The Iola register., 1890-08-15
oEelclAL REPORT.

Serious Reduction Of Crop Averages Ao-
cordinE TO the Report OF the Department
ofAgriculture.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1L-There is re-
duction In the condition of all cereals,
as reported by the statistictian Of the
Department of Agriculture. The de-
cline from the ,1st of July to the 1st Of
August is from 93.1 to 1913 in corn; from
"a. to S3.2 in spring wheat; from 81 to
70.1 in oats; from SS to s2.S in barley.
Condition of spring rye, s6.S Condi-
tion of Irish potatoes is reduced from
eL7 to TIA A fall of 20 points indicates
the disaster which has befallen the corn
crop within thirty days. The cause is
the abnormally high temperature of the
central maize districts with insufficiency
Of rainfall The returns of drought which
cover a broad area and the severity of
effects produced are more general and
the depression greater than the signal
service record of temperature appears
TO indicate. One factor in the blighting
Of vegetationIis evidently the hot winds
that have scorched the lower basin of
the Missouri valley and the Ohio valley.
The change from drought to daily satu-
ration by repeated and heavy showers
nas been too sudden and extreme in
those regions where drought has been
relieved by seasons of moisture.
The crop is late in the New England
States and will require long warm
season to mature. In the Middle States
the high temperature has advanced
growth in the northern districts and in
the more southern there has been some
injury from drought. The South At
lantic States report local droughts with
subsequent rains and comparatively
good, though somewhat reduced condi-
ton of corn. Some counties in Missis-
sippi have suffered materially from
absence of .seasonable moisture. In
Louisiana the crop is in high
condition, though somewhat late
in the overfowed districts. In
Texas the crop is now matured and is
good, except in that area that has suf-
fered most drought. Late planted corn
in Arkansas has been seriously injured
by the drought of the last three weeks
in July. In the western and south
western part of Kentucky the crop has
been severely scorched, but the rains
since the 23d of July have materially
relieved the fields of the central and
eastern districts. In Ohio there is a
great difference between the northern
and the southern parts of the State. The
southern division of the counties of In
diana and Illinois have likewise received
greater damages than the northern.
Condition is slightly higher in Missouri.
In Kansas the severity of the drought
has eliminated. Iowa and Nebraska
are nearly in the status of the Ohio val
ley, while Minnesota makes the highest
average of all the States. Wisconsin
suffers slightly, and Michigan still
more, from drought There has been
considerable reduction in the condi-
ton of spring wheat, amounting
fully to eleven points. 1t is less in the
Dakotas than in other spring wheat dis
tricts. The average condition is so in
Wisconsin, so in Minnesota, 81 in Iowa,
II in Nebraska and IS in the Dakotas.
The latter is !. decline of seven points,
owing to the hot southern winds, which
affected the late sown more than the
early. The oat crop is certain to be one
of very low yield and probably poor
quality.
Another crop of great importance, po-
tatoes, has also been much damaged by
drought.