The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-27
PROSPECTS OF THE CROPS.
Reports Received at the Department
ofAgrieuSture for Present Month.

The Washington correspondent of the
Newark On. j. advertiser writes from the
August reports on the growing crops re-
ccived at the Department of Agriculture.
|, appears that New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Delaware, In the East; West Virginia
Kansas. and Nebraska, in the West; and
Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida,
and Texas, in the South, are the only States
which claim an average or more, in condi-
ton Of the corn crop, as compared with the
same date last year, with q slightly in
creased acreage in New Jersey and Penn
svlyania, six per cent. increase in Nebraska
and West Virginia, thirty per cent. in Kan
sas, seven per cent. In Texas, and ten per
cent. IN Florida, and a somewhat decreased
acreage in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Della
ware.
In the great orn-producing State of Hi
uois the average estimate of condition in
about sixty counties falls fully thirty per
cent. below last season at same date; Indi-
ana. the second State in production, puts
the figures nearly as low; Michigan, Wis
ConSln, and Minnesota, rate twenty to thirty
per cent. below: Iowa twenty per cent. :;
Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, ten per
ten to fifteen per cent. below New York
twenty to twenty five per cent. Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Missis-
-ippi, and Tennessee, ten per cent; and
South Carolina thirty per cent. below.
Texas promises twenty per cent. better
Weld than last year, with an increased
acreage, as noted; and Kansas and Ar
kansas ten per cent. better than last year.
In few of the larger States will the in
crease Of acreage make up for the decrease
in general condition, while in several of the
largest corn-growing States the acreage has
been reduced from last year, owing to the
very unfavorable spring: hence it seems
hardly possible that a crop cqualing that Of
last wear can now be made under the most
favorable future, while the indications are
;hat the Weld of the season will fall con-
silcrably below that Of 1868. Drought has
done much damage in some sections, sue
ccedng the excessive rains, which had pre-
yiously retarded the growth of the crop.
Favorable weather hcnceforth, with late
fail, may do much for the general yield
but "a short corn crop appears inevitable.
Illinois and Indiana produced about one
fourth Of the crop Of the whole country
last wear, and now threaten to reduce their
product twenty-five to thirty five per cent.
Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Ten
ncssce. which raised one-third of the crop
Of 1868, promise decreased yield of from
ten to twenty per cent. The season, which
has been unpropitious for this great na-
tIonal crop, has, however, proved favorable
10 most others, and though the corn be cut
short, there must be abundance in the land
INCREASED COTTON CROP.
While all the cotton States except Georgia
and Florida reported the condition of the
cotton crop in July as considerably below
the average Of the crop Of lS6S at CORE
spending date, nearly all now report an i'm
proyement upon those estimates, and seve-
raj Of the more important cotton regions
report the condition as better than in Au-
gust of last year, the weather having been
generally propitious and the injury by the
worm comparatively inconsidcrable, though
there is no lack Of apprehension Of damage
from the latter. Mississippi, the largest
PRODUCER Of this staple, with an increase OF
ten per cent in acreage, reports the condi-
ton fully up to that Of last season at that
date Georgia, condition equal to last year.
with fifteen per cent. increase in acreage
Louisiana. ten per cent. better in condition
and fifteen per cent. increase in acreage
arkansas and Texas report condition above
average, with twenty per cent. increase OF
acreage in the former and thirty per cent
in the latter State; ana Florida, condition
above average, with twenty-five per cent
increase in acreage.
On the other hand, North Carolina reports
the condition five to ten per cent. below last
Il. l. In If
Der cent, balances the loss. Tennessee
alone, reports decreased acreage, and also
reports condition ten per cent. below last
year. Alabama, with eight per cent. in,
crease III acreage, places the condition Of
the crop ten per cent. below that OF las
wear. South Carolina makes the worst
showing, reporting the condition twenty five
per cent. below the crop of last year, but
with an increase Of seven to ten per cent. II
acreage. In view Of the uncertainties Of
the weather, and the danger of damage by
insects, to which the crop is subject, 1t II
vet too early to estimate the production Of
the year with any degree Of certainty; bu
it is reasonable to anticipate, with an ave
rage increase Of acreage equal to fifteen pei
cent, yield fully up to 1.-THE figures OF 1868
which reached 2, 500 900 bales and there Ii
nothing in the present prospect to discour
age the present expectation OF consldera
bic increase, which can alone be prevented
by some signal disaster from weather or de-
structivc insects.
LARGE POTATO CROP.
With quite large increase in the area
planted in potatoes, this crop promises
largely Increased Weld over the product o.
last year. New York and Pennsylvania
which produce nearly if not quite one-thlrc
Of the entire crop OF the country, report al
increase Of three to five per cent. in acreage
with an advance of ten to twelve per cent
in general condition and promise. Ohit
reports six per cent. more acreage, ano
about fifteen per cent. better III condition
Illinois, ten per cent. better. and ten pei
cent. more acreage Indiana, slight In
crease in acreage, but ten per cent. advance
in condition: Iowa, ten to twelve per cent
increase in acreage, and as much better IL
condition; New Jersey, twelve per cent
larger acreage, and condition fifteen pei
cent. above last year; Maine, Vermont
Michigan, and Wisconsin, are the only
States which report decreased acreage, ana
the crop, without unforeseen casualties
must be large.
TOBACCO.
The tobacco crop is not producing so great
q yield as last year. Virginia, the largest
producer, reports the condition as ten 70
twelve per cent less promising than last
year at the same date, with decrease OF
seven to ten per cent. in acreage. North