Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-11
The Crop OmtIooh.

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WASHINGTON. November 9.-The DEPART
ment Of Agriculture reports a good season
for contemplating during October in The
Southwest. and only moderately favorable
weather I'm the Atlantic Coast states. lue
wet weather " september proved very H.
furious 10 The quality, prostrauug the plants
and r0t,iug the boilS, causing blight ana
shedding, aud iniuring tae prospects Of The
ton crop. There is much stained hbre.
and the quality IS much poorer than mat OK
tie previous year. Picking was late COM
mc1cn2, bat there has Ar Jet been no slliIns
Frost rendering possible a partial compcH-
sation as 90 the length OF the season. Tue
indications OF the yield per acre average lhe
same rs that OF last year 10 this time, though
the previous condition Of ibe plant scarcely
warrant, the expectation Of 20 much late
growth and harvest outcome ~ November
and December. The states west Of The Mis-
slsshDi report o slightly larger yield than
last ,rar, Whilc Ge0rgis. Alabama, and Ten-
res,ee indicate slight reduction. Other
states indicate nearly tls same expectation
OF This date.
Returns OF the yield Of corn made to ne
DEPARTMENT OF Agriculture iudicate the yield
pcr acre quite rs large rs That oil 1885 ana
larger than any other crop since 1880. The
aggregate grown on lsrger area will exceed
thai of any previous American product be-
Ing very close 20 1000, 100000 bushels, or
about 81 bushels per capita, which has been
exceeded IN seyersl previous years. Iho
coru-gurplu. states average yields are As iol-
lows: Ohio. 3j.2 bushels; Indiana, %; llil.
n0i-. 3G.2: Iowa. 81; Missouri, 81; kansas,
-: Nebraska, 3G. These seven STATES pro-
duce "a per cent. Of the crop-the aggregate.
The general average will fall some what under
= bushels. There Is good supply OF maize
I'm uearly an part, Of the south, 30 that com.
par8hyely huls will be required from The
West. The Yields II the Atlantic states are
moderate. aud seriously reduced by ifOst on
the northern border.
After three Yeas OF low yields potatoes
give an average u shout eighty bushels yer
acre or nearly the rate OF the yield VI 1879.
The averages Of the prominent potato
growing states are rs f0lloWs: Name III
bushels; New York. s. bushels; Ponnsy =
vania, ~ bushels; Ohio, so bushels; Mlchi'
gan, 81 bushels; Indians, - bushels; H.
Inois, s0 bushels; Iowa 30 bushels; Mime
sofa, 30 bushels; Dakota, 50 bushels; Ne
braska 80 bushels. Ihe Yield has been IN
creased In the South. 10 IS high IN the
northern belt Of tie Territories. The total
product on The basis Of these averages 10
shout 1875. 0Oo, 600 bushels OF Gl,oO0OOO BUSH
els more than the estimated product OF 1855.
The average yield Of bnckwheat Is ap-
proximately - bushels per acre, and the
crop nearl, II 900. O00hushels. The average
for New York is II bushels; Pennsylvanla,
u: Michigan, l25; Indiana, Ia Illinois,
126: Wisconsin. 90; Minnesota, IL lows,
JOS; Missouri 10T; Kansas, 90; Nebraska,
ll.3.
The hay crop Is slightly above the average
I'm Weld, or - tons per acre. II has been
nowhere seriously injured by drought:
There is 4 strong tendency to increase OIL
area i'm the South, and yields upon cultivated
areas rather than natural meadows are rels'
lively large.