The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-10-22
Big S. Of tha AgriculiGFsl D part
ne. unn The lonailiOn | Fmp5.

WAsHrnGr N, o ,tober q. TIE DePart-
men Of Il kTicuit4re nAh pfePSiSa y otge7t
or hs reports upon tue egn-dtit9,nl ion OF crops
( q October, from which foiioginS is
extracted tbs wueslE crop OF loiUs 10
mH joxity OF the = ates. especially ~ those
In wnIch this cereal - prominent IS ma
erially less u quantity than the op OF
1869, which Was very ss4rge One, . vita
staBoipp The. assertions OF some c oa zers
to the CONTRARY. The redu ticn Is due,
hrst, 10 ghe loss or plants by ID unpro-
pitious S. a~Dn for r0iogL.on snd cary
owth # The winter variety, t0ilowed ~
an op-n ana somewhat variable Winter
aud second, 10 lbe drought, which pre-
Val ed with g cat ssveri 3 In the North
ern aud Eastern stare This re-
duction, as averaged from our local
ceut The average quality OF the crop
il better than fnsI oT IB-e rae Pacific
coast Te2OI t. are variable. The same coun-
ties IN California make the quality superb
or, " ulIe others report 1njory from rust
Rnd inieriorify from the maturity OF grain
b ig hted bT drought. TIE early soWn FaIl
ana spriDg grain OF oregon ~ gooGl Hn.1e s-
ce, Bjve heat OF sumner Among the VIA
ter varieties which have succeeded the
named L. fs ffvorably mentioned
throughout the south and West, and has
done well among Ine ne mon ntsins OF y iah;
two years preceding, l. fnIl, aud the best
oSsthe past l. a years The states OF the
great 5Tn regiip; Including those order
Ing on the great iakes ana OA the OHIO and
MtSsissi pP1 Rivers. nave, without eZesp-
tion, maze rather fuli or large. crops. In
teiligent men estimate the total product
or 10000 tgO bushels IN Itinois Rye gives
soIueB nat smaller yield than in 1859. |
Gats are not generally so productive as last |
year, except In southern Michigan
and NeW Jersey The azsregate prOLGcJs OF
bsll ley, 81 Dp ears less than ia 1855. Inc or
~ States yielding iull GRIPS OF buckw hesf,
are Tennessee, Kentucky. Missouri Iili-
nois, Iowa, Mlnnesota, Kansas aud Ne
brss&a. The aggregates are less than usu-
a. The reports about b san- aud pea, iu-
dica'e an avsraZs prodacttHn tn quautity
and Qu atty with come local variability.
The pea crop, Ynich Is Que OF great i'm
port 4uCe To the -Outh, mas o-cucied a
larger acreage than formerly, Ia NoTth
Carolina, Georgia and Teunessee IN mas
been somewhat neglected. In other cotton
states. Potatoes exhibit q considerable
re 6duction in Yield, which Is below the av-
erake "a al Auanlc states 20 virginia. ,
lnclus1ye, aod all Western States north OF }
the ohio diver; The Depreciation ranging j
from 10 TO II per cent. The sweet potato \
crop Is comparatively a large one. While
the acreage of spr ghum is not very large. /
tue crop Is ono of superior condition. and
promises yield Of syrup o fl equality.
4 he In crease IN the breadth OF cotton W IS
estimated Ia July y per cent. COmpin-
ing the elements Of q 'reage lanIed aud
its condition o. the fir, of October, the
natui a expectation and otEer cIrcum-
stances being equal, would lead TO a COM
p2Tis.ln wl a last , ear As follows: hOrth
: aINlna. 10 Ter cent? South Carolina, -;
Georgia, 3; Florida 0; Alabama, 8; n issis- |
Sippt. 10; LOUISIANA, 10; Texas, 80; AFkan-
sas, Is; tennessee, 4. TnIs would give the |
crop as exceed ng 3 500. .000 b Eies but the u
dications OF The season thus FAR, since Oc-
tOber lst, and he prooabiilties OF faVoTa- !
Bile Autumn for maturing add picking tue
top crcp, do not pfognost ticate a return OF
the remarkably favorable experience OF
the season. Thepresent crop Was vigorous
10 early growth, running q weed rather
than boil iL was burned with drought in
Augusr, and suOs eqnentiy fiOOded W TIA rain /
IN sepJe IN bsr, has endured the vIcissi U 5es
unfayoraole TO the continued fruitluiness
as general shedding OF forms. and the
occasional rafting OF bells attest the boil
atsan
Work In places, and rust is more or less
prevalent. In al cotton states the open
ing Of the latter DOLLS Is unusually well ad-
VaAceo IN most pis ce5, q q the last pick
lDgs prom ses 10 be light These tndtca-
tious. Instead OF pointing TO an tnc-e Sc OF
a talrd OF q fa{4lOn pa e, TenCer u posst-
bas that Jhesprese 1T crop Will bs 10 laJ ger
than the last, and II the remainder OF the
season should be very unproptttOus, re-
ductioD Of n qua fer Or "a n EnfoD naIes
might result. Another month or two viii
determine whether the present shall be
limited 10 thre8 luiilions ot ba e., or a
rise Q three and one hair million. as pre-
oletea s,.siy az tte season The pre- eat
10 . cents per pound, or the very yer-e or
profitable cul WALTON. and cores DOuGenla
are already reporting the fuin of D anters,
WHO grow cotton <elusiv velJ and buy al
aSrioulLurai supplies 81 a large inc ssso.
In the product Of sugar cane is regarded
certain. There Is a comparatively large
Kansas and NeO SsHs. and as much as
usual Ia Ohio Indiana and Ken. r1clSy and
the sTn ller states. There Is no evidences
or any large surplus to add materially to
the supplies Of the year. The supply OF
fatten1Bg cattle is somewhat IN excess OF
form sr years, with q local variation The
National Democratic Cong essionGl Com
mite, ia Circular just Issued, tender
their congr9t ntations 70 the Democratic
and On~e ~eTvRtiVe voters ia pennsy lvan1a.
Indiana and q niO for their recent Successes
anu appeal 10 the De eaioCratic and COnser-
vatiVe voters of the States in which eiec
uons are about TO he held, to make Iutther
and more deter mined efforts in behalf OF
their party. The Re publican Congestion
al Com m1nIttee are receiving encouraging
accounts nom the States IN which eco
tions are 10 be held. They say they did
better IN the recent elections than they
antici pated or had reason to expect when
the canvass opened. The Comm tttee con-
tinue to send out documents. having dis
patched 6GO ester day, and quite as many
To-day TIE total adjustments IN the
Fifth Audl or's -Ilce, tsT TIE fiscal year,
are St9S, s7,fOJ. ihe ACCOUNTS Include