The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-07-26
AGRICULTURE.
MONTHLY REPORT or THE FEDERAL DE.
PARrMENT.
INTERESTING PARTICULARS ABOUT THE
CROPS.

WAsHISaroN, July 2S.--The July re-
port OF the Agricultural Department is
now ready. The reports of the corn crop
represent ninety-eight counties, annually
producing seven hundred millions Of bu-
shells. The States in which an increased
average Is reported are as follows; New
Jersey, per cent, Pennsylvania 2, South
Carolina 2, Georgia /, Alabama 3, Missis-
sippi !, Louisiana 3, Texas ., Arkansas 4,
West Virginia 2, Kentucky 2, Ohio 2,
Michigan 4, Indiana l., Illinois 2, Iowa !,
Missouri 4, Kansas Is, Nebraska 20, Cali
fornia /. a diminution appears in Maine
of per cent, Vermont ., Massachusetts
4, Rhode Island 3, Connecticut 6, New
York !, North Carolina z, Tennessee |,
Wisconsin 4, Minnesota 8. The area in
many States is reported the same AS last
years reports. From $50 counties 263
place tho condition above 100 and Alb be.
low loo. Illinois is represented by 65
counties, of which % stand above the aver
age aud 90 below. OF Ga counties in Mis-
souri,, the condition of corn is above the
average in 10, and below in 20. Of the
SO counties in Kansas 8 only send figures
less than 100. In Iowa, where cool, clou-
dy weather generally prevailed IN the
spring, followed 10y changeable weather,
and in some sections heavy rains, only two
reports of condition are above 100. In
ONO, where the drouth has been severe,
but three reports of 80 gave figures higher
than 100. States making returns higher
than 100 are Vermont, III; North Caro-
lima, l0l Alabama, III Mississippi, 10 !;
Louisiana, no; Texas, l09; Kentucky,
1903; California, lol. The following re-
turn condition below tho average :
| Muipn Nau, u.n,Nabira
chusetts, 9S; Rhode Island, 50; Pennsyl-
vania, ss; Maryland, 80; Virginia, "a !;
South Carolina, 90 Georgia, "a Florida,
80; Arkansas, 9s; West Virginia CO !;
Ohio, go Michigan, SO; Indiana, 95; Il
| linois, 90; Wisconsin, SC; Minnesota, SO /;
Iowa, 80; Missouri, 97 Kansas, 50; Ne
braska, 50; Oregon, 90; Tennessee is plac-
cd at 100.
An improvement in the condition of
wheat is reported from New York, Mary
land, Virginia, Michigan, Missouri, Kan
sas, and 10 slight degree, in some other
States, while u small decline is reported in
Ohio and some Of the Southern States.
The averages in winter wheat States stand
as follows: Connecticut, "a; New York,
70; New Jersey, 60; Pennsylvania, 69 (:
Delaware, rs; Maryland, 81; Virginia,
80; North Carolina, ll2; South Carolina,
lO3; Georgia, l02, Alabama, ll6; Missis-
sippi, 1903; Texas, las; Arkansas, LOG 4;
Tennessee, lO9; West Virginia, 90; Ken.
lucky, ll2; Ohio, IS Indiana, IS; Mis-.
souri,, CO, Of the States producing almost
exclusively spring wheat, Maine reports
los; New Hampshire, lO3; Vermont, l04 ;
Wisconsin, l0l; Minnesota, 10; Iowa,
l0S; Nebraska, ll2; Oregon, 90 Califor-
MIA, not fully reported, -l20 for early sown
and ll5 for late; Kansas, spring. 90; win
ter, Go. Illinois spring, l05; Western,
90; Michigan spring, 9s; winter, 81. The
almost exactly the same as in June, or "a
per cent less than an average. The quail
ty Of the grain IS uniformly superior in
the Middle States, into Ohio, Michigan,
and Missouri, and wherever an inferior
condition is reported, the straw is short,
but the heads ARE generally long and we'll
filed. The kernel is plump and heavy.
The quality Of Southern wheat will prob
ably prove rs fine as any ever produced in
that section in tbreshing. The fulness of
head in proportion TO quality Of straw
causes the yield TO exceed expectations,
and may 60 far to Offset the small decrease
in the reported condition. 1t is quite
probable that the general excellence Of the
grain will make the present crop of equal
value 10 that Of last year. There has been
almost entire exemption from rust, and
comparatively little complaint of insects
The Hessian-fy is reported in several
places, more numerously in the Ohio
Valley, and the chinch-bug has caused
Losses in many counties Of Illinois, Iowa,
| and Michigan