4'97 



Jrea under the several cropK in each year, from 1868 to 187'.^, indudre. 



Crop? 



W he<at 



Oats 



Rarley 



Bere and rye 



Beans and peas t 



Potatoes 



Turnip.s 



Mangel and beet-root 



Cabbage 



('arote, parsnips, and other green crops 



Vetches and rape 



Flax 



iloadow and clover » 



1868. 



Acres. 



285, 150 



1, 701, 645 



186,318 



9,900 



9,960 



1, 034, 681 



320, 094 



19, 109 



32, 875 



26, 622 



22,993 



206, 483 



1, 692, 135 



Acre: 



280, 



1, 685, 



221, 



11, 



9, 



1,041, 



322, 



21, 



32, 



26, 



25 



229^ 



1, 670, 



Acres. 



259, 846 



1, 650, 039 



241, 285 



11,797 



10, 689 



1, 043, .583 



339, 059 



25, 400 



34, 979 



27 712 



27^ 990 



194, 910 



1, 773, 851 



1871. 



Acrejs. 



244, 451 



1, 630, 136 



220, 979 



11,555 



10,913 



1, 058, 434 



.327, 035 



31, 921 



33, 006 



29, 869 



31, 422 



156, 670 



1, 829, 044 



1872. 



Acres. 



228, 189 



1, 621, 813 



218, 894 



9,995 



11,782 



991, 803 



346, 404 



34, 920 



39, 395 



31, 203 



30, 132 



122, 003 



1, 799, 930 



The following are the numbers of live stock for each year, from 1862 

 to 1872, inclusive : 



Horses are estimated at £8 each; cattle, £6 10s.; sheep, 22s.; pigs, 

 25s. At this rate the total value of horses in 1872 is £1,325,690 ; cattle, 

 £26,371,495^ sheep, £4,688,329; pigs, £1,731,733 ; amount, £37,117,517, 

 being an increase of £281,781 over the value of live stock for 1871, esti- 

 mated at the same rate. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL RECORD. 



By Townend Glover, Entomologist. 



A LARGE GRASSHOPPER. — A letter has been received from a corre- 

 spondent in Louisiana, complaining of the injury done to the truck- 

 farmers by a large grasshopper, which, from his description, appears to 

 be the Romalea microptera, (of Serville,) or the Gryllus centurlo, of Bur- 

 meister. He states that the insect has been known for forty years, ap- 

 pearing in May along the South Atlantic and Gulf coast. ^' Heretofore," 

 he says, "it has been comparatively harmless, but this year it was very 

 injurious to melons and vegetables; it also climbed peach and fig trees 

 to devour the fruit ; it cannot fly, as its wings are too short." 



The insect was described in the Agricultural Eeport for 1858, as oc- 

 curring in Florida, where it was commonly known as the "lubber," from 



