The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-08
The Crop Prospects.

The monthly report Of the Department Of
Agriculture for the month of September con-
tains many matters of interest respecting the
crops for the year. The corn crop promises
to be very large. Reports from 917 counties
in thirty-six States indicate an average CROP
in 224 counties, above the average crop in $40
and below the average in 1853; the-large corn
growing States showing considerably above
an average. The prospect of the cotton crop
throughout the cotton producing sections is
something below an average, but owing to the
greater breadth planted the crop will be ma
terially larger than last year. The wheat crop
on the whole is not an average. OF thirty
five States, from which reports have been re-
ceived, fifteen States indicate yield above an
average, and nineteen below, and one, Iowa,
an average. Of the great wheat producing
States, Minnesota alone shows over an aver
age, and Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Missouri below an average
On the whole the wheat prospect is not so
good as last year. The oat crop is about an
average. The potato crop in Maine, Yer
mont and Massachusetts is much below an
average, an average in New Hampshire and
above in Rhode Island and Connecticut. The
report from the Middle States shows less than
an average crop. On the whole, it may be
set down that the crop available to the East
ern markets is third smaller than last year
at this time if not more. The apple crop in
New England ranges from an average to
thirty-three per cent above and from twenty
to thirty per cent. above an average in the
Middle States. In the Western States gener-
ally the crop is very good. The tobacco crop
in fifteen States is full an average or above
and in eight States below.
THE Acadian Recorder, published at Hall
fax, is terribly indignant at the result of the
Geneva award. 1t says that the whole &C.
neva business was cooked up to get minis
try out of scrape rather than for the benefit
of the country. 1t anticipates with evident
pleasure that a vigorous onslaught will be
maze upon The Gladstone ministry when Par
Lament again meets, and expresses an ardent
hope that the assault will be successful one.
England may pay its fine of s15, 800, 000,"
says the irate Recorder, without struggle !;
may kick out of Office the ministry that caused
her to be so disgracefully mulcted and then in
q great measure be re-instated in her high po-
sition among nations without being much
worse in pocket. Not so with this unfortu-
nate Canada, however. Our fisheries have
been put into Yankee hands for ten years !;
our inland waters are thrown open to Yam
kee shipping for all time; and in addition to
our share in England's shame, we must bear
these special indignities.''
This is hard sight as our usually bright
Nova Scotia neighbor looks at it, but we see
but one way to avoid it, and that is to join the
United States and thus not only be with the
victorious party in the Washington treaty,
but be rid of hundred disadvantages in COM
me1ce and every branch of industry that now
go so far to cripple to energies of the contigu-
Gus provinces. After all there isn't much
difference between the average Yankee and
the right smart "Bluenose." He is really a
brevet Yankee, and with the idea that he is
a full one and with such bright papers as the
Recorder, even if it does favor the great H.
G. for the Presidency, to enlighten him, he
will attain full statute in an amazingly short
time, even to twanging the vowels.