The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-09-16
Full Text of Statistician
Dodge's Government Re-
port for September.
II Shows a Condition Even Worse
Than the Published Synopsis
Few Days Ago
All Grains Bound 10 Be High on Ac-
count OF the Early Frosts---
The British Summary.


sensation in all the grain markets In ih,
country. statistician Dodge now furnishes
the full text OF the reports. Tho showing I,
even worse, IL anything, than was repre-
sented In the comparatively brief synopsi,
given ON Thursday. Tho following II the
statement completes
The Statement.
The season has not been favorable 10 CO.
reals. potatoes or fruit while hay. cotton
and sugar have been favored with condi-
tions conducive 20 medium or large de-
veiopment. Where drainage Is defective
cultivation limited and maximum Of care
and labor Is applied. the meteorological
mishaps will bo numerous aud injurious,
II IL satisfactory 20 know that a considera-
BILE percentage OF the losses nov sustained
IL avoidable, yet IL win be long, while
lands remain cheap, before the possible
remedy shall be applied Tho losses arc
now 80 serious In the great rain belt that
aFid-iand farmers do not fail 30 claim an
advantage In the control of moisture In its
application to growing crops The rainfall
of the season has been iitful and Irregular
over much OF the cultivated area. A late
and cold spring WAS followed in large areas
In the south and central west by drouth Of
several weeks duration, and In some places
OF nearly two months, which was broken by
heavy storms, often attended by high winds.
The signal service summarizes the precipi-
tation of the summer up to tho Arst week In
September as follows
The rainfall for the season continues In
excess In the lake region and New England,
IN the northern portions OF the Middle At
lantic states, iH the Ohio valley. Southern
Missouri, Arkansas. Central Mississippi and
Eastern Texas. A slight seasonal excess A.
also reported from the Northern Pacific
coast. The seasonal deficiency la the South
Atlantic states Ii from to 10 inches, and
from ~ 90 10 inches In the extreme southern
portions OF Alabama. Mississippi and Lotiisl-
ana. The seasonal deficiency Is about 7
lnehes In Kansas. lnchea la Western Ne-
braska, to . ihehes in Eastern Nebraska.
Iowa assd Northern Missouri. Aboat the
same deficiency 4 repoxsed ffoa MassA-
Maszsaxt&S x<lH4N ~ xax4HNxAnnN III
thS IAkS region The seasonal excess varies
from TO inchea''
Our returns ovnrywhere enphasixe the rc-
sulsa OF Irregularities In rain fall and tenn
peratnrc. The amount Of rain Il Of far less
practical Importance than its timely dlstri-
button aud absorption by the soil The
value OF moisture In crop developments can
not be determined ny the sum OF prcclpita-
: tion, nor the maturity OF plants by the ag-
gregAte OF the seasons heat. A Gew days of
excessive moisture. accompanied or fol-
lowed by extreme heat, when grain II Ia the
milk and fruit h maturing, may destroy or
seriously ln1ure the crop, causing blights of
grain and rottfng Of fruit. The effects OF
drouth have been severest Ia Kansas and
Nebraska, Northern Missouri, southern Iows
and the region contiguous 90 the Ohio river
on both sides. 1t has been quite Injurious
70 cotton and other crops on the Gulf coast
and portions OF Che Southern Atlantic coast
The Iainry 10 Come.
corn--The returns for September show
that the injary 90 the corn crop reported
last month was intensified by continuance
OF drouth In August until the rains came 10
it, relief, bus too late for fall recovery. On
tho coast. from New Jersey 10 Maryland
and d-in North -Earnliaay Tennessee. fru=
lucky, Arkansas aud Missouri, a. also In
northern New England and Florida there IL
Improvement since Aug. 1. In Michigan,
Wisconsin and Indiana and in Georgia. Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas. the condition Is
unchanged. A decline has occurred IN New
York. Ohio. Illtnois and la all the north
western states and In some others OF less
Importance. The average IL 7O.1, against
7a.i-2 last mouth. IL ls the lowest average
since 1851. The crop Is late Inthe eastern
states, requiring maturing weather through
out September II IL also late and variable
Ia development In New York and Pennsyl-
vania. The Atlantic coast states return
relatively high conditioa, compared locally
by the effects Of midsummer drouth and
later by storm. In Tenueasae MgssIsstnrl
Arkansas and Texas, drouth. more or less
severe. from the 10th OF June 20 the middle
OF August. reduced the condition too low for
subsequent recovery. as the crop was ma
turing or ripe before rains came. Tha nhte
valley aud the Missouri valley report nro.
tracted drouth and low condition Wills
the rains Of che last two weeks Of Augns,
have been beneficial nearly eveFywhera
they have not always restored the is.s.e. :,
tho iirst half Of the month. In the hotsn,r
lands. where growth was maintained 80
recent rainfall win make a good cron. xhIl,
the dry nplands were beyond recovery Ts.
lowest condition II In Kansas, though soms
OF the eastern counties make good res,,ras
The Dakotas and Nebraska are little hlo1sr
The crop II late, and will require ms r,urh
time to mature on the latitude of 10 dewrea,
as for the earlier varieties grown on the llns
Of 40 degrees. The following IL statement
OF monthly conditioni
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