, 1876-11-08
OCTOBER CROP RETURNS.


nAal!N;IOst NuF' 'h-ihe s1Irest oI EIop1c
t''rns f"r G'toncr: ms prc.2rr,l Mt the Depart
tscs'' n Agriculture, iinlirascs a reduction IN
the yicll OF wheat oi nearly one.stxt while thc
quality Is antiltwf,nt elipcrfor. More accurate
ftatsltss ny r"tslnly e G1en afier ts results
lt'n VI tile Enitn tdlrate' reduced prD1uc-
tim, "x,eu: the Middle States IN which thcrc is
a., INCREASE IT .',"ut PCT cent. TIE MY En-
EeH Ee .!e sts. s sl cs CT .5s fn Sn s sss su A!
Stases nortn 81 ,s,e Oh!n Ktycr il per cent,
States west ni thc ,alisstssippt River e
;, IF d is1' s,n. TIC 5s 9Ie' ep!ss: !?. f 4ni
however, Will I'c the subject Of further crntn-
inat1fn and Inquiry III the November returns.
The ust"Dfr resurns e EsnsFal, , tnln' ,,a n
States In whcl! tlc yield of 1915 had iajcn IT,
law tint Of 1871, antl vIen vcraa; hut Iii sotnc
States, especially In tho Nost'1we6t, there L.
falling off froln even tle rcd'ccd Yield VI 1s15:
less thai that Of 1s7, Int IN quality i averages
somewhat al,uvc It.. predecessor. The barley
crop OF tho country, Yields a'Git '1'cs gent
less TINA last year. In ~ ING States cast t'i tc
Mississippi Iycr tho yic s deficient, except II,
Connecticut, ticor:.ia, and Kentucky. 4 great
falling OIL ID reported III the Middle States, III
the states north Of the QEi! River, IN tho
States bc'wsen the Mississlpp! an't Missouri
la. anl especially Caltfornta-.hc iArgcst barley
rnfsl,,g States In thu uuon-1,nyc realized a
large 'i.rcasc Of yield, which. tn great extent,
cosiutcrtalancca. the ,slIort cr.'ps III The othcr
Suites. Tho buckwhcat crnn II rcportel ae d
ful, average Of al,ove in l.hudc Is!a.d Virginia.
hrkausas, Ku,,.urliy, Ohio, WISCONSIN, and
California: In tho other States II l. below the
average, tue minimum ylcil belilg lnDcluwaFc.
Ou t!,e basis Of tho October returns tile oat
crop of 1876 shows IL failing oil af IS per cent.
Every section Of the uniOn Is deficient: New
England, :? PER cent, tho Middle States ~ rer
eeht, dl,e South Atlantir States PER rent, the
! States ? per cent, States ,ortll ot the. Ohio
River 25 per cent, 6tatcs west ot the Misstsstpp!
River 20 per cent, mud tle Pacific Htatca per
rcnt. The Rtntes reporting Il yield equal TO
ware, lUs: South Carolina, laa,: Georgia, 1i5;
l'lorida, l07; A]abana, 1G,; Louteinna, 10a:
Wsst mrg'nin;6 6l1s' KE'entueky, 1G,; oh'g' 1Gs;
u little above b@ Tue average. Ths Middle states,
! except Delaware, report depressed condition
from, drought IN tic growing scason nnl from
heavy rains in The harvest wliun the crou wns
Pennsylvania lIcary storms prevailing about
| the middle Of September prostratct many
tclltH. Tho South Atlantle ssntcs especially In
counties ncar tho coast, suffered serious injury
Frustrated fold. left uncut, while the heavy
faina that followed spoiled large nmount Of
both grain and fodder. MARYLAND n,'d South
Carolina are full ascsagc teosctA largely
| nDoYe but Inc dcslslenrjcs Of Virginia and
NORTH Carnilna cut down the general condition
Of this section 10 2 per cent below average. The
crop III the Grff States on the whole IS aht'ut
average, 1exns reporting n!, especially nnr
deficiency. On the Whole, tho low condition
IN Illinois nnd Michigan ovrrbalanrcs the
! extra prtlnlsc In other States. ohio reports
superior crop, centrally Of good quality.
portcd to- r vsry paor. % illinois is below aysrage,
tl.ouel, several tulnttcs report tllc finest crop
I,i ears. West OF the Mississippi the small de-
trlu.lcy In Missouri f. 1norr tlMl sepa!rcd by tue
fine condition reported In nll the ut'lcr States.
In Iowa cropt were poor In low, wet lands, aud
tbs condition In hcycraI counties reduced greut-
" BY gr.sshoppcrT. In Missouri, loeat dn,nngc
by stortlts Is repertcl but low prizes Indicate IN
s u IN tn fgsr pGrtont T. Of i, IT,
Eiass',nppars aud chinclcs. and Ncbrasll Ia con-
slllcrnbly above.
TIlc published report, in summing up the data
upon cotton, says That the general harvest Is
ii:orc ndyauccd Than usual. The season Is gen
orally lavorahle for picking. The later pick
ings will be comparatively light; Tho .a.uses OF
injury nrc not unusually excessive, tlralght b.
September sturnas on the Atlantic coast,
! tic caterpillar In Alabama especially, aid this
boliworm III. Arkansas. The season prom
| ises to be much shorter t1lnn last ycar. There
is less visor anl thrift for future Developments
| H.. nxt,-snr1tarv nnr ri {h75. frhnnrh ti,r In
'',',. ~ .s',t,"n rsnort. ~ t6is sn.r
ass,t g' nm n " ortobur na,nte 10 tonr r. and % two-
r,is W pi,;s,'s of i,a|,s nat rcaso thnr, was
na sms o"o ~ ,, nu;"ns y. ~ tnt =" .,.s ~ the
!tiuniur ~ ,'' y" nthcr tafayarablu indications.
% With wouli 1 hayu % imte ihe srup Inevitably to
,,1,s tour n ,oIay ~ Ii1iw , Trost ~" n to fut
stntes. ,,ci,,s bc,ur rrcsn III Iarre },sit m to
as, = IN S ,ra .itfr"nt nnc' Int ti ,I"trr.
,i,, ,,.r ,,"ar th., I"." oa - 1ss thr Tesit
!nM .aL, num ''s'' '"' 'u's' "' ~ A" Wv -''''s
sun, % e"u cr,, csros rro,n,sc of ,i,
aI @ wv, pf ,.,,.,
S5asS ea% ~ St .luh, , ,,ro, <oro,r, tn
~ , 1tN e"'e''' ''Po's e'''u'se
Asyss3 auosc f,.'..,,t., w. a,, s,,,,,,, i, Nev
at oua.s" anu ,, 9aIn,,a,,, n9ai; +,
-, w., M,,,,"; l., mo.,.
r"t,,r,' INK r. a rn,H,,tinS ~ 1nsl IN Nav YnrE
tiu lnr.sest tol,atau coI,,ty, OnoularA, rrtur1,s
Ti OttIyr counties range from Is to lUU In
| PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County reports that d
iartcr rro tta,l uyrr before has ail tcct housed
In FOOD condition, In York County, ,hu next
In ninorta,lic, tho condition ii ll0; Cumberland