Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-05
THE CROP SITUATION.
But Very Little Progress Made as Gen
eral Thing the Past Week.

eral Thing the Past Week.
CHICAGO, June 4.-The Daily Business
publishes the following crop report today:
The past week has been characterized Ly
unusual climatic conditions. Rain has
been general and in many places excessive,
and the temperature in many places I'M
usually low. The result has been that
crops have made but little progress during
that time. Frosts of more or less severity
| have visited many sections of the country,
more especially Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, besides many
places IN Ohio and Indiana. Corn has
been injured some and small fruits have
suffered good deal. The injury to corn,
however, has not been serious and nothing
which good warm weather will not
speadily repair.
| Wheat has apparently suffered no in
| jury, but is really in better condition now
than week ago. True it has been held
back some in developments and the har-
vest has been put off for few days, but
very few sections where any excess is re-
| ported. Of course, in few small areas
| floods have followed the heavy rainfall,
and some of the fields have been destroyed
or damaged, but the loss from this cause
will not be material. The rains have es-
pecially and effectually disposed of the
chinch bugs in those sections where they
were causing the most apprehension, and
| the ground has been so well supplied with
moisture that in the winter wheat belt the
crop will now 60 on to maturity without
serious suffering, even should there be no
additional supply. In this respect the week
has been favorable one, though 1t cannot
be said that the crop is yet absolutely as
sured, for it has dangers yet to encounter.
Hot scalding weather may yet inJure it,
bugs and fly may damage it and bad har-
vest weather may impair 1t, even should 1t
escape everything else. But so far as win
ter wheat is concerned 1T is, up to the
present time, in better than an average
condition. Spring wheat, too, has good
promise and has not been adversely af-
ected by the weather of the past week.
True, it has been checked in growth, as
development could not be expected with
such a low temperature, but in other re-
spects it has suffered nothing 1t has been
improved, in fact, in one respect, in that
it will require for the balance of the
season, and this is an important
point gained. So far, therefore, as
wheat is concerned, the week has been by
no means an unfayorable one, and the
promise, if not better, is at least as good as
it was a week ago, and the indications of
large harvest are more favorable.
We noted last week the spotted or I'M
even character Of the winter wheat crop:
our reports this week give additional con-
firmation of this fact, but 1t is encourage
ing to know that the poor fields are not
numerous, and are restricted to small
areas. These were the results of the dry
weather early in the season, which subse-
quent rains did not repair. Though
guesses at this time of the probable crop
must be largely predetermined, the situa-
ton is now more favorable for intelligent
estimates than heretofore. In 1SSi-whep
we harvested our largest wheat crop-the
Washington agricultural bureau made the
winter wheat acreage in round numbers
Is, SAC, 900 acres, of spring wheat II, 10000
acres; or a total Of 80, 476, 600 acres. The
prodnct was $50. 300, 900 bushels of winter
wheat and 156, ASK 900 bushels of spring,
being a total of 5l2, 755, 900 bushels. This
was at the rate of about 1913 bushels per
acre of winter wheat, and IA bushels per
acre of spring: or an average of about -
bushels per acre for the entire wheat acre
age.
The condition as reported by the depart
ment June !, 1884 was as follows: Spring
wheat l01 and winter wheat 93. Kentucky
stood at 90; Ohio, SO; Michigan, OIL; In
New York and Pennsylvania 9S and 100
respectively.
This year the wheat acreage is estimated |
OF trifie over SO, 000, 0G0, or A,45l 900 OF |
winter and l4,5S9.0O0 of spring; or only |
about ass, 600 less than in 1884, and the |
spring wheat is not mucn inferior, prob |
ably only few points less than it was |
then. Should the yield in the aggregate |
be the same as in 1884, or Ii bushels per |
acre, it would produce total of 501 ,520,- |
600 bushels. This calculation is rather |
interesting, but everyone will readily I'M |
derstand that is not meant to be a predic- |
ton: but merely possibility, as deducted |
S-0,N hnr n1Jf1 ha
radically changed by future events.
Corn has undoubtedly been injured some |
by the unfayorable weather of the past |
week. The low temperature and the |
weedy condition has caused great deal |
of it to turn yellow, and given 1t a stunted |
Michigan, Indiana. Ohio. Iowa and III the
northwest it has been cut down by frost.
But this has not inflicted serious harm as
the plant will undoubtedly resume growth |
as soon as we get warmer westher. 1t may
be retarded some. but as 1t is now
more than usually forward, it will
not be made unusually late by
Gus feature is the fact that cut
worm ravages are stimulated by such
weather, and they are reported as already
doing good deal of damage. Besides the
weeds are getting big start, and much of
the corn is already were foul, and by the
time the cultivators can get to work the
condition may be much worse than now |
Still, there is nothing in the corn situa-
ton 10 create apprehension. and, If clear
ing. warm weather follows the increased |
acreage this year will insure heavy crop. |
Oats, according 10 all information at
hand, are doing reasonably well. The
cold. backward weather has prevented the
ready development desirable at this season
of the year. but the crop has suffered little
or no permanent injury. The rainfall has
been great and lasting benefit, insuring
about all the moisture the plant will need
for the balance of the season All indica-
tons are fairly promising, and, barring all
future accidents, large yield seems GER
tain.
mUSkOGEE'S COURT OPENS.
MUsKoGEE, I. T. June i-The first term