New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-10
THE GOVERNMENT Crop REPORT.
HIGH CONDITION OF WINTER GRAIN-THE COT
TON REPORT-CRoP PROSPECTS IN
THE WEST.


Washington, May 3-The condition of the winter
grain on May is icpored by the statlstican Of the
Department of Agriculture as follows Wheat 97.0
rye o7.o; barley, oe2. This IS an advance in wheat
of one point during April and of quite much In rye.
gain in wheat Is reported in New York, In some OF
the Southern States in Michigan. and slight improve
ment in Illinois, Missouri and some other States. The
uniformity of condition is somewhat remarkable no
state average being lower than 90.
The condition of moving lands is also high, aver
aging o. ranging from 30 to 100. The average for
spring pasture is o. ranging from 92 TO 100, except
drop in Utah TO 80 and in New-Mexico to 49, Inc
eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains comes within
four or five points of full condition. and the Pacific
Coast Is the maximum
The progress of spring poughing has been greatly re-
tarded by excess of moisture in The central and
southern belts. The proportion planted is reported at
6ss per cent The of several previous years
has been II per cent.
An investigation has been made OF the effects OF
frost on May and 6. kilograms have been received
from state agents showing that very general damage
has resulted to strawberries and early vegetables
some injury to grapes and cherries and peaches to
some extent In the East and North 1t was too early
to njurc apples and pears in the Ohio Valley 1t Is
thought IT may cause dropping of growing fruit.
The cotton report Of the Department OF Agri-
culture for May relates TO the progress OF
planting The proportion of the proposed breadth
already planted on May was 775 per cent, which Is
less than the average Of series Of years Many CORE
spondens report planting to two weeks late 1t is
especially late In North Carolina and Tennessee fully
onehrd of the Is yet TO be seeded north OF the
Gulf States. From Georgia west to Texas, the state
averages vary only or per cent The hgnres ere
South rii'S Carolina IS Georgia 5o Florida o2 Alabama
so Mississippi ~ Louisiana, 7S Texas, ~; ATkali-
S s ' Of tbe Cotton belt TO excessive rainfall in Feb
ruary and March, which made early poughlng lmPract-
defing the soil dry and clOddy and mnderng germnt
ton The seed bed, as rule, mas been lmperiecuy
prepared and is In relatively poor condition. Report
ers intimate as result of the unfavorable spring. that
q reduction of acreage may be expected ms may
ne area dui1nghis month and the prospective profits
Of large breadth OF cotton.
Chicago May (specaD.-A compilation OF crop
reports from Trustworthy correspondents shows That
the galngrowng areas of the country have had, thS
week. dry weather. accompanied by frosts, which are
7bonpbt 10 have greatly damaged small fruits and
nipped the spring wheat.
Reports on winter wheat show that II Is from four
teen 20 eighteen inches high In southern Illinois.
Considerable OF it is in head already There are no
signs OF Hy or insects yet. In central Illinois the
nrospects are that the early wheat will be fit to cut by
the middle Of June. Northern Indiana reports the
crop as u whole, standing evenly and growing slowly
In central and southern Indiana the wheat Is from
eighteen inches 10 three feet high and there are
ports Of fly or insect. In northern Ohio wheat has
made slow progress but in the southern part OF the
State favorable weather has caused ii 10 do WELL In
southern Michigan the crop is six to ten inches high,
and doing well. Millers will have TO depend to some
extent upon the West 10 make up the deficiency in
wheat for grinding, there is little In store in south
ern Kansas There is some complaint in several
places of insects. The wheat will probably be har
vested about June d. In northern Kansas none OF
the wheat has headed out yet; II is from twelve TO
fourteen inches high. In northern Missouri rapid prog
has been made recently, and the wheat is about
ready head. In southern Missouri the wheat is as
high twenty-four inches and Is In good general con-
dition. Tennessee reports some damage on the low
lands by continued rains, and rust In some places
Kentucky Is In better condition. Texas reports show
that the crop Is uniformly good, and the Yield is now
estimated at from 1OO0OOOO 10 $1,000 900 bushels
As TO spring wheat, IL is practically all seeded now
In the Red River Valley, the acreage being slightly
larger than last year. In South DaDn the wheat is
about four inches high and doing we'll In Minnesota
the early sown wheat Is up all over the Slate and the
stand Is good.
During the last week the oct crop OF the country
has hardly held Us There rs no uniformity In
It's general condition. Nebraska probably shows the