Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-25
DISABLED TUG.
OWED TO FRANKLIN.
DECEMBER CROP REPORTS.
Returns from the Counties of virginia
Showing the Conditions.

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The following are the crop reports OF
the Department of Agriculture for De-
cember from Virginia counties
Buchanan: Corn being husked and
turning out much better than expected.
More corn in the county than ever be-
fore.
James City: Quality OF corn is better
than last years.
Lunenburg: Winter wheat is suffer
ing for rain. The driest fall IN many
years. -
Essex Local demand for all hay
grown raises the price. A limited area
| of wheat was sown owing to excessive
rain during the season.
Goochland High percentage OF corn
in comparison to last year Is due to the
wet summer of last year, when no corn
was made on low land.
Scott Corn is very unsound. Irish
potatoes were quite small. Wheat was
not well developed.
Mathews: Very little wheat was sown.
Amherst Fall was rather dry for
wheat. but unusually favorable for
securing crops, all OF which were
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| gathered in good condition.
Appomattox Corn was short OF Sep
TENDER estimate, but is far superior to
crop of 1889 A good crop OF tobacco
of low price at present. Acreage OF wheat
is short, owing in a great degree to
scarcity of labor. Price Of hay quoted
includes clover, which is about $40 per
ton, other hay being sl4.
Potetourt On account OF protracted
drought wheat terminated very badly
and much of it failed to come up.
Dinwiddie: A good season for corn.
which matured well. Wheat was cut
short by frost and rust. The came may
! be said of oats-both very poor crops.
| Product of tobacco per acre was very
fine. but the area wasvery much reduced
owing to previous low prices and success
sive failures Present prices are well
sustained. Cotton opened well and sea-
son was favorable for picking. Fall was
yerv favorable for seeding winter grain.
Greenville: Corn was largely failure
in 1889. and in 1890 heavy rains caused
many rotten ears. Cotton is a pretty
good crop. ...>..-.
Orange; 4 large increase in area OF
winter wheat was sown, and 1t looks well.
= Nansemond: The high figures for
/ corn, sweet potatoes, and cotton as com
pared TO 1889 are due to failure OF those
crops then. The yield of corn was more
than double and the cotton three times
that of last years.
Pulaski Potatoes are very scarce
and will be much higher III price as win-
ter advances. Japan bpckwheat gives
much larger yield per acre than the ola,
in some instances twenty-five Dusheis
per acre. Condition OF winter wheat Is
very favorable.
Caroline Corn was gathered IN good
condition. No rain in November.
Halifax A full crop of corn and
housed in good condition, except that
grown on low land and submerged. The
shortest Yield OF wheat in years, but the
quality was fair. Winter oats were 80
per cent. and spring oats we've barely ~
per cent. of crop. A larger yield OF
tobacco than usual; the crop was we'll
ripened, but somewhat lacking in color.
Winter wheat and rye need rain.
Warren November was unusually
fine for gathering corn, which Is mostly
housed in excellent condition. Winter
grain needs rain.
Hanover: A fine fall for gathering
corn. which is nearly all housed in good
condition.
Wise. In some parts of the county
corn was below the average. Prices rule
high. Wheat and oats are below aver
age.
Accomac Corn was % per cent. bet
ter than last years. Oats we're nearly a
failure. Potatoes were rs per cent. over
last year.
Madison Owing to extreme drought
wheat is not coming up so well. Corn
is a good crop compared to last years.
The yield of potatoes is No. l.
Middlesex Winter wheat looks we'll
considering the dry season.
Nottoway; Much too dry for wheat
just sown; it is coming up badly.
Surry Autumn was very favorable for
securing crops and for winter grain.
More winter wheat sown than in several
years. Sweet potatoes were very fine.
, Corn is plentiful, but now 50 per barrel.
Henry Impossible to give prices OF
leaf tobacco. 1t is principally sold to
manufacturers at prices from 81 or 81 to
$50 or $40 per hundred. Factory-men re-
port that the average paid by them is
more than last year, but the price is not
yet fixed, as much tobacco remains to
J be sold.
Prince William The area of winter
wheat and rye is probably less than
usual. The grain looks well, but needs
rain very much.
Bland Larger area of corn gives more
corn than last year, but both were bad
seasons Wheat was sown month
later than last year and it as promising
now as at this time last season.
Brunswick Crops generally are bet
ter than in years. Corn. tobacco, and
cotton are excellent. Tobacco sells well
and farmers are iubilant. Hogs are fat
without being corn-fed /; fat on acorns,
the number OF acorns being unprece-
dented.
Henrico Irish potatoes, both early
and late, were sound and good, but
failed to make good stand. Sweet DO
tatoes are the largest crop known and
very low in price. Winter wheat was
mostly sown in November, and some has
not yet appeared. October was exceed
ingly wet and no seeding could be done
November was favorable, but cool and
dry. Acreage Ia reported above average.
Montgomery: All grain and grass
crops are much better in quality than
Inst years and were saved in much bet
tor condition. Especially is this the
case with corn, the yield OF which IL
largely above the average, and tho
quality was never better.
WestmorelaIld Excessive rain IN o.
tober, coupled with unusually warm and
sulssy weather, caused some damage 70