The New York herald., 1870-09-17
THE CROPS.
Condition Of the Crops Throughout the COun.
try-Rcport Of the Agricultural Depart ment.

Condition Of the Crops Throughout the Coun.
try-RcpOrt Of the Agricultural Department.
WASHINGTON Sept. 10, 1870.
The Department OF Agriculture, in its report on the
condition OF the crops, says that has been in
jured somewhat In some localities by the drought,
wet weather, heat, worms ana heavy frosts, but
injured sufficiently. as yet, to threaten material
reduction OF the aggregate product heretofore anti
! cpated. The only States showing condition below
| the average New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island Connecticut, Delaware Maryland,
Mississippi, Kansas Nebraska. California and Ore
gOn.
There is considerable damage done to the cotton
crop from rust, the worms and uniavorable August
weather. but the general prospect is discourag-
ing There is little in the figures to indicate de-
creased yield OF cotton, and favorable weather
henceforth must insure considerable increase.
The returns upon the wheat product pertain
chiefly to the conditions Of the crop when harvested,
though the figures Indicate, In measure. the extent
of the weld. as compared with an average. At the
date OF the reports however the grain had not been
threshed out to any considerable extent that the
October returns must he had before an estimate OF
the aggregate wheat production OF the year can be
made. The quality OF the grain reshed IL generally
excellent In many cases compromising for deficient
quantity.
harvested IN good condition, with slight local draw
backs.
There is an apparent dimlnution in the rye crop,
and also In the barley. Tennessee, Michigan North
Carolina West Virginia and Wisconsin the only
States which report the prospect OF buckwneaG above
or up TO average. The Middle and Western
States indicate decline OF five 10 ten per cent; New
England fifteen to twenty per cent. The drought
has bllghted the crop In localities The drought
In many sections and destructive insects IN others,
especially In the West, have materially injured the
potato CROP I
In OF the States the quality OF the hay crop ID
above an average
Sorghum seems TO have been entirely neglected
east OF Pennsylvania. The crop In most OF the West
ern States is reported in fair condition
Louisiana and Florida report the sugar crop I've
to ten per cent above tie average. Texas, Missis-
sppi, Alapama and Georgia report ten per cent
below an average. tr...
California Is the only state that reports an in.
creased average in hops.
The tobacco crop Is reported fourteen per cent
below an average in Connecticut, seven below In
Massachusetts, ten In Maryland seventeen in Mis-
sissppl, four In Texas, and two above In New York.
five in Pennsylvania four in Virginia fourteen in
North Carolina, ten IN South Carolina, thirteen In
Georgia ten in Arkansas nine In Tennessee five In
West Virginia, six In Kentucky, three In Indiana,
two in ONO, and an average in Missouri, Illinois
and Michigan.
Though there IL much complaint Of apples falling
during the last two months ana OF retarded growth
caused bv dry weather, fair product Is promised in
the Eastern and Middle States generally and in Vir-
ginia North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Kentucky with from SIX to nine tenths Of an
average crop In the Western States. A small gene
raj decline I'm wool is probable
The condition. as to size and weight, Of stock hogs
generally compares favorably with that OF former
years, except IN several OF the Southern States and
III Illinois, Indiana New Hampshire, Massachusetts,.
Connecticut and Oregon, which indicate depreciation
In this regard