Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-06-18
Weather and Crop Reports.

VIRGINIA.-The weather and condition of
crops in Virginia furnished by correspondents
of the United States Signal service at the sew
eral points named below for the week ended
June 18th, has been received by the SPECTATOR
from the Lynchburg signal station.
Temperature and sunshine during the week
about an average. Wheat where harvested. is
estim ated about n Of average crop. Oats gen.
orally short. Corn doing we'll.
In the tobacco belt about n of crop planted.
Il Of which died. Not q good prospect for the
other.
MISUNDERSTANDING and Floyd counties
Rainfall 0.30. Wheat less than half crop. Rye
medium. Apples one-fourth. Oats and corn
good and indications for a full crop.
Roanoke-No rain. Only small stand of
tobacco. Wheat half crop. Oats and hay
promising Oats fair.
DanvIlle-Local showers to-day is all the rain
for two weeks. % per cent less tobacco planted
and 20 per cent of that dead In all this tobacco
region.
Bedford-Rainfall 0.S4 in two days. Wheat
harvest commenced, estimated q OF a crsp.
Corn doing well. average for oats.
Spottsylvania - Rainfall below average.
Wheat harvest going on. Corn looks we'll
Tobacco backward and not done planting.
Rain needed.
Nottaway-Rainfall O.l6 in two days. Corn
looks we'll, but tobacco plants mostly destroy
ed.
Petersburg The report embraces several ad-
Joining counties. and Ia devoted to tobacco; in
some fair. others backward.
Rlchmond-In the surrounding counties
Wheat harvest on with about q of yield.
Surry-Oats inferior. Corn doing well.
Isle of Wight-Rainfall 0.3S in two days.
Augusta-Rainfa fall 0.SS IN two days. Wheat
from Il to "a crop with improving tendency.
Oats inferior. Corn a fair stand.
MISUNDERSTANDING .20 in one day. Wheat,
oats, and grass looking well, and prospect for a
fair average of each.
ingham-Rainfall O.53 in two days.
Wheat greatly improved In the past week and
good quality. Whilst needing rain, the grow.
ing weather is good. Corn doing finely.
Smyth-Rainfall 0.3O in 2 days. Wheat fair.
Corn and grass doing well. oats receding.
Madison-Corn looks well. Not worked
well, because of excess of rain. Wheat below
average.
Cnarlotte--Rainfall at Mossingford 0.16 in 2
days. Tobacco crop the smallest planted in 25
years, Il Of It doing fairly. Wheat light and
oats, grass. and corn not doing well. No rain
at Aspinwsll. Tobacco about same as the
inferior.
THE WESTERN STATEs--We know of no more
careful and reliable medium. nor. any SO full,
not excepting the government department, for
ascertaining the area and extent of the several
crops produced In the wheas.growing States as
the Cincinnati Price Current In reference to
crops that journal has been publ shing weekly
for four weeks reports from its own hundreds
Of correspondents scattered over the wide ex-
tent of country named. 1t Is nothing unusual
to fill from to columns every week with
these condensed reports.
Following are soma of the conclusions eX-
pressed by the Price Current in the lengthy re-
view Of the 18th instant, after stating the posi-.
ton of the government report
II the winter wheat area has been SO largely
reduced as intiniated by the govern report
1t is in order to modify previous calculations
the estimate. II so low about 255, 900 600
| bushels be accepted as the indication. and
spring wheat conditions be maintained, the
limit of prospects Is about Al, 100000 bushels
While IL Is possible that ultimate results may
prove somewhat more favorable, both as to
winter and spring grain. the chances are more
in favor OF a reduction. especially In view OF
trying conditions liable to attend the spring
crop at later period in It's development.
GA tie basis OF Ais coo, 600 bushels OF wheat
this season. and Is, O0J,00J oi previous produc-
ton which high prices may draw irem remain
L,
LOOK for the coming year docs not promise
more than about Is 0G0, 900 bu .hsls thus dispos-
ed OF during the year now approaching a close.
This implies the reduction OF reserves to a
strictly minimum.
Speculative sentiment recsntiy carSied
wheat values unreaSonabiy high, and specuia-
tive sentiment just now is depressing values
unreasOuabiy low, ii view OF the evidence as
to the worlds Wheat supply for the coming
year. 1t Is not usually wiss to urge the hold
lug upGc stoczs OF grain when there is activity
In demand especially at values bstter than
previously current-but the signs OF the season
are more than ordinarily favorable TO an out
than even the improved values now being OBJ
| tanned for tue remnant of the old.
In the Central states of the West the past
week has been reasonably favorable for crops.
Winter wheat has evidently msintained Its
Status In OHIO, and receded a little In average
Indications for other States, so that any changs
| Ia the general promise has been toward q re-
duction.
| Spring wheat districts in the Northwest are
maintaining the previous promise, al a rule,
and the general position of this crop is good.
The week has omewhat improved the aver
| age Situation of the corn crop, although 1t is
still decidedly backward, and IN many local T.
| ties weeds have been sainins uudus Roadway;
culiivating operations progressing fairly
| we'll as Il rule the ground In some localities
| beiug lii unfavorable condition, Delayed
| plan tug and replanting operations have beer
| aiulost entirely completed.
The oats crop, while irregular In condition
has evidently not lowered In average promise
during the week.
Considerable rain has fallen in the Western
States during the week, and but limited areas
are now suffering from lack OF moisture al
| though injury to crops was being threatened In
many places,