The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-11-05
The Crops.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 80.

The Department of Agriculture has {
issued report of the condition of the ;
crops in, October. 1t says that the
fullspromise of the early summer has
not enrealized.
In the wheat harvest, the increase of
area over that of last year, i'll its effect
upon aggregate production, is very
nearly neutralized by the small dimi- +
mutton in some of the principal wheat
growing States, in the yield per acre,
so that the increase in the total guam
tity, as shown by the October re-
turns, is scarcely more than three per
cent, and that is obtained merely
from the Pacific coast. 70
The averages for October appear to
show decrease in production in
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu-
setts, Connecticut, New Jersey, North |
Carolina, South Carolina; Georgia,
Alabama and Texas, they having only |
half crop. The other States indicate
increase. .tI-.tiH 's.ijii -@i
In most of those cast of the Missis-
sippi, the increase is light; in Mime
sofa, thirteen per cent; Iowa, six per
cent. Missouri, eight per cent; Ne
braska, thirteen per cent. Kansas,
twenty-three per cent; and Califor-
MIA, twenty-five per cent. - '.E a2"
Many States in different parts of
the countryAespecially in Maryland
and Wisconsin-report dispropor-
tionment in yield in grain in thresh-
ing. 't-a -'-.'t.a 1'o j. ;=-i@i.. I'@' -
The cat crop is light in the Eastern,
Middle and Southern Atlantic States,
and not a full average in Michigan,
Ohio and Iowa. In the other
States the product is. above the
average, the largest increase being
twenty-oneper cent. in Nebraska. In
| Wisconsin the deficiency is nine per
cent. " <'''fJ- i-t. 4nJ g t'7srt1- 4
Considerable injury from frost to
the corn crop is reported in northern
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and the more
northern latitudes. From southern
Indiana, southern Ohio, West Vir-
ginia, and Pennsylvania, come COM
plants of i1nmaturity, the conse-
| quence of thewet weather, and few
accounts of injury from drouth are
received. No general or very severe
drouths have been reported. The to-
| tal product will not be, what was
hoped in the early season, or what was
needed for the country with rapidly
increasing population, but somewhat
larger in quantity than last year,
which was season peculiarly adverse
to corn production. JatI Nf"t- l. 81.
The area ofIcotton is somewhat less
than last year. The culture has been
/ better, and the preparation for plant
ing more complete, and labor more
\ regular and reliable, as general rule.
Early in the season the promise was
I fine; Fl Serious losses have of late
been incurred; however, principally
| from the depredations of the cotton
caterpillar or army worm, which have
I proved more general and severe in
:. Georgia than elsewhere, very trouble
: some in portions of Alabama and Mis-
sissippi, and somewhat prevalent in
the Carolinas and Arkansas. Heavy
rains in Tennessee and the Southwest
have caused anxiety, but done less
damage than was expected. Returns
indicate smaller crop, possibly fif-
: teen Or twenty per cent, than last
year: but a complete estimate will not
be made till the crop is gathered.
Peas and beans will be nearly an ay-
erage crop. - 'i.'
Sorghum has been more successful
than last year in southern New Eng
{ land, New Jersey, Delaware, the Gull
States and California. "'.
81 Potatoes are reposted a full average
crop, with a deficiency of ten per cent.
in New Y ork and Pennsylvania, from
three to seven per cent, in the South
ern Atlantic States and Tennessee
: twenty per cent, in Illinois, ten per
cent. in iowa, eleven per cent, in In
= diana, fifteen per cent. in Michigan,
, and a greater OF less reduction in the
other Western States. e-'i4 80 @''''
Returns from Louisiana indicate an
increase of twenty-five per cent oyer
last year in the. sugar-cane. : The
!, amount of old wheat on hand is some
what less. than, usual throughout the
country, with the exception of the
: cotton States, which have higher av-
erage than last year. This remark
will not apply to Texas, where the
granaries are uniformly empty. The
= quantity left over in Wisconsin is rel
ative1y somewhat lower than in the
neighboring States. 49,.
. The stock of beeves in preparation
, for the market is larger than last year
!, west and south of New Jersey, except
! in Indiana and Illinois, which States
constitute an important beef produc.
!, ing section. The deficiency in Hi.
! nois is placed at two per cent, and in
Indiana at five per cent. The condi.
ton of the .fattening cattle is almost
:. universally of a superior character
giving promise of better and larger
meat supplies than usual during the
first week in October.