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perature of the preceding May is observed througU out the West, the 

 greatest ditference being observed in Michigan. In the Xevr England 

 States, with tlie exception of Massachusetts, the temperature is some- 

 what higher, and in Xew York 4^ higher. In the other Atlantic States, 

 and in the cotton States, the temperature of May has also been higher 

 by about 4°. 



Future returns will reveal the truth or falsity of predictions of the 

 weatherwise that the present will be a season of unusual heat and 

 drought. 



The following is a comparison of the mean temi^erature and rain-fall 

 of Ai^ril and May compared with those months of last year : 



WHEAT. 



The estimates of acreage, compared with the area of 1869, is as fol- 

 lows : Reduction in winter wheat, in Il^ew Hampshire, 1 per cent. ; Ver- 

 mont 3, Massachusetts 4, Xew York 4, Maryland 10, South Carolina 1, 

 Georgia 1, Alabama 6, Mississippi 20, Texas 6, Arkansas 2, Missouri 7, 

 Illinois 15, Indiana 0, Ohio 4, ■Michigan 5, Wisconsin 5, Iowa 10. In 

 spring wheat, Verraojit 2, lyiassachusetts o, ]S"ew York 3, Pennsylvania 1, 

 Missouri 3, Illinois 18, Indiana 20, Ohio 7, Michigan 1, Wisconsin 8, 

 Iowa 8, Nebraska 3, Oregon 7. Increase in winter wheat : Xew Jersey 

 3, North Carolina 5, West Virginia 8, Kentucky 2, Minnesota 2, Kansas 

 17, Nebraska 25, California 5. The following States report no change 



