The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-11
JUNE'S CROP REPORT.
A REDUCTION IN THE AREA THIS
YEAR.

fOr Planting Given as the causes
Reason for the Present Increase in
Wheat Acreage - Frost Injuries
Wheat In Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and Drought Retards It in South
Dakota.
WASHINGTON, June 10.--The report OF
the statistioian Of the department OF agri-
culture for June makes the acreage in cot
ton 97.7 per cent of the area of 1890, and
the average condition SO. The reduction OF
the area is attributed in some districts to
concerted contraction on account of low
prices, but it is evident that it is mainly
due to the unfavoreble conditions for plant"
ing and termination. The.record of planting
in the May report is quite an
accurate history of the crop to the present
time. Planting was delayed by early rains.
The drought in the latter half Of April was
followed by continued droughts in May,
and termination was arrested. Replanting
Is active, and defective stands corrected are
the features of the record frequently and
almost universally reported. Those oondi-
tions were less general and controlling in
Texas than In any other state. The areas.
as compared with those of last year, are
given as follows Virginia 96, North Caro-
lima o., South Carolina 96, Georgia 9o,
Florida 90, Alabama 95, Mississippi 95.
Louisiana 96, Texas los, Arkansas 96 and
Tennessee 95.
THE GENERAL CONDITION.
The general condition Is lowest for June
since 1874, though 1t is only fraction lower
that that of 1888 and 1889, the latter a year
of good yield, through favorable later con-
dItions The state averages Of conditions
are; Virginia 49, North Carolina rs, South
Carolina 80 Georgia SO, Florida so, Ala.
bama 80, Mississippi 50, louisiana SO. Texas
81, Arkansas SO, Tennessee 73. The tenn
perature of May was quito too low for
cotton, the cool nights checking termination
and retarding the growth. or course these
conditions make the crop Of late develop
ment in some places. a few days In others.
and week or two later than in a season OF
early development. There In frequent mems
tion of bad stands, but constant replanun&
will reduce the vacancies to minimum.
Cultivation Is necessarily late and the fields
are grassy, with the usual variation, re-
sulting from the difference in soil, the
amount of replanting and the relative
promptness and efficiency of the plantations
managers.
THE CONDITION OF WHEAT.
The June report of the statistician of the,
department OF agriculture makes the area
in winter wheat as compared with the
breadth harvested last year, lll.5; spring
wheat 1884; barley 1911; rye 1918: oats
979. The condition Of winter wheat is SO. 8 !
spring wheat 92.6; barley 90.3; rye 95.4s
oats S5.
In comparison with 1889 the ipcrease In +
the wheat acreage is quite moderate. the
reduction last year of moro than 1900. 600
acres suggests reason for most Of the pres
ent increase. This advance 10. therefore,,
both replacement and development, the
former notably In Illinois, Missouri, KAN
sas and California, the latter In less degree
In Washington, Oregon, the Dakotas and
In several territories
INVESTIGATION DIFFICULT.
The violent fluctuations make investigas
tion difficult, and In some districts will rem
der necessary "a supplementary work. To-
this extent present estimates may be con-
sidered preliminary. The extension of the
acreage, according to the department. corr
respondents, depends on the price on
wheat aad not on ava1labl6
land. A large increment of wheah
breadth Is reported in Washington. A large,
amount Of new land Is being broken fors
next years crop, and local opinion Is ex-
pressed that not more than one-fifth Of the
wheat land of that new state is under culti-
walton. The winter wheat crop is
encroaching upon the southern aud
eastern borders of the spring wheat
district, notably in Iowa and wisconsin,
under the protection of crop diversifcation
and new methods of cultivation, while the
spring wheat extension responds moders
ately to the stimulus of higher prices.
WINTER WHEAT CONDITION.
The condition of winter wheat has de-.
clined only point. The average Of New
York Is 90, Pennsylvania 81. Georgia 9S,
Texas 98, Ohio 80, Michigan 30, Indiana 90,
Illinois 9S, Missouri 30, Kansas %, Califor-
MIA 81. The first monthly statement Of the
averages Of spring wheat makes Wisconsin
n, Minnesota 80, Iowa 95, Nebraska e7,s
Dakotas 96
THE EFFECTS OF RAIN AND DROUGHT.
Early sown wheat was injured by FROST
IN Wisconsin and Minnesota Domination
was arrested by drought in the Same regiou-
In South Dakota the Drought has retardeH
the growth. The coalitions have been moFe
favorable generally in North Dakota. The
recent rains in Nebraska and Iowa have
greatly benefited wheat and encouraged
growers. The drought in May has
greatly injured oats on the entire
Atlantic coast. Winter oats in ths
southern states are far better
than the spring crop, which has been par
italy destroyed by drought and insects.
Not only was the acreage reduced In tha
Ohio valley, but the condition is low i'm
consequence of the dry weather. In Minis;
nesota the injuries by drought were supple-l
mented by those of cut worms. The condi~
ton is highest on the Northern Atlantic
coast and on the Pacific. where the areas
are very limited.
INCREASE OF BARLEY ACREAGE. 1
The increase in acreage of barley is gems
sral in aim st every section where 1t is
grown, and especially marked in the states
Of the Ohio valley, Ia Wisconsin and Cali-
fornia. The condition is uniformly high ex-
cept in portions of the northwest, where 10
has been lowered by the drought and COOL
weather.