Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-08-22

Crop Prospects,.
The Department Of Agriculture Is doing
the countrya most important service in
gathering up and disseminating, from time
70 time, reliable information as to the pros
poets OF our growing crops. All clssse.
are interested In these reports, forming as
they do an important element in almost
every business calculation. Great pains
are rightly taken 70 have them correct, and
. glance at the list Of places reported will
show how wide is the observation ON which
they are based. When careful observers
send In word from q thousand counties.
scattered over every State in the Union.
We begin to feel that we have some correct
view OF the whole, and are no longer in
danger OF being misled, Is we often were
when depending on the impressions OF
travellers, or the reports Of merely casual
letter-writers. The last monthly repor;
OF the Department is very full, and the
country will not fail to congratulate itself
on finding Its statements upon the whole
so encouraging.
Ofcorn, 1t Ii estimated that about thirty
nse million acres were planted: an in
crease of more than three-quarters of n
million acres over last year; the gain be-
ing chiefly at the South. and In some of the
newer regions of the West. Kansas gains
Sn. PeI cent OF acreage; Ne
on Ma .wen.y MIenisna tens Louisiana
s snu nASs, eaen.eign. missouri and Ar
AansAs, Ior e1cn ALABAMA, three; while
seven States-among them Ohio and IIli-
nois-gain each two per cent. As to the
condition OF the crop, Of the nine hundred
ana eighty-nine counties heard FROM three
hundred and thirteen report an average
promise, while four hundred aud fourteen
lePlesen' me prospect above, and two
nunuieu anu siA'y -three Deiow that OF or
alnafy years. ~ Is 700 early yet to speak
WIN connoeuce, put taxing the acreage
anu iospes sose,neI, .here Is reason to
expect mucn larger total than even the
unprecedented crop OF last year.
Ia, ~ ~ sue on 'e@is were enter
sauea ~ ~ tne "neat crop, nut The
present report states the average condition
va sne u,a VI wy As Almost exactly the
sa.ie WIZ .ua, VI .as' year, winch was SIX
p i .Au sue usuai promise. Inc
poi', no~e AUS 'na' tine quaiity OF
.ne sralh Is enhormiy superior, and wher-
s.eI tn'ef'ot y reported the straw Is short,
az t"e ne~.s ~'e s.ne'.ay ion2 ana Wen
ae ,i- seInei plump aio heavy. The
Suant VI Sou.nern Wheat VIII probably
80 As .Ae az! ever Pfouuceu In thst
.sH ihere mas oeen almost en-
,u ~. p, iivi lus.. ."u comparatively
Httoconpisdnsoi ,aseOs. Anu !et 70 This,
sohc Few lha.Aeu eAcePtions are gwen
epee,,ty N Nsso.I' c~iofnia reports
vi .'"eh'. per cent
40. eaiiy auu we've per cent. iof tate
""' ~oo,s Ine S'e,Aee yeiu. one neio
me- epoNen o'-.ne properly oi iar-
uei ID AAneoA countS as containing
seNen luousAnu acres yieioihg twenty
ousueis ~ .ie 80
To- ..c 1858 important crop OF rye, SIX
zen o'a1es fepof. tne winter wheat ABOVE
a w atelase, anu eisnIeen peiow. Prob
aoly me who!e crop VIII De about as usual.
spring rte Is reported In nfteen States
Is ABOVE the average, while In only two Is
Deiow.
Inc oat clop - reported IN twentySwo
o1a'es as ABOVE .he average, aud IN four
Sen oeio"' Inc TOTAL oeihs CONSIDERABLY
@ov,e.
"Antef barley IN Ten Stases Is above ave-
rase, ana IN eleven Stases below while
spring oariey Is ABOVE IN tnirteen states
anu oeio" IN seven. very little parles Is
ia,seu a. the Soath'
tutes are put Gown III twenty states
$500, ao'e ,Ae a'elasei III sixteen states
or 80, Eos s, ~ an,i.een S.a.es Is up 10
-, a.u - u.' oeo" iHn
49,, - III. -, w 70 VI aooNe IN
nv ~ -one' peio 'u ne srAss crop. upon
sr., WIN NC - "eio" tue
pots,o.s rr,,;. .,,,,
,v.Snn~ S,a,aS ~ $1,000, - Gu
syarsa. - - ~ fP.Seip' - 800 'ne
Minneso,s w.. !, - w. g.. -