New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.
A HEAVY FALL IN THE CONDITION OF CORN.

SHOW GREAT INJURY FROM DRoUTn.

SHOW GREAT INJURY FROM DROUTH.
Washington Aug. 9-There is a reduction in the
condition Of all cereals reported by the statistcian
Of the Department 81 Agriculture. The decline from
July 10 August | is from 931 20 1873 in corn from
0i.4 to So in spring wheat, from SIG TO 'O.l III
oats ard from 553 70 $40 in barley The condition
OF buCkwhcat is 0OI and Of spring rye SOS Tile con-
dton of Irish potatoes reduced from 01.7 to IA
fall Of twenty points indicates the disaster when
has befallcn the corn crop within thirty days The
cause is the abnormay high temperature Of the
central maize districts. with insufceRcy OF rainfall
The returns Of the dTOuth, which cover broad area
and the severity Of effects produced, are more gen
eral and depressing than the signal service record OF
temperature appears to indicate. one factor III the
blghting Of vegetation IS evidently the hot wndS
that have scorched the lower basin of the Missouri
Valley and the Ohio Valley The change from drouth
to daily saturaton by repeated and heavy showers
has been too sudden and extreme In those regions
where drouth has been relieved by seasons OF moisture
The crop is late in the New England states ana
will require a long warm season to mature IL. In
the Middle states tho high temperature has advanced
growth in the northern districts, and in the more
southern there has been some injury from drouth
The south Atlantic States report local dronths with
subsequent rains, and comparatively good though
somewhat reduced, condition Of corn. some counties
! I'm Mississippi have suffered materially rom
/ absence of scasonable moisture. In Louisiana
I
a,o in the overlooked districts. In Texas the crop Is
now matured and good except in the area that ms
! suffered most from drouth Late planted corn IN
Arkansas has been seriously injured by the dTOuth OF
the last three weeks In July. In the western ann
southwestern part 81 Kentucky the crop has bcch
severely scorchcd, but the rains since July 20 have
materially relieved the fields OF the central and eastern
districts In ohio there Is a great difference Dcu"eci
! the northern and southern parts Of the state mo
southern division OF the counties of Indiana ana lnoS
has likewise received greater damage than the northern
Condition IS slightly higher in Missouri IN Kansas
the severity Of the droutl has eliminated iowa ana
Nebraska are nearly IN the status of tho ONO FaHcy'
while Minnesota makes the heaviest avera-c OF all te
states. Wisconsin suffers slightly ana Ml'Ihs'H sum
more from drOUth -. $3.50.
There ha, been a considerable reduction ~ the con
/ dtou Il spring wheat. amounting 20 lu'N cp.,
points II /, less In tie DakoaS than IN the ou'r
-prlns wheat districts. The average ol cOhulltoi =
in Wisconsin, iu Minnesota, - IN iowa, 80 -. ~,
iIa,a and = in the Dabotas. The latter Is dcIiiuc
II seven points. owing 20 hot southern WIu'' VIM "
| affected the latc-sOvn more than Tie early .,.
The injury TO Oat, that made the 'ohdI,iJH " lf,'
month So low tho loves, Oi the st Of cereals as Deer.
much Intensified since making reducuoh VI w W.
polut- The crop is certain to be one OIL 10" S'eu III"
Nno,hcr crop Of great importance, potatoes, has a5i
! tccn much damaged by dr0uth low raW Vi Nicl'
| is assured ,,,. 1,.orco a.,
condition an the Caronas. Tennessee. is'.,,ipPl am
Louisiana fall 81 one point IN Georgia anu f!oni'n
! ~ two I'm Alabama. four In Arkansas ana ScNcn !"
Texas Tie general average is 7"1 II was ~ ~ -
| mnutI Condition is therefore stu relatively MS
The Ii1pr,vemcut ia the Mississippi River BOTTOMS ],
| from rapid growth Of late paintings OF 9uo"'crs''
| areas.