Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-07-11
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
TRADE NorEs-cRop REPORTS


| The bureau of crop correspondence main
| tanned at Chicago by the NeV York Journal o.
Commerce, embraces several states in the re.
| ports of its observations, including the whole
winter-wheat belt in the Western, North.
Western, and Southern States. with informa-
ton also from the spring-wheat growing sec
tions. The last communication from that
source Is dated July Sd from which the follow.
ing extract is taken:-
So far as the condition of the corn crop is
concerned 1t is a very critical period, and the
turning point either for better or worse While
the prospects to-day are far in advance ofWhat
they were on June Ii, yet the crop is still late.
The most favorable feature of the corn situaS
ton is this, that everywhere In the corn sur
10 such degree that 1t seems to me even If
July and August should prove dry the crop
ponding month in 1887. To put it in another
way corn is rapidly improving, the cessation
OF rain for the last seven days has enabled
farmers to get into their fields and work them,
but this season we shall not see the fields in a
condition to leave for the season for the crop
to take care of itself before the 18th to the Goth
of July. After the festivities of July are over
everything on the farm will need attention.
Corn to cultivate, rye to harvest. grass to cut.
be on. Oats are very rank; we have greater
growth of straw than for four or five seasons.
Oats are lodging, but not enough yet to reduce
the high average at which the crop stands, We
onght not to have any rain for three weeks at
least. We shall probably cut the largest crop
of oats on record. The harvest returns are
very meagre. and l cannot say yet that the
crop Is secured. Continued rains greatly inter-
fere with cutting and also stacking. There has
been no wheat cut yet In northern Indiana,
Ohio or Michigan. Once In a while report
comes in that the wheat is turning out better
than anticipated thirty days ago; but. taking
all things Into consideration, 1 thiRk you will
find out as the season advances that we shall
harvest very poor crop Doth in quantity and
quality. Certainly SO if the present rains con:
tinue. Texas already is considerably worked
up with regard to the outcome of their wheat.
owing to the fact that the rains came at the
very time they. were the least needed. The
spring wheat is doing fairly well. There is no
thing yet to discourage as to the final outcome,
neither are there any conditions which point
to an excessive crop. All things considered,
the country, so far as its crop conditions are
concerned winter wheat excepted, Is In much
better shape than it whs fourteen days ago."
Bradstreet's, of July 7th has the following in
relation to the sugar trusts
ABOUT the middle of May last arguments
were made before the Attorney General of New
York state in support of a petition urging him
the sugar trust and the corporations represent
ed in that combination, After a careful con-
sideration of the evidence and arguments adj
duced before him the Acknowledgement has
decided to take action in the matter. He takes
the view that the existing law Is amply sufhci-
emit to secure such redress as may be necessary
and proper In case the allegations made against
the trust are sustained, and he regards 1t as i'm
portant and necessary to have o judicial in
vestigation as to the truth of the allegations
made. In pursuance of this decision he will
secute an action against the North River Sugar
Refinery, one of the concerns represented in
the trust, and, 1t is understood. will at once
begin action against the Sugar Ref1neries Com
pany commonly known as the sugar trust. in
which latter case no leave of court Ia neces-
Sary."