New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-11
THE GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT
-RE CONDITION OF THE GROWING WHEAT $50
VALUE OF CURRENT CROPS.

TIE CONDITION OF THE GROWING WHEAT $50
VALUE OF CURRENT CROPS.
washington, Dec. 1o.-Tlle returns of the statistical
,4por,ers Of the Department OF Agriculture for Decem
her duly consolidated. make the average farm value
A. the current crops OF the year follows Corn, AZ. =
eats per bushel wheat, 1913 rye, ia barley $40
,,,s $50: buckwheat $40 potatoes, 37.1; tobacco,
agsr leaf al cents pound: manufacturing and ex
o1 eai. rs cents hay, IS 90 ton The condition Of
gowing wheat is reported at 1873 cents.
The price OF corn is % cents per bushe more than
a average OF ten years from 1850, aud only 40 OF
cent less than the average for the decade from 1870.
In the States OF largest production prices as fol-
lows: Ohio Al cents; Indiana, 3S Illinois, 81 Iowa,
20. Missouri. 50; Kansas, "a Nebraska, 90. The
latter state where is cheapest, has reported a
higher value only four times in fifteen years. The
sverage value OF the whole crop since 1888 has been
higher only In 1857 and 1890, when the yield was only
sboTt twenty bushels per acre.
The value Of the wheat crop IS 2.5 cents per bushel
HIGHER than the of ten years from 1880. and
has been exceeded only once dn 1881 since 1888.
In the States of ne Atlantic Coast and those on tie
CIR Of Mexico except Texas, TIE value is from 81 to
SIS; in the Ohio Valley from 80 to 90 cents beyond
ne Mississippi, from 20 cents in North Dakota to 81
cents in Iowa.
0ny once since 1888 has the price Of oats been as
s as at present 322 cents. which is 13 cents higher
q al cereals have been remarkably sustained, in view
Of tie abundance OF production.
TIE returns showing the condition OF the coming
cpps Of winter grains are not generally favorable.
On TIE Atlantic Coast injury Is reported on early
sorn areas from the Hessian fly The season was not
adorable for seeding in the South account OF dry
weather, and gcrminaton slow from the same
cause Rains in the late autumn have improved the
prospect In the Western States seeding was late,
the seed-bed hard and cloddy, termination SLOW and
growth feeble until November, when material improve
ment was seen In most fields. In some districts the
Hessian fly made its appearance, causing some damage
The average OF condition Of, the crop is so.3
The condition OF rye is little higher than that OF
wheat making an average Of S9.5.
The cotton returns of December to the Department
% Agriculture relate TO average prices plantations
The complaint of unremuneratve values is general
and the declaration frequent that the crop does moi
return cost of production feeling of discourage
ue,t peryades the report. and q disposition to re
dnco area is expressed. The plantation price, which
!. lie actual rate for cotton sold at the gn, aver
ares ~ cents per pound. For five years preceding
,be range was from 81 to So and averaged nearly
"a cents Thi, decline is echoed in the records Of
eAportatiOn. which averaged in october value OF
cents against 1011 cents for October OF last wear
a dron ~ - per cent. An almost uneXampled season
for harvesting is reported