The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-01
August Report Of Crops by the Com
missioner of Agriculture.

furnishes summary Of the crop
! reports. y summary is given show
in" the mean Temperature and rain
fall nf the several States for July
and August, rs conlrasttd with those
months last year. the region most
subject TO drouth. that west of the
Mississippi and Missouri, has had
the most regular supply of rain, and
the valley OF the former has had an
abundant rain fall To- its mouth ::
While Alabama and Georgia have
suffered from dronth, and the Allan
tic States in still higher degree, not
only throughout the tidewater region,
hut in large-portion of the Eastern
States. On the Southern Atlantic
seabOard the heat has been greater
this year than in 1868, and the rain
fall less. North and east of New
York the heat has been less, as also
the rain fall In the one case it was
too hot and in the other too cold for
corn and other summer crops, which
suffered accordingly. While the
drouth has prevailed east OF the Allie
ghanies, the great Mississippi basin
has had an unusual amount of rain.
West Virginia and Ohio alone, of
the central area, had less rain fall in
August than in 1868. The excessive
moisture of the summer is sustained
to its close, especially in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
and Missouri. Both the early and
the latter rains have been somewhat
extraordinary west of the Missouri,
yet the high temperature and deep,
thirsty soils of that region have con-
verted the visitation into blessing.
Erhe drbuth of the seaboasd has not |
been equaled in many years. The |
comparison between this year and
last shows that New England has
had but one third as much rain n
August of the present year. New
York a little more than one half
New Jersey scarcely one.eighth,
Pennsylvania one-sixth, Maryland |
One-ninth. Extracts from CORES
pondeuce will show injurious effects
of this excessive drouth on corn.
cotton and garden vegetables.
CoRN.-The corn crop has been the
prey of numerous ills in every sec
ton of the country. The only States
that now show an average condition
are Nebraska, Kansas, Florida, Lou
isiana, Texas and Arkansas. Ex.
cessive rains retarded planting and
necessitated replanting in the Spring
throughout the West and South
Cold, wet weather prevented a
healthy, vigorous growth in almost
every State, and in the season OF
caring and maturing serious droutA
affected it on the Atlantic coast, with
injurious heat in the South, and nm
favorable reduction of temperature
in the North. In deep soils, natur-
ally drained, the extreme moisture
of the West did no injury. In heavy
or fiat lands, with clay subsoil, the
damage was great, in some cases
resulting in total failure. The loss,
as showR in the table, is 40 per cent
IN Virginia from 80 to 40 in Maine,
Vermont, Maryland, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illi-
nois, Michigan and Wisconsin from
20 to 80 in New Hampshire, New
York, Connecticut, New jersey
Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio,
Iowa and Minnesota from 10 to 20t
in Massachusetts and Pennsylvanis,
aud from l to lO per cent. in Rhode
Island, Alabama, Mississippi, Mis-
souri, and California. Unless the
close of the season is very favorable
there must he l50,0GO,0G0 bushels
less than full crop. g
CoTroN.-Ifhere will be reduc-
lion in the yield of cotton in the Car
Olinas to Alabama and material
increase from Mississippi TO Texas.
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina
have suffered most, mainly from
lrouth, in few localities from rust,
the caterpillar and boilworm. Our
estimates make the increase in Mis-
sissippi, Louisina and Texas respect
.yely, ten, twelve snd fourteen per
cent. The probabilities at present
Iavor a yield of 2,150, 900 bales.
WHEAT-This crop, as whole, is
larger. The only States showing a
decrease are Illinois, Michigan, Iowa
md California. Some of it is inie-
-ior in quality, but a considerable
portion las been injured by rains
after harvest. A considerable por-
ion OF the Western wheat is of good
quality, and that of the South is de-
;idedly superior. .-
FEuIFs, as rule, have yielded
apples in less degree
han other species. New York,
pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michj-
IAN and Illinois, all apple regions,
AVE nearly full supply. New Eng
and material reduction.
SToCK HoGs.-There is not only
eduction IN the number of stock
ogs, but also in the condition. Mis-
ouri, Kansas, Nebraska and MINES 4
oia, rapidly growing States, have
lade an increase in numbers, as
ave some of the Southern States
here is apparently decrease, as
oapared with last year, of five to
en- per cent. Es