The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-11-13
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ton comes up, where will the spoier 90 for
new wGeat fields to ruin when the yir,ip
soils of California and other sections of our
great country are dtspoiled of their iatness
and their yield shall be reduced to ten or
twelve bushels per acre? But may we not
hope that better cultivation will prevail all
over the land at no very distant day, and
that farmers win not make such havoc of our
rich virgin soils? They must learn the im-
pof'ant lesson that they must give back to
i"o'"er Earth, part Of that which they take
iroil her' Or she will cease to furnish them
with full supplies.
But 10 the crops The averages for Octo-
Der appear TO show decrease in production
in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tex
as, the latter having only half crop. The
other States indicate an increase, bu; slight
one in most of the States east of the Missis-
sippi, and quite large in those West of that
great river. In California 1t is 25 per cent.
In our State the decrease is not large, and
this may be attributed to the shrinking of the
kernels and to bad cultivation more than TO
the insects which have in years past so much
troubled our farmers
The crop of oats is light in the Eastern,
Middle and Southern Atlantic States, and
not full average in Michigan, Wisconsin
and Iowa. In the other States ths product
is above the average. Nebraska takes the
lead, her increase being 21 per cent. The
rye crop in most of the States, is marked by
figures, very similar to those which show the
relative product of oats. The barley crop Is
somewhat deficient in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, and in most of the Atlantic
States.
The corn crop is somewhat larger than last
year. The report says:
A good crop should exceed one thousand
millions OF bushels. Last years production
was little more than three-fourths of that
quantity. The area in cotton is somewhat
less than last year, but its culture has been
better, and the labor more regular and rela-
BILE as a general rule. The returns indicate a
smaller crop, possibly by l5 or 20 per cent.
than last year, but complete estimate has
not yet been made.
Peas and beans will be nearly an eyerage
SiOp aii ONSi ihC NOuuhg III hdluC buCy arc
more than that. Buckwheat is very general
ally deficient, but in some of the States the
yield is large. Sorghum has been more sue
cesslql than last year. Both buckw heat and
sorghum were injured BY frosts in high lati-
tudes. Potatoes in Southern New England,
New Jersey, Delaware, the Cult States and
California are reported a full crop. In some
other States there is a deficiency. Sugar
cane, according 10 the returns from Louisi-
ana is abundant-an increase over last year
Of 42per cent.
We are glad to Learn that the stock of
than last year west and south OF New Jersey.
TheIe is however, a deficiency of 2 per cent.
in Illinois, and per cent in Indiana, but the
condition of fattenng cattle is almost univer-
sally superior, giving promise OF better and
larger meat supplies than usual. We think
our own market shows better beef than usu-
al; although it must be confessed that many
cattle are slaughtered and brought to this
market which might have been much i'm
proved by longer and better feeding. There
are too many poor cattle killed, but we are
glad to believe there are not quite so mary
this fall as in past seasons. On the whole,
we congratulate the farmers of Maine on the
improvements and progress they have made
in agriculture and on the crops they have
gathered into their storehouses this season.
In surveying the whole ground, we think
Maine may we'll be proud of the position she
holds among her sister States in relation to
agricultural interests.