THE TABLES OF CROPS FOR MAY AND JUNE. 



Winter reheat. — The afpcarance of tins crop iii June varied in different lo- 

 calities. In Nebraska Territory it was destroyed by the winter, and in New 

 Hampshire much injured from the same cause. But the general appearance is 

 but one-tenth below an average. In the great wheat-producing States of Illi- 

 nois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wis- 

 consin, the average is still better, being but a half-tenth below it. Ohio is the 

 only large wheat-producing State that falls below the general average, being 

 two-tenths below. The injuries from Hessian fly, rust, freezing out, and all 

 other casualties are so small as to amount to but one and one-third tentli. 

 Against this we have in the table for May a tenth more land sowed than in 

 1862, which was the largest crop ever grown in this country. 



Spring ivheat. — This presents a better general average, being but three-fourths 

 of a tenth below the average of a good crop, and having sustained but one-tenth 

 injury from all causes. 



Barley. — This crop is excellent, being one-tenth more than an averag-e in tiie 

 amount sown, and but a half-tenth below it in appearance. 



Corn. — This, our national crop, is reported as generally small in size on ac- 

 count of the drought of the latter part of May and the first half of June in some 

 States, and nearly the whole of it in others. The entire injury it sustained from 

 worms, drought, and all other causes, is but one and a half tenth, and its ap- 

 pearance is but one-tenth below the standard of a good crop. This crop is tried 

 hardest in the usual July drought, but every appearance of the weather, which 

 is now generally favorable from the fall of warm and abundant rains, gives 

 assurance that there will be no July drought. 



Oats. — This crop has undoubtedly suffered much from drought. If it escapes 

 the rust it may still be better than the crop of last year. New York and Penn- 

 sylvania are the great oats-producing States, and in the first of these this crop 

 has not suffered much. 



Tobacco. — On account of the war this has increased rapidly in the loyal 

 States. The amount planted this year, as shown by the table for June, is sev- 

 enty-five per cent, over that of last year. In appearance it is nearly an average, 

 being but one-tenth below it. 



Grass. — This crop is certainly injured very much from drought generally, 

 and, in certain localities, from freezing out. The table for June shows it to be 

 two-tenths below the standard appearance of a good crop. But great as is the 

 value of the hay crop, being second only to that of corn, yet its deficit is always 

 supplied by greater saving of the wheat and oats straw, and cutting up and 

 topping corn. 



Flax. — As was expected, this crop has increased over that of last year, in the 

 amount sown, one hundred and twenty per cent., being in the June table 22, or 

 twelve above the average of last year's crop. Should the drought permanently 

 injure it so as to decrease the yield per acre of lint, yet, from this great increase 

 in acreage, there is no doubt that the country will still have a good supply of lint 

 out of which cotton flax may be made, should the experiments now making by 

 this departmet prove successful for the conversion of the lint into flax cotton. 

 The quantity of seed will be largely increased. 



Wool. — 'rhe tables show an increase in the number of sheep over those of 

 last year of twenty per cent. Much has been said of the great clip of wool this 

 season, many placing it as high as one hundred million of pounds. It is neces- 

 sary to show what the increase is, and what is the crop of wool. 



The number of sheep, by the census report for 1860, is 24,823,566, and the. 

 pounds of wool, 60,511,343. From this number of sheep is to be deducted! 

 1,166,200 for mistake in the census report of those for Indiana. The rebel 

 States produced 5,717,587 of the whole number, which must be deducted troni, 



