390 



The first qualities of wheat were quoted at from $1 30 to $1 50 ; rye, 50 to 

 56 cents ; maize, 69 to 72 cents ; barley, 59 to 60 cents ; oats, 47 to 50 cents. 



Insects in France. — It is reported that insects in portions of France ax-e unu- 

 sually numerous and destructive this season; that especially the hills from Cam- 

 pigney to Sency, from which large supplies of apples, cherries, and plums have 

 been drawn, are producing little of any kinds of fruit, in consequence of the de- 

 struction of the nests of small birds by the children of peasants. 



Lumber from Washington Territory. — According to information received 

 from Oakland, Mason county, this county turned out during the past year 

 15,000,000 feet, at $4 per thousand for rough timber, making a total income 

 of $60,000 from this source. 



CROP llETURXS. 



The returns of correspondents, dated October 1, indicate the average amount 

 and quality of wheat produced, compared with the product of 1865, (compared 

 with 1860 in the case of the States hitherto unrepresented ;) the comparative 

 amount of old wheat on hand in the several States ; the product and quality of 

 oats, rye, and bailey, compared either with yields of 1865 or 1860^ as in the 

 case of AvlKjat ; the comparative acreage and condition of the bean and pea crop ; 

 the condition of sorghum, buckwheat, potatoes, tobacco, and cotton, and the 

 average number of fattening catlle in the several States in comparison with 1865 

 in the North and with 1860 in the South. 



