290 



A statement showing the total value of live stock in the following States for 

 the years 1860, 1865, and 1866. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Maryland 



Delaware 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Missouri 



Wisconsin 



Iowa 



Minnesota 



Kansas < 



Nebraska Territory 



Total 



$15, 

 10, 

 16, 

 12, 

 •2, 

 11, 



103, 

 16, 

 69, 

 14, 

 3, 

 61, 

 80, 

 23, 

 41, 

 72, 

 53, 

 17, 



~3; 



3, 

 1, 



437, 

 924, 

 241, 

 737, 

 042, 

 311, 

 856, 

 134, 

 672, 

 667, 

 144, 

 868, 

 384, 

 714, 

 855, 

 501, 

 693, 

 807, 

 476, 

 642, 

 332, 

 128, 



533 

 627 

 989 

 744 

 044 

 079 

 296 

 693 

 726 

 853 

 706 

 237 

 819 

 771 

 539 

 225 

 673 

 375 

 293 

 841 

 450 

 771 



January, 1865. February, 1866. 



$21,539,128 



13, .560, 612 



24, 905, 952 



17, 638, 783 



2, 675, 029 



13,844,574 



148,536,690 



22, 415, 429 



105,862,161 



19,139,655 



3, 545, 607 



56, 729, 634 



126, 979, 891 



47,311,803 



82, 543, 704 



116,588,288 



44,431,766 



36,911,165 



66, .572, 496 



8,860,015 



7, 324, 659 



3, 216, 312 



$23,721,811 

 13, 862, 622 

 27, 473, 732 

 18,263,194 

 3, 375, 917 

 17, 200, 930 



170, 552, 506 

 27,05,5,185 



123, 847, 743 



20,161,813 



4, 469, 869 



60, 348, 250 



141,215,182 

 52,091,122 

 88, 657, 071 



115,459,232 

 49, 016, 699 

 47, 635, 107 

 71,946,682 

 12.671,207 

 9, 127, 306 

 3,841,164 



658, 577, 284 ! 991 , 133, ^53 



1,101,994,344 



CONDI nON OF THE CROPS. 



Wheat. — The prospect at thfe date of the last report was for about three- 

 fourths of a crop. Later returns uniformly favor a higher estimate. Nowhere 

 are material injuries reported from rust, insects, or storms ; day by day improve- 

 ment has been noted in the tillering shoots, in the length and development of 

 the heads, and in the size and weight of the berries. 



Spring wheat has been reported in fine condition throughout the country, fall- 

 ing below an average only in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. In half 

 the States it is above the average ; and in Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas, and 

 Nebraska, showing from one to three tenths more than an average. 



In view of the poor quality of last year's wheat, and the superior excellence 

 of the present crop, it is reasonable to expect as large a supply of bread as last 

 year, and of better quality. 



As was expected, the gloom embodied in the lamentations that greeted the 

 straggling stalks of wheat, as they struggled upwards in early spring, M'as meas- 

 urably dispelled under the influence of fine Aveather in the closing days of May 

 and in the mouth of June. It was expected for several reasons. There is a 

 natural tendency to a little exaggeration in exjn-essing one's disappointment in 

 such a case. It sometimes happens that farmers seed too heavily in rich soil. 

 These stalks with ample " elbow-room" grew stout and heavy ; their roots had 

 abundant nourishment, and a vigorous tillering commenced. This is another of 

 the ways in Avhich it is shown how " nature abhors a vacuum" and seeks to fill 

 it. Alderman Mechi, in England, has carried experiments in their seeding to a 

 degree that would prove a ruinous excess in this country, especially with our 

 careless culture, though he claims fifty bushels of wheat per acre from a half 

 peck of seed. But our correspondents report, concerning these straggling stalks, 



