New-York tribune., 1871-05-03
HOW WINTER GRAIN rs LOOKING.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE FOR MAY 4.

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE FOR MAY 1.
The Autumn season was generally favorable
for germineton and vigorous growth; the Winter has
been comparatively mild and uniform in temperature; !;
the freezing weather mainly occurred in mdwnter and
found the wheat plants protected by sufficient covering
OF snow; the Spring has been unusually early, and the
growth OF grain advanced two to four weeks beyond s
stomed status. There is no State in which Winter
killing is not exceptional and an several it is almost en-
ely unknown 1t may be that future reports, as the
progresses will be less favorable; they certainly
cannot he natterng In the following digest OF the
returns almost every unfayorable statement is pre-
sented:
Eep-Engiand-In Maine there has been considerable
loss from Wnterillng especially in the counties of OK
weather of February and March, Winter grain looks wei
In York, and rye Il IN hne condition IN Androcogga43
wheat and rye in unpromising condition in Hill boro,
Straiord and Belknap, in New Hampshire; while Sler
rimaek reports prospect above the average and the
fields look well in Sullivan There is little grown in Coos
Vermont grains have suffered somewhat from open WIN
ter The appearance presented in Windsor County Is 40
per cent below average upon heavy soils ut very af
upon warm lands late sOwn Reports are quite favorable
i'm the latter state No wheat s grown in Rhode
Island, and, indeed, very little in New England -
Onondaga schuyler. aud Washington. report more Wiz
terkillng than last year The warm autumn gaVe coy
ering OF light the plants retained ther vgor
through the Winter. and are in more than medium con
Wostchester Seneca steuben and Columbia, while JEFF
erson estimates her area " 20 per cent better tlan lt
Spring" fouiths Of the returns indicate merely
an average prospect. In Chautauqua the crop prom
sne what there is left o t after the Autumns Work OF
the fiessian ay In OnOrSaga the plant was small III mo
highlands the Autumn and weak and unthrity IN the
Spring but looks well in the richest and hssl-ieh
fields or fifteen counties reporting In New,Jef-
sey. present discoufdgng accounts, Dut lhree
limit the prosnact . an average, two estiIHoo sun o
of 25 while others i'irn tine crop " betteI tlah Ior
years :" looking remarkably Wen ana IN BuIhg@Von @
alr.s
stand be has seem" Forty counties IN PennsyIV
mia send returns Of which only those from lioBa ana
Union represent an inferior prospect and fully three
fourths report more than average luNurance III Is
sdod % VI , ioi, bctter If il rcmarkaby fine" in
Indiana though the fly has destroyed parts OF heids
the fields OF Leeh present @ nr ira oence s io ~
cold winds IN March wheat IN beaver is qnte pIo,i %
isng especially the drilled neIds ana t19'e YGIeI
stated the latter returns That iew hcIus' on Wnich
straw and long manure & %GIG wcre s aunat that
Wheat and rye look well in Delaware. Every return
from Maryland favorable In comparison with last year
The crop generally more advanced than usual anu IA
Washington County never before, wiShln the Iecol-
lection OF the oldest inhabitants, had so promslnga
look" OF Sc returns In virginia three tbehg0msiy,
Northumberland and Dnwidde) are less favorable thAA
usual; II show great Improvement and the reinanGer
report medium appearance. North carolina iIaEgs ~
favorable returns, while those from Chatham ana hay
wood declare Winter grain mOrc backward than USUAL,
though in the latter, rye Is fine York Lexington ana
Orangcburc in south Carolina do not represent their
crops as promising but the other counties make iYo-
ra5e report. Wheat was Wnter-kled IN Morgan
PiEe, PHa'y6 but a." look. Tch in SO counties reported and
aasy in ~ In lnelg Le Asa sdod Thc Reaeh Is IN H me
SECTIONS the carly looks much better than the late.
ve ,naIi area OF wheat or rye is in Mississippi
or louisiana except in the latter for Winter pasture
Wheat presents uniformly promising appearance Ine
counties IN Texas IN which TIE appearance OF Whcat
door are Mcicnuau Red River, Medina. Greatly injured
by droutb). and BIndera; many counties report Hte
s the rrospect is good in Fayetc LampasaS, Falls,
Bexar Bell, and Anderson; ana very PROMISING ~ D4
las, Fannin Gillespie, La!naI' Ira'I' 'V'' "'"''VN'
Atascosa and Kerr
Not county Illinois reports poor appearance of
Winter wheat or rye. IL Il sad 0i the are ~ 81 Car
that while very promising appaIenty soie - ioohS
yellow perhaps the result Of oyercr0ppng ana eNlaus-
ton of the soil or PERHAPS tne n.y. y IA h hahaoPa , d,s Is
claimed be % per cent better thul at ts 5,ie ue
wi hin thirty years. in Monroe ana an WIalnsOh IL
mas nCo s made Tor Hefiod u twenty years;
"ncyer appeared better IN CasS, IN KNOX OF III Mddi-
SON "has ahDried pasture ali winter IN jersey; one
month earier han last year IN CtOn in fact scarcely
a county presents a moderate STATE nent All crcum-
stances have favored the crop Inc Fan was VhaIdctI &
i9d nv warm rains the Winter brought freezing till
January when tine ground Was covered VIII SLOW, anu
SIM i,,1y frozen The Cook County correspondent
nnTts no wheat sown in the following crisp
r 5eT%' w Winter eT'o whS Sn nd0 anG '0 Tye as is
easily that every dollar we ever nade IN Nihter
fniinws .sWinter heat looks better than nave ever
seen il at this There las Deeh 10 ifVst 10 ktc
h racn wet all the time Wheat is too rank in the top,
there u not root deep GH0usn 20 i .o
dtfrir the dry weather which we Usualy nave DeIore
harvest Rye il in the same cOndtOl LOOKS very wen,
and heeyr will not suffer from "a dFOuth IN hlllS as
much rs will wheat" OF 80 counties reporting IN In
and INT five indicate mere " average prospect WhIic
moro tbou third state that the appearance OF Such
Hrnn NCas never eXceled the same season. III one
,a,,rth of me number represented NJ rye was sOWn
There ia some complaint Of the raVdSCs ol tne hessih
Nv i'm Hancock and Lucas, Oho, ana III Lake county te
III not a, good usual; III 20 counties coh-
ZION above an average Is reported III seven ne Nintef
riu Looks better for several years., ana IN Ia IL
.sueyer looked better" Twelve counties 10 not Ttpor
rye Very general returns IRON MlchletH Represent
Winter Grains in superior condition, IL Oly giving an
average prOmse and none lower than average III WIS
cons there was some injury III the more northern Col
ts fro,n freeing rep ring low cOhultOh nut tne
irgar ,ber represent the crop better than usual
f j. 0rnygu I'm Minnesota. Five counties report "nodl
lacking well and two make uniaFOrdOe returns. III
large number Winter rye Is grown, anu ls
GENERALLY looking well. Less thah q tehth VI
the wheat of Iowa Is the winter neg' naiesg' , o, ~
iS counties report it, all favOabiy In kansas the To-
tenn the range OF
of Winter grain from good to " the nhest kIo"I anu
an Immense yield Il expected NeDrasha - g a 7Pt t
wheat REGION but the winter variety ioohs "oI @ mne
here il of il i" The reports fIOm California are mOI
yariehe In Alameda wheat ana Other grains 90 not
nromise an abundant CROP IN otansIhus IL Il oO PVl
Nxnrse than usual OWING 70 Cod, ul( Nc"'i a..
80 Ton,ir II was represe-ted that crops Woud Dc an
aimot tal failure unless Spring rams We're ENJOY az
alilo. oditinn j. rrported in Santa Clara and Iuo-
Ir,p.. an improyement upon last year Is AZ
Nana and san BernardHO; ana III Lake ana "i.lluo
aii Wirer crpD, are in excellent cohhltioh' hCcu,'
are favorable from Dragon, except IN ~
tores tbey are reported in good condition almost "h
out exception.
mr. DOOR SPOAIS