Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-04
TIE CONDITION OF TnE cRors

The following information relative to the
condition Of the crops is from the advance
sheets of the July report Of the Commits
sioner Of Agriculture:
The Commissioner Congratulatos the coun-
try upon the prospect Of year of average
fruitfulness. Wheat the bread crop Of the
country, was in 1865 less in quantity and
quality than that of 1864,
The greater portion of the seed used last
autumn was Of inferior quality, producing
plants Of low vitality; the winter following
was, in most districts, variable, freezing and
thawing, with but little snow and much mois-
ture and TO add 10 the chances against the
life Of the plants the spring was cold, with
frequent and severe freezing. This was the
case particularly in the Ohio Valley, and
10 some extent throughout the country east
Of the Mississippi. But the States west OF
that river promise an unusually abundant
crop Of superior quality. The fine weather
of the late spring and early summer has
wonderfully developed the remaining grain
Of the injured districts.
There has been an unusual exemption
from ravages Of insect tribes neither rust
nor storms have done it material injury, and
II il escapes sprouting from wet weather,
the promise is Of a crop nearly as large as
last year, and far better in quality. The
psesent indications, as marked by cores
pondents. point 10 an average of about
81 tenths in quantity, and Of quality that
will make il equal in value 10 last years
crops.
The testimony from all quarters renders
il certain that the quality will be excellent.
In Jersey county, Illinois, the grain is UNI
usually fine and large and will compare
favorably with the grain Of 1864. A cores
pendent in blighted district, who calculates
upon half crop in his county, acknowl-
edges that its quality is superior, and ad-
mits that there viii be a suihciency for seed
and bread for the home population, with
ordinary prices, but that under the stimu-
lus Of extra high prices there viii be some
to send abroad.
This superior excellence viii not 90 far to
make up the difference in quantity between
the crop Of this year and that Of 1865,
(which difference IL far less than was expect
ed on the first Of June but it will, IL is be-
ieved. make even more good bread and
prove Of greater value than the crop of last
wear. Besides, there has been a saving in
consumption, which will help 70 swell the
prospective supply The poor quality Of
last years wheat, and the high price Of Hour
In connection with the superior quality Of
last years corn, has had its legitimate effect
in causing largely increased use Of corn
bread, which has been for three years past
i'm certain districts almost entirely unknown,
wheat having been actually cheaper than
corn.
The winter barely crop is in very nearly
the same condition as the wheat Taken To-
gether. the average Of the fall-sown viii
reach nearly nine-tenths, and the spring crop
exceeds an average by nearly a tenth.
The crop Of oats has been unusually good,
almost beyond precedent In no State will
there be less than an average crop, and m
one at least Kansas the returns give prom
Use Of twenty-five per cent more than an
average. Raroly Is the country, Units length
and breadth. blessed with a crop SO uniform
IN liberal in IL yield, and Of such excellent
,uality. A remarkable exemption from dis
ease Is apparent though "a correspondent
;r Greene county. Kentucky, writes that
there i bat an ordinary crop, quite low,
with occasionally an appearance Of rust.
The condition Of pastures is generally
above the average. Clover suffered by win
ser k,lling IN the trans-Mississippi States.
a eorrcspondeut from Ouiogamie county,
Wisconsin, says that the small white clover,
the greatest dependence for mich COWS, y
snsiTely gone The month Of May was the
drvest and coolest ever known.