Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-09-16
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sRPrRMBER CROP kEPORIs.
~ heat Beiter. Germ Inferior, GottOn
nlnprOying.

Tho September report Of tho Department
of Agriculture showsa lIett0r Yield of spring
whelt than was expected u month ago. Tho
Improvement IL In tho northern belt. Wis
consin, Minnesota and Dakota. In Nebraska
there hns henn u decline, In Iowa little
change. Tho general average is "A. M In
croasn OF four points. Tho average ylold
Of the crop,sO far as the results Of threshine
arc reported, exceeds II bushels, and may
reach II bushels ppr aore.
ThrOshing OF wlntOr wheat In tho Ohio
valley gives better return than was ok
pected Mt harvest, and there Is some Inn
provement In Missouri and Kansas. In the
middle and eastern states the percentages
of July are not materially changed. In the
south tho harvest WIS disappointing, and
rains injured tho products In the shock.
The returns Indicate nm average yield OF
about 12l bushels per acre. Tho ontire
wholt product will apparently exceed that
Of last yenr by eighty to ninety million
bushels. The exact determination Of area
harvested md results OF threshing arc
easily equivalent to variation of ut least
por cent.
Corn has declined from 81 in August to
n. III the states OF principal production
tho status Is as follows: Kentuckytrom 81 In
August TO 80 In September; Ohio, 8S to 30 !;
Michigan, 40 In both returns; Indiana, 90
to 80; Illinois declined from n to 70; Mis-
souri,, from rs TO 90; Kansas, ~ to G2; Ne
braska, from 70 to 69; Iowa, IS to 67.
The loas west OF Indiana Is causeil by
drought. In the south Atlantic states there
has boon Improvement; on tho gulf col't II
slight Improvement, except In Texas, ,wh M
drought has reduced condition. The present
crop prospect, with no further decline, II
| 10 per esnt worse thnn last year, nnd indl-
,alta,s over 2l bushels por acre, or nmn'ly
GOO, zoo, 900 bushels.
Tho cotton returns show vigorous con-
dlilon Of tho plant, with latennss and
| deficiency In fruitlng. There has boon I'M
provcmant In most OF the states with u
| decided decline In Texas, and u llitla In
Arkansas. The indisputnble reduction of
condition last month In the south and west
| Of Texas has bo'n emphasized In this TO-
turn. Tho average OF condition OF the crop
nroa, G2, Is slightly above that Of August
| 1st for tho first time In September In 10
yours. With long and favorable autumn
| II indicates an average crop. Yet decline
| In condition after this date Is usual. Insects
| have appeared In most OF the states, with
| little loss--so far, more from tho boll-worm
than the caterpillar. The state averages OF
condition nro: Virginia, n; North Cnr nR,
| 80; South CarollnR, 81 Florida, SO; Geor in,
| 81 Alabama. 10; Mississippi, "; Louisiana,
/ "a; Texas, 76; Arkansas, 93; TennfsSBo, O5.
Tho results Of threshing make the rnll'li-
| tlOn of onts ut harvest 9I, q small roducti' n
| from earlier expectation. The average oil
| barley Is 93, Indicating an average crop.
| Buck wheat averages 90. Potatoes have do
| ollned from SS to s1.4, from effects of
| local drought. In New York the decline Is
| from 97 to 10, and II Is heavy In tho dry ateii
| of the west. Tho condition OF tobucnu
averages 81.