The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-22
21}it|ln1on(l Gljsppattl1.
Observation-Disclosures %. 1879.
Germ and when. crops OF 1879.

From tho monthly report CT the AEricul
tnral Department st Washington W make
the tCiCTiIG extracts:
CoES.-Thc present year. Ike that Of 1869
which produced t:Ic crop returned IN thi
census Of 1870. is one Of low production u
rc.ards mai2", our illaiu cereal, both II
o,ipnt;,y aud quality; while the quantity
Wheat w.!! he rather more than an average
IN view of lis increased area, though NO
coral % &c rregc T9heat crop ci 1855
This rcSul, is t:r better i0r Farmers Anl
consumers than Il deficient yi!id OF Whea
with q large crop OF corn, ;> The stlrpiU;
OF tic former above the ac'llai wants o.
Observation-Disclosures is quite snail: but two
hundred millions OF bushels OF corn ca!
ALWAYS &c spared from iuii crop Wlthou'
ary other effect than an enhancement O
prices 10 4 figure representing more fairly
the cost OF production. The nrXIhiity Of
the corr consumption Is uneXamptrd III tht
case CT ans othcr crop, other lccdlng mate
rial, lnuca of which In years Of abundance
j. wasted Or iuuro rerl; utilized, Icing sub
stjtu;cd for MAIZE whenever deficiency III
That crop is realized. There is awayS
enough Of corn.i"(ticr wasted 10 feed III in!-
mtnsc number Of cattle: and IL certain Sec
lions tie farm stock is iIiii $GHs!s:cd upon
straw, nO.Wi hStanaiG- the deliberate burn.
Ing Of nine-tentnS Ut II TO "ct 1t out OF Tie
way. I he resources Of IA! and winter pas
tula2c arc also utilized. Whlle these ma T.
rlats supply The pIact Of hay rather than
corn, and serve TO winter rather than littten
farm stock, they do render possible les
lavish lie OF corn tIlD obtains III seasons
when Il becomes drug at 1Wen'y ceats peT
bnshe.
tl".!s have been early this ycar-not
soncr!ly O! great severity, bu: sufficient 10
Jre, cli he thorough rlpcni0. OF tie corr.
The "av,ga-o ruuji.i1n oi tie croG
thgouc.tCl!t tie couEtiy. - cl'cIia;cd with
rclultnCG 10 tnc aiauti!t Of Production Ill
each c0l.u'v. from II" returns OF county
ayeIact-, J. s.. IN Oc;ogcr Of i.t>' year TIM
report lc4G: " he :Neru2c for ell the States
Is log. This promises one of TIC l!gc>t com
ciops ever prolaccG." Thee n.Hres ind:.
cate a depreciation tIis year, Is compare,
Will last, O. - per cent, While tile assumed
reurcs:on Of ! ptr cent. III area would tn
large ,his rate OF depreci dion. In rount;
numbers the reduction in indicated product
is 25J 100000 bushels, with the poS>ioi!it,
that TIC tu#l returns OF November, Which
sic direct estimates OF the quantity As con-
pnreQ with the last crop, uay still further
reoIcc these figures.
WArAT-Tue returns Of September, ave-
ragged "l;h reference 10 the production OF
EACH county. indicated nearly iulI normal
crop, tue average depreciation being Only
five per cent. HE returns Of October are
made in diIec. c0mpsrisUa with the crop Of
last year, involving, OF course, the element
Of area as well a. condition. The aggregate
Is en- increase of about four per cent, which
is equivalent 10 ten millions OF bushels,
making The promise Of the crop about
260,O0U,00t. This may &c considered q good
crOp--:,s large rs any harvested since 1863
lut about len per cent. less than tnat un-
Usual yield.
The great difference between The rates Of
yield in the several States in 1872 uccessa.
rily make Wide range in the percentages
IN COMPARISON With each State product. Min
nesota Is credited with an increase of 20 per
cent. Wisconsin with IS; Iowa, IL; Illinois.
6; Missouri, which had lees than two-tnirds
OF crop last year, has made an increase OF
nearly 81 per cent; and Kansas has aimos,
as large AL increase over the poor crop Of
last year. Qhio's crop is placed at 9 per
Cent. above that Of last year. Kentucky has
s pei cent. les, than last year, and INDIAN
II per cent, and California II per cent. OF
the other States which make considerabl"
contributions 10 the aggregate, Pennsylvania
has au Increase OF 81 per CENT, which barely
makes al average crop, ard New York, with
per cent. Increase, las still little more thai.
t"o.lhirds OF good crop. The crop OF The
SOQtu i less than That OF last wear