The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-09-11
NATIONAL CROP REPORT.
A BETTER YIELD OF SPRING WHEAT
THAN WAS EXPECTED.

The Entire Wheat Product viii Exceed
That of Last Year by 10000, 900 or 90,
O0o,O Busheis-A Decline in the Corn
Crop-oats and Bar,ey-Cotton in Good
Condition.
WASHINGTON Cry Sept 1.-THE Septem
Der report of the department of agriculture
shows better yield of spring wheat than was
| expected month ago The Improvement is
IN the northern belt Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Dakota. In Nebraska there has been a
decline, in Iowa little change The general
average is -, an increase of points The
average yield of the crop, SO far as the results
| OF threshing reported, exceeds II bushels,
and may reach IL bushels rer acre
| Threshing winter wheat in the Ohio valley
gives hett"r return than was expected at
harvest, and there il some improvement in
| Missouri and Kansas In the middle and
eastern states the percentages of July are not
materially changed In the south the harvest
was disappointing and rains injured the pro
duct in the shock The returns indicate an
average yield of about l2I6 bushels pcr acre.
The entire wheat product will apparently
exceed that Of last year by s0,eO0,1p 10 g0,
| GOO, 900 bushels The exact determination of
area harvested and results Of thFeshing are
easily equivalent TO a variation of at least :
| per cent.
Corn has declined from 81 in August to II.
In the states of principal production the
tatus is as follows: Kentucky from 81 in
August to 10 in September, Ohio. s. to 81;
Michigan, 50 in both returns; Indiana, 90 to
"; Illinois, q to e. Missouri, 70 to G2, Kan
sas, - to b2; Nebraska, 76 to Is, Iowa, %
| to 81
The loss west of Indiana is caused hy
drought. In the south Atlaniic state, there
has been Improvement; on the gulf coast
Sllght Improvement, except III Texas, whe re
brought has reduced the condition The
prtse mt crop prospect with no further decline
Is - per cent worse than last wear and indi
| Gates over 2I bushels per acre or nearly 600
600 bushels
The cotton returns show a vigorous condi-
ton of me plant with lateness and deficiency
in frtuiting. There has been Improvement in
| most of the states with decided decline in
Texas and little in Arkansas The indis-
putable reduction Of condition last month in
! the south and west Of Texas has been EN-
| phasi2ei in this return. The average Of
I
above that of Aug for the first time in
September in fifteen years. With long and
favorable autumn, it indicates an average
crop. Yet decline in condition after this
date is usual. Insects have appeared i'll most
of the states, with little loss so far, more from
the bolt worm than from the caterpillar The
state averages of conditions are: Virginia,
| II; North Ca olina, -; South Carolina, 81:
Florida, 50; Georgsa, 81; Alabama, so; Mis-
| sissippi, 81; Louisiana. 81; Texas, 7G; Arkln-
Sas, Ei; Tennessee, @5
The results of threShinS make the condi-
ton Of oats at harvest 81, small reduction
from earlier expectations. The average of
barley is 93, indicating an average crop
Buckwheat averages 30
Potatoes declined from IS $40 to 81 40
from effects of local drought In New York
the decline is from 81 to 50, and it is heavy in
the dry area of the west
The condition of tobacco averages 81
The numbers of fattening hogs are appar-
emily less by about per cent, with some re-
ductIon In average weight