The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-11-12
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We are IN receipt of the monthly report of |
tine agricultural department for October. We
condense its reports on the condition of the |
crops:
The wheat crop of 1870, in a majority of |
States, and especially in those in which the |
cereal is prominent, is materially less in guam
tity than the crops of 1863, which wa. very |
large one, notwithstanding the assertions OF
some crOakers to the contrary. The reduction |
is due, first, to loss OF plants by any unpropit- |
lOus season tor termination, and the early |
growth of the winter variety, followed by an
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 he about fourteen per !
cent. The average quality OF the crops is bet |
ter than that OF 1863 The Pacific Coast re-
ports are variable. Some counties in CalitOr- |
MIA make the quality superior, while others re-
port injury from the maturity of the grain
being blighted by drsuth. 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 succeeded best the Rappahannock
is prominently namcd.-lt is tayorably men
toned throughout the south and west, and
has done well among the mountains in Utah.
The corn crop OF 1870, unlike those of two
years nrecedinr. i,a n! one. and the hest of
the past ten wears The states oftbe great
corn reo,on incIu1iuo those BORDERING on fine
Great lakes and r,uon fine ONO and NiSsissinni
Tivcrs have ,yi,Lout cvr.,,t,,, made fnlI nr
q Iarg. cyop. An. INTELLIGENT r,tinl,te makes
fine total u'adur, o.4u5Q u.u nr.bris
In Illinois ryr ,t,4. "a somewhat smaller
yicIl titan in $50
Oats are not generally 50 uroluctivn nc las.
wear. eycept in the south
In Njcbiyon ami Ve,y Ta,.., Tho ,,,,,r.,,,eo
nrodrct Of r,r..y ,.p,,.,r. i,.. than IN 1SGg
The only S,l,,s y5'lIin,~ mn rro,s ofLrcl,-
wheat are Tnu,..4. E.,+,cl..r Ni..ouri
Illinois low. Nlr..-.., r,.,.,. and Echr.s
I.o Tbr a,,,r..,..,... ..,,. i..-. ,i,,n r.naI
Renorts anon, roqns and meas indicate an
,voral,e ,,,oduc,;.., -, ov.,t;.r and onalitr
with soma local ,s~fqLili-r The noa cro,
which il one NJ, .,rea- jp,nnr,snc, =, tbn south
was occ1pieJ d, .,r.,.r acreaor tbanlform,rlv y,
North Carolina C,ror,1A AMI Tennessee lint
has Somewhat u.,I..frd in tbr other .cntton
States
potatocs ryi,i.it "a considerable. reduction
in Weld. winch i, brl,w a AVERAGE in all the
Atlantic Sr,trs g., (ir,r.,i, inclusive and in
all fin. western states north nf the OHIO river
IN. dcrrrci,tion r.n,-inp from, fftacp n FORTY
f,ur ,,tr cent Tho ~,yrrt ,,,-.ro Gran is com
para.ively a ,ayrc 9u.
WbT. ,ho oyrr,,,,. nj s,r.,bnp i no. v.rr
LARGE. the Gran : IN .,nerior condition. and
promises \ Weld Of svrun ~ a fine oualitv.
Tin. inc,r,so in ,ha hr,alth of rottnr was
r.,irnatrd in .I1ly n. twelve ,,rr cent combin-
mo the element. Of acrequc ul,nteJ and its
condition. ON the Let # October the natural
eyuertgtio2. other circumstances heinz, equal
would lead to q cal.p,rj,on with last wear. as
follows North Car6Iinr Il pcr cent south
Carolina g.1;corr-..,. : FI,rj,In II. Alabama.
:: Mississippi. 10. Louisiana. 10: Texas, 30 :
Arkansas. IL Tennessee. |. This would give
crop cxeeedirr $50 OOs bales, but the midi
cations of the season thus FAR. since October
LIST, and the probabilities ola favorable au.
tumn for maturinc and picking the TOP crop,
do not procnos,ir!.c q return Of q rcuarkablv
favorable character. OF the experience of the
season. the present crop WAS vigorous in its
early growth, running towccd rather than bali
These, burned with drouth in August. and
subsequently, Hooded with rain in September.
have endured ycissitudes untsyorable to con-
tinuei truity,Ir..-s. rs n general shedding of
forms and occasional rottcning of balls attest,
The ball worm and ar:nv worm have been at
work in places and rust i more or Jess urrya
later halls i unusuoIlv well advanced !, nost
places. and the last nickine, ,romiscs ~ he
Tpht These indications inste,a If nointin,,
to an increase Of one-tbjrd Of a million tales