175 



makes an average, both in area andcontlition, w}iile the general average 

 of the State, both for winter and spring, is 98. 



The returns from Connecticut average 05 per cent, for area, and 88 

 for condition. Returns from several counties do not include wheat. 



Of thirty-three counties of New York reporting winter-wheat, 

 (representing six-sevenths of the crop,) only Warren and Westchester, 

 which grow very little wheat, return condition higher than 100, and 

 Putnam 100. The general average is for winter 68, and 91 for 

 spring; representing a deficiency in the wheat-crop of New York of 

 about 28 per cent. Five counties — Monroe, Niagara, Livingston, On- 

 tario, and Genesee-— which produced more tlian four millions of bush- 

 els in 1859 — average this season but 64 in condition. The total area of 

 winter wheat is 98 per cent., only Wayne, Niagara, Steuben, Dutchess, 

 Schuyler, Schenectady, and Delaware, making returns below 100, while 

 Warren, Wyoming, Broome, Yates, Monroe, Oneida, Erie, and Jefferson 

 make returns above 100. The wheat prospects indicated by the April 

 returns, which were not very cheering, have been impaired by drought. 



Twelve counties in New Jersey, which represent four-fifths of the 

 total product, average 98 per cent, for area and 70 for condition. Only 

 Essex, which is unimportant as a wheat county, returns average con- 

 dition, while Hunterdon, the first in wheat production, returns 35. 



A reduction of one-tenth of the wheat area of last year is indicated 

 in Pennsylvania, and a condition of 30 per cent, below an average 

 is presented. The reports represent thirty-eight counties, of which 

 Clearfield alone returns 100. Had the season been propitious since 

 the opening of spring, the losses by winter-killing would have been 

 by no means irreparable — scarcely even formidable. The York corre- 

 spondent declares the prospect the worst one for thirty-seven years. 

 Drought, cool winds, and the fly are among the evils added to winter- 

 killing. 



We have returns from thirteen counties in Maryland, which together 

 produced 86 per cent, of the wheat reported by the last census. No re- 

 turn gives an average condition, the highest being 85 for Calvert. 

 Frederick, which usually" produces one-fifth of the crop of the State, is 

 credited with 70 : Montgomery sends the same figure; and other counties 

 make still worse returns, as 60 for Howard and Queen Anne ; 50 for Bal- 

 timore and Talbot ; 30 for Cecil ; 25 for Carroll, Washington, and Har- 

 ford ; and 20 for Kent. 



Delaware has been afflicted with drought, reducing condition to 70, 

 while the area in comparison with that of last year is 96. 



Fifty -two counties of Virginia indicate a loss of 2 per cent, in area, 

 and a depreciation below an average of 15 per cent. ; only -five counties 

 indicate condition above 100 ; thirty-six below, and eleven 100. Those 

 standing highest are Gloucester, Montgomery, Giles, Scott, and Henry. 

 Loudoui], which should yield half a million bushels, is placed at 60, and 

 Augusta, which stands next in production, is put at 80. 



South of Virginia, reports are more favorable. North Carolina gives 

 an average of 101, both for area and condition. Of forty-eight counties 

 reporting, only twelve place condition below 100. The superior appear- 

 ance of drilled wheat is noted. 



In South Carolina, area is represented by 96, and condition by 97, 



Fifty-seven counties in Georgia make wheat returns. Very little com- 

 plaint of rust or insects is made, and the weather has been quite favor- 

 able. The area is averaged at 98, aud con'dition rises to 105. Only elev- 

 en returns of low condition are made. 



