Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1882 — CONDITION OF THE CROPS. [ARTICLE]

CONDITION OF THE CROPS.

Washington, April 17. A synopsis of the April report to the Department of Agriculture upon the area and condition of winter grain shows the increase to be nearly half a million acres, or 2 per cent. The estimated area of the previous crop was 24,346,000 acres. The States showing an increase are: Percent. Percent. Michigan 3 Georgia 12 Indiana 4 Florida 2 Ohio 1 Alabama 33 Kentucky 15 Mississippi 54 West Virginia 2 Louisiana 75 Virginia 3 Texas.. - 72 North Carolina 13| Arkansas 70 South Carolina 10 Tennessee 17 The average increase in the cotton States—26 per cent. —amounts to about 800,000 acres. In the Southern Atlantic States, from Connecticut to Virginia, the area is 4,053,000 acres, which is about 5,000 acres less than in 1881. In the Western States, from West Virginia'to Kansas, there is an average decrease of 2 per cent., the decrease being 10 per cent, in Illinois, 2 per cent in Missouri and 11 per cent, in Kansas. The estimated acreage in the eight winter-wheat States is 16,926,000. In California partial returns point to an increase of 10 per cent The Pacific coast is ndt included in the list of strictly winter-wheat States. The condition of winter wheat is high throughout the West (Ohio alone being below 100), in the cotton States, and in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Those below the average are: Connecticut 90 Pennsylvania 96 New York 87 Ohio 97 New Jersey 95 1 The following are the averages above 100: Delaware 10 Arkansas 12 Maryland 19 Tennessee 8 Virginia 4 West Virginia 6 North Carolina. 13 Kentucky 12 South Carolina 7 Michigan 8 Georgia 10 Indiana 5 Alabama 12 Illinois. 2 Mississippi 14 Missouri 10 Louisiana 15 Kansas 10 Texas...- 9 Winter rye shows an increase in area except in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. The increase is relatively largest in the South.