20 



because the pcarcity of labor made the prorluction of the crop of 1S65 very costly 

 Add to tliis the continued high rates of everything they buy, aiid we see much 

 cause for the complaints that reach the department. 



Tliese tal'les exhibit the general average for each State, both of acreage and 

 price, and tliey are formed from the r turns made by our c ricspondents in the 

 counties. Ihe totals of the countifs are divided by the number of counties re- 

 turning the acreage and price of each crop, and the result gives the averages as 

 here shown. 



Table sJwu-hg tlie average yield fer acre and the average 'prices of the prin- 

 cipal crops of the loyal Atlantic {States Jar J 864 and, 1S65. . 



