MONTHLY, REPORT. 
CONDITION OF THE CROPS IN JUNE. 
WHEAT. 
The returns for the month of June have been carefully examined, and 
a tabular exhibit of the results will be found below. From the follow- 
ing. abstract it will appear that of 755 counties reporting in regard to 
winter-wheat, 283 report an acreage equal to that of last year; 263 an 
increased and 207 a diminished acreage. Of 300 counties reporting 
spring-wheat, 172 report an increased acreage; 77 an acreage equal to 
that ef the previous year, and 51 a decrease. In New England, Maine 
reports a decrease of 10 per cent., Vermont 24 per cent., and Massachu- 
setts 3 per cent. in winter-wheat. In spring-wheat they are all below 
last year except Maine, where the increase is 5 per cent. In the Middle 
States the acreage of winter-wheat is somewhat above that of last year. 
New York and Pennsylvania report a decreased acreage of spring-wheat, 
amounting to5 percent. In the South, Georgia is the only State report- 
_ing spring-wheat; the acreage here decreased 7 per cent.; the acreage 
of winter-wheat varied from 92 per cent. in South Carolina, Georgia, 
and Alabama, to 117 per cent. in Texas. North of the Ohio River -the 
acreage of winter-wheat hasincreased to some extent, while that of spring- 
wheat exhibits a very considerable enlargement. The percentages of 
winter and spring-wheat, respectively, compared with last year, are, in 
Ohio, 102 and 85; Michigan, 105 and 109; Illinois, 94 and 127; Wis- 
consin, 104 and 101. Indiana reports an acreage of winter-wheat equal 
to last year’s, but makes no returns of the spring-sowing. West of the 
Mississippi River the percentages are as follows: Minnesota, 102 and 
154; Iowa, 85 and 121; Missouri, 98 and 125; Kansas, 138 and 141; 
Nebraska, 101 and 173. On the Pacific coast, California reports 111 
and 115; Oregon, 107 and 110. 
Acreage of wheat in 1873. 
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