The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-10-29
1881.

Report Dy the department. or Agri-
eultHre-Order OF Secretary Bout
well.
WAsH1SaroE, Oct. 28-The De-
partment of Agriculture has just is
sued q preliminary report Of the con-
dition Of the crops. 1t says the great
agricultural lesson of the year incul-
Gates the necessity of draining and
thorough culture. 1t is not an ezag-
geration TO estimate the reduction this
season from alternate drowning and
scorchlng of the farm crops at $780,
! OOO,OO0. The general apprehension
OF q serious failure in the corn crop
OF the more Northern States has been
materially modified by the sunny
weather IN September, and the ex-
emptlon from killing frosts to October
lst. EaFly frOsts 10 some portions OF
the Eastern and Middle States
checked the ,Tipeuing and left the
frosted folds Ia an immature and dam
aged condition, but the injury Is com.
paratively slight IN extent and limited
in area, as the whole crop has had
an unusually favorable maturing
season, resulting in a very Qratf-
flying amolioration Of the pros.
poets for a supply Of this important
staple, yet full crop. which should
not be less than ], 100. 600 bushels, can
by no means be expected. When the
haryests are over and the local esti-
males are completed, the aggregate
will attest a moderate yield, amply
sufficient for all the wants Of tile
country. Had the Spring wheat been
equal TO the Winter, the whole crop
would be enormous, Throughout the
South the yield is unusually large,
and the quality excellent. Texas and
Missouri have somewhat less con-
spicuous shares in this Improvement
than other States in that section. In
Illinois the counties reporting an in
crease equivalent to ten per cent. or
more. are, almost without exception, =,
In the Southern part of the State--be-
low the fOrtieth parallel. The Win.
ter wheat region there claiming eight
tenths Of a crop or less are, with one.
or two exceptions, Spring wheatcoun-
ties. Indiana grows a larger pro-
portion of Winter wheat, and, conse-
sequently, this year produced a
much better average. yield than Iii
nois. Many Of the counties return
bhigh figures. The area Of cotton
cultivation was increased last Spring
fully sixteen per cent. More than a
million of acres we're added to tho
cultivated area. Fertilizers were
literally used in the Atlantic States,
and improved implements were to
some extent employed. Rarely has
there been a bettor Season for oats
than the present, very few Of the
States returning less increase than
ten per cent, and some giving thirty
or forty per cent. fs-..
The season has been too dry fot
| either kind Of potatoes ia the South.
| and on the Atlantic coast 10 New
York. New England generally has 4
good crop, aud il is unusually good in
tie West, with the exception Of MINI
nesota. The product Of swset pOta-
toes is manifestly increased, A slight
increase in the aggregate number of
fattening cattle, as well as in their
average condition. is reported. Some
of the States fail to maintain a full
average, among which are New York
New Jersey, Kentucky and Illinois.
Hon. Eben q. Ingersoll, Of Illinois,
is faYorably mentioned by his friends
for the appointment as Circuit Judge
under the new law, for tho Circuit
composed Of Indiana, Northern Ill
| nois and Wisconsin.
The annual report Of Gen. Spinner,
| United States Treasurer. shows the
receipts from Internal Revenue. FOR
six months ending September Both,
at $l06, Al, ,424 80, being an increase
of $21, ,420. .197 90, compared with tho
same period the previous year. Ex
penditures for the same period,
$4.350.243 81, a decrease Of $779,.
385 92i total gain this year, S22, 2,219,-
583 "a.
TREAsURY DEPARTSlENT. Oct. q, 1862
By virtue Of authority contained IN
the fifth section of the Act Of Com
gress entitled an Act to authorize the
coinage of five cent pieces, approved
May 16, 1856, the Treasurer and the
several Assistant Treasurers Of tho
United States will hereafter redeem,
in national currency, the five cent
pieces coined under the provisions Of
said act, when presented in sums Of
not less than 500, at their respective
Offices Signed. b.
GEORGE s. Boutwell,, u
Secretary of the Treasury.