Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-09-11
September Report Of Crops.


WASHINGTON, September l0.-The
September report of the Department OF
Agriculture shows better yield OF
spring wheat than was expected a
month ago. The improvement is in the
northern belt Of Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and Dakota. In Nebraska there has
been a decline in Iowa little change.
The general average is 81, an increase
of four points. The average yield OF
the crop so far as the results OF
threshipg are reported exceeds eleven
bushels, and may reach eleven ana
a half bushels TO the acre. The
,hreshing of winter wheat in the Ohio
Valley gives better return than was
expected at harvest, and there is 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 Is
disappointing, and the rains injured the
product in shocks. The returns indicate
an average yield Of about twelve aud a
half bushels to the acre. The entire
v heat product will apparently exceed
that Of last year by S0,00O,00O to 90
O00. goo bushels. The exact determi.
nation of the harvest and the results oil
threshipg are easily equivalent to
variation Of at least per cent. Corn
has declined from eighty-one in Al
gust to seventy-seyen. In the States
in which is the principal production,
the status is as follows: Kentucky,
from 81 in August to 90 in September;
Ohio. IS to so; Michigan, so in both
returns Indiana, 90 to 90; Illinois,
declines from II to 70; Missouri, from
IS to 90; Kansas, from y to 62; Ne
brasks, from &c to 6S; Iowa, from -
to CT. The loss west Of Indiana Is
caused by the drought. In the South
Atlantic States there has been an in
proyement; on the Gulf coast a slight
Improvement, except in Texas, where
the drough. has reduced the condition.
The present crop prospect, with no
further decline, is l9 per cent. worse
than last year, and indicates over Il
bushels per acre, or nearly l, 600, OC0,0OO
bushels.
The cotton returns show vigorous
condition Of the plant, with la'eness
and deficiency in fruiting. There has
been an improvement in most OF the
States. with decided decline in Texas
and little in Arkansas. The lndis-
pu,able reduction Of the condition last
month in the south and west OF Texas
has been emphasized in this return
The average Of the condition OF the
crop ares-S2-is slightly above thai
of August LIST for the FIRST
time in September in fifteen
Years. With a long and favorable
autumn it indicates an average crop
vet a decline in the condition after thu
date is usual. Insects have appeared
in most Of the States, with loss 81
far more from boll-worm than from
catertillar. The State averages OF con
dition are Virginia, II; North Caro-
lima. 50; South Carolina, 81; FLORIDA
SO: Georgia, 81 Alabama, so; Mis-
sissippi, 50; Louisiana, 81; Texas
70: Arkansas, 90 Tennessee, 30.
The results of the threshing max
! the condition Of oats at harvest VI pc
: cent. small reduction from the ear
; lier expectation. The average G
; barley is % per cent. indicalln
: the average crop. Buckwheat ave
: RACES 90 per cent. Potatoes have dc
! clined from 1913 per cent. to STA pc
. cent. from the effects Of local drought
In New York the decline is from 81
E 50 per cent, and it is heavy in the DR.
area Of the West. The condition
: tobacco averages 81 per cent. III
number OF fattening hogs is APPARENT
a less by about 6 per cent? with SON
,ednction in the average weight.