Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-17
KENTUCKY CROP REPORT.
Condition of Crops and Live Stock
March Ist, 1900.

1t may be well to restate in this,
the first report of the year, the
boundaries of the section into which
the State for the sake of conven-
fence and accuracy, is divided and
the reasons for the separation. The
irregular contour of the counties
makes 1T impracticable to divide
upon straight lines in any given
course. Again, it is advisable to
separate the dark tobacco" dis
trict in the west part of the State
from the Burnley district of the CEN
trail and eastern portion. Like
wise it is desirable to separate the
counties in the eastern and south
eastern portion, where the produc-
tion of any crop rarely exceeds the
home demand and where the per-
centage of increase or decrease af-
fects in a small measure only the
actual production of the State,
from the other sections producing a
large surplus. To meet all these
varied conditions the following di-
visions appear to us as the best to
be devised:
The western section COmpOses 81
counties west of an irregular line
drawn from the eastern boundary
of Hardin county on the north tothe
eastern boundary of Allen on the
South, the intervening counties OF
Larue, Hart and Barren being
placed in the western section. The
central. or to be more accurate, the
north-central section, embraces 40
counties lying east of the above de-
scribed boundary and northeast OF
an irregular boundary drawn from
the eastern boundary of Lewis
county on the northeast of Larue
county in the southeast, the inter-
veniug counties of Bath, MontgOm-
cry, Clark, Madison, Lincoln, Boyle
and Marion being in the central
section. The eastern or southeast
ern section is composed of the re-
naming 40 counties lying south
east of the above-described lines.
Wheat.
The condition of the wheat crop
December LIST, the date of the last
report, was "a, compared with av-
erage years. AS set out in that re-
port there was a lengthy interval
between the early sown and the
late sown wheat due to an unusual
ly wet October, wheat sowing be-
ing suspended for the greater por-
ton of the month. The early sOwn
wheat attained growth that prom
ised to withstand any weather test
to which it might be subjected.
This promise has been realized,
and at this date early wheat is gen
orally reported in excellent condl-
above ground at the advent of win
ter, and the severe weather it has
encountered, both in the early and
latter parts of winter, has left it in
a condition that may be aptly de-
scribed as a "blue prospect.
Whole fields now appear without a
vestige of growth above ground
and, while a few correspondents
venture the opinion that the roots
are uninjured, it will take some
weeks of warm growing weather to
develop the full extent of damage.
AS rule there was an ample COW
ering of snow during the extreme
cold weather of February, but,
falling as it did on the almost solid
sheet of ice, the benign effect of
the protection was in a measure
lost.
Answers to the question Has
wheat suffered from any cause dur
ing the winter? If so, state cause,
resulted in replies from lis cores
pondents, of which number 81 state
that wheat suffered from ''freeze,
and Is say it has not been appre-
ciably damaged during the winter.
Heavy rains, particularly in the
western section, Is another source
of no inconsiderable damage.
The condition for the State as a
whole, compared with average
wears, is 80, which is a loss of IA