Tlie yield of wheat is nniformly less than tliat of the previous 

 croi). The reductiou is 1 bushel iu Ohio, 4,5 iu ludiaua, 2.4 in llli- 

 uois, 3.9 iu Missouri, 2.2 iu Iowa, 0.9 iu Miuuesota, 1.9 iu Wiscousin. 

 The average yield as reported for 1870, is 10 bushels iu Keutucky, 13 iu 

 Missouri, 12 iu Illiuois, 11 iu ludiaua, 13.8 iu Ohio, 14 iu Michigau, 13.4 

 iu Wiscousiu, 15.2 iu .Miuuesota, 12.5 in Iowa, 15 iu Kausas, 14.4 iu 

 ISTebrasi^a, 19 iu California, and 19.5 iu Oregon. The New England 

 States range from 13.8 to 17.8 ; New York, 13.8 ; and New Jersey, 12.8 ; 

 Pennsylvania, 12. The Southern States, from 7 iu South Carolina, to 

 11.7 iu Texas. 



The figures illustrating the yield of oats, rye, aud barley, correspond 

 with the previous reports of comparative production, aud generally 

 show a reduction iu the rate of yield. The buckwheat crop is au 

 exception among the small grains, the rate of yield having manifestly 

 advanced, especially in the West. The decrease in the yield of potatoes 

 is general, the rate ranging from 48 bushels in South Carolina to 148 iu 

 California. Following California in order, the list producing 100 bushels 

 or more per acre embraces Yermout, Texas, Maine, Arkansas, Kausas, 

 Louisiana, and Missouri. 



The yield of sweet potatoes has been much greater thau that of the 

 Solanum tuherosiim. Texas reports the highest figures, 150 bushels per 

 acre; California, 149; Arkausas, 132; the rate declining to 75 bushels 

 in Virginia. The average is about 110 bushels per acre. 



The largest yields of tobacco of the Connecticut seed-leaf variety are 

 iu the Connecticut valley aud iu Pennsylvania, from 1,100 to 1,350 

 pounds per acre. The average in Kentucky is placed at 690 pounds, 

 750 in Missouri, 840 iu Illiuois, 850 in Indiana, 91G in Ohio, G37 

 in Maryland, 737 iu Virginia, 186 iu North Carolina, aud 650 in Georgia. 

 The comparatively high rate iu the States of the Ohio Valley, north of 

 the Ohio Eiver, is due to the recent successful cultivation of the Con- 

 necticut seed-leaf there. 



The yield of sorghum sirup is assumed to be at the rate of 121 gallons 

 iu Ohio, 117 in Nebraska, 115 iu West Virginia, 106 in Missouri, 104 in 

 Kansas, and 100 iu Michigau, declining to 34 iu South Carolina. The 

 average is very nearly 100 gallons per acre. 



The yield of hay is decreased in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 

 New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, all of the Western States, aud most of 

 the Southern. The average reductiou iu yield as compared with the 

 crop of 1869 appears to be about 15 per cent., equivalent to more thau 

 four millions of tons. 



The area sown in winter wheat the past autumn a])pears to be slightly 

 increased, though the enlargement is a percentage scarcely greater thau 

 the annual increase of ])opulation. The States reporting a decrease are 

 Vermont, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, In- 

 diana. The largest percentage of increase is in Kausas and Nebraska. 

 Miinu^sota is increasing her area ; most of the Western States uuxke a 

 slight advance. A considerable enlargement of the breadth sown is 

 reported for the Pacific Coast. 



PRICES. 



Eeturns of prices in home markets indicate a decline from last January 

 iu corn and oats, aud an advance iu wheat, rye, barley, hay, and pota- 

 toes. The small flint <!orn of New England bears a higher price than 

 the dent corn of the West, and the deficient supply of the cotton States 

 keeps prices high in that region. As these figures are averages 0£ 

 county prices for each State, the distance to market, and variable loca. 



