MONTHLY REPORT. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Statistical Division, 

 Washington, D. C, Dec. 1, 1875. 



Sir : I present herewitb for iniblieation a synopsis of the returns of 

 statistical correspondents for November, showing the production of 

 corn, cotton, potatoes, tobacco, and other crops, in comparison with the 

 products of 1874 ; and domestic and foreign marlvet-reports and minor 

 statistics. 



llespectfully, 



J. R. DODGE, 



Statistician. 

 Hon. Fred'k Watts, 



Commissioner. 



DIGEST OF CROP REPORTS. 



CORK 



Our I^ovember returns show the estimated corn yield of 1875 in per- 

 centages of the crop of 1874. The final estimate of the Department, 

 however, is not made till after the reception of the December returns 

 embracing the average yield per acre. The acreage having been given 

 in previous reports, we shall then have the data for an independent esti- 

 mate, which, by comparison with the aggregate yield reported in Novem- 

 ber, enables us to reach a common result by separate lines of inquiry. 

 With this explanation the November returns are accepted as fore- 

 shadowing very nearly the final results. They indicate that the crop 

 of 1875 was one of the largest ever grown in the country, probably 

 equaling the very large crops of 1870 and 1872. It is at least a fourth 

 greater than the crop of 1874, and about a third larger than the crop 

 of 18G9 reported in the last census. 



Every section of the Union reports some increase. The»New England 

 States appear to have made a small increase ; the Middle States about 

 10 per cent. ; the South Atlantic Coast States a small advance, and the 

 Oulf States about 17 per cent. ; the Southern Inland States over 50 per 

 cent.; of the States north of the Ohio, Illinois has made an enormous 

 increase upon the small crop of last year, and the States west of the 

 Mississippi nearly GO per cent., or more than 100,000,000 bushels. 



The quality of the crop is below that of 1874 in most of the States. 

 In New England, only New Hampshire equals her previous crop in 



