471 



Kocky Mountain area, though it was injured at many points by frost, 

 and is not deemed a safe crop at elevations of 5,000 feet north of 39°, 



In the Carolinas the bottom-lands wore in many i)laces too wet for a 

 crop, either in yield or quality, while the uplands gave results which 

 were scarcely ever surpassed. As is ever the case, there were late plant- 

 ings in all sections which were either injured by drought or failed of fall 

 condition and perfect maturity. There were in all the States fields 

 undraiued, in bad tilth, or suffering from poverty, which were partial 

 failures, though the fructifying rains and generous warmth of the sea- 

 son went far to make amends fpr the cultivator's negligence. 



The returns of " product compared witli last year," which take into 

 consideration both area and rate of yield per acre, average above 100 iu 

 all but seven States, viz : Rhode Island, 96 ; Delaware, 92 ; Maryland, 98 ; 

 Virginia, 93; Florida, 87 ; Wisconsin, 99 ; Minnesota, i;8. Those giving 

 an increase are, Maine, 113; New Hampshire, 108; Vermont, 114; Massa- 

 chusetts, 103; Connecticut, 105; New York, 110; New Jersey, 120; Penn- 

 sylvania ,115 ; North Carolina, 110 ; South Carolina, 108 ; Georgia, 118 ; 

 Alabama, 123 ; Mississippi, 120; Louisiana, 130 ; Texas, 134 ; Arkansas, 

 109 ; Tennessee, 102 ; West Virginia, 106 ; Kentucky, 118 ; Ohio, 111 ; 

 Michigan, 105 ; Indiana, 108 ; Illinois, 107 ; Iowa, 103 ; Missouri, 121 ; 

 Kansas, 120; Nebraska, 105; California, 127; Oregon, 105. As the 

 comparison is made with the crop of last year, which was relatively 

 small in some States while large in others, these figures exhibit a wider 

 range than if the comparison were only with average condition or yield 

 per acre. The distinction should be observed between a report of " aver- 

 age condition" without reference to area, and aggregate product in 

 view both of area and rate of yield — a difference which some unusually 

 well-informed newspapers have of late failed to notice, thus making an 

 apparent discrepancy in our reports from an awkward blunder in quot- 

 ing them. 



The following extracts from correspondence relate to quality of the 

 crop and peculiarities of its condition : 



Maine. — York: Ears full. Sagadahoc: Reduced acreage, but better growth and ma- 

 turity of the crop. Cumberland: Acreage reduced, but more sweet corn planted for 

 canning; 2,000,000 cans put up, yieldiug to the farmer $00,000. Waldo: Excellent 

 quality. Somerset: Never better. Aroostook: Crop good iu .spite of wet; first frost iu 

 the middle of October. 



Massachusetts. — Worcester: Crop good and sound. Franklin: Molded badly in 

 the shock. Norfolk: Quantity average; better ripened than usual. 



Rhode Isl^vnd. — Washington : Reduced in quantity on sod-laud 5 jier cent, by white 

 worms ; depreciated iu quality 10 per cent, by wet. 



Connecticut. — New London: Crop better than for years, though injured by wet. 

 Litchfield : Extraordinary growth of stalks, and eared well. 



New York. — Delatnare: Full growth, but delayed in gathering by wet. Kings : The 

 county does not raise half enough corn for home consumption. Colnmhia : Sound and 

 good. Chemung: Average acreage; quality tine; large acreage of corn saved for fod- 

 der. Albany: Splendid and well-matured crop. Steuben: Crop good; conditions 

 nnusnally favorable. Warren: Sound and bright. Erie: All sound. Chaatauqiia : 

 Ripe and sound. Ontario : Great crop. Rockland : Crop unusually large and tine. 

 Onondaga : Suiiered from wet, but a superior crop. 



New Jersey. — Sussex: Good as ever known ; scarcely a poor field to be seen. Bur- 

 lington: Ripened better than last year. Warren: Above average; plump, solid, sound, 

 and heavy. Gloucester: Crop almost unprecedented. Hudson: Better than was antici- 

 pated; frost delayed. 



Pennsylvania. — Lawrence: Crop good, but injured by wet. L%nc.:ister : Average; 

 would have been greater but for wind-storms. Mifflin : Very good. Crawford : Never 

 letter. Armstrong :. Husked in good order; that part of the crop replanted on account 

 of cut- worms is quite soft. Union : Average ; would be more but for storms lodging 

 it on the ground. Montgomery: Large, and generally good. Chester: Crop large and 

 sound. Bucks: Never better; fodder will largely compensate the deficiency of hay. 

 Wayne: Husking delayed by wet. Centre: Abundant and well matured. 



