Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-29
Agricultural Report.
WARRINGTON, Sept. is.


THE August report on crops from the
Agricultural Department says: Corn IL
injured somewhat In some localities by
drought, wet weather, heat, worms, and
heavy frosts but not injured sufficiently
az vet to threaten material reduction OF
the aggregate product heretofore antici.
pated. The States showing condition
below the average are, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti-
cut, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi,
Kansas, Nebraska, California, and Ore
gon.
There is considerable damage done to
the cotton crop, from rust, worms, and
unfayorable August weather, but the gen.
eral prospect Is not discoureging. There
creased yield OF cotton, and favorable
weather henceforth must insure consider.
able increase.
Returns upon the wheat product per-
tain chiefly to tho condition OF the crop
when harvested, though the figures N.
dictate in measure the extent OF theyifld
as compared with the average at the date
of the reports. However, grain 10 not
threshed out to any considerable extent,
30 that the October returns must be had
before estimate of the aggregate whest
production of tho year can be inside The
quality Of grain threshed Is generally CT
cellent, in many cases compensating for
the deficient quantity. The rye, oats, and
barley crops were generally harvested in
good condition with slight local draw
backs. There Is an apparent diminuition
in the rye crop and also in barley.
Tennessee, Michigan, North Carolina
! West Virginia and Wisconsin are the only
States which report the prospect OF buck
wheat above or up to the average. TIE
Middle and Western States indicate de-
cline of solo per cent. Drought hal
blighted the crop In some localities.
Droughts, in many sections and In tbt
West, have materially injured the potato
crop.
In most States the quality of hay Il
about the average.
Sorghum seems to have been entirely
neglected east of Pennsylvania. The
crop In most of the Western States Is re-
ported in o fair condition. Louisiana and
Florida report the sugar crop 8 to 10 pei
cent above the average. Texas, Missis.
sippi, Alabama and Georgia report 10
per cent below the average.
California Ii the only State that reports
an increased average In hops
The tobacco crop IL reported at IA pei
cent below the average in Connecticut, 2
below in Massachusetts, 10 in Maryland,
II in Mississippi, In Texas, and . above
in New York, in Pennsylvania, in
Virginia, IA in North Carolina, 10
in South Carolina, 10 in Georgia, 10 in
Arkansas, 0 In Tennessee, in West
Virginia, 8 in Kentucky, 3 in Indiana, 2
in Ohio, and an average in Missouri, Hi.
nois and Michigan.
Though there Ia much complaint Of ap-
pies falling, during the last two months,
and of retarded growth, caused by dry
weather, fair product 10 promised In the
Eastern and Middle States generally, and
In Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-.
lima, Tennessee and Kentucky, with from
six-tenths to nine-tenths of an average
crop In the Western States.
A small general decline in wool is prob.
able.
The size and weight Of stock hogs, gen.
orally, compare favorably with that Of
former years. except In several of the
Southern States, and Illinois, Indiana
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Connect
cut and Oregon, which indicate depre
citation In this regard.