Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-08-14
OFFICIAL REPORT.

Serious Reduction of Crop Averages 40
cording to the Report of tho Departments
of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IL-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 LIST of July to the 1st of
August is from 93.1 to Is. in corn; from
o. to $50 in spring wheat; from 81 to
40. in oats; from IS to SIS in barley.
Condition of spring rye, SOS Condi-
ton OF Irish potatoes is reduced from
9L7 to ia A fall of 90 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 insuficiency
Of rainfall The returns of drought which
cover 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
mas 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 a 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 overfiowed 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 in iured
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 Esd 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 SIS 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
| drOupht