New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-21
THE WHEAT CROP OF 1870.
AN OFFICIAL REPORT.

,pated the increase over At more than mhoh re
mailing an aggregate Of iscSe 900 acres ingure reoa
,on .is Spring of more 100000 acses, or nearlyt
Der cent Of last years assumed acreage Inc redueoh
IA greatest in nRnois5 per cent in Winter wheat ana s
IN spring wheat; Indiana, per cent In Winter and 70
Spring; Oiae per cont in Winter and in Spring; WE
eonsih and Iowa Cspring MOSTLY each Per cent; M"
sour Cwiner 7PeS cent; Minnesota, with an increasing
population, while threatening TO stop Wheat growing
claims sn increase Of per cent? Kansas also cair1 an
increase of l6 per cent and California gain OF per
cent West Virginia and Kentucky showA larger D'oSu'
Norm Carolina alone in all the South ciams ihcroa'
some of Cotton states falling on 70 per ceh.
York appears to have lost 4per cent anu nc"
a.per cent. ,,.o
out has not been general or very serious Ia
tts results The Winter was mild, and comparatively UNI
form during its earlier months especially February
and March, the most critical perOa tor INJURY ny ico-
ing were stormy and COOL with far more OF sne" tAh
the breeding months afordng protection against inc
seasons changes In view Of the general mldness ana
openneas Of the Winter, from which severe WINTER
ing might naturally be expected the exemption is SUITE
sDg In many instances this exemption is evidently oue
60 the Of the drill which plants the grain more deep
and uniformly than the brush or harrow used ia oros
coast sowing Abundant testimony has this spring Deen
furnished 10 prove that the wheat drill s annually worm
millions TO the agriculture OF this country Draining
mas also been means Of preventing loss by Hee~hs
wherever Wnter-kng has occurred 1t has been LA $50
patches,
lts of country; due more to eondon Oh sou
than TO extreme OF frequent changes Of temperatures
has been seen stiff SOILS in hOows where water sahns
on the surface hafpulverzed Soils ana III neus "hefe
the seed scattered the surface very rev gooo
farmers have occasion this Spring to complain OF the
effects OF FROST yet there has been some loss considerable
In the aggregate there each year, but scarcely rs
tnueh as the years will average.
I'm New-En gland and Northern NewYorR the loss prom
freezing small-the most complaint coming rom
Windsor County, VT, and from New-Haven county,
Conn York. Chautauqua suffered most and among
other counties Niagara, Warren, steuben, Oneida Ae
ehany Madison and Westcheser report injuries In New
Jersey Ocean, Morris and Union most prominent In
Pennsylvania wheat nmany counties was injured slight
ly very severely. Qn Clearfeld the surface was
covered with IA successive days) In Maryland
she plant killed in level clay soils which were un
dTained in Virginia, one-fth was killed in Patrick, and
less in Montgomery Lancaster, Albemarle Cumberland
Greene Henry and LOudon. The Southern States from
Carolina Texas have small area but it escaped Win
killing almost entirely. In North Carolina the plant
started vigorously in ninetenhs of all the counties In
enneAsee Dyer Fayette and Greene suffered most; and
in Kentucky Butler Galloway, Carroll, McCracken, Gal
latin. In Missouri only onefOurh OF stand is found In
& In9 % s9a Tsd b %H
snow, and often presents very bad stand OF Winter
sas in this zone, Is this year almost entirely exempt from
injury. ,.
INJURY from Winter killing in Illinois Here, as else
where early drilled wheat carefuyprepared, dry or
which Winter killing was more or less severe, involving
St. Clair Mensrd Franklin billed in prairie but good in
TIMBER, Marion, Jackson Henderson, Edwards, PEORIA
Futon, Maccupin Ferry Tuscoia, Knox t' and Monroe
In third Of the counties Of Indiana sufficient loss was
low the average Fully half the counties In Ohio pre-
sented in early Spring less than average prospect with
injury from freezing particularly
North and west Of Illinois less than tenth Of the
rs Of the Winter variety, and that mOety little in
freezing.
on account OF its insuar position cultyaes large pro-
portion Of Winter wheat and has not escaped injury
from frost especially in MOncan, Barry Hisdale Van
buren, Calhoun, Livingston and Oakland counties In
Emmet 1t was three feet deep On the LIST Of April.
( - y; 1aasH - LATE SOWING.
The feebeness and unthrfy appearance Of the plant
wherever apparent, has almost universally been at
trfbuted late seeding than TO any other
More than crop sown or drilled later than
II should have been, and somewhat later than usual
The severe drouh in the Middle and Southern States
and the pressure OF Summer work delayed by the unpro
lay from which farmers suffer wen other men,
postponed the breaking up Of wheat lands while the
scarcely above the frozen surface and in many instances
PRESENT PROSPECTS.
The has been moderately propOus as a whole,
though not precisely farmers would have it in many
localities There have been few showers and much
shine pushing the crop into early maturity but prOms
ing yield not equal to the IS TO IA bushels per OF
last year. ana scarcely equal 10 tha OF 1863 but with an
average Of II bushels In many places the prospect
was never better. In some localities there is
too @aeh The SO na RAM In Ana May w Snet QUITE
Email in New England, New-York generally through
Atlantic States south OF NewYor on the contrary rains
have been excessive III New-York much Of the Winter
t. ait seldom looked worse at this season Of the year
is small and unpromising in Genesee; the atesOwn Is
NewJersey, wheat has 'nade an extraordinary growth
Ia Cumberland, has "muchimproved" in Hunterdon and
and looking well throughout the Gate The crop pre-,
tenss an improved appearance in promises
Virginia and North Carolina, with little loss from rust or
South is generally good though light in some places as
the result OF drouth The TappahannOck from the De
arpent OF Agriculture great success IN this region,
gOn Texas the weather has been COOL and the crop late
Sa and otSeS storms The crop wiz be fair in G TeSne
see with drawbacks, as lodging, rust etc. during
La illinois, reduction of perhaps IS per cent may be
expected In the yield in some counties the crop appears
we'll in some fears are entertained that little more than
half a crop will be gathered When the plant had a
feeble vitality at the start the dry weather has nearly
ing from failure TO fulness Ohio Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Missouri Kansas, in fact all the Western States
report more discouragements from feeble growth,
drOuth hail. RAIN and rust than for two years past and
render probable much smaller aggregate production
than that OF last year. and very likely smaller yield
than that OF 1868
THE CROP IN CALIFORNIA.
Many gloomy reports and some forebOdngs Of failure
have from the Golden State. Accustomed to broad
acres, large yields, and good prices Cafornians have
not encountered recent dscOuragements added TO re-
nction in price Of the crop Of 1862 with entire cheerful
ness The worst accounts have from the San Joa
quin River region; on the north side OF that stream
dozen miles back TO the foot hills Of the coast range ia
Fan Joaquin and in Stansaus Counties the Winter rain
fan has been light and the grain crops partial land
in places total failure. In the southern portion Of
the AmadOr Valley scarcely more than the seed VIII be
obtained and in AvermOre Valley the yield will he as
bad month ago il thought that breadth
of 10000 in Paradise Valley, stanislaus
County between the StaDislaus and the Tue
lumne Rivers, would not yield more than a
third of crop South OF the Tuoumne and parallel
with the San Joaquin another area bnghted grain is
found fine belt OF wheat stretches along the banks
of the Stanislaus, and another midway between the
Tuolomne and MERGED Nearly fourth of the wheat Of
"a liz dnoah in