The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-18
TIE DROTCBT AND THE CROPS.
The Crops In Masss. nusefts o"d New Eng
lAnd-Inter.sOng Fac and statistics.
MR.. MUS LETTER.

LAnd-Inter.song FAC and statistics.
MR. HILLS LETTER.
LEXINGTON, MASS, Sept 10, 1854.
The HsRAIp notice II ngaged in the good work Of
posting up American public in relation to the late
drought crops ans has called upon It's readers
to communicate facts pertaining thereto Although 1t
i. not In my power TO urni.h yoa with full authentic STA
stcai information the crops in this Com mon
wealth and 9th parts Of New England for the present
season. specially since The farmers have but partially
gathered in the harvest still may possibly help along
the good work which you have entered by furnishing
some estimates and secuations based upon such gene
raj nformatio az is hand. The Secretary Of
State Board of Agrsutur-, Mr. II mt notice. has pro
missed you full statistics they be obt nei,
which may possibly upset such cal ulauons as am
about TO make ana which you al liberty 70 take for
what they may be worth.
First few words relation to the late drought II is
not 70 be denied hat Of the most and
Ions. continued ever exl eferced in New England. In
this vciny-aH tue remark is OF the whole State
there was rain any equeDce for about
weeks say frem the third week ia July TO the second in
September. Tbs same prevalence Of the drought has
probably been expe fenced Rho-e Island ana Connect
cut. In Maine New ismpshire is contnu ance may
be set down at couple q weeks more say t~o months
in all In Vermont, the complaint does not seem to
have heen gereralas eeShere That state usually
Four five weeks of dry weather may perhaps be con
sidele3 the fun extent curing the present season.
In ne three southern New England states hassaehu
setis, Rhode Island and Connecticut the effect of the
d.. weather in the latter part of July has doubtless
bteu benef ia in rpenirg and helping to secure
tIaort AIRY yield Of hay, wheat rye barley and oats
These crops probsoy rsyer much better in these
Ststes They far advanced to be seriously az
Tested. Inteed little, If any, complaint is heard in
the accompany ing tables nearly average yi.d
taking tie returns of the crop of 1850 as a
basis for comparison. notice that your correspon-
dent, Mr.. Robinson of min ton, Vermont, esti-
mates the crop Of hay in that State at about
twothrds and wheat rye, oats and barley at about
three quarters Of the average annual yield An nte
gent farmer from the centre of New Hampshire in.
formed yesterday that there would be fuu thirds
OF the average yield Of these crops in that State incu
ding also the crop of Maue is not good an
agricultural State either Of the other states of New
England for the that the soil is generally
ciyey and less attention has been paid to farming in
Its large tmbsr sections The grasshoppers did great
dsmsge there in the agricultural districts last
Passing up the Kennebec and Penobscot the latter
part Of August, 1858, there scarcely green thing
10 be As compared with last year, therefore, the
crops Of the present cannot be much As
compared with 1850 will estimate the early hay and
grain at two thirds and the corn at only onehaf Of
crop, gil accounts agree in representing the to
have suffered there than in any other part Of New
England.
In large portion of Massachusetts, the crop will
average from the best information to be had full
two thirds average yield. Such Of the bes. and
most intelligent farmers in this town Informs
will be the here; and / have doubt that
in the western section Of the State the result
will be stn favorable. With these data
then, and the aid Of the census returns, I
have prepared the subjoined tables showing the pro-
ductiops Of the six New England States for the year
ending June 1. 18b0), compared with their estimated
probable ed for the year ending June 1854