The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-10-08
conIifinf, of the Cror,s.
po,o-t Of Agricultural Department FOR Aug
h'i"'' aud September.

po,,-+ Of Agricultural Department for August
aud September
Tho season has been peculiar. The re-
,,;op most subject to drought-that west OF
The Mississippi and MisSouri-has had the
most regular supply Of rain, and the Valley
If thc former has had All abundant rain
Car "a IFS mouth, while Alabama and Gcor-
cia have suffered from drought and the
atlantic states in still higher degree. not
only throughout the tidc-water region. but
- lq-rr portion Of the eastern States.
On thp southern Atlantic seahoard the
ncai has been greater this year than IN 1858.
and the rainfall less; north and east of New
York the heat has been less, as also the RAIN
fan in The one case it was too hot. in the
other too cold. for corn and other summer
crops. which suffered accordingly. While
dgought has prevailed east Of the Ale
cLanics. the great Mississippi basin has had
mn unusual amount of rain. West Virginia
and Ohio alone Of the central area had less
rainfall in August than in iSGS The cx-
cr>>iyc moisture of the summer is sustained
tu IT, close. especially IN Wisconsin. Mime
sota. Iowa, Nebraska. Kansas. aud Mis-
souri,, Both TIC early ana the latter rains
nave been somewhat extraordinary west Of
the Missouri; yet the high temperature and
deem. thirsty soils IL that region have con-
ycr;cd The Visitation into Il blessing.
Ih@ drought q the SCabO0rd has not been
cGua'l"d in many years.
CprH.-Ehc corn crop has been the prey
OF numerous ills in every section Of the
country. The only States that now show
an average condition are Nebraska. Kansas
Florida, Louisiana, Te>uS. arG Arkansas
LNv,->iNc rains retarded planting. and ne
cs,>ii-tcl rcpantiug in the spring through
out The West and South: cold, wet weather
prevented healthy, vigorous growth in
almost every state; and in the season Of
curing and maturing 4 scrioils drought
affected it OF the Atlantic coast, with iniu-
unuS heat III the South, and l!ntavorablc
reduction OF temperature III the North. II
deep soils, naturally drained, the extreme
moisture Of the West did no injury; in
heavy or flat lands, with clay subsoiI, the
damage was great. in some eases resulting
III to,a, faiiuro. the loss i torty-nnc
pcr cent. in Virginia; from thirty TO
t"Tv in Maine. Vermont, Maryland
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
from twenty 10 thirty IN New Hampshire,
Connecticut. New lor',. New Jcfscs, Dcia.
,aEc, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, and
Mjnncsota; from ten 10 twenty in Mas>a-
rhE,ctts and Pennsylvania and one TO ten
>j>~jppi. Missouri. and California. Unless
the close Of the season is very favorable
there must De iJ4.Gt-.g"0 hl.ShCis less than Il
Fu}l crop.
Cot0a.-Thcre will &c a reduction in the
Weld 81 cotton from the Carolinas 10 Ala
bama. and Il material increase from Missis-
Sipri 10 Texas. Georgia. Florida, and South
Carolina. have suffered most. mainly from
drouglt: III a few localities from rust, the
caterpillar. and h0ll-worm. Our. estimates
make TIE nc.ra>" IN Mississippi, Louisiana,
.,.f In~I- r,--.,nptfE-liy- ton fu-nlyp