Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-10-08

season followed by drouth have been in
furious to corn-crop prospect.
In Maryland corn made improvements
on rich uplands in good filth. even in dis
tricts abnormaly dry, while it is parched
upon light sandy soils In bottom
lands the excess of moisture through
most of the season proved a bar to good
condition.
The best uplands in Virginia bear fine
crop. sWhere well cultivated, the crop is in
high condition. Much of the area in bot
tom lands has been quite too wet. The
gray lands will have large yield. Some
late corn has had too dry season in Aug
ust.
There has been manifest improvement
during the past month in the North Car
olina crop. The wet soil and poor cult
walton of much of the breath, up to the
latter part of July, cannot be Who'll
ly remedied by better conditions in Aug
gust.
The crop Is fine in Georgia, on well,
cultivated uplands; best on the red clay
loans. Gray soils make a poorer show
ing, and the bottoms show all degrees of
injury by water and weeds,
There has been an average crop in
Florida, where the crop has already been
storms and supecabundance of moist
ure.
The Alabama crop is not quite an aver
age one. In many counties there has
been much damage from rain. In some
districts there has been injury from con
tinued dry weather, as in Morgan, Lauder
dale and other counties.
August was dry in Mississippi and in
many places lowland areas are best. The
crop will not be an average one. Miss
issipp1 does not produce enough for
home use, especially in the river country
where the good yields are readily obtain
ed.
The louisiana and Arkansas crops are
the best in the South, above average in
condition and as little injured by any
causes of low yield as in the most favor
able years.
Texas condition averages lower, in any
series OF years, than the states of Miss
issippi Valley, because of the extension of
settlement and cultivation into the dry
areas of the western half of the state.
There is always great variety, with the
wooded eastern districts, the rich northern
central country centering at Dallas, the
fertile bottom lands of the lower rivers
and the gradual increase of elevation and
arld1ty westward.
The harvest in Tennessee will show an
average yield. There has been material
Improvement III August. There has been
some drought since July. 1t is somewhat
late from the difficulty of completing the
planting and of cutting the crop, on ac-
count of frequent rains of the spring and
early summer.
Though there was too much rain in
West Virginia. as in most of the country
east of the Mississippi, there is full
average crop, little late. and varying in
condition on different soils and attitudes,
yet pretty well assured against the dan
gers of frost.
In Kentucky, as in Ohio and Indiana,
the crop may be deemed an average.
More rain i'll August would have given a
better yield, approximations Of loss by
drouth were common III Central Kentucky
and only partially relieved by light local
rains.
There has been general improvement
in Ohio from recent rains. The yield
will be good on well-cultivated land. Yet
| there are many reported drawbacks.
Michigan reports very low condition.
Drouth has been very severe III some of
the best corn districts, though relieved
somewhat by recent rains.
Indiana has been fortunate in escaping
much of the drouth which prevailed be-
yond her northern and western borders.
Yet it is reported that corn is "nearly
ruined by drouth' in St. Joseph, and in
jured somewhat in many counties.
The region which suffered most from
droUth was that west of Indiana to the
plains and mountains. The general
average of Illinois, -, Is twenty points
lower than that of Indiana. Iowa makes
still lower average, and Missouri and
Kansas drop to 81.
In Wisconsin drouth was quite severe,
but broken in season for material i'm
provement. Chinch bugs were prevalent
in many quarters.
Conditions in Minnesota were more
favorable though drouth prevailed for
time. The crop is stated by some CORES
pondents to be already too far advanced
to be injured by frost.
In Dakota the crop was not quite so
good, but in the best districts fair aver
age.
Strange to say, relative to section of
the mythical Great American Desert. the
crop in Colorado was injured by heavy
rain in August. 1t had been very dry, how
ever, earlier i'll the season. Recent rains
in Utah have improved corn prospects,
Notwithstanding the prevalence of irri-
CATION.
The crop in California, small in area.
and comparatively unimportant, is in
high condition. In Oregon and Wash
ington it is not quite au average from
prevalence of drouth.