Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-06
Agricultural Report.

THE following statistics are given in
the December report of the Department
Of Agriculture at Washington:
"The estimates of the corn product for
the past years have rarely indicated very
near approach to full crop. The crop of
1859 (as reported by the census) was $685.
100000 of bushels. The increase of pop
ulation (about twenty-five per cent? would
require in 1869 an increase of more than
200,000,00 to keep up the same ratio of
production. The estimate of 1869 was
only $4,000 1000, showing an increase in
ten years Of only 46,000,000, or five per
cent, TO counterbalance an advance in
population of twenty-five per cent. That
of 1868 was little larger, and less by a hun
dred millions than a full crop of maize.
The present is undoubtedly, in proportion
to population, and probably in proportion
to acreage, the largest crop since that re-
corded by the census. From a prelimi-
nary calculation, upon local returns from
740 counties, the total product of this year
is made to exceed 1,100,000,000. This
would give about % bushels per acre this
year, upon the assumed acreage (30,000,000
acres), against twenty-three and half
bushels upon a little more than 100000
acres last year.
dUDtdTS
in Illinois, where the crop of 1869 was
very short, amounting to sixtyfive per
cent. in aggregate bushels; Indiana is
placed next, at fiity-five per cent. Michi-
gan, thirty-seven; Wisconsin, thirty-three
Ohio, thirty; Minnesota, twenty.three ;
Kentucky, twenty-three; Iowa, nineteen
New York, eighteen"
Referring to the continued dry weather
during the past season, the report contains
valuable and suggestive matter. 1t is
found that in New England the drouth
was of longer continuance than elsewhere,
and its effects in that section were more
disastrous than elsewhere. The more
sandy soils both of the New England
States and New York are too light for a
summer of high temperature, while the
stronger soils and peaty lands withstood
the heat and matured the crop remarkably
well. The same thing was apparent along
the Atlantic coast TO South Carolina, the
sandy lands suffering most; but vet from
New York to South Carolina the average
was large, better soils and good cultivation
giving fine yields. In the Mississippi
Valley, few counties report short crops.
and in some cases report inferior quality.
the grain Light, chatfy, and loose on the
cob" as in Vernon County, Mo. Short
ears of fair quality resulted from the drouth
in other soils, and an earlier maturity is
frequently noted
1t appears from returns received by the
Department that in some localities where
rain was abundant in spring and drainage
imperfect, the late planted corn, if deeply
plowed and well cultivated, matured best.
This was the case in the West, and even
on the southern Atlantic coast yet the dry
uplands of the South and Southwest ma
tured better the earlier planting. At vari-
Gus points the reports show remarkably
| fine crops of corn.
With regard to winter grain, the report
states that accounts of fall-sown wheat and
rye are generally favorable. Fields are
green and promising; in some too great
luxuriance appears. Many reports Of in
creased acreage are received from different
parts of the country; a few accounts of de-
creased acreage are also received. Califor.
mia is still enlarging her wheat area. Des-
truction by the fly is serious in Beaver
county Penn. Knox county, Tenn. Bar.
ry and Clinton counties, Mich. Red rust
has appeared in Cass county, Ind. The
ground has been too dry for early sowing
in Eastern Maryland. On the contrary, in
parts of Missouri seeding has been OBJ
structed by incessant rains. The condition
of wheat at this date is somewhat above
an average