Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-08-18

moisture. Some damage from
chinch bug is also reported from tbis-
section. No very low percentage of
condition is reported from the west
ern section.
The condition for the State aver
ages 81, which is an Improvement of
"" "1int during. July. On August
t=.- 1897. ,he cOndit - was 90, and on
s1r'. 's. of 1896 the condition Was
-
4. iT. three subj -.s-- ~ tie
State tine condition average ~ -
the western, 9i for the central and
100 for the eastern The condition
improved materially during the
month in the western section, while
il appears to have fallen off slightly
in the central. In the eastern section
the condition remains exactly as re-
ported July lst.
TOBACCO.
Tobacco has not Jared well during
July. The wide difference in the
condition of the early and late set
tobacco was accentuated during the
month and it now appears that a very
little of the late setting can be
counted upon to make either a good
yield or good quality of the article
So pronounced are reports on these
points that it may be set down as as
sured that the anticipated large crop
will not be realized.
The increase in acreage, which WIZ
estimated at % per cent, compared
with the acreage of 1897, would give
scarcely normal acreage, since the
acreage of 1897 was abnormally small.
In the central or Burley district the
increase was notably small, per
cent. The largest increase, 81 per
cent, being reported from the eastern
section, where but a small proportion
of the crop is grown, greatly strength
ems this view of the case.
The crop shows an average condi-
tion of - for the State, which is
falling of of 8 points during JULY
On August lst, 1897, the condition
was 81, and for corresponding date
of 1896 it was 81.
In the western section of the State
the crop has suffered from drouth in
u few counties and from excess of
moisture in others with the result
that the condition has fallen from So,
July lst, to IS, August LIST.
In the central section dry weather
is the principal source of evil. Little
\ few counties report high average
condition, notably Bourbon. 40,
Scott, 10, and Fleming, los, but n
report above II condition of ~ is an
exception rather than the rule. The
condition for this section averages
10. On July lst the condition for the
section was 81.
OF the counties of the eastern Sec
tion very few produce a crop for 9TH
er than home market. Here the
condition is 81.
The condition of the hemp crop
compared with an average is -. On
| July LIST the condition was Sc. On
August LIST, 1897, the condition was
| 20, and on CORE pDnding date of
1886 the condition was %.
AS was the case las. north, there
still remains a wide difference in the
condition of the crop in the various
counties where it is produced. Boyle
reports a condition of 10, while in
Scott county the condition is l2O.
TIMOTHY MEADOWS.
The yield of timothy is 90 per cent.
of the yield for average years. The
yield in the western section is % per
cent. of an average, while in the GEN.
trail section the yield is an 92 per
cent. of average years.
| PASTURES AND LIVE STOCK.
| Pastures are good, with the excep-
ton of u portion of the central Sec
tion, where it has been too dry how
ever, the condition averages 90. In
the western section the condition
compared with average years is l0l.
Live stock are thrifty as rule. The
only disease noted Uu,side of nor
NAL number Of reports of hog cholera
is ''pinkeye" among cattle in Car
Isle county.
Lucas MOORE,
Commissioner OF Agriculture.