The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-11-06
Report of the Department of Agricul

ture.
The Department of Agriculture has is
sued report upon the condition Of the
crops in October. 1t says.
''The full promise of the early summer
has not been realized in the wheat harvest
The increase of the area over that of las,
| year, In its effect upon the aggregate pro
| duction, is nearly neutralized by the smal
diminution in some OF the wheat-growing
states In yield, per acre so that the In
crease In the total quantity, as shown by
| the October returnss, is scarcely more than
! three per cent, and that is obtained mainly
| from the Pacific coast. The averages from
October appear to show decrease in the
production in Maine, New Hampshire,
massachusetts,, Connecticut, New Jersey.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Texas-the latter having only
hat crop. The other states indicate an
| increase in most Of those East of the Mis-
slssippi, which is very slight in Minneso.
ia, ia per cent; in Iowa, 6 per cent in
Missouri, 8 per cent. !; in Nebraska, 49,
| states In different parts of the country, es>
peo,ally Mary land and Wisconsin, report a
dis ippOrtionment in the yield of grain in
threshing.
The oat crop is light in the Eastern, Mid
IDLE, Middle, Southern and Atlantic states.
There is not full average in Michigan,
Wis onsin or Iowa. In the other states,
the product is about the average-the ar
gest incre ass being 2l per cent, in Nebras-
ka. In Wisconsin the deficiency is 9 per
cent.
Considerable injury from frost to the corn
crop Is repoi ted in no. thern Indiana, Lii
nols, iowa, and tho more mort ern la,i-
tudes. In some p ,rts of Iowa an est mate
OF two htths of soft corn is made From
oIlh IN Illinois, Southern Ohio, West
Virgin a, and + n sylvania come mi sints
OF lnmaturlty, III Consequence OF the wet
weather, and accounts OF Injury from drouth
are also received. No general or very Sc
we're drouth has been reported. The total
product will not be what Vas hopt in the
elily season, rapidly incr ,aSing popu alton;
but the crop is ,Inewhat larger In gu nifty
than last year, which was season peculi
ally adverse TO corn.
Tie prof,u tive sra of cotton is some
what less than last year, although the cul-
ture has been better, and the preparation
for planting more complete, a I'd labor more
regular and reliable, as a general rule.
Early IN the Sc; SOL, the promise was fine.
Serious 10 ses have, Of late been incurred,
principally fr m depredationS of the cotton
caterplIlcr, ar army worm, which have
proved more general and severe in Georgia
than elsewhere The worm was trouble
some in potion of Alabama and Mis- is,
slppi an som what prevalent in ii e Cars
oinas and Arkansas. Heavy rains in Tenn
essee and the southwest have eau .ed anx
iety but have done less damage than was
expected. The returns indicate smaller
c'op-possibly by Is 20 per cent than last
year but complete estimate will not be
made till the crop il gath cred.
Peas and beans will be nearly an average
crop.
Buck wheat is very generally deficient.
Connecticut, New York, Minnesota, Cali
fornia, and some of the Southern states fur
nish favorable exceptions.
Sorghum has been more successful than
last year in southern New England, New
jersey, Delaware, the gulf states, and Cali
fornia.
Potatoes are reported full average crop,
with deficiency of 10 per cent. in New
York and Pennsylvania, and from to 4
per cent. in the southern Atlantic states
and Tennessee 90 per cent. in Illinois; 10
per cent. in Iowa; II per cent in Indi-
ana; Is per cent in Ohio l6 per cent in
Michigan, and a greater or less reduction
| In the other western s'ateS.
Returns from Louisiana indicate an in.
crease of II per cent. over last year in the
sugar cane
The amount of old wheat in hand is
somewhat less than usual throughout the
country, with the exception of the cotton
states, which have higher average than
last year. This remark will not apply to
Texas, where the graneries are uniformly
empty. Tho quantity left over in Wiscon
sin is relatively somewhat lower than in tho
neighboring states.
The stock of beeves in preparation fol-
market il, larger than last year west and
south of New Jersey, except in Indians
and Illinois, which states constitute the i'm
portant beef producing section. The def
cheney in Illinois is placed at 2 per cent.
The condition of the fattening cattle is al
most universally of superior character
giving promise Of better and larger meat
supplies than usual.
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