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seceded States together, the aggregate foots up very nearly the same figures as 

 in 1860, when they produced nineteen millions of bushels. 



Rye. — The quantity of rye produced appears to be stationary. Very little is 

 grown in the South, The northern crop is about the same as last year. The 

 whole yield, exclusive of that of the Pacific States, is estimated at 21,029,950 

 bushels. 



Barley. — There is also but little variation in the product of barley from year 

 to year. The census figures for th-e crop of 1859 are 11,146,695. The returns 

 for 1866, exclusive of the Pacific region, indicate 11,465,653 bushels. The 

 amount grown in the eleven seceded States in 1860 was only 219,930 bushels ; 

 in 1866, 110,773 bushels. Compared with the crop of 1865, that of 1866 

 averages a small fraction less than 10 tenths. 



The following is an exhibit, first, of the census returns of 1860; then the 

 estimates of accessible portions of the country in 1862-'65 ; and, finally, a full 

 estimate of the product of the country east of the Kocky mountains in 1866 : 



Oats. Eye. Barley. 



I860 171,197,012 20,996,250 11,146,695 



1862 171, 463, 405 21, 239, 451 12, 488, 022 



1863 , 173,800,575 20,782,782 11,368,155 



1864 ]76,690,064 19,872,975 10,632,178 



1865 225, 252, 295 19, 543, 905 11, 391, 286 



1866 271,712,695 21,029,950 11,465,653 



Hay. — This crop is deficient by one or two-tenths in nearly all the northern 

 States east of the Mississippi. The Trans-Mississippi States report a large 

 crop. The southern States, which usually produce little hay, have economized 

 their resources in this respect, and Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and 

 Tennessee claim a larger quantity than in 1860. The quality throughout the 

 country is a fair average. 



Corn. — An estimate of the corn crop will be given next month. The condi- 

 tion on the first of October is shown in the table. There is no essential varia- 

 tion from the showing of last month. 



Buckwheat. — The condition of this is everywhere reported at 10 tenths or 

 more, excepting in Vermont, 9 tenths, Wisconsin 7.6 tenths, Minnesota 7 tenths, 

 Iowa 8.4 tenths, Kansas 7.6 tenths, and some of the southern States. 



Tobacco. — The condition of tobacco is more variable than that of some other 

 crops. It is fine in Kentucky, fair in Ohio, and a full average in Connecticut ; 

 but in other States there are some drawbacks. 



Fattening cattle. — In Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Texas, West Vir- 

 ginia, Missouri, Kansas, and Minnesota, there is as good a supply of fattening 

 cattle as at this period in 1865; but the other States show a deficiency, some 

 of 1 tenth ; Rhode Island, of twenty-three per centum ; Massachusetts, of 

 eighteen ; and some of the southern States a still larger percentage. 



Cotton. — Our final estimates will be given hereafter. The prospects of the 

 crop, as indicated in the present returns, are somewhat less flattering in some lo- 

 cations. Tlie injuries from insects are reported at 4.2 tenths of the growing crop 

 in Alabama ; 3 tenths in Mississippi ; 5 tenths in Louisiana ; 4 tenths in Texas. 

 Injuries have also resuted in Louisiana from floods. 



