Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1883 — CORN. [ARTICLE]

CORN.

The Situation ia the Leading Cota states neviewea. , , 3 ' — _ wmmmt _^ Condition Generally Good, With a r Large Increase tn the Acreage Planted. The June Crop Report of the National Department of Agriculture.

[From the Chicago Inter Ocean.] The ojnuual corn-crop review of the commission house of Bobert Lindblom A Co., of Chicago, has just been completed The review comprises reports from nearly I,oo© points in the leading <x»g States and giyes a comprehensive review of the corn situation. Inquiries were sent by Lindblom A Co., daring the last days to May, to I,loo*points in the ten States, asking information concerning the present condition of corn, acreage planted, damage done by oold mid wet, etc., etc. A comprehensive summary of the answers to these questions is given to the subjoined Briefly stated, the condition of corn is generally very good There is a large increase in the acreage planted this year especially to the wtotor-wneat States, where thoasanas of acres Of rained wheat have been plowed up and planted to corn. The damage done by the cold weather and rains to May and the latter part of April appears to have amounted to most oases to but little more than the delaying of planting and retarding oi the growth of the grain after planting. The warm weather which set to about JUne 1 changed the aspect of affairs very much. The warm, bright weather came just in time to do its woirk. Had it been delayed ten days longer the result would have bean disastrous. As it Is there is promise of a large yield and, with good weather, the promise will not fail of fulfillment In sections where, because gs the poor quality of the seed or the bad condition or the soil; the corn did not come up, the full acreage has, to nearly all oases, been replanted The State of Kansas promises the largest Increase in yield Kansas produced in 1882 157,000,0(H) bushels of corn. This year it is estimated (the estimate being based upon the known increase of acreage and the general outlook) that the production will toll little below 200,000,000 bushel* Missouri will increase her production to proportion, and the per cent of increase* to Illinois will not be mueh les* Ohio, it is estimated, will produce nearly 100,000,000 bushel* Of the forty-tight counties to Wisconsin heard from, twenty-eight report an increase in acreage of from 2to 25 per cent, while but two report a less acreage than last year. Nearly every county now sends a favorable l’ report of the outlook. Of thirty counties in Kansas, representing fairly the different sections of the State, twenty-three report an increase to acreage of from 10 to 83 per cent, and three a slight decrease: The reports are uniformly good as to the general outlook. Of thirty-jone counties to Illinois, covering well the different portions of the State, thirteen report increased acreages, ranging from sto 88 per cent, and five a decrease of from sto 25 per cent Of fifteen Indiana counties,.nine report, an increase to acreage, while none report a decrease, to Indiana the frost did seme damage,, but, wherever the grain was cut to the ground, replanting has replaced the damage. Of thirty-one counties to lowa,’ eUthteqn have an increase in acreage of from lOfco 25per eent, and three a slight decrease. Of sixteen Ohio counties, five give an increase of from 5 to 30 per cent, and three a decrease of from 5 to 15 per oent Wisconsin makes a more unfavorable showing than any of the ten State* Of fifteen counties in Southern Wisconsin, four give an increased acreage and five a decrease in acreage. The unseasonable weather has been the s'ole trouble to Wisconsin. Planting has been delayed until, in some localities, it is too late to raise more than fodder. A dozen Kentucky counties, with but two exceptions, report an increase in acreage. Of fourteen counties in Minnesota, seven give an increased acreage and four a decrease With the exception of Wisconsin, each of the States covered report the .general outlook good. Only two counties of the entire number report any damage by the worm. While no estimate of the aggregate yield of the ten States is attempted, the increased acreage and the general favorable stand warrant the belief that the growing crop will exceed the oropnf 1882 at least 12 per cent , , '

Monthly Report ‘of the Agricultural Bureau, The Department of Agriculture statistics Bay tUe condition *of winter wheat is reported lower than in May throughout the entire area, with few exceptiona The decline amounts to 4 points in Connecticut, 14 in New York, 2 in Ohio, 8 in Indiana, 15 in Illinois and 7 in Missouri. It is slight in Michigan and generally throughout the South. The genial average condition is 75, against 83 in May. In June, 1882, it Was 99 for winter wheat The average by States is as follows: Connecticut 92 New Y0rk............ 63 New Jersey .101 Pennsylvania.: 97 Delaware'. ..... 83 Maryland :.... 98 Vi ginia. k . 93fNorth Carolina 95 South Carolina 96 Georgia...: 96 Alabama...., 96 Mississippi 83 Texas 86 Arkansas 80 TCnnessee ........... 85 West Virginia....... 88 Kentucky 77 Ohio 60 Michigan SOlndiana 67 Missouri........ 70. Illinois «... 51 Kansas 80California 88 Or-gon 90| These figures indicate the condition of growing wheat, without reference to loss of area by plowing up the winter killed area the spring wheat area has been increased about 500,003 acres,, or nearly 5 per cent. Wisconsin reports a reduction df 1 percent; lowa, 2; Minnesota make* an Increase of 5 per cent; Nebraska, 7; Dakota, 40; Montana, 35. The spring-wheat States have an acreage of nearly 10,000,0t>0 acres The condition es spring wheat is everywhere high, averaging 98, the same as jost year. The area of barley is increased 5 per cent The total acreage is about 2,850,(XX) acres, and the condition averages 97. The increase in the arda of oats is 4 per cent, the area is nearly 19,200,000 acres, and the condition is high, averaging 9(3.