The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-07-18
KANSAS LEADS THEM ALL

The Wheat Crop Average. of the
Various StHtes-CoTn backward.
The June crop report returns of the
department of agriculture make an
increase in the area planted la maize
of about one and a third million
acres aud the total over TT,OOO.O
This IL only preliminary estimate,
subject To revision after more
thorough reports now in progress.
The largest increase II west OF the
Mississippi. There IL a small Ell
lRTgement in breadth In some of the
southern states, but in the eastern
and middle states, taken together,
there IL no increase. The condition
Of the crop l. only Inedium-lOwer
than usual at this period of its de-
YelOpmeut. Excessive moisture
has delayed planting aud low tenn
persture and n saturated soil have
retarded growth on the Atlantic
coast north Of South Carolina. In
the cotton states May was cold aud
At most points dry and in June wet
To excess. On the first of July il
was In some danger Of injury from
excess Of moisture, even in Texas,
though the early planted was la the
roasting ear stage and in some
places harvested aud second crop
planted. In the Ohio valley the
condition is lower than elsewhere
Extremely cold weather of the lat
ter part Of May and the first week
Ia June Was very unfavOrahle to
termination and the frosIs Of that
period injured or destroyed that
which was above ground. The re-
planting was slow and the plants
are therefore small, though thrifty
aud growing. In Michigan there
has been some loss of area by plOw-
ing aud seeding Ia millet from
failure to obtain a stand. Cut worms
have been very destructive In the
west. More advanced fields In this
region, which should have been
cultivated four times at this date,
have only been pluwed twice. The
crop II therefore late AID dependent
on July weather for improvement
while exposed more than usual To
possible adverse conditions. The
maize Of the northern border from
Wisconsin to Dakota suffered from
the abnormal cold Of May and early
June, but looks quite a. well now a.
In the Ohio Valley, west OF the
Mississippi, i'm the subhumid belt
aud border Of the arid region, the
crop IL generally in fine condition.
Though injured NJ points by over
flows and excess OF moisture, the
great American desert IL green with
the great American cereal in high
development. The general average
Of condition is about 20, and the
averages of the principal states are:
New York 20, Pennsylvania ~, Nir-
ginia 80, Georgia q, Texas ~, Ten
nessee ~, Kentucky -, Ohio ~,
Michigan 30, Indiana n Illinois ~,
Wisconsin ~. Minnesota ~, Iowa ~,
Missouri ~, Kansas ~. Nebraska rs, /
Dakota ~.
The condition of winter wheat Il |
well sustained, notwithstanding in- |
jury by storm and flood, the general |
standing at ninety-two.
The former complaints OF threat |
ened injury by drouth are displaced |
by statements Of some actual damage
from abundant rains. Occasional |
reports of injury from the hessian
fly, the chlnch bug, the nudge and |
rust are received, but the local esti-
mates Of condition do not indicate
much damage. Probably the result
ing damage may be more fully dis
closed by the books Of the threshers.
In the heart OF the West the har-
vest IL well advanced aud IL gener-
ally finished by this date IL l. en-
tirely completed In the South and
lhreshing Is in progress. The aver
age OF condition of principal states
are as follows: New York, @:
B: Virginia, 80:
Georgia, ~; Texas nj: Tennessee -:
-; Ohio, S.: Michigan,
~; Indians, ~; Illinois, ~: Missouri,
~; Kansas, aS; and California "a.
straw is generally aud unusually
yell headed and plump In grain,
hough In some places IL IL some
y hat shriveled. Fears are enter
aimed OF injury i'm the shock after
harvest, which the change of weather
nay prevent.
The returns concerning spring
Eheat In DAkote are very uufavOr-
BILE from the results Of long con-
tnued drought. Rains late In June
lad improved the situation, but the
'eneral average, as consolidated, is
= Results are extremely variable,
rom . good yield down 10 q bushei
'er acre. In some sections, As
sPOFted the grain Is already head {
ng out with straw six inches high,
he averages Of Wisconsin and Ne |
IraskA are each as, lows, 81, and
flnnesOta 81, Of Montana, Idaho,
nd Washington are low. The gen.
raj average IL about So, which Is
cry low IN this stage OF growth.
A large falling of Of the area In to-
scc0 10 reported amounting 10
yer g per cent on both cigar and
manufacturing leaf, the latter sus- .
aiming most OF the lOss. The pre- I
Imlnary estimate makes q reduction
I 80 per cent In Tennessee, 81 In q
tent1cky, ~ In Indiana and 30 In .
Illinois, with Q smaller reduction In !