Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-07-20
KENTUCKY CROP REPORT.
Condition July II, 600.
General condtIons.

ChANi AhiH nNiu luG Dldl1 may w
divided into two sections, the divid-
ing line running due south from
Louisville to the Tennessee line.
West Of this line the almost univer-
sal complaint is made of too much
rain and a serious damage to
wheat and other crops, while east
OF it with few exceptions the past
month has been seasonable.
The estimate of this department
June 1st was for three fourths Of an
average wheat crop. There has
been loss in the western section and
gain in the eastern section, one
very nearly offsetting the other
The estimate for twenty-five coun-
ties from Daviess west was 80 per
cent. of an average crop June 1st,
which must be reduced to 8 9 per.
July lst. This is due to continued
raing during the month. Corn and
tobacco have suffered also and con-
dition of both is lowered because of
inability of farmers to cultivate the
ground to keep down the weeds and
grass.
In the eastern section, with few
exceptions, conditions have been
reversed and all reports show i'm
provement in wheat except in few
places where it was injured by fly.
The greater part of the Burley to-
bacco crop is grown in this part Of
the State and all reports indicate an
increased acreage as we'll as u
high average condition. The re-
ports indicate generally healthy
condition of live stock and little dis
ease OF a contagious nature. A
herd of cattle in Hickman county is
under suspicion of contagion and
will receive the attention of the
State Board of Health. The con-
dition of the fruit crop varies ac-
cording to neighborhood from which
received. On the whole, though
reports Indicate rather poor pros
pect for apples, pears and peaches
and about an average crop of
grapes, with complaint of rot,
which may yet reduce the yield.
AS an example of the extreme of
damage in the western section, we
quote from a note sent by the cor
respondent in McCracken county:
"The outlook for crops was never
so gloomy in this county since / can
remember. Older heads than mine
say the same. Continued rains,
amounting at times to floods, since
the fifth of June, have reduced the
outlook for a general all-round crop
from the brightest L ever saw to the
gloomlest. For four weeks there
has been scarcely any blowing done
and fully SO per cent. of the corn
and tobacco crops have never been
worked at all, though the corn is
large enough to lay by and to-
bacco nearly large enough to top,
with grass and weeds a close
second. No one can give anything
like an accurate estimate of condi-
tions at the present time. "
The following summary of the
conditions as shown by the very
full reports from the correspond
ents will not answer for any special
county but reflects the condition in
general Reports from different
places in the same county often
differ widely.
Wheat.
The reports indicate IS per cent.
of an average crop. But for the
improved condition in the eastern
part of the State a lower figure
would have resulted.
Corn.
Condition is given as SO, and
acreage 100
Oats.
Condition 81, and acreage about
an average.
Hemp.
The condition is given at 81 as
compared with average years.
Tobacco.
The favorable seasons enabled
planters to set the crop early and