Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-16

ty the crop is reported "badly rust
ed" Some fly is noted in Larue
county.
In the Southeastern Section the
condition I'm those counties where
wheat is grown averages l02, a gain
Of several points during May.
CORN.
The condition of the corn crop for
the State averages ~. On June 1,
1897, the condition was 81, and June
1, 1896, the condition was s3. The
stand was generally good, and where
the season has been favorable has
grown of nicely. The crop, however,
has had to contend with excessive
moisture in Western Section almost
from date Of planting and, as might
be inferred, the state of cultivation
is not the best. Planting was hardly
completed with the close of the month
and the crop is generally in a back
ward state.
In the Central Section more favor
able conditions have prevailed, with
a corresponding Improvement in con.
dition. The state of cultivation is on
the whole good, much of it having
received the second plowing. In the
Northern counties of this section,
where the rainfall has been deficient,
the crop is in the clods.
In the Southeastern Section favor
able conditions have prevailed, and
while the crop was late in planting
the stand was excellent, and the
growth and Improvement have been
steady.
The condition by sections is as
follows: Western 81, Central 81 and
Eastern 80.
OATS.
The condition of the oats crop shows
an improvement during May. The
improvement applies mainly to the
early-sown oats. That part of the
crop which was sown late is unprOm-
Using. The cohuItion for the state
averages gl. On June l, 1897, the
was 81, and for June 1st,
1896, the condition was SO. BY Sec
tions the following conditions are
Western 96, Central S5, East
ern 81.
HEMP.
Acreage Of hemp, as compared
with acreage of 1897, is but II per
cent. of the acreage of that year. The
decrease Is due to the low price of
the product and the. relatively high
price of tobacco, causing the acreage
of tobacco to trespass to a consider
able degree upon the usual acreage
of hemp.
TOBACCO.
Tobacco plants have been very
plentiful. and the figures on acreage
bear out to some extent the early in
of a largely-increased acre
age. Especially is this true of the
Western Section, where several coun-
ties report the acreage 200 per cent.
as compared with the acreage of
1897. Reports from number Of coun-
ties i'm the dry district are of such
character as to leave some doubt as
to the accuracy of estimates, and
figures upon the number of acres
planted are for this reason withheld
until next month. when planting will
be completed. Correspondents in the
of Owen, Henry, Pendleton
and Robertson estimate the acreage
at 80, 40, 81 and 25 per cent. respec-
lively of the acreage of 1897. While
this is true probably at this date, it
Is reasonable to suppose that should
the present unfavOrable conditions
be succeeded by seasonable rains
that the acreage will be largely in
creased above the estimates given.
In those counties where planting
has been practically completed the
of the newly-set tobacco is
very unsatisfactory. Absence of
moisture and effects of the hos sun
shine have caused plants to turn yell
low and much of them to dire. Cut
worms, while doing very little dam
age to corn. are reported unusually
destructive to tobacco plants, and