470 



vania, WisconsiD, New Hampshire, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, and 

 Michigan. 



Kansas makes an average of 28.2 bushels for barley, and West Vir- 

 ginia 11.5. The only averages above 100 bushels of potatoes per acre 

 are those of Minnesota, Texas, Oregon, Connecticut, Vermont, Massa- 

 chusetts, and North Carolina. 



The averages for hay range from seven-tenths of a ton i)i Maryland 

 to 1.45 tons in Illinois. 



Average rates of yield for other crops are presented in detail in the 

 tables. 



Prices. — Prices of cereals rule comparatively low, corn especially 

 bearing prices that can scarcely repay the expense of cultivation in many 

 of the Western States. Where fuel is scarce and dear, the old prac- 

 tice of burning corn has been revived. In some instances it has been 

 economically used in manufactories. There is a wide range of prices in 

 the several counties in a State, those ujion through lines of railroad 

 showing higher rates; but wider differences are caused by disparities 

 between local supply and demand. There are new counties in frontier 

 regions, with small i^roduction and increasing j)opulation from immigra- 

 tion, in which prices are almost as high as in eastern cities. 



Averaging the local iirices of corn, the lowest rate is 18 cents per 

 bushel in Nebraska and Iowa, while that of Kansas is 22, and Illinois 

 24. Going eastward it rises to 29 in Indiana, 34 in Ohio, 60 in Pennsyl- 

 vania, and 62 in New Jersey. The range in New England is from 84 in 

 Vermont to 95 in New Hampshire. The average for New York is 70 

 cents. One bushel of corn in Massachusetts appears to be worth five in 

 Iowa. In the South the rate is highest in Florida, at $1.20 per bushel, 

 and lowest in Texas, 43 cents. The price increases from Delaware to 

 South Carolina, the rates being, in their order, respectively, 55, 57, 58, 

 62, and 96 cents ; in Alabama 78, Georgia 86, and 88 in Mississippi and 

 Louisiaiui. 



The averages for wheat range between $1.95 in Massachusetts and 74 

 cents in Oregon, the next lower being, respectively, 78 cents for Nebraska, 

 S,:^ for Minnesota, and 85 for Iowa. The crop being poor in Kansas and 

 lilissouri, local prices average in those States respectively, $1.42 and 

 $1.41, about the same as in Tennessee and West Virginia. 



For detailes of prices of rye, barley, oats, potatoes, hay, &c., refer- 

 ence is made to the tables. 



CONDITION OF THE CROPS. 



CORN. 



At the close of the season, the crop ripened, mostly gathered in all 

 parts of the country, and a sufficient amount of it "shucked" to deter- 

 mine its quality, it is manifest that a product as large as that of 1870 

 (not that of 1869, as reported in the census, which was a i^artial failure) 

 has been produced. When the returns from distant points are com- 

 l)!eted, and calculations are perfected, it is probable that a crop of about 

 1,100,000,000 bushels will be indicated. Its intrinsic value in propor- 

 tion to quantity is also somewhat larger than usual, the quality being- 

 above an average. Very little failed to ripen. Greater success than 

 usual has attended efforts at corn-growing at high elevations, as in the 



