Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-07-23
Kentucky Crop Report.

The report on condition of crops
and stock on June 30th embraces
replies from 159 correspondents,
representing 101 counties.
WnEAr--The wheat crop was
harvested without any marked
changes in, conditions as indicated
in the report of last month,-As
indicated p 'he preceding report a
considerable per cent. of the acre
age was 900 inferior 20 harvest.
The acreage harvested, as compared
with an avera ga year, is is. Thresh-
ing has beguh, ahd the yield in
some os the eou"'les where the
crop was moe oliising has fallen
short of expeo ations on account of
damage from g inch bug. On the
other hand tn yield in the central
and eastern sec lions, where the crop
promised little. has exceeded ex-
pectations. The average yield per
acre over the StatU is 81 bushels.
Those counties reporting the lar
gest yield are Nelson, II bushels;
Carlisle, 10 bushels; Fulton, IL
bushels; Trigg, 10 bushels; Union,
IL bushels, and Henderson, 9
bushels. Those counties reporting
the smallest yields are Allen,
Breckenridge, Hardin. Madison,
Meade, Oldham, Simpson and
Washington, bushels each; and
Butler, 8 bushels.
CORN.-The condition of the
corn crop represents all stages,
varying from a very low condition
in the western counties, caused by
continued excessive rains, to a
condition in the central and east
ern portions of the State uniform
ly reported as the best prospects
ever known at this season of
the year. Western Kentucky has
experienced Tn unprecedented sea-
son of rainfall, which has for the
past six weeks prevented cultiva-
tion as well as planting; as a con-
sequence the crop is an entire fail
ure in the bottoms and lowlands.
On the upland a cessation of rain
now would admit of u great part of
the damage being repaired, but un-
der no circumstances can a full
crop be obtained even on the up
lands. In the central counties the
only adverse circumstance reported
are damage from chinch bug and
washing up of the crop by severe
local rain storms. The crop is re-
ported as laid by in good condition
in this section. The counties re-
porting the highest averages of
condition are; Henry and Rowan,
100; Bourbon and Bracken, lis;
Pendleton, 1l2; Boone, Lincoln
and Shelby, ITO; Montgomery, 10S;
Taylor, LOG; Metcalf, Robertson
and Scott, 1O5. The counties re-
porting the lowest average condi-
tions are Marshall, 80; Graves, SO;
Union and Ballard, 81; Webster,
60; Galloway, 81; McCracken, 81 (;
and Caldwell, 6S.
OATs.-The improved condition
of the oat crop, which was indi-
Gated by report of June 1st, has
been maintained during the month,
and the crop which is now just
beginning to be harvested is, on
the whole, a promising one. The
drawbacks reported are a tangled
and lodged condition in some low
land sections; damage by chinch
bug; rust In the wet districts, and
an imperfect stand in some Sec
tions where the spring drouth was
severest.
ToBACCo.-The tobacco crop
represents much the same condi-
tions as shown in the corn crop.
The western counties universally
report a low average condition,
eliminating in total failure in a
few counties. The crop in this
section, even on the hill lands, is
reported as overrun with grass and
weeds, yellowing from excessive
moisture, and being plowed up and
planted to other crops. In the CEN
trail counties the crop, with the ex-