, 1864-08-31
THE CONE.ITlON OF TIE
GEO PSe
Ihe Monthly Report OF the Depart.
rnenf Of agriculture.

1he monthly Report OF the Depart
tnenx Of agriculture.
WASHINGTON, August 20, 1851
The bi-mcnthly Lrt Of the Department
OF Agriculture Tor the months OF Juac aud
July VIII be Issued ibis week. Tae tables ID
it, showing the condition Of the crops, are
expressed inecntha. ten being tho standard,
and one.tenth above 1t is stated II, ana one.
; tenth below 1t Q. Tbs fnal return ot the
crops in October, will also seoW the estima-
ted number Of bushels.
For the purpose Of presenting q general
view Of the condition Of the crops ID June
and July, the following general statement Is
Al that fs necessary at this tIEe.
) WnEAr.-Of the. most Important wheat
groUfrg Statts. Ohio gives the lowestreturn.
1t is four.tentbs or twenty per cent below
the crop Of 1868 in winter wheat, but It's
spring WHEAT ts one-half tenth or I've per
celt. above the saue crop last year. 1lli-
nois is ore-tenth below in winter wheat,
but two and one.half tcnths above in sprlog
winter md spring wheat. Wisconsin Is one
tenth below ID winter wheat, and four aud
one, half tepths below in spricg wheat-the
latter occasioncd chiefly BY tho distraction
cansed by the c1intz bug. lows is one-ten.h
below In wluter wheat; one asd 9 half.tensh
: below In spring wheat. Indiana Is m aver
age. Maryland is twotenths below. pcnn-
sylyoria is two and tTo third tenths below,
and New York one.tenth belov 10 Winter
what, oud thres-tenths below in spring
wheat. AS the gzain is large, and tne heads
we'll filed, 1t is believed the threshiog will
reduce these Losses.
BAR1EY-The 1argest- barley.produciug
Ohio, Illinois aud Wisconsin. OF these New
York is much the largest, and her crop IL re-
turned at Q Is tenths below that Of last year
In Pepns} iyanla 1t is tenth above; In OHIO
M tenth below; in Illinois tenth below,
aud tn Maine and Wisconsin 3tenths bclo Y.
OATs-The- largest growers of this crop
are New York, PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Indiana
New York is 8 tenths below an averas crop;
Pennsylvania is IN average; Ohio is Il tenth
above; Illinois is II tenthB abo7e; Niscon-
sin ,tenths below; Iowa 2 tenths above;
Michigan tenths below, and Indiana 2.3
teDths below
CoRN-The returns are for June and July,
consequently they do hot emoracs any re-
ports OF the benefits received from the rains
which have fallen In August.
The Department hns issued circulars, to be
returntd on the frat day Of September, whlch
will chow the benefits, mud the information
receiycd will be laid before tho country
through the Associated Press.
The rsturns show the condition OF the corn
crop In the principal corn growing states. as
to]lows: Illinois is an average; ohio; ~
<ttnthe below It; Indiana 81 tecss below;
Kentucky, tenshs below; Missouri, Is
ttpths btlow; Iowa, . teptos below: New
YORK., 9 tentbs below, and PennslylVania, 21
= ToBAccoWTbe sales show considerable
dccreaec in the amount planted In hcn
tncIy 1t Ia tentGs below the amount pl ant
ed last year; In Maryland, 2 tenths below;
IN Missouri, 8 tenths below; in Ohio, l Is
tenths below; in Inlnois, 80 Of tenth be-
low in Indfann. 3M tentias below; Ia New
YorR. 5 tenths above. This decrease is at
tributable TO want OF labor, the unfavorable
wcatLer for citing ont the plants, aud the
appreIens1nn of an internal tax upoa the
Leaf Of which thert is not the renotest pro-
liability, . :. 49,,
FLAI-The amount @eown OF This crop
shoe lnrce increase over tlat Of lust year
shout 3 tenths more.
!, BEANs-The came remark may be n1aae Of
this crop. soRGuUM-The present crop will
exceed the amount planted IN 1888. CoTTos
But a small amount planted. PoTAToEs--
Besides the Eastern States. the Chief potato
crowine States are New York, Pennsylvania,
Illinois,. Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and
minnesota, In the former the amount planted
is m average, except In Connecticut, where
It IA s tenti1s above, In New York 1t Ia one.
tenth aboye'; in Pennsylvania aud Illinois,
1!S teutbs shove; In Iowa, one tenth above;
and in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
. HAI@This e TI crop is harvested in good COZ
ditiop.s In New York 1t is tenths below
Iast YEARS crop; In Pennsylvanta 1t Is an
average: In 1l1inois, Ohio and Maine, 3 Il
tenth above last years. crop; In Massachu-
sets, tenths below; III Wisconsin, s 3tenths