The New York herald., 1875-08-26
THE CROPS.
DeVastatione by the Chinh
Bug and Graeehopper.
THE RAINS IN THE WEST.
Corn, Wheat and Potas
toes Promising.
WASHINGTON, August rs, 1875.

WASHINGTON, August rs, 1875.
The condition OF the crops the lst OF August, y
reported to the Department of Agriculture, was n
folows:-
During July there general conditions o.
weather affecting the crops unavoraby in the Eastern
and Middle States, including Maryland. Droughts pre-
vailed generally In Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota
also in the South Atlantic and Gulf States In Texas
Alabama Florda and Georgia, they extended through
almost every county, and were attended with intense
heat
Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina report
siderable drought sections, with more favorable
weather and excessive rains in other localities. In
North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas and Nebraska an
OF excessive rains prevailed with alterations Of
favorable weather and drought
THE RAIN
In the remaining States east of the Pacific slope rains
were almost ncessant and very disastrous 10 cereais
and hay. They also occasioned extensive rottng OF
potatoes in the ground Along many of the tributaries
Of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers the bottom lands
have been overowed for weeks In not Il few localities
devastating Hoods reported which have swept away
vast quantities OF small grains in the shock. The in
jury done by the moldng, rotting sproutng and grow
ing of grain in the shock stack very great but to
what extent it is mpossible.to estimate before the
GRAssnoPPERs
Depredatons in July by grasshoppers reported In
the following countes:-New Hampshire Sullivan
county; Pennsylvania Washington county; Virginia,
Craig ION tobacco) Tennessee Monroe county;
West Virginia, Jefferson county; Ohio, Belmont Noble
and Vnton counties; Michigan, Marquette and Mec0sta
counties; Wisconsin, Dodge and Ontagame counties;
Minnesota, Blue Earth, Noble, Redwood sibey waton.
Iowa Audubon county; Missouri, Clay, Clinton, Frank
lin, Nodaway Henry, Bates Pettis and Platte countesi
Kansas, Bourbon, Jackson, Miami, Neosho, Shawnee,
Wyandotte, Atchison, Brown, Johnson and Marshall
counties; Nebraska, Cass, johnson, Richardson and
Franklin counties In u majority Of instances they
The following counties have been deprecated by the
army worm or some worm so desgnated:-ln Rhode
Island, Newport very extensive; Pennsylvania, Ches
ter; Maryland, Frederick; Virginia Grayson and Au
gusta; Ohio especially TO oats, Fulton, Montgomery
Mercer, Anglaize, Crawford Delaware Licking,
Adams; Michigan, M0nroe Indiana, Franklin, Laporte
Wells and wheatey; Illinois, Alexander and 0gh
counties.
The chink bugs have dcpredated the following counr
Yrginia-Halifax, Orange and Loudon
West Virginia-Jefferson.
Naturalization and Ohio.
Iinois-Henderson, Carroll, Lake, Ogle, Cook and
Edwards
wisconsn-Juneau sauk, waukesha, Dodge Green
Lake, Iowa. Jackson, Milwaukee, Monroe, Vernon and
Walworth.
Iowa-Cayton, Missouri, Nodaway, Holt and Pelts
Kansas-Butler Franklin and Brown
Nebraska-Johnson, Richardson and Washington.
The wet weather prevailing in their principal fields Of
operation prevented them from dong extensive injury
The true of the Colorado beetle the presence Of
which is noted in New York and Pennsylvania, nine
counties each; Maryland and Virginia, six counties;
Michigan, Indiana and Iowa. two counties each; New
Hampshire West Virginia. Ohio, Illinois, Missouri Kan
sas and Nebraska, one county each.
WHEAT.
The average condition OF spring wheat in States pro-
ducing II TO any extent, including California, is
ST. The extremes of the range 90 in Wisconsin and
Minnesota and 60 in Nebraska The condition of winter
wheat Is reported after the LIST OF July but all the
States in which excessive rains have prevailed in July
correspondents in their foot notes have very gen.
orally volunteered statements that vast quantities be-
fore thrashed or housed were overaken by the rana
and swept away by floods or damaged in degrees rang
ing from serious injury to utter ruin.
The average condition for all the States about 90
II would be over 100 were 1t not for the damage
low lands by excessive rains. The injury from that
is quite liable to be overestimated The highest
averages reported are:--In Kansas, 149; Tennessee
ia; Missouri, 1l2 Mississippi, Ill; New Jersey and
Arkansas, lOs; Virginia, l0S; West Virginia 1Oo; Con-
nectcut, Maryland and Nebraska, 105; Pennsylvania
and North Carolina, lO3 Kentucky lO2; Oregon, lOi
Delaware and Alabama, 100 Illinois, 90.
New York is 95, Ohio 91, Iowa 81, Wisconsin 49,
Indiana and Minnesota 49, and Georgia So, owing TO
drought. Texas is reduced to SS by the same cause
Other States range between SO in South Carolina and 9S
in New Hampshire.
The average condition for the country is o. The re-
ducton by rains and floods in the valleys OF the Mis-
ssspp and Ohio very great The States above tho
average in condition are:-Mssissppi, l19; Texas
Arkansas and Wisconsin, Ill Vermont, los; Connect
cut New York and California 10i; Oregon, 103 Mch-
gan 10l. New Hampshire, Pcnnsy ylvania Louisiana and
Iowa the average Kentucky Indiana and Nebraska
are down to s. Kansas is 90; South Carolina and
Delaware, 20; Tennessee Il; Virginia 76; Illinois, 49,
other States range between SO in Maryland and 90 in
Virginia, Ohio being "a
Potatoes promise extraordinary crop, the average
condition for all the States, exclusive OF Nevada being
about 104 In States visited by unprecedented rains
indications of rotting in the ground extensively
ported which may yet seriously affect the promised re-
suit The States reporting the highest average con-
dton are:-Ilinos 13l; Ohio, III; Iowa, 49, Ken
lucky liz; Tennessee, ITO; West Virginia, Missouri
and Kansas l07; Connecticut Texas and Arkansas lO6
New Jersey 1O4; Maine and Pennsylvania 103; Ver
mont New York and Mississippi, 1O2; Rhode Island
and Michigan, 1Ol. Maryland is down at 75 The re-
naming States range between 81 and 100
TOBACCO.
The incessant rains have occasoned extensive trench
ing and injured the crop otherwise to some extent on
low land particularly in Kentucky and Tennessee but
reports indicate that the injury has been less than
feared Maryland Virginia, North Carolina Florida
and Mississippi report u condition considerably above
average; West Virginia about an average; Tennessee
about per and Kentucky per cent below