Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-06-18
Kentucky Crop Report.

The report on crop conditions June
LIST is made up from replies received
from 2l4 correspondents, represent
ling ITO counties.
Special effort has been made to as
certain the true condition of the
wheat crop on June LIST, not only in
TsKentucky, but also in the principal
winter wheat-growing States. A full
report from such States would delay
Fthe issuance of this bulletin longer
than Is desirable. We are, therefore,
|only able to give the condition in the
Estates of Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and
Ohio. In Missouri the condition is
76, being Il falling of of Z points since
May LIST. In Ohio the condition is
~ as against % on May LIST. In Iowa
the condition is SO. In Kansas, SO.
Both Missouri and Ohio report great
damage from insects.
WHEAT.-In reviewing the eondi-
ton of the wheat crOp,it is necessary,
on account of the unequal distribu-
ton of the rainfall during the months
of April and May. to separate the
western section of the State from the
central and eastern portion. In the
central and eastern portion practic-
ally had no rainfall from the first of
April to about May 25th, with the re-
suit that the average dropped from
"a on May LIST to 81 on June LIST, for
this section. In many counties the
crop is reported q failure. The gen.
eral complaint is that the crop is
heading so low and Is so thin on the
ground that great difficulty will be
experienced In harvesting it. Com
plants are also received Of damage
from Hessian fly in this section.
In those counties lying west of a
line running north and south with
the eastern boundary of Daviess
county, the rainfall has been more
abundant and the crop is only pre-
vented from waking an average crop
by the ravages of the chinch bus AID
Hessian fly. The late excessive rairis
is causing some apprehension OF dam:
age FROM rust. The condition In the
twenty-five counties lying west OF
the aforementioned line is 50 per
cent. of full crop.
| Combining the two sections the av-
ersge Is 81, which Is falling of of
ID points during the month of May.
In the Southern counties the crop is
reported ready to harvest, which Is
1 uCiay GU Wtt
| The harvest period on an average is
m week earlier in the State this sea-
Son.
II CoRN.-The corn crop is the only
Exception to the general complaint
ltof crops damaged by drouth. An
Rexcellent stand was obtained and the
crop, generally speaking, is in a very
| advanced stage for the season. In
Y D %
the State the crop has made steady
growth during the drouth, while in
the absence of the usual wet wealth
| er interference with work the crop
has received unusual good cultiva-
| ton up to the beginning of the rains.
Since that time 1t Is beginning to
show the need of work.
In the Western counties where the
rainfall has been more bountiful dur
ing April and May, the late excessive
rains have put the crop in bad con-
dition as regards cultivation. Many
correspondents report the fields as
being Overrun with grass and weeds.
1t is also being badly damaged in
lowlands by overflow.
Reports still show an unusual large
per cent. of 1896 crop still i'm farmers
hands. The condition over the State
averages So.
OATs.-The condition of the oat
crop shows marked effect of the
drouth. Many counties report the
crop failure throughout, while in
others the rains during the latter
part of May are reported as having a
wonderful effect in reviving the pros
pect, especially is the later-sown por-
ton being benefited. In the West
ern counties the crop is in a normal
condition. The condition over the
State averages 60.
TOBACCO.-The last ten days of
May might be termed continuous
tobacco 81 tsoH, with the result that a
lar@' Per3entage of the crop was set
prior So June LIST than ever before in
the history of the tobacco-growing
in the State. The reports
show that on average over the State
SO per cent. of the crop has been set.
The stand is excellent, except In the
low lands, where the plants are re-
ported as drowned from overflow.
The tobacco fields are i'm common
with the corn fields suffering from
want of cultivation and from over
flow in the bottoms. The acreage as
with an average year is 81.
AS compared with 1875 the acreage
il ~.