The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-10
CROP STATISTICS.
Official Reports to the Department Of Agr-
culture,

WASHINGTON, August 9-There is reduc-
ton IN condition of all cereals as reported
by the statistician of the department of
agriculture. The decline from the 1st of
July TO the 1st of August is from 90 to
t3.3 in corn: from % to $50 in spring
wheat; from 81 to 70.I in oats; from So to
62S IN barley. Condition of spring rye
SOS. Condition of Irish potatoes is reduced
from 81 to IA. a fall of 20 points indi-
cate the disaster which has befalIen the
corn crop within thirty days. The cause is
abnonmally high temperature of the central
maize districts with insufficiency of rain
fall The returns of drOuth, which cover
broad area, and the severity of effects
produced are more general and depressing
than the signal service record of tempera-
ture appears to indicate. One factor in
the bhghting of vegetation is evidently the
hot winds that have scorched the lower
basin OF the Missouri valley and the Ohio
valley. The change from drouth to daily
SatUratiOn 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 and viii require a long warm sea-
son tOmature. In the middle states the
nigh temperature has advanced growth
In the northern districts. and in the more
southern there has been some injury from
drought. The south Atlantic states report
local droughts with subsequent rains and
comparatively good, though somewhat re-
duced, condition of corn. Some counties
IN Mississippi have suffered materially
from absence Of seasonable moisture. In
Louisiana the crop is in high
the overfiowed districts. In Texas
the crop is now matured and is
good except in that area that has suffered
most drOuth. Late planted corn in Ark
ansas has been seriously injured by drOuth
of the last three weeks in July. In the
western and southwestern part of Ken
tucky, the crop has been severely scorched
and the rains since the 23d of july have
materially relieved the fields of the CEN
tral and eastern district. In Ohio there is
great difference between the northern
and the southern parts of the state
The southern divisions of Indiana and
Illinois have likewise received greater
damages than the northern. Condition is
slightly higher in Missouri In Kansas
the severity of the drouth has eliminated |
Iowa and Nebraska are nearly in the status |
OF the Ohio valley, while Minnesota makes
the highest average of all the states Wis
conSin suffers slightly and Michigan still |
more from drouth There has been con
siderable reduction in the condition of
spring wheat amounting to fully II points
Ii Is less in the DRkOtas than in other
spring wheat districts The average of
condition Is 50 in Wisconsin, 90 in Mime,
sofa, - in Iowa, Il in Nebraska and s. in
the Dakotas. The latter is a decline of :
points, owing to hot southern winds which
affected the late sown more than the early
The oat crop is certain to be one of verv
low yield and probably poor quality. An
other crop of great Importance. potatoes
mas also been much damaged by drouth
A low rate Of yield Is assured.