, 1867-09-06
The crOp.-Agrioultural Report for July.
WAsHiSGroS, August l, 1867.

~ 'Oi Tue montn OF July and comparison Q
the same for July, 1866, show that in the New
nngland States the acreage of the corn crop
slightly less than last year. Vermont, New
hampshire and Maine report respectively de
crease OF l, and III per cent, while Connect
cut and Massachusetts indicate slight increase
In condition there is slight falling off in Main
and Vermont. Wheat is remarkably fine in Con
necticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
with a material increase of acreage throughou
New England. Only Vermont aud Maine show
| ady diminution in condition. Rye and oats re
quire an almost identical report, except that tn,
! Increase is somewhatmore marked in every STAT,
| except Vermont. A uniform Improvement ir
pastures is noted, amounting to from l6 to 1:
per cent, and the hay crop is scarcely less abun
dant. Potatoes are more variable, but the ay
| erage will be better than last year
Ia New York the corn crop is deficient 9 per
cent. The condition is slightly deficient. Win.
ter wheat shows II per cent Improvement in
conditions rye, sper cent; oats, rye aud barley
as well as wheat, were scarcely up to the aver
age in condition on the lst of the month bu,
made an Improvement afterwards. Pastures and
meadows IL to IA per cent. increase Fruits OF
various kinds are generally little under the
average in condition.
In Pennsylvania corn was in deficient condi,
ton on the LIST of June, but has been rapidly
| improving since. Winter wheat is reported al
.
| erage condition rye increased in the average %
per cent; hay, as elsewhere, in extra condition
In New Jersey wheat has an increased breadth
and 20 per cent. improvement in condition; l3
per cent. increase of the average in rye, % per
cent. Increase of strawberries 20 in hay, and %
in pastures.
Scarcelyan eastern State shows so uniformly
good condition Of all produce as Ohio Corn in
the average is ? per cent. above last year in cou-
III
the Ist OF jane, The improvement in the condi.
tlon OF winter wheat averages l6 per cent over
the condition of last years harvesting an6 in
spring wheat 40 per cent, some counties having
enjoyed a harvest from six to eight and even ten
fold greater than last year. The estimate of the
crop last year was 10, 200, 600 bushels. The
present reports may be modified as to the actual
yield after thrtshing and the danger from sp.out-
ing is over, but the present indication, as de-
duced from the data of nearly all the counties
point to about 1900, 900 bushels of wheat
Tobacco shows deterioration,
In Indiana full average breadth of corn is
indieated-a little deficient in condition early in
the month, but improving rapidly. Winter wheat
Is Oh per. cent better than last year, and spring
wheat 10 per cent. Rye and barley are also
above, but oats are 0per cent. below the stand
ard OF last year. Pastures of timothy and clover,
as in other States, are in excellent condition.
e,
appearances give nearly the same report as in
indi"na The general farm crUp stands nbove
an average. Fruits show great improvement,
especially Strawberries aud peaches Tobacco
is dehcent II per cent. in average, and to some
extent ia the appearance.
The wheat crop is more extensive in Wiscon-
sin than that of corn, which is a full average
this year Reports of the condition are favora,
BILE. Iowa, which had full crops last year,
promises equal results for the present year.
The acreage OF corn is per cent greater. Win
ter wheat is about the same last year, and
spring wheat "a per cent. better on the average
lusn winter.
The reports for July as to the condition Of
wheat are as follows, expressed in tenths of last
year condition just before the time of harvest
ing, 10 being the unit representing the prospect
on the 3lst of July 1866 Winter rheGt-Kens
lucky, 1873; Ohio, 26; Indiana, l54 Illinois,
lOs Michigan, 1876; Wisconsin, ll3 MINES
sofa, sc Iowa, 10 ; Missouri, 1876; Kansas, TO-
Spring toheGt-Kentucky, lO4; Ohio, IA Indl-
ana, IL Illinois, IL Michigan, 1O6 Wiscou.
sin, II Minnesota, l24 Iowa, IO3 Missouri
l2S; Kansas, l05 1t will be remembered that
Iowa, Missouri and Kansas were last year ex-
centions to the general failure, hence the pres
ent showing is good.
The corn crop of the South is a large increase
in some States to the extent of thirty per cent
Wheat is less generally cultivated, though some
sections exhibit an increase of average. In con-
dition there is marked and in some States a
very large improvement. More attention is paid
to grass and hay and various crops of general
farm culture. The common average has increas-
cd in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Ar
kansas, and is equal to that flast year In
Texas, as whole, there is about the same av,
erage as last year.
Up to the 18th of July the receipts of cotton
from all points in the South, from September
LIST of last year, were 1869, 900 bales The de-
pertinent estimate, made up in October of last
year, vas 1885, 900 bales. This estimate was
furiously attacked from all quarters as being
half million bales too high, but proved to be
very near the actual product, though not suf,
fcently high. A high grade crop last year
would have produced from 2, 500, 900 to 3 900, 900
bales the present crop, under equally favora,
BILE circumstances, would be as large. What
the actual result will be, it is quite too early to
determine.