Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-08-05
condition of the CrOpS i'm ,JuJv.

Inc most remarkable fact in connectio,
~ tue corn crop of the present wear is tn
great increase of its acreage in the soutb
81. .l'e ulIerence In number of acres between
JIG present ana preceding year being NOR,
'ilhh Two millions and half A sliSbt do
crease Is apparent in the eastern seaboar ~
states resulting from the unpronitions cbor
acIer OF the recent cold, wet and hacL1,a =
PrlnS, winch sadly interfered with nIan+;nn
careful estimate of the acreage shows ,
e'ise 81 fy,o05 acres in eight states, and
an increase Of 3,IOS .2I5 acres in 49,
manning states ie
ms shows an increase of over 2 oOo ooo
o. acres IN corn, making about SO 900 600 in
tne uhited States, an advance of nine nor
cent the percentage of Louisiana reaches
oo' that OF Arkansas A., that of Kansas az
MTlSsl7sIPpi %, Nebraska Is, Missouri %
6p-.o minnesota IL Iowa Is, Illinois and
The drought in the south has retarded
somewhat the growth of corn, but its condi
ton In that section is generally good. In
the west the average is high, with the excen
ton of Ohio and Indiana, where the weather
mas been somewhat unpropitious, and storms
destructive In the east, on the last of June
the growth was small, but the hot weather of
July has brought large portion of the cron
into splendid condition
WHEAT--The condition of wheat, as shown |
IN the July returns, is above the average for
last year In all the States except Vermont.
Connecticut, the Carolnas, Georgia, Florida
alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Nebraska.
L he season has been peculiarly favorable to
the growth and ripening of this great bread
crop IN all except the southern States,
Inc favorable reports SO numerous, in
Ine western States especially. that it is I'M
necessary % give them in detail. The gen
eral tenor OF reports is that - winter wheat ,
oius Iair 10 be the largest crop we have had 8
Tor many years " :. the Weld will be i'm :
mense; - 9 the prospect was never better ,
for large crop" :. the weather has been
remarkably seasonable' - the universal ,
opinion Is that the crop will be the largest i
ever grown In the country; - g crops all i
over the country were never in a more flour =
ishlnS condition." Our Lafayette, Wiscon- I
3d. correspondent says he has never seen, in +
residence OF 40 years, finer prospect for T.
wheat, as well as all other crops, and that f
the same might be said of several adjoining III
counties In Highland county Ohio, the b
acreage of winter wheat is estimated at three U
times e, that Of last year, and in Monroe coun b
y Missouri, the acreage of wheat is thought s.
to be three-fold that of 1867. In Kalamazoo :,
county Michigan. an unusual yield is repor- b
ted; the best fields being estimated at 40 v
DuSheis per acre; and in Bourbon county, q
Kansas, 1t is claimed that many farmers will n
show similar yield 7
:, exceptions to this showing are frequent in
.he south where rust was more or less preya- :,
rent Some loss from the same cause re !,
suited IN Maryland and in the similar ATTITUDES :
N the west In few localities loss from N
logging Is reported. Unusual exemption a.
rom winter killing Is manifest. reports of :,
iamage from freezing coming only from n
northern vermont, some portions of the Ohio n,