, 1875-10-02
THE AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

Tho rlonss,tY Bulletin ~ the Depnfs.
snent Of Agriculture on '"o 7""F''
Cr0rs OF tho Ychrs |
WAau1soros. sopt. 29.-Tho monthly report
of tho Department of Agriculture FOR hu8hat
md Yentombcr contRtna tho following informa- |
ton In addition TO Tho cotson and corn crop TO-
turne, which were published within tic last two
wcekns
notwithstanding Ia tho Now England statos
and thoao Of tho Gull region and tho Pacific
Coast, tho damage to tho crop hatwaeu the post-
oda OF ripening and tlreah!ng BY frequent nnd
hesvy ssorms. hhs heon very generat Within
tho wet area tho continuous rains yinited. in
July, tho portions In which wheat rpons early,
md In August tho iasitudcs wheso 1t III
harvested lator. 30 that oyor tile whole
region the crop was very Eonora11y caught
aithar In haryent OF iu tho attack. In Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota, in which TIN yield
waa extraordinary. aud In tho Middle States. tho
rainy Heaaon was 10 progress a. tho time a. fe-
age was yet undetermined. 4 considerable por-
ton of Tho crop III Maryland and largu Iot-
tion In the Gulf states were Bccurcd in good cot-
ditson before tho rainy soasoo camo on. Thu
though e1teilny1, appears to hhVo beou uhH thau
jn tho Valleys Of tho hisaifsippi and Ot1o. fl
Iowa, injury from blight or rust retl,tcod both
tho quantity and quality. sud was yory goaorai.
a1ost OF tho Status report local Injuries to tho
condition from The sane chusc. Local pjuslcs
by tlle woegl arc noted In M&sno md Indians;
by chinchos In 1ndiaua, Wisconsin, and Missouri;
| and by grasshoppors in Kansas. Nebraska, Mis-
| souri ard throughout tho grasehoppor region Of
| tho Northwest. In California tho crop, though
reduced in yield and In Aogue localities Infected
iu quality By ruHt, way gonetalIy harvested In
| eaporos condition. while tn Oregon an ostraor-
| dinafy yied appears to haye teen Becnred With
out soroua damage The condition OF the wheat
when harvested for all tho States Averages
| ~. The State averages nro o. follows: Maine.
sachueotts. 100; Connecticut, 1oo; New York.
d5; Now Jersey, 90; tennaylvania, g; Dcla-
| ware o2; Maryland. "a; VlrElnla. 81 I, North
Carolina, o7 South Gasona ez H. aofefis 2s
Is; Toxae. l22 A1kausas l13; reunossec,
| as Wcst Virginia. u; kentucky. 50; Ohio,
g.; Michigan, s3; Indians, o. :. 1llinois, =;
nourl. q !: Kanaaa, s.; Nebraska; 80; California,
| 10; and Oregon, ING. Tlo quality Of tho prcs-
| cut crop liz pourcE than for rovofnl Sears: That
Of tho Pacific Coast is fine. notwithstanding tho
excellent quality. except in Virginia md
Tenneasee, but M susplus Of South
ern wheat can 10 obtained, oseopt in
tlo whoar district of Texas. In tue West
i greater extent than sprpg gfan. Much Of bosl.
kinds was harvested iii good condition. tho railla
In the spring whcat rugion coming 1nter than
farther south. but large proportion Of
| E4lA HAH lHlN1CA III tlS bAltA R$ AENft
and repeated storms to such III extont
| ny to cause pauio among the farmers, whllo
tue milloss woro at thoir wits end to know
where to obtain grain to grind for flour.
DO hoped that tho prevailing estimate Of depse-
! ctatcd quality may provo somewhat exagger-
ated 4 few conntich 1u Arkansas aro greatly
| extending whaas culture in ono Of which tWoud-
ru!r) IL, loo bushels OF No. arn reported grown
on zoo acrcs. In Texas 20 70 rs bushels per acre
arc frequently reported, and q crop OF ton4elte
sont out by tie Department produced 30 bushels
per acre.
reported July l, was QUO OF unl.Bunt thrift,
promising an extraordinary yield. Iu tho north
orn aud aonthern hectiouB Of the country TINT
promise has boen fulfilled. Esilcciaiay IN Now
England. tho Northwest, and tho region around
thu Guit, crops snpesior in 1uHutatS and quality
hare been produced, and for tho 1noat part go
| cured in good coul1tion.
Potatoes-Tle condition of the potato crop. aa
whole, ia about 10 per cont above tho average,
all The large potato.Growing Htatea reporting q
very favorable prospect. Tho Now England
States arc all below average, except MasBaclu-
Botts Which Is 10l. Tho condition OF tbe crop
ID this section hns not materially changed sluco
July, tho improvement iu aome coun-
ties beiug balanced by the decline in 9th
era. Maino and Vermont report injMtlea from
rust aud rot In soulo localities. Nov Hampshire
| and Connecticut aro neatly average and b0tn
show considerable improvement.
Stcect Potdtoes-Teo 6tatos reporting coudi-
tion full ayorage or above arc: Now Jersey, 102 ;
Delaware, lou North Oarolina, 100; hliszjssippi.
ia; Arkansas.1O9; Tenneasoc. 100 Illinois, loo;
Missouri, l02 and Kansas, 100. The States cast
OF the Allegheny Mountains generally indicate az
improvement since July, Tho South Atlantic
and Gulf States, from South Carolina to Texas
show decline OF condition. t1cept mississippi
, OF tho Southern inland Statos. Kentucky alopf
!; shows marked decliue-10 per cent. The
States north Of tho Ohio River all Indicate I
loss, except 1liiuoA, which slightly improved
since July Woas OF tho MiBsIasjppi 1.ivef. low
. somewhat declined, but tho othor States ver,
considerably improved. On the Pacific Coaat
California averages 94. against 10 pot cent OF
| last report.
Wool-The wool clip is OF full average weight
or little above. iu noarly all the Statos. Ihoa'
leacient arc Massachusetts. per cent; 1corg
and Orerop. 9 per cont Illinois and Caafosnia
> 2 por ccut Virginia, Texas, ARKANSAS. aud Mis-
, souri,, por cent. Wisconsin and Texas ara
| por cont nbovc tho average; Now York, Alabama
MlssisHfppl West Virginia, Kontucky, Ohio, 1u
diana, lowa and KanBss arc ! per cent above th
averago. The remaining States arc full aver
! 1obacro-Tho tobaoco-orop has grostly faile1
OF since tho last report. From condition 2
i por cont above ayotsge in July, our soptenbo
average. East Of Tho. Allegheny Mountain
there has been, on q whole, an Improvement
Massachusetts and Connecticut hh0" a groa
improvement upon the July condition, and arc
= per ceut above average, bus this is about coun
b torbalaucod BY = decline Of por, cent. Ue
n low average IN Maryland, produoel by the az
:. cessive rains Of August Now York and ronI
aylvauta report aoma improvement, but ara sti
below average. virKipis returns Indicate 3 grca
Improvement and tho condition IA pur GET
above average. Further down tho coast til
!, continued rains have uniformity depressed th
n condition Of tho CROP
a FlorIde IL full average. Tho Cuba tobacco G
= Gadsden County In superior to aby crop slnce th
War both in quality and quantity. The sms
cropa Of tho Gulf States and Arkansas chow iii
rrovoment, and. on tho whole, condition d
clda<lIy above the average.
:, Tho great tobacco region between tho Al
leghnny Mountains aud tho Misssssippi. nhic
= produced about twa'thirds OF the Census crop
o 1860, nlows a rapid decline aimee july, aud
g condition greatly bo1ow tue hvetsge. Tho Hoo.
4 lug rains that visited this region hAye infllctt
considerable damage upon tobacco ~ veil |
| othor crops.
TcnneBuoe has reduced hor July syoEsgs OF II
to %.
kentucky has fnl1on from Isl to 80, Ohio fro