The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-02
THE YEARS CROPS.
Decreased Products In Hay, Oats and
Tobacco,

Tobacco.
The December crop report Of the De
partment Of Agriculture states that
preliminary Investigation points 10 an in
crease OF l2per cent in the area sown il
winter wheat. The only States reporting
a decline are Alabama, Mississippi ant
Arkansas, in which the. united wheat are.
would not exceed that Of some countie.
Of the Northwest. All the other States
show an increase, especially the spring
wheat States OF the Northwest. The win
ter wheat acreage OF these States, how.
ever, is small and hence their increase
while very high ratio does not add ma
terially to the breadth sown in the coun.
try. But many large winter wheat States
report great enlargement, New York,
West Virginia. Ohio and Michigan each !
per cent, Texas and Tennessee each 10,
Kentucky and Indiana each II, Missouri
10, Kansas and Oregon each 20, and Iii.
nois %. There are general complaints oil
the ravages OF the Hessian fly in early
sown crops and Of drouth hindering germi.
nation in the later sowr. Yet the crop
starts out OIL the whole under prospects
considerably above the average, especial.
ly in the large winter wheat States.
The final returns do not Sensibly change
the November estimates Of the tobacco
crop. The quality is but slightly better
than last year, though an improvement is
quite marked in several States. The total
crop OF 1870 is cstimled at 3Sl ,050, $50
pounds, valued at $2l, ,5i5, SOL, against 392, ).
$4,000 pounds, valued at S22,l37, ,42S in
1873.
Tho return Of the oat crop, made Novem.
Der lst, is confirmed. The total product
OF the country is estimated at SG4 ,253, 900
bushels, against 4l3,57S,OOO last year, a
decline OF l9 per cent. The price as re-
turned December lst averaged 36 2-l0
cents per bushel, against "a 8.10 last year,
making the total valuation this year Sl20,.
SD, 900 against Sl0l ,0l5,00O in 1878.
With an increase;of per cent in the
acreage Of potatoes there is yield OF 9s
bushels per acre, against 60 last year, and
04 in 1877. The total crop for the country
Is estimated at lSl ,3G9, 900 bushels, which
with the price returned-4S $40 cents rs
the average, would make in round mum.
bers $4,000, ,000 against S7S,050,00O last
year.
The area in winter rye has fallen of
about 8 per cent from last year. The New
England States, the States north OF the
Ohio river aud the Pacific States equal or
slightly enlarge their last years acreage.
Texas, the only Gulf State in which this
crop is OF sufficient importance to attract
attention, reports m increase OF 10 per
cent. The condition OF the crop is above
the average in a majority OF the States re.
porting 1t.
The hay crop is about 10 per cent. less
than in 1878. The New England and Gulf
States have slightlyincreased theirproduct,
but all the other sections declined. The
heaviest loss is in the Southern inland
States, which, taken together, have fallen
off27 per cent. The drouth in this section
fell with especial severity upon the grass
crop. The same disastrous influence has
been feltin the States North Of the Ohio,
where the loss is 90 per cent, and in the
South Atlantic States, where it is II per
cent The Middle States, the largest hay
producing region Of the country, fell off
per cent. In the remaining sections the
loss is much less, the Pacific States failing
off but l.per cent. The average price OF
hay is about So "a per ton, against s. 81 in
1875. The aggregate value will be over
1895. 900 900, against S2S5, ,5i3,752 last year
an increase Of nearly Il per cent.