The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-07-17
THE MONTHLY CROP REPORT

and in most places dry, and the Gro
was put in the shock in fine condition
y Threshing has commenced, and th
prospect for a better crop than las
, year is very flattering. The yiel'
+. promises to be as good, and the grail
much superior. There are SOM
counties reporting heavy damage
from black rust. Correspondents iron
D the counties of Bourbon and Mont
l gomery report whole fields destroyed
, by black rust. But this report is no
+ general. Most of the correspondent
write that when the wheat was badly
down from the effects of the snow
that it was generally badly rusted
Some complaint of straw falling,
which is generally the work of the fly,
and manifested about the time the
wheat was ready to be harvested.
The Government report of june
makes an improvement of nearly two
points in winter wheat, being S3.2
against S1,4 on May 1st.
1t gives the percentages of the
principal winter wheat growing States
as follows: Ohio So; Michigan SO;
Indiana SO; Illinois So; Missouri 80;
Kansas 81; California go. 1t gives
the acreage for the whole country at
95.5 per cent. Making in round num-
bers 100000 acres.
The average condition of wheat in
Kentucky on July LIST, as per reports
of correspondents to this Office, is 95
per cent.
Rye is less susceptible to injury
from cold than either wheat or barley,
and was, consequently, less injured by |
the freeze but, being more forward,
and the head more matured, was
more injured by the snow than wheat.
In some places, it was so badly down
that it was impossible to reach it with
the harvester, The condition, on July
1st, was So per cent.
BARLEY
l have been asked by farmers what
l thought would likely be the price of
barley. AS supply and demand u.s.
ually regulates the prices of nearly all
things, l will answer that the supply
will not be as large as last year. From
the Government report, on June l,
barley WAS S2.2 against 1873 same date
last year, and 92.1 in 1892. Califor-
MA, which produces more barley than
my other State, has the very low per-
,entage of 5S. The crop in Kentucky
vas very badly damaged by the snow.
The per cent. is placed at 80.
SPRING PASTURES.
Spring pastures in some counties
ook like they usually do in Septem- +
'er in many places. Were they to It
atch atre, they would burn all over. 2
FIRST, the freeze, followed by cold
weather., then the snow, and after O
yard the drought, has retarded the i,
rowth, so that in many places there a
very little pasture a
The rains have not been general, Il
)me correspondents reporting no rain ot
any consequence since the snow. h,
he average condition July LIST was h,
per cent. n
ave headed out very low but condi- ri
ons rather more favorable than last G.
port. The average condition July I'll
It was Y per cent n,
CLOVER. Of
The impaired condition of clover is tn
)t confined to our State. There is a tn
duction of nearly five points in the Ia,
yerage condition of all the States, as Ia
impaired with last year. There has 90
zen very little clover cut for hay, Ia,
I'd, consequently, very little seed will de
saved this fall. The average con-
ton on July 1st was II per cent.
TIMOTHY.
Timothy is being cut; the crop is A
ry indifferent, nearly every field
led with cheat and white top.
any fields not worth cutting. The
lie crop will be unusually sh ort
lie condition July 1st is 68 per cent
CORN. ,o
Every thing looks promising at this r.
tie for a good corn crop. The far ~
or has certainly done his part. g.,
rst, the ground was we'll prepared ~,
fore planting, and next, the crop HI,
been well cultivated; the color of .
stalk is dark, and the growth looks 10
yorous. 1t has not, as yet, suffered ~,
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