National Republican., 1886-09-11
THE CROP REPORT,
Later Returns Show @ Much Better
Yield Than Anticipated.

The September report Of the department
Of agriculture shows better yield offspring
wheat than was expected a month ago.
The improvement is In the northern belt,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Dakota. In
Nebraska there has been decline; In Iowa
little change. The general average is S4,
an increase Of 4 points. The average yield
Of the crop, so far as the results of thresh-
ing are reported, exceeds IL bushels, and
may reach 111 bushels per acre.
Threshing OF winter wheat In the Ohio
valley gives a better return than was ex-
pected at harvest, and there is some i'm
provement 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 product In the shock. The
returns indicate an average yield OF about
12t bushels per acre. The entire wheat
product will apparently exceed that OF last
year by S0,000,000 to 10000, 900 bushels.
The exact determination of area harvested
and results Of threshing are easily equiv
alent to variation Of at least 2 per cent.
Corn has declined from 81 in August to
a. In the states of principal production
the status is as follows: Kentucky, from 81
In August to 90 In September; Ohio, SO to
so; Michigan, so in both returns Indiana,
90 to 90; Illinois declines from n to ~;
Missouri, from 75 to 62; Kansas, 70 to so;
Nebraska, from 70 to 6S; Iowa, 73 to 81.
The loss west Of Indiana is caused by
| drought. In the South Atlantic states there
has been Improvement; on the gulf coast a
| slight improvement, except In Texas, where
drought has reduced condition. The pres
ent crop prospect, with no further decline,
| is 10 per cent. worse than last year, and in
dicates over twenty-one bushels per acre, or
nearly 100000, 900 bushels.
The cotton returns show vigorous con-
dition of the plant, with lateness and def
ment In most OF the states, with decided
decline In Texas, and little In Arkansas.
The indisputable reduction Of condition
last month In the south and west Of Texas
has been emphasized In this return. The
average Of condition Of the crop area, SO, is
slightly above that Of Aug. /, for the first
time in September for fifteen years. With
a long and favorable autumn, II indicates
an average crop. Yet decline In condi-
tion, after this date, is usual. Insects
have appeared in most OF the states, with
little loss so far, more from the boil worm
than from the caterpillar. The state aver
ages Of condition are: Virginia, n; North
Carolina, SO; South Carolina, 81; Florida,
| SO; Georgia, 81; Alabama, so; Mississippi,
SO; Louisiana, 81; Texas, 70; Arkansas, 93;
| Tennessee, %.
The results of threshing make the condl-
tion Of oats at harvest 9l, small reduction
from earlier expectation. The average of
barley is 93, indicating an average crop.
| Buckwheat averages 90. Potatoes have de-
clined from 1873 to S1.4, from effects of
| local drought. In New York the decline is
from 97 to S9, and it is heavy in the dry
area of the west. The condition Of tobacco
averages 81.
The number Of fattening hogs are appar-
emily less by about 6 per cent, with some
reduction In average weight.