The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-08-04

f WEI ttta ttAH NfTE OF tN
present year + tho great incressa s
+ It's acreage IN the s5uih, the difference
IN number 81 acres b.twean ths presen
and preceding year being moo tha,
two millions aud bali a slight de
cftass e apparent ia the eastern SEA
board States, resulting from tho an
propitions character q the recent cold
( wet aud backward spring. which saaly
in'criered with planting A careful e..
innate Of the acreage shows decrcas,
+ u 1900 acres ii eight States and m
Increase 81 St0s2l5 acres in the ro.
naming States
+ The doagl,t in the south has retarl-
/ cd somewhat the growth 81 corn. bat
/ is condition il tba, section Is general.
ny good Ia The west the average is
high, with the exception Of Ohio and
Indiana. whore the weather has been
Iuupropjtious and storms destructive
In the eost, on the last Of Jane. the
growth was snail bat the hot weather
Of July has brought large portion Ct
the crop into splendid condition.
Wheat The condition u wheat as
shown in the July returns. is above the
average for last year in MI the States
except Vermont Connecticut. the Car
olinae, Georgia, Florida, Alabama Miss
issippi Texas, and Nebraska. The
season has been peculiarly favorable to
the growth and ripening of this great
bread crop in all except the southern
States.
The favorable reports are so numer-
GUS, in the western States especially.
that II is unnecessary to give them in
detail The general tenor Of reports is
that winter wheat bids fair TO bo the
largest crop we have had for many
years" "ths yield will be immeuso;"
"the prospect was never better for n
large crop; "the weather has been
remarkably seasonable," "the univer-
sal opinion is that the crop win be the
largest ever grown in tho country"
"crops all over the country were never
in more fourishing condition 4 m
Lafayette, Wisconsin, correspondent
says he has nevor seen, in residence
OF 40 years, finer prospect for wheat,
as well as all other crops, and that the
same might be said of several adioin.
ing counties. In Highland county
Ohio, the acreage Of winter wheat is
estimated at three times that Of last |
year, and in Monroe county, Missouri. |
The acreage Is thought 10 be threshold |
hat Of 1867 In Kalamazoo county, |
an unusual yield is reported, |
.he best fields being estimated ut 40 |
per acre; and in Boubon coun- |
", Kansas, it is claimed that many |
armers will show similar yield.
Cotton Returns from the cotton
districts indicate Everywhere a rec ne
ion Of the acreage in that crop with /
he exception Of Texas, which shows an
Increase Of 33 per cent over last year.
md Alabama, where there appears TO
re no material change in the figures. -
Phe falling off in Mississippi appears
o be Is per cent, 81 in Louisiana, Is T
n Georgia, IL in Arkansas, is in South
}arolma, 30 in Tennessee, and 80 in
North Carolina The average rodnc-
ion in acreage is about 10 per cent.
With this diminished breadth there IS
leaner and better culture aud a more
'eneral use OF fertilizers, so that the
ieId may be quite equal 10 last year,
he season being equally favorable,
nth like experience rs toinsects and
Their causes Of injury. II is yet too
arly to predict the result, but the
resent stains Of the crop is fairly
hown in this statement.
Rye, oats, and barley promise album
ant crops; no serious drawbacks are
eported, and few complaints Of bad
arc received.
Potatoes, so exceptionally unpro-
motive last year, are in unusually fine
and the average is increased
! every State except Rhode Island
1e natural result of extremely high
rices Of last years crop.
Fruit is variable; apples and peaches
.ss promising than usual. Vermont.
ew Jersey Delaware, Virginia, Ar.
lnsas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Indi- 4
IA, Kentucky, aud West Virginia,
axe a worse record than other States [
TO apples. Peaches will be less {
'udant than apples; New Jersey, Ma {
land, aud Delaware promise but half c
crop, and Illinois and Michigan show y
g considerable reduction. A fair !
-omiso Of grapes is Undated q
Tobacco covers as large an area az I
'ual in Virginia, kontucky and Con- t
,cticut; somewhat less IN Indiana. H. }
iois, aud Missouri It's condition il {
,od in Kentucky and Aficbigan. else. \