Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10

The July report of the department of az
rlculture gives IA generally favorable ar-
count of the condition of the growing crops.
Corn in Vermont is reported at 9, per cent
of full crop the acreage of corn in this
state rs compared with last year, 90 per
cent oats, average condition, % acreage
of potatoes compared with last year lO3,
condition 9d condition of clover 9G timo-
thy o. pasture 100, apples %. Clover and
timothy are evidently reported too low for
this state. AT least ten per cent above
these figures would not have been too high
To represent the actual condition of the hay
crop and paSturaEc for the month of July
IN this part of Vermont
The increase in the acreage of corn in
the United States is reported at i.2 per
cent and its average condition at 93 Con
dition of winter wheat, 100 sprinCwheat,
500; rye, 96.s; oats, 3d. Acreage of
potatoes 1916; condition, 90
The wheat cropis estimated at from 42j,
600, 600 to 1870, 600 0O0 bushels.
Reports from Delaware and MARYLAND in
dictate one of the largest peach crops ever
grown
The hay crop this year has generally
been good III the greater part of the coun-
try as well as III this part of it. The re
port says the condition of timothy, the rep
resentatve constituent of hay of the first
quality, is placed quite high in most of the
states \ cool spring with ample moisture,
conditions generally prevalent this season
are favorable to an abundant yield As a
matter of fact this grass is generally mixed
somewhat with other native and foreign
grasses In the case of regular rotations,
however, the grasses are comparatively un-
mixed and pure, timothy being the princi-
pal if not the only constituent
In Maine the average of timothy was re
duced somewhat by winter killing near the
coast. In western New York and IN some
counties of Pennsylvania and southern New
Jersey there has been reduction of the
yield from drought, and certain localities
in Ohio and Michigan have also suffered
from drought In some of the counties of
Tennessee the crop j, reported as burned
out and in others as reduced one-haf in
consequence of the want of rain
There was some injury 10y winter killing
m the eastern and middle states, and even
in Virginia and Kentucky Some injury
from insects was reported IN Tennessee,
Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri the army
worm was especially troublesome With
these exceptions the report estimates the
crop as slightly above an average.
The season as " hole has been very ia
vorahle for pasturage throughout the great
er portion of the country, and very excep-
uonally so in some sections ordinarily much
exposed 10 drought, "a in Texas and pol-
tons of Kansas, and IN Arizona and other
portions of the arid regions of the South
west In the Northern states, and partic-
ularly IN the Northwest the average tenn
perature for the season. up % June 30 had
been considerably lower than usual while
the rainfall had exceeded the average in
the interior of New England, IN New York
and Pennsylvania in the upper Mississippi
and lower Missouri valleys and in larr,
part of the whole region between the Miss
issippl and the Rocky Mountains There
had been. moreover, far more than the us
ual amount along the greater portion of
the Gulf coast and in Texas In the Obi,
valley and in West Tennessee the rain fall
for the whole season had been largely def.
cient. This deficiency was felt during the
growing season, and its effects are seen IN
the comparatively low condition of pastur,
IN kentucky and the states bordering tn,
ONO river and IN Tennessee but many
counties IN these states report a marked
Improvement. as the result IF copious RAIN,
iu the latter part of June. and with con.
tnuAnce Of favorable conditions further Inn
pr1yement may bee expected
Condition of pastures j. comparatively
nigh m New England A few counties IN
New York have suffered considerably from
drought. but the general average for IN,
stat. De- high From Pennsylvania o. NIr.