New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-27
To the Associated Prsss-
WELLINGTON. Augad 70.
THE cONnITIoN or TIE CROPS.

The bl-mOnthly report OF TIE Depaltncnt VI
Agriculture for the months OF June and July vlb
be issued this week. The tables in IL, showing the
condition OF the crops, are expressed IN enths ten
being the standard and one-tenth above IL Is ststeo
H. and ono-tenth below IT .. The mai returns o,
the crops in October viii also show the ertinateo
number Of bushels
For the purpose OF presenting ageneral view OF
the condition OF the crops In June and july ihe ioi.
loving general statement is al that is necessary NJ
this time.
WHEAT-Of the most important wheei-Sror'nS
States, Ohio gives the lowest return ~ ~ ' Cur,
tenths or twenty per cent. below the crop o. loo',
in Winter wheat, but its Spring wheat is one-nat
tenth or five per cent. above the same crop lass
year. Illinois is one-tenth below in Winter wheat,
but two and onehalf tenths above IN Spring wheat:
Michigan is one-tenth above ooth N wih a aI a.
Spring wheat. Wisconsin is one-tenth below In
Winter wheat and four and one-haif tenths below
in Snriug wheat-tbe latter occasoned chiefly by
the destruction caused by the chintz bug. Iowa ~
one-tenth below in Winter wheat one and one-nau
tenth below in Spring wheat. Indiana Is an
AVERAGE. Maryland is two.tenths below. Pennsyl-
yauia s two and two-thiId tenths below, ana New
York oDe-tenth below in Winter wheft and three
teuths below in Spring wheat. As the gram islalge
and the heads well filed tits believed the threShins
win reduce these losses.
PARrrYL'rhe LARGEST barley-producing States are
New York, Penusvlyania, Maine, Ohio, Illinois and
Wisconsin. 0fthese New York is much the largest,
and her crop 10 returned at 4-5 tenths below thas
of last year. In Pennsylvania it is tenth above;
| In Ohio tenth below; IN Illinois l tenth Deiow,
and In Maine and Wisconsin tenths below.
'OATs-The llrgest growers of this crop arc New
York, Pennsylvania Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Michigan and Indiana. New FORK is 3tenths
below sn average crop; Pennsylvania Is an average;
Ohio is tenth above; Illinois is j. tenths abovej
Wisconsin tenths below; Iowa tenths above;
Michigan tenths below, and Indiana 20 tenths
CoRy-Tbe returns are for June and July, con.
scGuently they do not embrace any repofte oi me
benefits received from the rains which have iailep
The Department has issued circulars, 10 be re-
turned on the fret day OF September, wAleh WIN
show the benefits and the Information received WIZ
be laid before the country through the Assoeiaseo
Press.
in the principal corn-growing states as follows: II
lnois an average Ohio, tenths below III lndl'
ana, 81 tenths below; Kentucky . tenths below;
Missouri, II tenths below: Iowa tentns DcioHi
New York, ztenths below, ana felnsyHsAis, =
tenths below.
ToR,ocO-The sales show considerable de-
crease in tho amount planted. In Kentucky IT'S
tenths below the amount planted last yeah ~
MARYLAND, 9 tenths below ia Missouri, D 'ehbus
below; in Ohio, It tentls below; III iAinDrs, =,
tenth below; in Indiana, . tonths below; IN
New-York 3 tenths above AID III Connecticut -
tenths above. This decrease IS attributable TO
want Of labor, the uniayoraolc weather i'r setting
ont the plants END the apprehension VI an inV0i".
tax upon the leaf OF which there is not theremotest
probability.
FLAx-rhe amount sown Of this crop shows
large increase over that Of last year-abon1
,eDths more. ~.
DFlSs-Tho same remark may be made OF this
crop. SoReuUM-Tbe present crop viii exceed
the amount planted in 1863 CoTToS-Bata snaIi
amount planted. PorArots-Besides the Eastern MI.
States the chief potato growing States are Ne"
Work Pennsylyania, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa and Minnesota. In tho former tho
amount planted is an average, except IN C9hneev'
emit where il is tenths above, in New YORK, IL Is
tenth above; in Pennsylvania and llhnols, -
tcnths above; in Iowa, tenth above; and IN MICH
icsn. Wisconsin and Minnesota, tcnths above:
FkY-This crop is harvested in good condition.
In Ncw-York it is . tenths below last years crop;
in Pennsylyana il is an average; III Illinois, ONO,
and Maine. a tenth above last years crop; IN
Massachusetts,, 9 tenths below; in Wisconsin,
tenths below; in Iowa, 81 tenths above; ana ID
lndiana, ! tenth above ,-..
Pastures have been cut short nearly eVerywhets
bv drought and Butter and Cheese have, In ccnse.
orence, fallen considerably below the amounts
m all last year