of SO last month. Oats has shared
with all the cereals in the Improvement
of the month. The only States below 90
are New Jersey, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and Cali
fornia.
The condition of barley is 80, and OF
tobacco. Sc.