Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-22

The Agricultural Bureau has recently
made a thorough and exhaustive review
Of al the crop statistics now on file from
every section of the country, for the
year 1858. From this we learn that the
sugar crop will be forty-two per
| cant. advance over the amount used du-
ring the past season but that the cotton
crop will be a total of 100000 bales less
than the crop Of last year, and will not
exceed 2,OO0,0GO bales.
Of wheat the full promise OF The early
summer has not been realized. While
more acres were planted in 1868 than in
the preceding year that effect upon the
aggregate production is almost neutral
lied by q diminution in the yield Of
many OF the wheat-groBipg States so
that the increase viii hardly reach three
per cent. and that chiefly from the Ps-
eifc coast. The returns to the Depart
ment show q decrease Ia this crop in
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Jersey, North Caro-
lima, South CaroIins, Georgia, Alsbams,
and Texas, the latter State harvesting
only half q crop. The other States re
port an Increase. In most Of those east
Of the Mississippi very slight; Mime
sofa, Is per cent. in Iowa, 6; in Mis-
souri,, S; ia Nebraska, IS IL Kansas, %
and in California, Is per cent. In some
quarters the return from thrsshing has
not met the expectation of the husband
men, but in others the yield per dozen
sheaves is fully up to the hi CHEST average.
It is stated that the amount Of cid
wheat on bshd in October was somewhat
less than usual throughout the country,
with the exception Of the cotton States,
which have = higher sversge than LAST
year. This remark will not apply 10
Texas, where the ~grsnsries are uniformly
empty. The quantity left over in Wis
consin is relatively somewhat lower than
in the neighboring States. In the At
lantic States the old wheat is about dis
posed Of.
The cat crop will turn cut quite as
many bushels as that Of last year, and
he quality is good. In most Of theStates
the return of rye per acre is satisfactory,
and the aggregate viii reach that Of
1867. The barley crop is somewhat de-
fcient in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wis
consin, and in q majority Of the Atlantic
States.
The corn crop OF 1867 was little more
than three-fourths Of an average ercp for
the land sown; the crop Of this year viii
fall behind that by 10 to Is per cent.
This, which may be considered the
crop Of the country, is so i'm
portant that even a partial fail
ure must fall heavily upon the
country. With corn at 3 high price the
Of poEk and other meats must neces-
sariIy advance snd make the price of
still more burdensome to the poor
than at the present time.
In Southern New England, New Jer-
sey, Delaware, the Gulf States, and Cali
the potatoes are reported 3 full
average crop, with a deficiency Of 10
per cent. in New York and Pennsylva-
mia, from 8 to ! Psr cent. IN the Southern
Atlantic States and Tennessee, 20 in H.
10 in Iowa, IL in Indiana, Is in
Ohio, is in Michigan, and a greater or
lesser reelection in other Western States.
While this exhibit Is not as satisfae-
tory to the country generally as all had
hoped for in the early part Of the sea
son, it is yet in the highest degree SO
to the people of this section; and even
to the country at large, when We con-
the short time that has elapsed
the close Of the war, and the great
loss Of skilled agricultural labor then
sustained by every State in the Union.
Three years more will make q great
change for the better at all points-in
nearly restore rs to cur original
tatGs-espeeiaBy here in the South. II
that time we are only two-thirds as sue
,essful in growth and prices rs we have
been in 1858 so far, we may count on an
future and q restoration to the
condition, commercially and agricultu-
that we enjoyed before the war.