Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-23


From the monthly report Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for April and Nay, Just |
Issued by the Agricultural Department. we |
extract the following
Tho season, thus far, has been very tayora- |
BE 70 vegetable growie sSo sPsrn N p heat
been greater In nearly all the State than u
April and MAY 81 le1p Oh nc Weat BY q
difference OF 8iaeg. ~ al D There " bon
a due proportion u Innlin1l with fcu tccg.
renccs Of destslttl3e stoFas, ~ TIC Ie'n-inh
York, between the Ohio liver md the North
ern lakes as far west as Lake Michigan, on
the west side Of the Mississippi south OF Iowa,
and In the cotton States from South Carolina
10 Lonleiana. a moderate amount three 10
four lnkhoa in Nay, IL noted In TeKasi Tennes-
sna ki oS1 &c SSss AND yssy @ood
supply, In uie geAboaSd etltcG ffqa NV
jersey 70 North Carolina, and In Minhesota
and Nebraska The rain In May was mostly
In the latter potion o. the month,
"a, - gwir1k wImkT. - ft1 u.
The es.lmetss q aeresgc, eoppssed w Win J.,
winter wheat In New Hampslilrey per cent.
| Vermont q Massachusetts 4 New York =,
Maryland To- South Carolina I, Georgia |,
Ala6ama Q, Mlssiaslppl 30 Texas 0, Arkansas
Q, Missouri 2, llllnola IL Indiana 9, Ohio =
Michigan 8, Wisconsin 8, Iowa 10. In spring
5, PannsyiyRnia 1, Missouri 3, Illinois Is, in-
diana % Ohio 2, Michigan 1, WiscOnsln @
Iowa q NsbraslA 8, Oregon !. increase In
winter wheat New Jersey ., North Carolina
., West Virginia 8 Kentucky B Mlnnesota y
Kansas u, Nebraska - Csiiiornia o The
Of winter wheat Connectiout, Peunaylyanla,
Delaware, Virginia, Tennessee, Oregon: In
crease "a spring wheat Maine q New Hamp-
shire 4, Minnesota 3, Kansas IA California ..
| The average decrease throughout the country
h placed a v9o, 600 acres, or nearly cer cent
The following States report condition OF
winter grain above an average: New HamP-
shire, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, North
| Carolina, GeorgiA, Alabama Mississippi, Ton
nessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Minnesota,
Nebraska and Oregon. Tho percentage Of
/ reduction In leading States reporting Iiniayor-
ably Il az followsi Illinois IS, Indiana -,
Ohio 10, Michigan ~ Iowa u ni.souIi ~
syiysais q, TosAs q In pPriSa vhsea phs
States above an average are Maine Now
Mjnncsota. ~ ai.s...s yellow Inc principal arc
/ mlDols per cent, Missouri 10. Indiana II,
1 Ohio 10, Michigan 12, Wisconsin Z, Iowa 2,
Nebraska 4, California 20.
The superiority Of carlylsown winter wheat
manifested ut the opening Of spring. Ia fully
maintained TO the present time. In deep and
/ mellow sofia notwithstanding lack OF rain
and q mean temperature unusually high, II
has vigorous appearance, and II the. straw
| h shorter than usual, the head y plump and
| surface Is NJ hard as q roadway, plants stand
thin, with short straw, and heads irregularly
| formed. Such IL the case In many places In
/ the Ohio Valley, and 10 some extent In the
Gulf States. Throughout the dry sections
i the straw Il shorter than usual. Fields seeded
/ those sown broadcast Where the plant has
H succumbed to freezing In winter or drought
in spring II has generally been, except In very
wet or very poor locations upon land roughly
OF carelessly prepared. 81
II Among the diseases and casualties reported,
rust has had worry limited range hail storms
| have caused damage In the Ohio Valley; driy.
ing rains have beaten down some fields In
Virginia and North Carollnai Utah has beer
| ravaged by grasshoppers; and In Contra COST
county, California, squirrels have taken whoa
"by the acre daily" until ppblic meetings have
been called 70 rePel The invaders,
Winter barley has nearly the same broadtl
az last year; the spring sowing has been In
| creased. its condition a fne In the State
west Of the Mississippi, except Missouri ant
California, but Ia subject 10 inc same reduc
ton as wheat In the Ohio Valley.
4. There has been everywhere an Increase o.
acreage. The condition OF this crop Is gu
!, perior on the Atlantic coast from Maine Il
North Carolina, with the exception Of Mas
sachusetts and New York; In the dry section
Of the West and South 1t i unpromising.
VII GRASSES.
Vi Tho grasses arc generally hourishing on TIT
II Atlantic coast, tho Alleghanian range int
Tennessee, and In Minnesota, Iowa and Ne
braska; elsewhere below an average. Clover
In less marked degree, Il thriving In tho
same sections. II Is more sown than usual
and is reported fayOrably In Mississippi and
Alabama, and some other Southern States.
III TRUTTs. .'t
II The promise is very generator nm abundant
mpply of apples, pears, peaches and otheT
fruits especially In the New England and In
the Middle States. Frost, In some portion
OF the West, and In some Of the Southern
States, has injured the peach crop, but Ken.
lucky, Illinois and /. Michigan report more
than an Nroraae ps...-.-
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