Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-11-14

The Report of the Department OF Asrlcui-
ture for October. gives a valuable summary
of the results of the season in regard to the
leading crops The following abstract gives
the main facts:
CORN.
THIS has been a poor year for corn all
through the cOuntry-both in regard 10
quantity and quality. The October re-
mort of last year places the average Tor an
The States at los. and the depreciation TINS
wear from that is about 26 per cent, whle
the reduction Of 4 per cent in the producing
area adds still further to the depreciation.
Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, CALIFORNIA
and Oregon return average yields; Maine
n ner cent: New Hampshire, 80; Yer
mont. q: Massachusetts,, 81 Connecticut,
81: New York, So New Jersey, 80; Penn
sylvania, 50; Delaware, IS; Mary ianq'9l
Virginia. 90; North Carolina, 80 south
Carolina. So: Ohio, IS; Michigan, % IL IN
diana, 81; Illinois, 67; " isconsin' %
Minnesota. 81; Iowa, 81; Missouri, 30
Kansas. 66 Nebraska, -. In New 1oL IA
State, the crop in Steuben was SiiIel "
frost September l5-and in Washington;
| F-a1Liip Delaware. Sullivan. Ontario and
| Rockland counties, the crop was also mate
rally injured by the SAME cause IL Is
| estimated that the entire yield this year
| will be $50 .O0O, 900 bushels less than Iasl'
with a probability that the November re-
pert will still further increase these NJ uIes;
This result Is far better for farmers anu
consumers than a deficient yield oil Wheat
| with large crop Of corn, as the surplus o.
! the f,rruer above the actual wants oil breau-
| consumers Is quite small but two huhurSu
millions OF bushels of corn can always De
spared from full crop without any otuel
! effect than an enhancement OF prices 10 :.
figure reDresenting more fairly the cost OIL
production
WHEAT.
The returns show an increase oil a9oa'
f,ur DER cent or l0, 900 900 bushels, makihE :
the promise Of the crop 100, 600, 900 bushels
the best since 1869, which was an uhuSuaI
Weld. There Is no report OF wheat Al 'eI,
mont. Minnesota reports an increase %
| % per cent over last year; Wisconsin; 10
IoTa - Illinois 6 Wisconsin and Iowa
which had less than two-thlrds OF croi
last ycar-5O per cent; Ohio, ,. Kentucky
reDorts loss of eight per cent from las
year. Indiana II, and California, Ito
PENNSYLVANIA with an increase OF 81 pei
cent has still barely an average crop New
York with an increase of five per cent ha'
littIe more than twO-thirds an average crop
OATS.
This crop averages throughout thu
conntry. - Vermont returns l02; Dela
ware. III Maryland, 1913; Virginia. l2O
! North Carolina. 100; South Carolina, li2
Georgia. IL: Alabama, III; Missouri
IO1 Texas, l20; Arkansas, ll2 1enneS
see. 100 Kansas, lO5; Oregon, l23 ; whit
in all the other States the yield Is increased
OTHER GRAINS.
Rye averages g in the country barley
S.. huckwheat average, or above, N New
Uampshire. Vermont. New York, Delaware
MARYLAND. Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas an'
West Virginia, while in all other States
falls below the average, reaching, IN eleVeI
States. the lowest point (6i) in Iowa
POTATOES.
This crop is above the average: In Yer
mont los. Massachusetts, aud California 100
Connecticut and South Carolina, lOl' New
York iG7 New Jersey and Virginia lOl
Alabama ITO: Texas 100 Rhode Islam
and Peuu-, igauia an average and all other
below the average throughout beng eighty
nine. The Colorado bcotl9 has advanced
far eastward as Pennsylvania, and the 70
has prevailed 10 a limited extent, bui ih
causes Of the heaviest declines arc rcportc
to be lrUuth.
Beans ure reported to be in an aycrag
condition in Vermont, Massachusetts, fonn
! svhaui9, Virginia. South Carolina, Ala
Lama, Arkansas, West Virginia and Ore
con and all other States are below the ay
o1ago-il, ilWostfgure~ (cishty-untl "'.n
reached '5 Iowa. -.
TIE average of the cotton crop has iallci
from ciEly-nine 10 seventy -cisat ana
half since the first week in September
| IT.. ,-., az rho ,,re-cnt year WAS increase.