Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-05-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
TRADE NOTES aOP REPORTS.

TRADE MOTIFS ROP REPORTS.
Crop RepOrfs.-Either through our State
Commissioner or from the Station Of the State
Board of Agriculture. we ought to have fire.
quent and authentic reports of the condition OF
the crops whilst In the growing process. as well
as after maturity. 10 some States. this Impor-
tant public service is attended TO by the Com.
missioner with complete regularity. Imme
diately alter passing through the month OF
April, would oe proper time to furnish the
public with the condition OF the wheat and
grass crops upon which 80 much Of interest
for the future of the year depends.
The government reports are not sufficiently
specific as to localities for local purposes. be-
cause they are based upon deductions from
general Information.
Through the State organizations In the West,
crop-reports are made, a. the situation invites
throughout the year. In addition. some of the
leading journals at the large trading centers
enter the field for that class of Intelligence, and
in the main their reports are superior to all
others that are made.
We hope our State Board OF Agriculture will,
at a convenient time, examine into the sugges-
ton we make with the view of bringing about
an Improvement. The Board Is q new orgaui-
zation abdi must have time TO get fairly In
harness for all the details of the progress to be
made on the broad field o our agricultural in
terests.
In our section of the Valley as also, we may
say, in the winter wheat bslt OF the Atlantic
Coast and Ohio aud Mississippi Valley States
the close ofApril is the time to begin to estma'
the prospect of wheat aud grass fo- the coming
harvssts. Whilst 1t IL true nothing 10 conclus
i've of the yield of wheat until the threshing
machine tells the tale. yet the period referred
to il generally accepted. at least, for the ooca'
mencement of estimates of yield.
Our means OF personal observation are not as
large as we could wish, but within that scope,
as well as through some correspondence and
through enquiries made for the purpose, the
prospect is excellent for both wheat and grass
In the alley counties.
There was some harsh weather during the
winter months when the usual allowance OF
snow failed to fall and the soil was dry, but its
severity was tempered by fairly mild winter
and we escaped the results which were dread
ed by many Of our Oldest and most experience
ed farmers. If May brings a liberal share OF
moisture. and June is tempered more lightly
in that respect, we can look with growing
pride upon the annually increasing crops oil
wheat and grass.-the favorits staples of our
agriculture-and with renewed delight on their
expanding culture.
In noting the coalition of crop-prospects at
this season of the year in the West. the &C.
counts which reach US now are more favorable
than they have been at the same time in any
Of the past thres years. Especially Is this true
in relation to the winter wheat States. The
same remark is applicable TO the Sp ing whsa
h.rf Tho -, Ct -.
that cereal has to pass comes with the early
frosts before lts maturity. or the Winter wheat
harvest in the West. the prediction is already
made that 1t will come fifteen days earlier
than it did last year.
The iaaernaI Reysnua,-The collections
of internal revenue during the first nine
months of the present fscai year were COS. 4s9. !.
446. being an increase of s., sos 4s9 as compared
with the collections during the corresponding
period of the last fiscal year. The collections
were as follows: On spirits. S5s.2l2525-an In
crease Of O7 .976; on tobacco s22 SO l92-sn in
crease OF 1928 49, on fsrmented liquors, $40 6es.
2O6-an Increase OF si93 2sS; on oleon Argariue
s6ls. S5o-an increase of s5O,SSl. on banks and
bankers, s30O5-sn increase OF s5.65l; on mis-
ceilaneous, s85 9 "a decrease of s70,572.
The receipts for March last wers 81 col ,745
greater than for March, 1888.
Corn In Farmers Hands In Seven
Principal Corn states.-Tne following esti
mates of corn In farmsrs' hands IN the even
principal coru-growing states has been made
to April LIST, with the amount of the crop in
each State, as follows
Ohio-Crop, ls0,s09 s92 bushels; 80 per cent. or
50, 200 9g7 bushels. on hand.
Indiana-Crop. 159, SIS 0l3 bushels 81 per cent.
or 81. 053. 764 bushels, ON hand.
Illinois-Crop. as SOB 40 bushels; 81 per cent,
or IS 538. 2SS bushels, on hand.
Iowa-Crop, 3Oesa3,7lS bushels; s. per cent. or
IE, 1855, 299 bushels. on hand.
Missouri-Crop, 237. 563.5ss bushels; q per
cent, or 64.l42. 1888 bushels. on hand.
Kansas-Crop. lSS, $50 622 bushels; % per cent.
or 81, $50. DIS bushels, on hand.
Nepraska-Crop. Isl. 59l, 479 bushels; 80 per
cent, or A. 477,44S bushels, on hand.
Exports and Imports The exports and
imports of the United States for the periods
specified below were as follows:-
Exports for