Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-01-31
THE CROPS OF 1866.

A friend has kindly furnished the ENQUIRER
with the last monthly report Of the Agricultural
Department at Washington. 1t contains many
valuable statistics and estimates relative to the
quantity and quality of last years crops: few OF
which we select as of interest to our readers.
The cotton crop is estimated at l, 100000 bales,
of 400 lbs each, Tor l,250,OOO bales, Of 500 lbs.
each, of which lO2, 900 are from South Carolina.
Compared with the crop Of 1860, that Of 1866 is
about in the proportion Of to 10, or little more
than half This comparison includes returns from
States in which cotton is not cultivated to any ex
tent. When the estimate is confined to the cotton
States proper, the proportion of the crops Of 1866
to that Of 1860 is but 44 to TO- which Is something
less than half the amount raised in the former year.
The entire corn crop Of the United States is es-
timated at $50, ,OOO 900 bushels, Of which but 1885,
100000 bushels were made at the South. The
Northern States have come short of the crop of
1865 by 25, 900 bushels while the deficiency in
the quality of the Northern crop reduces its value
by 75 100000 bushels additional so that its actual
feeding value is 100000, 900 bushels less than the
Northern crop of 1865. The crop Of the eleven
seeding Southern States is 8. in quantity and g.
S in quality, placing the crop of 1865 at 10. As
no estimate is given of the number of bushels made
in these States in 1885, the actual deficiency Of this
year, in bushels, cannot be made out. But conf
pared with the crops made in the same States in
1859, they fall short S9,OOO,0OO bushels, and the
inferiority in quality would probably make the true
difference some 10000, 900 bushels more. Texas
is the only one of these States which exceeds its
Immediately previous crop, both in quantity and
quality all the others being short in both respects
Louisiana makes the poorest show, having but one
fourth crop made, which, in quality, is but a
little over three-ffths of her previous crop. South
CaroEpa. though just equal to Louisiana in the
quality of her crop, has done little better as t.
quantity, being credited with three-ffths of crop,
when compared with the year before.
The entire wheat crop of the United States is
timated at 1SO, 600, 900 bushels, which is a slight
decrease compared with former years, though it
affords supply of five bushels to each inhabitanr.
But 100000 bushels of this amount was pro-
duced by the Southern States, all Of which have
made less than half crop, with the exception Of
Texas, where large crop was made
The total amount of tobacco raised in the Uni
ted States was $4,000, 900 pounds, about half of
which was made by each section.
The above figures may not agree with the ideas
of everybody, but we give them for what they are
worth. To use the language of the report, ''these
estimates are not an average of great many gues-
es by irresponsible individuals in several States,
but the actual footing up of careful county esti-
mates, after close scrutiny and cautious examina-
tion." In consideration of this statement, we are
disposed to regard the estimates of the Agricultural
Commissioner as the most reliable that can be OBJ
tanned