The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-12-15
Sgritaltural department,
Condition of the Crops.

agricultural readers;
The wheat crop Of 1870. in a majority
Of the States, aud especially IN those ia
which this cereal is prominent, Is mate
rally lers IN quantity than the crop ol
1869, Shich was very large one, hot.
withstandipg the assertigls of some
croakers 10 The contrary. The rcduc..
tion is due. frst, to the loss Of plants
By an unpropitious season for germirla..
tion aud early growth OF the winter
variety, folleYed by an open aud some-
what variable winter, aud, second, 10
the drought which prevailed with great
severity 10 the Northern and Eastern
States. This reduction, as a7craeed
from our local returns, appeaEs to be
about II per cent. The average quail,
ity Of the crop is better than that q
1869. In PORTIONS of the Eastern
States aud IL New York the grain was
shriveled by dry weather 10 Penn.
sylyauia aud Maryland, The excessive
moisture aud high temperature Of juno
were untinely, inducing disease and
cuusing Imperfect Development. In
Virginla, the quality is variable In sop,e
places superior. in Others "i1iured bv
heavy rain while ir bloom, some fields
suffering from the nudge, while COCA.
sional Injuries were sustained in the
stack from wet weather. Intbe south,
err wheat belt, including tie table. Land.
Of North Carolina and Tennessee tbss bs
quaptfty was ia excess Of the cron "a
1869, but the quality was injured az.
tensiyely by rains between c1tting ana
threshing, though many counties fenorl
superiority In DUALITY Smut nroved
troublesome among careless farmers.-l
Throughout the Ohio aud Upper M;s.
sissippi States there is an unusuaIjv
large proportion OF No. / wheat z.
Among the winter varieties which E.vsss
succeeded best the T,appahannock 4
prominently named. Ills fayorablv
mentioned throughout the Soutb ma
West, and has done weil amopa ma
mountains OF Utah. Complaints az iow
prices are still heard. Ohio correspop.
dents assert that wheat cannot ~ nr1.
ftably grown there at one dollar per
bushel. In portions of the Nortbwest
that price cannot be obtained n Nortb,
ern WISCONSIN 81 to 92 cents per bushsl
are common quotations. 'e ns'''s'
The corn crop Of 1870, Is full one
the best Of the past ten years" II ID
a crop which yields best ins our hottest
seasons. a large area Of the best corn
region has ha ! rain enough for IFS ffui)
matnration. The States Of the great
coru region, Including these BORDERING
on the great lales and on the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivc-s, have without cxcctpi.
ception made either full or large
crop. Illinois, the corn field OF the
Uuion, estimated BY This Department 10
have 40 acreage 10 maize Of 5 ,237 900
in 1869, figures which proved 10 be 3
per cent below rather Chan above the
actual returns Of assessors for that year.
has this year fully six millions Of acres
10 corn. At the low estimate of So
bushels per acre, the product will reacb
2l0,OOUOOo bushels: The crop has
ripened unusually early, without Injury
from frosts, aud is remarkably sound,
with exceptions or injury from drought,
as in Eastern Massachusetts, where
some fields were cut up for fodder. - ~
Rye gives somewhat smaller v;sld
than 10 1869. IL grown for nast.rsca
in the Southern States more extens;ve3y
than usual. In quality the rraia 4
generally rood tboucb M f,fIv NJ x
an average in Ne@ dsmnsb;rc ISai,rsssa,,
chusetts Connecticut NewH .ISrsSv
Peunsylyania Delaware. MARYLAND VR
ginia. and Tennessee.
Oats are not reuerallv an nrodne,;..
as last year. except Il the so,,lb =
Michigan and in New Jersey Thets
is. also, a ike depreciatiop ;1 oaaI;,y
IN most ouarters An svera.,a i,aa,;.s
is reported from New Jersey DeIswars
Maryland. Virginia. Georr;a AIabsms
Mississippi. A{kausas We, V;rs;a;s
Kentucky. Ohio. Indians M;cb;.aa
aud Iowa. 80
The only States. yieldipp fall cro,.
of buckwheat are tennessee Kcntneifyi lfi
Missouri, Illinois. Iowa. Mipnesoss
Kansas. and Nebraska The ag-rs.sss
is less than usual.
The pea crop. which Il one of o,s.s
Importance to the South. has cccsp;sd
a larger acreage than lormsrly q Np,ssi
Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. 4 bul III
has been somewhat neglected n otSsr
cotton States. ~
Potatoes exhibit a considerable re-.
duction IN yield, which Is below al
average in an Of the Atlantic States u
Virsinia inelusiva and ;n III wa.,.