210 



MAPLE SUGAR AND MOLASSES. 



New England considerably enlarged her product of sugar. The only 

 State reporting a decline upon last year is Connecticut, in which the 

 product is 95 per cent. New Hampshire is full average : Maine, Vermont, 

 and Massachusetts very considerably above. In Rhode Island the product 

 ■was too small to attract attention. The product of molasses was not so 

 large, being below average in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Con- 

 necticut, a deficiency which the increased product of Maine and Ver- 

 mont will not bring up to the standard of last year. Of the Middle 

 States, New Jersey' and Delaware make no report. New York declines 

 15 per cent, from last year, both in sugar and molasses. Pennsylvania 

 will yield about three-fourths of last year's crop. With one exception, 

 the South Atlantic coast and Gulf States failed to note any sugar pro- 

 duction. Virginia reports a product of sugar equal to 87 per cent, of 

 last year, and 96 per cent, of molasses. Of the inland Southern States, 

 Arkansas makes no returns. Tennessee reports a decline of 15 per 

 cent, of sugar and 12 per cent, of molasses. West Virginia and Ken- 

 tucky are a little in advance of last year. North of the Ohio River the 

 sugar and molasses product declined from 11 per cent, in Wisconsin to 

 39 per cent, in Michigan. West of the Mississippi the sugar product 

 increased in Minnesota, and declined in Iowa and Missouri. The mo- 

 lasses produced declined in all three, being not over 64 per cent, of last 

 year's product in Iowa. No returns from the other Western and Pacific 

 States. The season was generally shortened by the cold weather. 



COWS AND CALVES. 



In New England the condition of cows was about average on the 

 whole, Massachusetts and New Hampshire being slightly above, and 

 Maine and Connecticut falling a little below. The number of calves 

 dropped was somewhat above last year's returns in Maine, Vermont, 

 and Rhode Island, but below in the other States of this section. 



In the Middle States, the condition was average in New York, and 

 below in the other States. New York and New Jersey report as many 

 calves dropped as last year, while in Pennsylvania and Delaware there 

 is a slight falling oft". 



The condition of cows was full average or above in North Carolina and 

 Georgia, but in the other Atlantic coast States a decline is reported. 

 Only South Carolina maintains last year's number of calves dropped, 

 the other States declining from 1 per cent, in Maryland to 4 per cent, in 

 Georgia. 



Texas alone of the Gulf States maintains an average condition of 

 cows, and a number of calves dropped equal to last year's. Mississippi 

 shows a loss in condition of 3 per cent., and a decrease of 9 per cent, in 

 calves. The other States of this region make a better report. 



The inland Southern States show a decline in condition of cows, 

 ranging from 2 per cent, in Arkansas to 14 i>er cent, in West Virginia. 

 The loss in calves varies from 2 per cent, in Arkansas to 11 per cent, 

 in West Virginia. In some localities our correspondents complain of 

 neglect of cows, many of which did not give any attention to their 

 calves. 



All the States north of the Ohio River failed to maintain the condition 

 of cows, the greatest decline being 7 per cent, in Wisconsin. Indiana 

 dropped as many calves as last year, but all the other States came 

 short, Ohio 6 per cent. In Medina, Ohio, there were more farrow cows 



