MONTHLY REPORT 



Department of Agriculture, 



Statistical Division, October 22, 1872. 

 Sir : I herewith preseut, for publication, a statement of the condition 

 of the crops in the first week in October, with results of current investi- 

 gations in the statistical and other divisions of the Department ot 

 Agriculture. 



J. E. DODGE, Staiistieian. 

 Hon. Fred'k Watts, Commissioner. 



CONDITION OF THE CROPS. 



WHEAT. 



The Kew England States fail to report an increase in the product of 

 wheat, with the exception of Maine. In the Middle States the falling 

 oft' has been quite marked, the crop not having recovered from the effects 

 of freezing in the winter. In the South the product is much larger thau 

 usual, both from increase of area and from superior condition. In Mis- 

 souri, Kansas, Michigan, and Ohio, the crop will be short; in Indiana 

 and Illinois about the same as that of last year. The percentages of 

 States making an increase are as follows, the comparison being with the 

 product of last year: Maine, 109; Virginia, 101; Korth Carolina, 136; 

 South Carolina, 113; Georgia, 181; Alabama, 133; Mississippi, 101; 

 Texas, 320; Arkansas, 102; Tennessee, 200; West Virginia, 101; Ken- 

 tucky, 175; Indiana, 101; Wisconsin, 121; Minnesota, 130; Iowa, 112; 

 Nebraska, 140; California, 175; Oregon, 105. A decreased product 

 appears in the following States: ]S"ew Hampshire, 98; Vermont, 95; 

 Massachusetts, 90 ; Connecticut, 90 ; New York, 70 ; New Jersey, 80 ; 

 Pennsylvania, GO; Delaware, 75; Maryland, GO; Ohio, 85; Michigan, 

 86; Illinois, 98; Missouri, GO; Kansas, 80. 



Returns from counties reprepresenting two thirds of the production 

 of Maine average 9 per cent, increase over the product of last year. 

 The estimate of Oxford is 115, Penobscot and Somerset 105 ; Waldo re- 

 turns 150, York 102, and less important counties range from 90 to 110. 



The figures for New Hampshire counties range from 85 to 105, Straf- 

 ford making the most favorable return and Sullivan the smallest. Hills- 

 borough, Grafton, Belknap, and Coos report 100, Rockingham 90. The 

 avetage for the State is 2 per cent, less than last year. 



Most of the Vermont reports indicate an average production, the 

 lowest return being 75 frosn Addison, a vyheat-growiug county. The 

 average is 95 for the State. 



