The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-11-10
agricultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN
SCRAPS FROM MONTHLY REPORT
OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE FOR OCTOBER. -
WHEAT.

WHEAT.
Oar October returns indicate yield
~ wheat both larger in quantity and bet.
ter in quality than last year, nearly ifnot
quite, equallug the splendid crop of the
census year, which aggregated 2s7 ,645,.
G26 bushels
The New England States, Rhode Is
land not growing enough to rcport.) have
reached nearly a million Of bushels. Maine
increasing 80 per ceut.; New Hampshire, 3
per cent; Vermont,5 per cent. Massachu.
setts, 13 per cent Connecticut cqualing
last years crop. In quality Massachu.
sets is fully equal to last year, and all
the others above, the Improvement in
Maine being IL per cent.
The Middle States have increased their
aggregate yield, the crop. compared with
last year, ranging from 100 per cent. in
Delaware to Il6 per cent. in New York.
The average quality is considerably bet
ter than last year.
OF the South Atlantic States, Mary land
falls per cent and Virginia 6 per cent
below last year, and both are somewhat
inferior 10 quality. On the other hand
South Carolina is fully equal to last year
North Carolina increases per cent. and
Goorgia Il per cent The last three
Strtes also show improved quality.
OF tho Gulf States, the crops of Flori.
la aud Louisiana nro too Uncomfortable
for notice. Alabama enlarges her yield
90 per cent. and improves its quality 90
per cent. In Mississippi the crop is 2
per cent larger. but 9 per cent. lower in
quality Texas is about per cent. low.
er than last year in both quantity and
quality.
OF the four inland Southern States, Ar.
kansas raises her product so per cent. A.;
Tennessee, 29 per cent; West Virginia,
% per cent; Kentucky declines 5 per
cent. All these States have improved
their quality Tennessee, Il per cent.
Their aggregate yield will be about q
third greater than that of the census year.
North of the Ohio River the ravages OF
insects and atmospheric injuries have re-.
duced the crop Of Wisconsin IS per cent
below last year, loss which more than
counterbalances the Increase in the other
States Of this section. Ilinois'equals last
years yield Indiana increases bers per
cent; Ohio, 10 per cent: Michigan. %
per cent. All present considerably i'm
proved quality except Wisconsin This
section will produce about million bush
els less than last year
West Of the Mississippi River, Mime.
sofa decreases her yield lG per cent;
Iowa, 9 per cent; Kansas, 5 per cent;
Missouri increases 20 ner cent, and Ne.
braska per cent The quality is depre-
ciated from 2 to s per cent in all except
Missouri which has improved 81 per
cent. Atmospheric and insect injuries
we're here more generally diffused The
aggregate yield Of these States will be
nearly 100000 bushels less thar last
year.
On the Pacific coast California increas
6 her yield 10 per cent and Oregon p
per cent. Oregon equals last year in
quality, md California improves per
cent. The increased yield Of this section
more than compensates for the decline Of
the northwest.
There is smaller amount than last
year of old wheat remaining on hand in
all States except Connecticut, Delaware.
South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, aud
California. The greatest exhaustion Of
old stocks is found in Wisconsin, Nebras.
ka, Kansas, Michigan, Tennessee, aud
Virginia.
The New England States equal or i'm
prove last years crop, both in quantity
and quality, Maine showing an increased
product Of 26 per cent. The Middle
States are little below last year il
quantity, and little above in quality.
The South Atlantic States show a small
reduction in both. The reduction in the
Gulf States is still more marked, on &C.
count Of the low figures of Texas, which
reports but two.thirds of last years crop.
The inland Southern States, as whole
show an increased yield and an improved
quality. The States north Of the Ohio
show slight increase in quantity aud
quality The States west of the Mssis.
sippi and on the Pacific coast are about
equal to last year in both quantity and
quality.
The product Of the oat-crop in the New
England States shows on the WHOLE con.
siderable increase. Maine increases her
yield ~ per cent; New Hampshire,3 per
cent; Vermont, lG per cent; Massachu.
sets, IL per cent Gu the other hand,
Rhode Island decreases her small crop Is,
per cent; Connecticut, 4 per cent. The
quality compared with last year, ranges
from 100 in Rhode Island to 107 in
Maine.
Pennsylvania reduces her crop is per
cent. Complaints of drought 10 some
quarters and Of excess Of rain in others,
indicate the leading causes of this decline.
The other Middle States, however, show
an enlargement ; New York, 7 per cent
New jersey, per cent; Delaware, 10
per cent. The quality on the whole is
considerably deprecated.
Along the South Atlantic and Gulf
coasts both quantity and quality show a
decline. except that the yield of Georgia
is 8 per cent. and Alabama 8 per cent.
larger than last year. 10 all other sec.
tions Of the Union, except the Pacific
coast, both quantity aud quality have de.
clined
LLCkVHEAT.
The condition Of the buck " heat CROP is
above average in Vermont, 1903; Connec.
ticrt, 1903; North Carolina, l0I; Ten.
nessee. l03, aud Minncsotp, l02; it is
full average in Delaware. Mississippi, To-.
diana, Wisconsin and Oregon; in all the
other States it is below average. In the
Middle and Southern States it has been
Injured by drought, and in the Northwest
by insects. Several counties in different
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