The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-01-17


Department or Agriculture.
We have received the report Of the
Department Of Agriculture for Novem-
Der and December. and for the benefit Of
those who will not receive il, make the
following extracts:
The average yield Of corn per acre, as
reported by correspondents, stands high
est in Iowa, 4os bushels, the Illinois
average being 1913, and Of Ohio 39.5.
The average Of the States OF the fortieth
parallel is within a fraction Of 10 bush
els, those Of Pennsylvania and Nebraska
being 80 bushels. and that of New Jer-
sey 300 bushels. New England, with
her garden-patches of corn, returns 81
bushels for Massachusetts, and Rhode Is
land, 1922 for Connecticut, S6.1 for
Mainc, and 1872 for New Hampshire.
In New York the average presented is
57.5. Texas makes the highest South
ern average, 2s.5 bushels, declining to
243 in Arkansas, and "a in Tennessee,
and 17.5 in Mississippi, to 10 in Georgia;
the. lowest average being 9.6 in Florida.
The highest wheat returns are those of
Minnesota, California, and Texas; the
lowest are those Of South Carolina, the
range being from GA to 1871 bushels per
acre. The rate is materially higher in
the Gulf coast States than in the South
crn Atlantic States, increasing from
Georgia Westward.
The rate of yield for rye stands lowest
in South Carolina, and highest in Cali
forpia, the range being from SO bushels
TO 49,. bushels.
The highest average for oats is 40
bushels for Nebraska; the lowest is 8
bushels for South Carolina. Averages
ranging down from 40 to 30 bushels come
in the following order: Nebraska, Iowa,
California, Minnesota, Illinois, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Connecticut, Missouri.
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Hamp-
shire, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, and
Michigan.
Prices Of cereals rule comparatively
low, corn especially bearing prices that
can scarcely repay the expense of cult
walton in many of the Western States.
Where fuel is scarce and dear, the old
practice of burning corn has been revived.
In some instances it has been
ly used in manufactures. There is a wide
range of prices in the several counties in
the State, those upon through. lines of
railroad showing higher rates; but wider
differences are caused by disparties be-
tween local supply and demand. There
am new counties in frontier regions, with
small production and increasing popula-
ton from migration; in which prices are
almost as high as in Easterncities.
Averaging the local prices of corn, the
lowest rate is eighteen cents per bushel
in Nebraska and Iowa, while that of
Kansas is %, and Illinois "a. Going
Eastward it rises to 30 in Indiana, "a in
Ohio, 60 in Pennsylvania, and 62 in
New Jersey. The range in New Eng
land is freq 81 in Vermont to 80 in New
Hampshire. The average for New York
10 cents. One bushel of corn in Mas
sachusetts seems to be worth five in Iowa.
IN the South the rate is highest in Flori-
da, at sl.20 per bushel, and the lowest
in Texas at 43 cents. The price inoreas-
es from Delaware to South Carolina, the
rates being, in their order, respectively
%, 81, So, 81, and 90 cents; in Alabama
rs, Georgia So, and SO in Mississippi
and Louisiana.
The average for wheat range between
sl.95 in Massachusetts, and "A cents in
Oregon, the next lower being, respective
ly, Is cents for Nebraska, SO for Min
nessota, and So for Iowa. The crop be-
ing poor in Kansas and Missouri, local
prices average in those States respective
ly, SLAP and 81. Al, about the same as in
Tennessee and West Virginia.