Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-06-23
State of the Crops.

WASHINGTON, j June Y.
The monthly report of the Department of Agri-
culture for june the return of 5000 correspondent
in all parts of the country having been received,
from the LIST to the 18th instant says: "The appre-
tensions of scarcity of crops which might threaten
compulsory economy in consumption, or warrant
extraordinary prices, are groundess From careful
analysis of statistical returns with due regard to the
usual average product and present losses of each
State the prospect the lst OF June was for
tenths of a crop. With favorable weather and alb
sence from casualties before harvesting the ipdica
tions point to three-fourths of an average total.
Of wheat Ohio and Indiana appear to have suf-
fered most from winter killing. A prospect for "a
sufficiently diseouraging An increase of four-tenths
of the average breadth of spring wheat will afford
some relief and ought to bring UP the total average
to half crop. Ohio is reported at four-tenths for
winter wheat with two and half tenths more for
spring wheat than qsus-a NIUE petter proSpeGt lor
winter wheat than Indiana: and not quite SO large
an increase of spring wheat will give about the same
result-half an average crop.
Illinois, now our greatest wheat growing State,
promises seven -tenths of a crop Of winter wheat.
As the spring wheat, which is the main dependence
for crop in portions OF the State. is nearly good
usual at least three-tourths OF crop should be
expected in this State.
In Wisconsin the winter wheat is reported at six
and one-third tenths, with and three -fourths
more spring wheat til an usual which should secure
three-fourths of an average crop for this State.
In Iowa the appearance @ OF winter wheat Is nlne-
breadth of the latter some twelve and one eighth
tenths This should give at least en- average foI
In PENNSYLVANIA the wheat crop is eight.tenths
In New York winter wheat eight and four nine,
tenths Spring wheat nine and three-htth tenths OF
about eight-tenths for the crop as whole. In Mis-
souri, the prospect for full crop Of winter wheat is
reported with 0ne-half tenhs or five per cent more
than the usual breadth of spring wheat, looking
nearly as well usual at this season OF the year
Kentucky is reported at five and two,thirds tenths
Michigan seven and-a half tenths. Minnesota ter
and five ninth-tentbs for winter wheat and nine
tenths for spring wheat. KsnSas fourteea and one
third tenths for winter aad 9T sprlni
wheat. In lowlands. except marshes, full breadth
Of spring wheat is Sown looks better than an average
in Maine and fraction lower than average IN thu
other States Winter wheat where it is grown at al
has suffered to the extent of one and two tenths
| in Vermont and Connecticut three-tenths. New
Jersey is placed in the same list with New FORK ant
Pennsylyania, at eight-tenths, and Delaware, Mary
| land and West Virginia will reach an average o
about six-tenths.
The section west of the Mississippi, comprising
Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri and Kansas, taken to
gether. promises more than an average crop o
wheat.
Winter Rge-The winter rye shared the fate o
| the wheat, put in less degree. The injury wa
greatest in Ohio, West Virginia. Maryland. Ken
| lucky. Michigan and Indiana. Delaware, Connec
| ticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont come next il
| order. Kansas. Nebraska and Minnesota are th
| only States above the average, while Missouri an
New Hampshire are reported OF ten-tspths,