The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-03
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Agricultural Stetistics+.-The Crops in
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Agricultural statIstics--- The Crops In
August and September - q =
WHEAT. The average yield per,
acre of the whole country is scarcely
equal to that of 1867, but the in
creased area soon will secure an sg-
gregate somewhat larger than the
product of that years., nssrSl I'd .l.Eg5
INDIAN Corn. --This crop is gene
rally:in fire conditions, and IN most
sections III little danger from frost.
In portions of the West, especially
so in parts OF Kansas and Nebraska,
the drouth and the grasshoppers
have injured the crop; but the sea-
son since June has been generally
favorable, and, with the unprecedent-
ed increase in the area planted
100000 of acres, or about nine per
cent-there, must be an immense
aggregate yield of this great staple.
CoTToN. The average planted was
less than in 1867, but the culture is
generally better, and the prospect of
q fruitful yield more promising.
The improvement is more marked in
Texas than elsewhere. Louisiana,
which has suffered in the cotton yield
more than any other State since the
war, is more prosperous this year.
Some Of our, correspondents there
report decrease Of one-third in
acreage, and an increase in yield per
acre of twenty-nine to thirty per
cent. In Georgia, drouth of ten
weeks injured certain sections of the
State in the early part of the season
MAY, June and July,) and further
injury resulted by excessive hot
weather in August. In Decatur, the
cotton caterpillar has multiplied and
destroyed from half to two-thirds Of
the crop; and the same pest is re-
ported among the sea island cotton
of Mcintosh County, and also the
boil worm.
HAY.-Hay shows an increased
product in all the Northern States,
except Illinois, which reports de-
cline of two per cent; Wisconsin,
ten per cent. and Kansas thirty one
per cent, and each lof the Southern
States, save South Carolina, where
the decline is twelve per cent; Flo
rida, ten per cent, and Alabama,
one per cent. In some of the States
the increase is large-Louisiana re-
porting thirty five per cent; Della
ware, twenty; Rhode Island and
Minnesota, thirteen; New York,
eleven; Maine and New Hampshire,
nine; Vermont, New Jersey and
Michigan, eight; Arkansas, Ken
lucky, Missouri and Nebraska, seven.
OATs.-The crop has not fully re-
deemed the promise before harvest,
and several States is reported consi-
derably below an average yield.
RYE AND BARLEY. Rye and barley
have been we'll harvested, with few
complaints of bad condition.
BUCKwHEAT.--As slight increase in
acreage, with promise of fair pro-
duct. ,Gf5
PoTAToEs. not so pro-
missing as appeared at the date of our
previous report.
SUGAR -CANE.-Sugar-c indicates
considerably increased yield as COM
pared with last year; Louisiana re-
porting an advance of twenty-eight
per cent; Texas. forty-six; Florida,
five; Alabama, Georgia and Missis-
> sippl MAINTAIN an average yield. -
HOPS. Hops show large increase
in acreage, Wisconsin reporting an
advance of over seventy per cent;
Minnesota, forty three; Michigan,
twenty-five; Iowa, thirteen; Ohio,
twelve; Missouri, six; Tennessee,
five; New York, eighteen; Maine,
twensy-fye; New Hampshire, five and
Vermont, three. The general condi-
tion Of the crop is better than last
year. e. zf1 57rT
ToBAcco.-Tobacoo promises about
: an averague yield in Vermont, Mas
= sachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylva-
mia, Kentucky, Alabama, Iowa, Wis
.consin and Indiana; in Michigan,
Virginia, North Carolina and Arkan-
. sas, nine-tenths of an average; New
York, nine-fifths; Maryland, seven
sevenths; Georgia, nine-tenths; Ten
nessee, nine-sevenths; Missouri and
.. Illinois, eight-sixths; Ohio, nine
eighths.
APPLEs.-Apples will prove full
crop in few States; in majority, not
half crop, and in several States
almost an entire failure.
Wool. shows O general de-
cline in weight of fleece Of from
three to five per cent, as compared
with an average product.
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