The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-11-07
Crops in the United States.

A synopsis of the October crop report
of j. r. Dodge statistlcian of the United
States Department of Agriculture, indi-
Gates the comparative production OF
wheat, and the condition of the crop, on
the 1st 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 Mid
die States and Maryland together re-
duced their last years aggregate from
$1,000, 900 bushels to 24,O0000O, or thirty
five per cent. The Southern States,
from Virginia to Tennessee, which were
known to have increased largely their
wheat area, appear to have enlarged their
production fifty per cent, or from 49,
100000 to 27O00,000. California has
increased her product at least seventy
five per cent. Minnesota and Iowa have
made a material increase, while Missouri
and Kansas, the former growing Winter
wheat mainly, the latter both Winter
and Spring, Lave had a comparative fail
ure in both varieties. Virginia and Ken
lucky have had good crops, while Mary
land 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 from coun-
ties representing a large proportion of
the wheat of each State, which indicate
an increase of about five per cent. over
the product of last year, which was esti-
mated 230,000,000 bushels. 1t is prob
able that the completed estimate will not
fall short of 240,000,000 bushels, upon an
area little less than 20,000,000 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 15,000,-
900 bushels, or in comparison with last
years product S5,000,O00 to 100000
bushels. The central line of wheat pro-
duction running north and south is this
is nearly identical with the ninetieth
meridian, which divides centrally the
States of Wisconsin and Illinois. a
Nearly all the wheat produced be-
tween this line and the Mississippi River
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States. The quality of the wheat is, in
most of the States, better than last year.
The percentage of product, in compari-
son with last year, in each of the States,
is as follows: Maine, 1o9; New Hamp-
shire, 9S; Vermont, 95; Massachusetts,,
90; Connecticut, 90; New York, 10;
New Jersey, so; Pennsylvania, go ; Del
aware, 75; Maryland, &c; Virginia, 10l;
North Carolina, 1856; South Carolina,
113; Georgia, 1sO; Alabama, 133 Miss
issippi, 101; Texas, 800; Arkansas, 1902;
Tennessee, 200; West Virginia, 104;
Kentucky, 175; Ohio, So Michigan, SS;
Indiana, 1O1; Illinois, 9S; Wisconsin,
I21 Minnesota, 1870; Iowa, 1l2; Mis-
souri,, so; Kansas, so; Nebraska, 40;
California, 175; Oregon, 10S.
In States where the crop was short last
year, as Kentucky and Texas, the per-
Fcentage of increase is heavy. In Cali
fornia it is mainly due to an increase of
area and superior rate of yield.