Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-09-30
CROP BULLETIN.
Frosts Proved Injurious to Late
Corn in the Middle States.
Cotton Picking Being Pushed For
ward in the Cotton Belt.
The Wheat Production of France Was S.
55G,SOO Hectolitres Great Britain Will
Keep Her Engagement and the ISehr-
ing Sea Conference VIII BE Held.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-The weekly
crop bulletin of the agricultural de-
partment says Tuesday: Except on the
Atlantic coast. where rains have fallen,
the week has been exceptionally dry,
and upon the whole very favorable for
maturing and gathering crops. Like
the preceding weeks, however. it has
been very unfavorable for gcrmina
ton of sown grain, as well as for
following and seeding, which is much
delayed generally throughout the CEN
tral and western and in some of the
southern states. In Nebraska, how
ever, a large acreage of wheat has been
sown, much OF which is up and doing
nicely. In the Atlantic coast states
the conditions have been more favor
able for fall seeding and satisfactory
progress has been made.
The frosts of the early part of the
week proved in furious to late corn in
portions of Ohio, kentucky, Pcnnsylva-
MIA and New York, but farther west no
serious injury is reported, and in some
states cutting is nearing completion.
Cotton picking has been pushed for
ward rapidly in all sections of the cot
ton belt, although interrupted some
what in the Carolinas, eastern Georgia
and Florida by heavy rains. The crop
has suffered further deterioration in
Arkansas and portions of Mississippi
and Louisiana, and damage from rains
has resulted in the Carolinas and Flor
ida. AS stated in the bulletin of the
previous week the bulk of the crop will
be gathered by October 10.
In Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and
Virginia late tobacco has been seriously
injured by frosts.
The official state ment of the wheat
product of France for this year as made
up from the reports to the French gov
ernment by the projects of the several
departments, has been furnished the
state department by United States Con-
sui Bruyot at st. Etienne. The pro-
duct was Ss,556, 500 hectolitres Ia hecto-
litre being two bushels and 9. .35 pecks)
against 119, 742, ,412 in 1896, and 119, ,967,-
745 in 1895. A leading flour journal es-
Inmates the returns for 1897 TO be S.
i20, $40 hectolitres as against 125, ,040, 420
for 1896. decrease of 36,92S, $50 hecto-
lit,es.
No further advices from Ambassador
Hay relative to the Bering Sea confer
ence to be held in this city in October
have been received by Hon. John
w. Foster, conducted 1.-The negotia-
tions on behalf of the United States"
Mr.. Foster who reiterates his state
ment that Great Britain will keep her
engagement, and that the conference
will be held. The present hitch he at
tributes to the objections raised by
the Dominion of Canada. The date of
the conference, which will occur some
time in October. he thinks, will be fixed
as soon as Prof. Thompson, one of the
English experts, who is now on the
ocean, arrives in London.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-For the first
time an American merchant steamship
has entered the port of Tahite, and the
results that followed promise to be of
great Importance in the development
of the trade of the United States in that
quarter of the world. United States
Consul DOty, who reports the matter to
the state department, says that upon
the arrival of this vessel-the Homer,
of San Francisco-a general council OF
the colony was called and n subsidy of
$50, 900 per annum was voted to the
American commercial house of Kennedy
| S Fritch for the maintenance of a steam
mail service with San Francisco, touch
ing at Marqucsa. The steamers are to
make a 2S-day service, or Is trips per