Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-11
Corn and Cereals.

WAsHINGToN, Aug. 1O.-Ihe August re-
turns t. the StatiStCiau of the department
Of agriculture make the condition of corn
sos, spring wheat, 800; spring rye, $50;
oats. 500; barley, "3.S; bucHwheat 91.3;
potatoes. So; tobacco. So: hay. g0.3
Corn has fallen Of points during the
mouth, the decline being almost entirely in
states of the Ohio valley and the Northwest.
The decline was due to dry weather. APP
preaching drouth in portions of Indiana and
Illinois, ana low temperature III all sections
of the corn surplus district. There was
sufficient rainfall in Kansas and Nebraska,
with some local excess, and the month was
fairly favorable Notwithstanding low tenn
pcrature.
East of the Allegheny mountains and in
the South the conditions We're favorable
and the state average advanced. The crop
continues late in most sections, the result
Of i poor start AMI absence Of hot, forcing
weather during July. Unless August
should prove unusually favorable and the
season be long one there IS grave dan
ger that the crops may not mature prop
erly. While the general average is reason
ably high, correspondents qualify by EN-
phaSiziug the necessity for a favorable
season from this date on.
In surplus states the average IS: Ohio.
9S; Indiana, s.; Illinois, So: Iowa, 90; Mis-
souri,. 81; Kansas, s.: Nebraska, -. II
should be noted that but one surplus state
returns an average higher than the average
for The country
Wheat returns relate to spring wheat
only. the average for the whole breadth
advancing somewhat during the month
Improvement Is general except in Wash
iugton, where the heat has injured pros
poets in some districts. State returns out
side of this state and Wisconsin closely APP
preach the standard for comparison. The
principal states are Wisconsin, 90; Mime
sofa. 9S; Iowa. 9S; Nebraska, %: North
Dakota, 80: South Dakota, IS; Washing
ton. 20.
Oats have improved two points during the
month and the figures of condition indicate
Il medium yield per acre. The blight which
ruined the crop last year and was feared
again on The date of the July report has ap-
peared in but few isolated localities. The
weather u the close OF the growing season
and during harvest was generally favorable
and late growth was sufficient to largely
Offset the poor start and deficient stands
The cold weather which retarded corn
growth in Ohio and the upper Mississippi
valley was favorable TO this cereal and ma
terialIy advanced state averages. The
average in states of larger production are,
New York %, PENNSYLVANIA 81, Ohio So
Michigan ST, Illinois So, Wisconsin SO,
Minnesota 81, Iowa IS Kansas 60 Nebras-
ka IS.
Barley shows an improvement and prom
ises 4 large crop in most districts of heavy
production California returns the condi-
ton at 100, or practically perfect. In New
York and Wisconsin, however, the prospect
is less favorable.
The first return for buckwheat is the
highest for eight years past, with slight
increase in acreage.
The condition of potatoes is returned re-
markedly higher, scoring 4 gain of point
over last month. In fifteen years previous
10 ting present season, August shows con-
dition higher than July but once Should
the present prospects be continued the crop
will be one Of unusual proportions.