The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-11

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YsAE-WhsAt, Corn and Oats,
The following extracts are taken ION .
summary Of the crop history Of the paIl
year prepared by the Department OF Agri.
culture:
Notwithstanding the fears in the early
months Of the year, the season has been
3 full average Of productiVeneGs. It is the
first in five years past to give an average
yield Of corn, after q previous period Of
SIX years Of twenty.six bushels or more
per acre. The present rate exceeds the
average about half q bushel per acre.
Oats, allied to corn in'ii uses, and gov
erned in price more or leas by the supply
Of maize, also made high record in the
seasons reports OF conditions, showing
the largest area and greatest volume Of
production ever recorded.
Barley 10 2 medium crop, and buck
wheat above the average.
Wheat has suffered worse from winter
killing than In any former experience Of
crop reporting in this Department, The
winter OF lssO-Sl was only less severe,
and that Of 1884 was nearly as bad. On
the bAsia Of the area seeded the yield was
only w bushels; on the area harvested,
deducting abandoned and replanted areas,
which were larger than ever before, the
yield averages 1914 per acre. The loBs was
not material in the northern belt. MiChi.
gan, the highest latitude in which winter
wheat is grown, suffered less than usual,
and made = large crop, one Of the best re-
corded, The surface was well covered
with blanket Of snow until into April.
There was some protection in Northern
Ohio, and comparatively good crop on q
limited area, The loss in New York WAS
Aleo eight, and not very severe in Penn.
sylyania, with come exceptional areas OF
greater damage. The central belt between
~ and 40' Of latitude received the full
effect OF the winters severity. The South
u usually exempt from injury by winter
freezing, but not entirely the past season.
The signs Of injury in b ring were visible
even In the extreme South.E
Cotton promises large crop, on an In.
creased acreage, and has made nearly
medium one, in aggregate volume ex.
Ceeded by the crop OF 1882, and approached
somewhat nearly only by that Of 1880.
other crops have enjoyed conditions
.iavortng medium and abundance, with
some, exceptions, notably the potato crop,
which was injured severely by rot in the
latter part Of the season.
Altogether production has been abund.
ant, more than ample for domestic con.
sumption, In everything except the pro.
ducts which are always insufficient, as
sugar, barley, rice, and subtropical fruits.
Tho valuation OF the corn crop for 1885
Is SO 8 cents per bpahOl, instead Of 357I
for 1884, and the aggregate value Is $685..
674,6S0, less than 100000 than the
smaller crop Of 1884. The acreage OF this
cereal in West Virginia was O05, 400, which
produced 1882, 900 bushels valued at So.
800, 500; In Pennsylvania the acreage was
l,4l7030, the product 1904 600 bnshelG,
and the value $32,516, l80j In Ohio the
acreage was 9,0l7 ,464, producing llI,SO5,.
900 bushels, valued at S35, 700, 500.
The wheat crop shows A decline OF 30 |
percent from the aggregate Of 1854, re-
duction Ia harvested acres Of more than
100000 and value increased from Us 10
per bushel to I'LL, West Yirtlnla's acreage
amounted TO /, 055, 100, producing 8, 760, 900
bushels, valued at 1851, 050. The acre.
age Of Ohio was 2,0lS,D 59 aud the product
was 2O,693,0 900, valued at SIS, 7S0, $50; In
Pennsylvania the acreage was 1880, 223,
producing lS,326,OOO bushels, valued at
$l2,7O2,000.
The total acreage OF oats was %, 7S3, 600,
an increase Of Z percent over 1884. The
The average price was ESQ cents per
bushel, aggTeEatiug $l70,G3l, 500. In West
Virginia the acreage amounted to $4,000,
producing 1881 900 bushels valued at
5000, $50; In Ohio the acreage was l,00S,.
$50, producing 37,470,0O0 bushels valued
at So la,90Oi Pennsylvania acreage was
l,S0S,023, producing 1890, 900 bushels VAL
ued at $l2,S5ISGO.