415 



nearly half the crop of the State, and iiidirate an increasing interest in 

 wheat- growing. Dallas, which yielded (»(),0f)() bnshels in 18(59, returns 

 a three-fold increase ui)on last year. 



There appears a slight increase of production in Arkansas. In Ten- 

 nessee, which produces twice as much wheat as all the Gulf-coast States 

 together; an increase of 100 per cent., or fully five nnllions of bushels, 

 is indicated. 



Among the principal counties of West Virginia, Jefferson, Berkeley, 

 and Mason give an increased product, while Marshall returns but 35 

 per cent. The average is 104. jMonroe claims the largest crop in ten 

 years. 



The crop of Iveutucky was very short last year, which gives a favor- 

 able aspect to the present comparisons", the average being 175, and indi- 

 cating an increase from four millions of bushels to seven, ('hristian, 

 Shelby, Mercer, Spencer, and other counties claim to have doubled their 

 last production. 



Iveturns from counties producing tsvo-thirds of the wheat in Ohio 

 make an average of 85. Among the counties growing from a half a 

 million to a million bushels, the record stands : Seneca, 00 ; Miami, 90 ,' 

 Starke, 90; Darke, 80; Butler, 105 ; Logan, 45; Hancock, 95; Tuscara- 

 was, 90. 



A decreased yield of 14 per cent, is apparent in Michigan. Cass, 

 Jackson, Kalamazoo, Van Buren, and Berrien, all large producers, 

 promise enhanced production ; Barry, Hillsdale, and Saint Joseph, an 

 amount equal to that of last year; and Lenawee, Ionia, Livingston, 

 Ingham, Genesee, Lapeer, Washtenaw, and Shiawassee, a reduced 

 yield. 



Returns /rom forty-six counties in Indiana, which produced about fif- 

 teen millions of bushels in 1809, indicate an average of 101 in compari- 

 son with the crop of last year. Of the counties usually yielding not 

 less than half a million of bushels, the following averages are reported: 

 Madison, 120; Shelby and Parke, each 110; Johnson, 100; Saint Joseph,. 

 90; Kosciusko, SO; La Porte, 70. The " best crop in twenty years" is 

 claimed in Daviess. In Clay the thrashers show a variation in the yield 

 from 8 to 27 bushels per acre, and in Wells the range is from 3 to 40 

 bushels, one field of 25 acres, nnderdrained, yielding 37 bushels per 

 acre. 



Returns representing the larger portion of the crop of Illinois-indi- 

 cate a decrease from last year of 2 j^er cent. Madison and Saint Clair,, 

 together producing nearly three millions of bushels, claim an increase of 

 10 per cent. ; DeKalb, Crawford, and Stephenson make a similar gain;; 

 Ogle returns 115, and Madison 110, while Adams, sometimes yielding; 

 almost a million bushels, falls 40 per cent, from the aggregate of last 

 year. Sangamon returns 80; Macoupin, 80; Morgan, 75; Bureau, 75; 

 Hancock, 70; while Lee, Winnebago, Ilendrickson, among the large 

 producers, report 100. 



An increase of 21 per cent, is indicated in Wisconsin over the crop 

 of last year, which was not a large one. 

 The increase in Minnesota, in counties which produce more than half the 

 crop, is 28 per cent.; in Goodhue county, which yielded 1,815,003 bush- 

 els in 1809, the increase on last year is placed at 33 per cent.: in Wino- 

 na, a county of almost equal importance, 10 per cent.; in Mower 100 

 ])er cent, increase. These three counties grew one-lifth of the crop of 

 the State in 1809. 



Returns are received Irom fifty-four counties in Iowa, which produced 

 about nineteen millions of bushels in 1809, which indicate an increase 



