The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-18

u 247s 24h 2tis Total sales
farmers Of their extreme exertions of
the past three years.
Corn. sweet potatoes. oats rye and
most other crops show condition
from fair to good Hay and pasture
are excellent White POTATOES. tobacco
and tree fruits are poor. Rains have
been ample or eNcesstNe In western
Virginia and deficient 10 degree ap-
rroaching drought IN much Of the
Piedmont and coastal districts except
where relieved by LOCAL rains.
The decline, is promised yield Of
wheat Is heavy. from li1 or June /
10 H. bushels per acre on July i.
and IS especially severe IN the north
srn and central districts where 1t feH
from almost perfect 80 about three
fourths All other districts show
d-ops rama ng from one to two bush
els
Most q Tire damage can evidently
20 Inscribed 70 fust Wheat with mag
indecent growth that showed up we'll
IN the fields Just prsur TO cutting. Civ
ne nope If Hpo outtusn even though
rust was obvious rs showing light
grain stree being harvested and heads
az" frequently found TO he poorly
eNed.
rut witkaf the conritton or the crop
was 50 high that notwithstanding the
great damage fairly satisfactory
Wells VIII still he realized with a total
production, unless u SNAIL prove sttli
t">S satisfactory tnan present lndica
tons. ~ approximately ls,l50.0Ro
hHf6rls. fnmp"rea WIN productlon
e"fh IN i9lS and l9i1 Of l5eeo0No
bushels
Old wheat on farms IS =: per cent
% last years crop double that nf
wear 9Eo. heinE highest IN the noun
Vain and seoFe counties remote from
markets
Corn acreage tn reduced quite gen.
fFa44y over the state. beng per cent
lesf than last year, with conditions at
~. only. far In the great southwest
highland district wher" rainfall Is this
year. as almost always. abundant. the
cTcp approaches fll normal condi-
d4t3ou. inc indicated state production
is 9Lett,eap bdsheiS. being a,QuQ,fon
/ teSs than last year and about 1900 600
less than the average
Tobacco acreage In the bright vel
low belt shows quite heavy increase
over last year while slight falling
OF is reported in the dark district
The increase IN paintings of all types
of Virginia tobacco fs about 10 per
cent The condition ts s.. below aver
age and from 3 per cent to per cent
r'Wet thah tfe iAst coupe OF years
+ * = n4Vch the poorest IN the dark
heff' averaging thefe huf -. IN the
, "Ft~Ht o|SlftcA the average - -.
sii@htly higher than last year though
! not so good rs IN l9l1. Inc prospect
now, subject n the later V!clssltudes
~ INC seASon. IS for yleld or l3@'-
."@N '99 POUNDS, compared 10 LAP sop,T
9u" POUNDS iAs' wear
oats heid their own during June
mNch better IMAM wheat telns report
ed at ~. loss or ohly hFe. IN mo
! west ana southwest the crop ~ almost
normal
me white potato acreage IS also
cut 10 per cent, the heaviest reduction
being IN the commercial districts. OF
eastern virginia. the cohaitIon ls
lower than the last two wears and par
'icn'&rly light IN the. commercial diS-
trteta owing to dtyness-
S~e potato acreage is increased
per cert. with conditions slightly
better than last year and average.
Hay and pastures remain unusually
good. particularly the latter, which is
full normal Notwithstanding local de-
fccts, Nav in the southwest improved
from rs per cent 10 TOO per cent of
c~mal and pasture is rer cent above
normal Alfalfa maintained the high
sguto ~ o. which II held on June !.
Apples suffered q June drop in more
than one sense. The decline in condi-
ton in tho important commercial sec