Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-11-07
The Crops.

A SYNOPSIS of the October crop report
OF j. X. Dodge, Statistician of the De-
partment of Agriculture, indicates the
comparative production of wheat, oats
and barley, and the condition of the corn
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 the usual average; the
Middle States and Maryland together
reduced their last years aggregate from
81, 900, 600 bushels to "a ,000, 900, or 35 per
cent The Southern States, from Vir-
ginia to Tennessee, which were known to
have increased largely their wheat area,
appear to have enlarged their productions
80 per cent, or from $4,000, 900 bushels
to 21,O0O,000. California has increased
her product at least 75 per cent. Mime
sofa and Iowa have made a material in
crease, while Missouri and Kansas-the
former growing winter wheat mainly, the
latter both winter and spring-have had
a comparative failure in both varieties.
Virginia and Kentucky have had good
crops, while Maryland and Ohio return
diminished yields, as does the entire dis
trict between the Ohio river and the
lakes, the Miami and the Hudson. Re-
turns have been received from counties
representing a large proportion of the
wheat of each State, which indicate an
increase of about per cent. over the
products of last year, which were
estimated at 23O, ,0OO,O 900 bushels.
1t is probable that the corrected esti.
mate will not fall short of 100000, ,00C
bushels upon an area little less than
20, 600, 900 acres. This will make the
yield between twelve and thirteen bush.
els per acre, which may be considered an
average for the United States. The in
crease in the States west of the Missis.
sippi appears to be about Is, 900, 600 bush.
els, or, in comparison with last years
product, $4,000, 600 to 20, 000, 900 bushels
The central line of wheat production
running north and south is this year fur
ther west than ever before, and is nearly
identical with the Goth meridian, which
divides centrally the States of Wisconsin
and Illinois. Nearly all the wheat pro
duced between this line and the Missis
sippi river is grown in the western hall
of those two States. The quality of the
wheat is in most of the States better thar
last year. The percentage of product in
comparison with last year, in each of the
States, is as follows:
Maine, 100; New Hampshire, 9S; Yer
mont, 95; Massachusetts, 80; Connecticut
96; New York, 20; New Jersey, so; Penn
sylvania, go; Delaware, 75; Maryland
66; Virginia, 101; North Carolina, 1876
South Carolina, 113; Georgia, $50; Ala
bama, 1873; Mississippi, 101; Texas, 800
Arkansas, 102; Tennessee, 200; Wes
Virginia, 104; Kentucky, 175; Ohio, S5
Michigan, So; Indiana, 101; Illinois, 9S
Wisconsin, 121; Minnesota, 100; Iowa
liz; Missouri, 60; Kansas, 80; Nebraska
140; California, 175; Oregon, 100.
In States where the crop was short las
year, as Kentucky and Texas, the per
centage of increase is heavy. In Califor
mia it is mainly due to an increase of arcs
and superior rate of Weld.