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Few counties in Massacliusetts give nuicli attention to wlieat-culture, 

 more than balf the total product being- grown in Worcester and Franklin, 

 the figures for which are respectively 100 and 75; State average, 00. 



The Connecticut average is 90. Xew Haven and Hartford, among 

 the principal counties, eacli return 100, and Middlesex 00. 



The crop in Kew York is a short one, the average being 70. Six counties, 

 which usually produce more than a third of the ci'op of the State, and 

 in 1800 yielded four millions of bushels, are represented as follows: 

 ISfiagara. 90; Livingston, 50; Ontario, GO; Genesee, GO; Steuben, 78; 

 Seneca, 20. Of twenty-seven counties reporting, representing the larger 

 l>ortiou of the crop, eleven return 100 or over, all but one of which are 

 comparatively" insignificant in their effect upon the average. Jeft'erson, 

 which ])roduces nearly ;i quarter of a million bushels, is represented by 

 115, the largest estimate re])orted. 



Eleven counties in isew Jersey, which grow two-thirds of the wheat 

 in the State, average 80. The large producers are thus returned: 

 Hunterdon, 50; Warren, GO; Salem, 105; and Burlington, 90. The gener- 

 ous and tractable soil of Salem, which has practically great depth with- 

 out deep plowing, sustains its reputation for reliability under cliiuatic 

 difficulties. Cape May shows an increase in i)roduct of 20 per cent., 

 though the auiount grown is still smali. 



Ee})orts from thirt}' counties in Pennsylvania, which iiroducetl about 

 thirteen millions of bushels in 1SG9, make an average of GO. Lancaster, 

 yieljdiug usually two millions, is placed at 50, and York, where a million 

 bushels are regarded as a small crop., at 42 ; while Berks gives GO, 

 Franklin 30, Cumberland 100, Westmoreland 93, Lebanon 33, and Bucks 

 70. These eight counties yielded an aggregate of nearly seven millions 

 of bushels in 18G0, or more than a third of the croj) of the State, none 

 Ijroducing less than half a million of bushels. Only seven counties 

 report 100 or above : Crawford and Forest, 110; Clearfield and Elk, 105 ; 

 and Cumberland, Montgomery, and Wayne, 100. 



The Maryland average is GG, indicating two-thirds of a fair crop. 

 The range of the several counties is from 30 to 115, in Cecil and Mont- 

 gomery respectively, Charles returning 110; Howard and Caroline, 100; 

 Talbot, 80; Anne Arundel, 75; Frederick and Baltimore, GO; and Carroll, 

 Worcester, and W^ashington, 50. 



In Virginia the average is 101, though the local reports are variable, 

 favorable returns coming from the best lauds and well-cultivated fields. 

 The return from Clarke is GO, j-et many farms on the Shenandoah 

 yielded well, one field of inferior promise giving 394 bushels upon 24 

 acres. > 



We have wheat-returns from forty-six counties in Xorth Carolina, 

 which i)roduce three-fourths of the crop, showing an average increase 

 of 3G per cent. The increase is equivalent to fully a million bushels in 

 the State. The largest percentage of increase appears in Person, Warren, 

 Chatham, Mecklenburgh, Gaston, Pockiugham, Clay, Stokes, Stanley, 

 and Montgomery Counties. 



The increase appear to be but 13 per cent, in South Carolina, from 

 flie counties reported. Keports from thirty-two counties in Georgia, 

 which represent more than half the product of the State^ make an aver- 

 age increase of 81 per cent. The same ratio of increase would increase 

 the i)roduct more than a million bushels. The increase is heavy in 

 Murray, Fulton, and Milton Counties. 'Alabama reports indicate an 

 increase of 33 per cent. The crop is scarcely known in Mississippi and 

 Louisiana. 



The wheat-reports from Texas are not general, yet they rei)reseut 



