Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-25
. WASHINGTON.
Burean Estimate Of the Wheat Crop.
Expected Yield of 240,O0O,OGO
Bushels.
Curious and Interesting Details.

Curious and Interesting Details.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. pa synopsis of
the October crop report of j. +. Lodge,
| Statislican of the Department OF Agricul-
ture, indicates the comparative production
| of wheat, oats and barley and the condition
of the corn crop on the first of October.
The record of the yield of wheat is quite
as variable as was that of its condition
/ during the summer. Some States have
made superior crops, and others almost the
poorest ever grown. The New England
States have nearly sustained their usual
average. The Middle States and Maryland
together have reduced their last years
aggregate from thirty-seven million bush
| els to twenty-four, or thirty-hve
per cent. The Southern States from Vir
ginia to Tennessee, which were known to
have increased largely their wheat area, ap-
pear to have enlarged their production so
per cent, or from 100000 bushels to
27,000,000. California has increased her
product at least IS per cent; Minnesota
and Iowa have made q material increase,
while Missouri and Kansas, the former
growing winter wheat mainly, the latter
both winter and spring, have had COM
pSrative failure in both varieties. Virginia
and Kentucky have had good crops, while
MARYLAND and Ohio return diminished
Yields, as does the entire district between
the Ohio and the lakes, the Miami and the
Hudson.
Returns have been received rom coun-
ties representing a large proportion of
wheat of each State which indicate an in
crease Of about per cent over product of
last year, which was estimated al 230, ,00O,-
600 bushels. 1t is probable that the COM
pleted estimate will not fail short of 240,-
100000 bushels, upon an area of a little
less than twenty million acres. This will
make the yield between
Twelve and Thirteen Bushels Per
Acre
which may be considered an average for
the United States. The increase in States
west of the Mississippi appears to be about
I5 million bushels, or in comparison with
with last years product 85 million 10 seven
ty millions bushels. The central line of
wheat production running north and south
is this year farther west than ever before,
and is nearly identical with the Goth meri-
dian which divides centrally States of Wis
consin and Illinois. Nearly all the wheat
produced between this line aud the Missis-
sippi river is grown in the western half of
these two States. . ..
The Quality OF wheat
is in most OF the States better than last
year. The per centage of product In COM
p2rison with last year in each Of the States
is as follows:
Maine IO9, New Hampshire 9S, Vermont
95, Massachusetts 80, Connecticut 90, New
York 20, New Jersey 80, Pennsylvania 60,
Delaware %, Maryland 66, Virginia l01,
North Carolina 1856, South Carolina 113,
Georgia $50, Alabama 139, Mississippi 10l,
Texas 320, Arkansas 102, Tennessee 200,
West Virginia 104, Kentucky 175, Ohio s.,
Michigan So, Indiana l01, Illinois 90, Wis
c0nsin l21, Minnesota 15G, Iowa l12, Mis-
souri 60, Kansas so, Nebraska 140, Califor-
MIA IT'S, Oregon 108.
In States where the crop was short last
year, as Kentucky and Texas, the per cent.
of increase is heavy. In California it is
mainly due to an increase of area and
superior rate of yield.
Grant Gets the News.
Secretary Fish this morning communica-
| ted to the President the intelligence of the
Emperor of Germany having decided the
San Juan question in favor Of the United
States.
wanted-A Greenbacz DeIuge.
A delegation representing the business
men of St. Louis, Cincinnati, Dubuque,
Milwaukee and Pittsburg, called upon Sec
reCary Boutwell, this morning, and urged
the importance of relieving the stringency
of the money market by increasing the vol
ume of currency. They showed the great
scarcity Of currency throughout the West
and urged him to issue the forty-fOur mil
lion dollars of legal tender reserves. The
Secretary in reply said he was glad to hear
their statements, and would give the II at
| ter his earnest attention.