Passaic City record., 1891-09-19
THE COUNTRY'S CROPS.
Review of Their Condition by
the Agricultural Department.
Corn and Wheat Figures Are
High, but Cotton Unsatisfactory.

/ The Statistician of the Department OF Ag-
riculture reports from Washington the Sep
tember general averages of cereal orops as
follows: Corn, Oil; wheat 96.S; rye o5a;
oats, COZ; barley, 94.3; buckwheat, 96.6. A
small advance is noticed in all, buckwheat
alone excepted. The average for potatoes is
046; for tobacco, S7.4.
The condition of corn is twenty-one points
higher than in September of last year, and
has been exceeded only three times in the
high; the lowest are those of Michigan and
Wisconsin. In the Eastern and Middle
States the crop is well grown, is generally
caring well. but little late, and recent cool
nights prevent rapid advancement; frost has
as yet done no damage. The crop Is In hne
condition in the Southern States. It is not
50 much injured by heavy rains as cotton:
In some bottom lands water has caused
material injury, while on uplands the crop
Is remarkably good. 1t was somewhat late,
but is now generally beyond the reach OF
frost. A fine yield has.been made west Of
the Mississippi, though in Western Texas a
little reduced by drouth. tits above medium
throughout the South as a whole. In the
Ohio Valley corn is heavy in stalk, sogde-
what late In caring from cool nights, in some
places has been blown down by heavy
winds, yet is generally promising. In
from drouth in July and early in August.
which has been partially repaired by recent
rains In Michigan there has been conslS-
cradle injury from frost. Wisconsin reports
damage from frosts; there was also damage
from frost in the Dakotas. In Iowa and Ne
nate heavy rains and drouth have been
unfavorable. In Western Kansas crops suf-
fered from drouth; eastern counties have
heavy crop.
The condition of wheat is very high, con-
sidering both winter and spring varieties. in
soils, latitudes and elevations so widely dif-
fering The general average has been ex-
ceeded only slightly twice since 1879, In 1889
and 1854. State averages are quite uniform,
only tan falling below 95, and three below
90. the lowest being SO for South Carolina,
and "a for North Carolina. In the Middle
States wheat was generally well filed, har-
veste,, in good condition, yielding well in
the spring. In few counties in Pennsyl-
Ivania, and in parts of Maryland and Vir-
lginia, there has been some injury in the
stock
There is reduction in the condition OF
cotton during the last month OF six points,
from $50 oS21. The cause on the Atlantic
Coast has been an excess of rainfall, causing
overgrowth of the plant and diminishing the
tendency to fruitage. From Alabama west
ward drouth was the main factor OF loss
assisted by the boll-worm and caterpillar.
Condition is lowest in Arkansas, LOUISIANA
and Tennessee. In few counties of Texas
heavy rainfall in the morning, followed by
hot sunshine in the afternoon, caused serious
shedding of forms. The most serious
complaints are of shedding fruit and
leaves, rotting of bolls, sprouting of
seed in the bolls, rust, staining of open cot
ton, except in few regions, where cotton
area affected by drouth, rust and shedding
also occur The State averages are as fol-
lows: Virginia IS. loss of points; North
Carolina 49, gain of 4 points; South Caro-
lima 81, a loss of points; Georgia 50, loss
of points; Florida IS, loss of points;
lS3, a loss of 10 points; Louisiana 85 a loss Of
IS points; Texas SO, a loss of 10 pionts; Al.
kansas Sc, loss OF 9 points; Tennessee "a.
gain of points.