The New York herald., 1871-12-17
CORN AND COTTON.

Regular Agricultural Reports Of the Products,
with Calculations Of tho Quantities Of Each,
for the Year 1871.
WASHINGTON Dec 16, 1871.
The Department of Agriculture gives the follow
ing as the condition OF the cotton CROP
The cotton returns received In December are now
similar In tenor TO the November reports fully
tanning the moderate promise Of Improvement upon
Yet the change ia not SO marked as to modify
materially the prospect f0reshadowed In the monthly
reports for July and september The latest returns
would indicate an estimate almost Identical with
that OF the september report for favoring autumn,
which could scarcely bring crop exceeding three
and one third millions Of bales. Fr0sts haye been
delayed until November, In some lOcanlles until the
10Th, and the weather mas been generally favorable
for picking without waste or discoloring Of fibre.
fair rendering OF the recent local estimate, which
have been unusually numerous and complete,
xyes Total aggregate Of & bales as the pre-
The area In corn has been greater In 1871 than
in any former year. In June and July the prospect
the great corn year Of 1870. which exceeded the
yield OF the preceding year by quanuty greater
1859 to 1862 the corn crop OF the latter year being
small, while the grcat crop was unexceptionaby
nnnn;a nernds viii very % 'nadsana,e % nresn, ae
the average Increase OF either crop in the past ten
years. The first indications OF damage TO corn were
received June from many points IN the West, where
worms IN sod lands were more destructive than
usual. Some injury was wrought by frost IN north
ern New England as late as June "a. In July the
condition OF maize was reported above an average,
though chinck bugs were becoming numerous In the
ONO basin. Ihe growth was slow III moist, cold
soils IN the Allegnanlan region until the 1st OF July.
In August the influence OF the drought became mani
fest southern Illinois, indiana, portions OF Michi-
gan, aud other sections OF The West, and in por-
tions OF the Gulf Coast states. The ravages OF the
chlnck bug became more severe In the Western
States in some localities proving a sc0urge. Win
these exceptions circumstances were hgnly lavUr-
able to n vigorous growth and thorough ripening.
sound crops neglected and shallow culture more
than poverty OF the soil, wrought the ruin ire
quentiy reported IN such LOCATIONS The nigh tern.
peraturc Of August advanced maturauon rapidly,
and where aided by drought caused premature
rIpcning leaving the kernels snriveled loose On the
cob, and not fed out TO the point In such cases
the harvest dlsappoints the expectation raised by
the appearance or the field. In northern aIitudes
fross appeared from the 2lst TO the 30th OF Septem
ber; and caused some complaint OF soft corn. AS
the Whole the crop IS an average In yield, and, In
view OF the increased area occupied, large one.
Compared with that Of last year. is scarcely less
In total number OF bushels, though somewhat lower
In yield per acre.
The estimate for 1870 was l. 0o4. .00o 600 bushels,
being 220 900 more than that OF the small crop
OF 1869, while calculation OF the local estimates or
the present year give total product or 092 900 000
The Stales producing less than last year Maine,
Vermont, New YORK, Maryland, North Carolina,
Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas. Arkansas, Tennessee. West Virginia, KEN
tucky, Indiana, Michigan California and Oregon.
Those reporting equal or larger products are New
Hampshire, Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecu-
cut New jersey Pennsylvania Delaware, Virginia,
South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, IOWA, Kansas and Nebraska. The STATES
In which the quality OF the crop compares favoraDiy
with last year are MASSACHUSETTS,, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Delaware Virginia. Missouri, wiscon-
SIN, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Ore