The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-11-03


Report of the Department. of Agriculture.
5.' The Departments of Agriculture has
prepared a digest of reports upon the
condition of the crops for October,
from which the following is extracted:
The, wheat crop of 1870, in major
ity of States, and especially in those
in which this cereal is prominent, is
materially 1essain quantity that the
crop of 1869, (which wasia very large
one, notwithstanding the assertions OF
some croakers Il to the contrary. The
reduction is due, first, to the loss of
plants by an unpropitious season for
germination, aud the early growth of
open and somewhat variable winter,
and, second, to the drought, which
prevailed with great severity in the
Northern and Eastern States. This
reduction, as averaged from our local
returns, appears to be about fourteen
per cent. The average quality of the
crop is better than that of 1869. The
Pacific Coast reports are variable
Some counties in California make the
quality superior, while others report
injury from rust, and inferiority from
the maturity OF the grain being blight
ed by drought The early sown fall
and spring grain of Oregon is good,
while the late sown was injured by
the excessive heat of the SUMMER
Among the varieties which have sue
ceeded best, the Rappahannock is
prominently named. 1t is favorably
mentioned throughout the south and
west, and has done we'll among the
mountains in Utah. 9'eiI'iT = i.a.l
ToThe corn crop of 1870, unlike those
of two years preceding, is a full one,
and the best OF the past ten years.
The States of the great corn region,
including those bordering on the great
lakes and upon the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers, have without exception
made full or large crop. An in
telligent estimate makes the total pro
duct 250, 100000 bushels. i5fST sai
In Illinois, rye gives a somewhat
smaller yield than in 1859. :fa9 -f5ir r0
: Oats are not generally so produc-
tive as last year, except in the South.
In Michigan and New Jersey the
aggregate prodnct of barley appears
less than in 1869. l. -.gf bgs .Garlors
The increase, in the breadth of cotton
was estimated in July at twelve per.
cent, combining the elements of acre
age planted and its condition. On the
LIST of October, the natural expecta-
ton, other circumstances being equal, >,
would lead to a comparison with last
year, as follows! North Carolina, 15
per cent. !; South Carolina, g; Geor-i
gia, 5; Florida, l5 Alabama, g.; Mis-,
sissippi, 10; Louisiana, 10; Texas, 80;
Arkansas, 10; Tennessee, /. This
would give crop exceeding 100000
bales, but the indications of the sea-
son thus far, since October 1st, and
the probabilities of a, favorable au4
tumn for maturing and picking the
top crop, do not prognosticate re-,
turn of remarkably favorable cha. =
acter. i'nn'- ~ '''' '''
A large increase in the product of
cane sugar is regarded'as certain. Joii-
There is comparatively large sur
plus of old wheat in Tennessee, Mis-
souri,, Iowa, KANSAS and Nebraska,
and as much asusual in Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky and smaller States.-
There is no evidence of. any large SUR
plus to add materially to the supplies
of the year. ..-..' r.,.....,' '-.....f
The supply of fattering cattle is
somewhat in excess of former years,
with great local variation. Jng -.9it