The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-11
KING COTTON.
CROP REPORT FROM THE AGRICI l.
TURAL DEPARTMENT.
CHIC1GO ANARCHISTS AND
THEIR INFf1VNATORY
CIRCULARS.
SAD oAsE oF INSANITY n CHICAGO.
Fourth Class Po~tmastera Appointed The
fitness of senator Brown. Of Georgia.
The Grain option Bill signed 10y
the Governor Of Missouri.

WAHrNcTON. D c.. May l0-Thi
progress of cotton planting up to MAY
lsf as shown by the Department of Ag
rlcullurc crop report. issued to-day, is a.
follows ON The lst of The month ~ pei
cent..ol the proposed area was planted
This Is one point earlier than The average
of series of years. Only Virginia
North Carolina. and Florida report
planting slightly later The percentage.
are North Carolina a. South Carolina
So. Georgia. 81 Florida 9E Alabama
So. Mississippi SS. Louisiana. ~; Texas
gO. Arkansas. So. Tennessee. ST. Gene
ral average S5 Returns generally make
the commencement Of planting earlier
IN many counties dry weather has pre.
vented termination. and replaniing be.
came necessary
Some spondcnts note the fact that
au early beginning does not insure au
early ending Complaints of retarded
termination are common east Of the
Mississippi. and IN Texas delay of plant
ing and termination, and of retarded
growth and cultivation from excess of
rain of that planted In February.
The area early planted, where subse-
Quoni weather conditions nave been ia
vorablc. was being cultivated second
time in the more southern heli, but The
less advanced were being chopped ont of
thc date of thc report Al the same
time rcpiauting of poor stands was in
progress. I'm more southern latitude
planting was less advanced
Recent temperature has been too low
for the hest growth and condition of the
plant Rainfall In the third week OF
April was in need. rcmedYing previous
deficiencies. hui has since been below
normal through Fl large part of the cot
tom territory the deficiency being re-
heye3 locally and pafailcliy by We'll dis
irihutcd showers
The condition of winter wheat has ad
vanced from gl 96 of rye. from y3J to
800 The general average of winter barlcA
isHG9; of spring g6G, of moving lands,
g63 TIE winter wheat of the ONO
valley. while u.h maintaining iis April
position. bias had "a scani supply of mois-
mrc-. and fcafs Ot future decline of con-
dition are entertained in case of de-
GcicucV of rainfall ON the Atlantic
slope the recent heavy rains have
ohyiateI lho effects of previous dc.
icicncy The plant is generally
green and Aourishine, hut has
not i.llcrcd well in localities. inclin-
inr to dryae-s High condition IS
reported iu thc South, though rust has
appeared upon the wheat blades I'm some
fields The percentage of condition of
States of principal production are Ohio,
900. Michigan. g2. Indiana, gj. Illinois. 9s,
Missouri g-. Kansas, gs. Texas ~~. IN
the La.t. NcW 0rk and Pennsylvania,
average g6 and Maryland and Virginia
g~
ChinDh hue are reported Doe Missouri
and Kansas. and in some instances else.
where without any indication of serious
INJURY
spring ploulhing is much further ad-
ysuced ihan ou May lst of lest year
The pcr cenngn oi ploughing in prepar
iur and planting spring crops. NOT inciu-
-llc of after cultivation. which had ai-
ready been done. i- 93t per Ccni ieav
iu. one INth t0 hc done in May aud
June mainly in Northern laiitud s. Last
year thc pcr ccnfacc was lio The aver
n1c of series of years has
been about 90. This season Is
therefore unusually early ln some cases
correspondents speak of delays from
heavy rains from labor ot replaniing
and other causes. preventing still fur
ilei advancement