The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-11
A MONTH In THE FIELDS.
IMPROVEMENT SEEN IN THE CON-
DITION OF COTTON.

Last Year-The EIeld5 1eLL SOme-
what Grassy by the Rains - An
Increase in the Area Planted in
Corn
WASHINGTON, July 1O-Ths June report
of the statisticlan of the department Of ag-
riculture shows improvement IN the condl-
ton Of cotton during the past month. Early
planted areas are well advanced. That
/ which was planted in May, and that which
| had not germ mated before the Sc tson OF
/ drought is late and small. There was frost
| nearly throughout the cotton belt on the
last of May and first of June, which pre-
! vented germinatioI, already long delayed
| and arrested the gro vuh of the plant. There
| Is general complaint of the effect OF
dry and cool season continuing
through May and June in delaying
| germlnation and grow h, and favOrlng
the prevalence of lice. West of the Missis-
siJpi, e,pec ally in Texas, the season IS con-
sidered a we. one, and the June rains
y hich continued till the day of tue re sort,
| began at an earlier date amin the Atlantic
states Their effect has been TO improve
the stand, which was very defective, and
advanced the growth OF the plant.
FIELDS SOMEWHAT GRASSY.
| The p evidence of the rains left the fields
| somew. at grassy the eve Of July, con-
|
may have remedied Except on plantations
| having too large a area for the number of
plows available, the crop was generally
! kept clean during the period Of the drought.
| Tue vide varIatio in the date of germ ma
ton has had the effect TO make the crsp
later by week or two than that of 1898,
and the stand is not 50 E pod. Some
| some later in June The period OF germi-
nation has been longer tina usu Il through
out tue cotton belt. There are loc differ
! ences in the lie 9Th Of peri d. This refers
| to the whole of the c tt IN belt. The
percentages Of condition by states are as fol
lows: Virginia 63, n nth Carolina So,
| South Car0ina 81, Gaorgi Sc, Florida 80,
| Alabama 81. Mississippi 81, L ,uisaaa 90,
Texas 90, Arkansas SO, Tennessee 80, general
| aver4g $50. The cater Jillar and boil worm
| have $eared in Texas and Louisiana and
| in some parts of Mississippi The setting of
! lights and catching of the miller that pro-
duces ne cotton worm have already been
ge leral, promising mitigation of future
deprsdatioAS.
MORE MAIZE PLANTED.
The June returns make an increase in the
area planted in maize of about one and
| lird mill ons of acres. and total of over
! 1900, 00O. is is only preliminary esti-
m tie, subject TO revision after the m IRE
! thorough cencus tests now in progress. The
| largest increase is west of the Mississippi.
There is a small enlargement eff the brea It'll
! II some of the southern states, but e
eastern and middle states, taken together,
there is no inc 'ease.
ITS CONDITION ONLY MEDIUM.
The coalition of corn is only medium
and lower than usual at this period of de
veopment. Excessive m iSiure has de-
| layed planting, and the low temperature
and saturated soil have retarded the growth
on the Atlantic coast north of South Caro-
lima. In the cotton states May was cold
and at most points dry, and in June wet to
excess On July it was in some danger of
injury from excess of moisture, even i'll
Texas, though early planted was in the
roasting ear stage, and in some places har-
vested and the second crop planted.
Low IN THE OHIO VALLEY.
In the Ohio valley the condition is lower
| than elsewhere. The extremely cold
weather of the latter part of May and the
first week in June was very unfavorabe to
| termination, and the frosts of tnat period
injured or destroyed that which was above
| ground Replan lug was slow, and
plants are theref re small, although thrifty
and growing. In Michigan there has been
! some loss of area by plowis & up and
seeding to millet from failure to obtain
sta d. Cut-worms have been very destruct-
sye in the west. The more al yancsd tielis
in this region, which shoul have been Gu
tivated four times at this date, have only
been plowed twice. The crop is, therefore,
late and dependent on July weather for i'm
| pr0venleat, while exposed more than usual
| to possible adver conditions.
SUFFERED FROM COLD.
Mazo of the northern b rider, from Wis
consin TO Oak TIA, suffered from the abnor-
NAL cold of May and early June, but looks
quite as well now as i'll the Ohio valley.
West of the Mississippi, in the sub-humid
belt and on the DO der of the arid regi IN,
the crop il generally in fine coalition,
though injured at points BY OVERT )ws and
excess of moisture. The great American
desert is green with the great Anne j.
can cereal in high development The
general average Of condition is about 90,
a the ayera yes of the principal ares are
New York 50, Pennsylvania IS, Virginia
| 30, Georgia %. Texas 9S, Tennessee %, Ke
lucky 80, y 10 81, Michigan 70, Indi ma 81,
| Hi oi> 50, Wisconsin IS, Minnesota, 81,
Iowa 95, Montana 90, Kansas 81, Nebraska
9S, Dakota So,
SMALLER AREA IN TOBACCO.
The crop report of the agricultural de-
partment for July shows large fall z off
OF the area in t1bacco, amounting to over
% yer cent, on both cigar and IN .nufac5ur-
ing loaf, the latter sustai ing most of the
loss 4 preliminary estimate makes a re-
ductiol Of so per cent. ii Tennessee, 81 in
Kentucky, "A in Indiana, and 80 in Illinois,
with smaller reduction in Oaio and Mis-
souri,. The general condition of tobacco
falls little short of 30.
WINTER WHEAT.
The condtiol of winter wheat is well sus-
tanned, not outstanding Injury by storm
and food, the general condition standing at
o. Former complaints of threatened in
jury by d ought are displaced by the state
men,s of some actual damage from abuud-
ant rains. Occasional repor of injury
from the Hessian fly, Chtnch bug, Nudge
| a ID rus. ara received, but the local esti-
mates of condition do not Indicate much
damage Probably the resulting damage
may be more fully disclosed by the books
of the threshers.
In the heart of the west the harvest was
well advanced, and is generally finished
by this date. 1t is entirely completed in
south, and tEreSning is progress The
averages of condition i'll the principal sta rs
are as follows; New York o. Pennsylvania
g. Virginia 80, Georges "a, Texas Sc, Ten
nessee 95, Kentucky IS. Ohio S.. Michigan
50, Indi 'na 50, Him is "a, Missouri 81, kan
sas %, California 81.
Straw is generally short, and usually
well headed aud plump IN the grain, though