26 AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
sent about 1,000,000 acres. The condition of the plant in July was high 
in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arkansas; barely medium in the 
Caroiinas, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Tennessee. There had been 
too much rain in the Carolinas, heavy rains in Georgia had done some 
damage, and sterms in several counties in Mississippi had retarded 
growth; yet the plant was almost everywhere thrifty, a rapid growth 
set in, and it soon became evident that, with an auspicious’ autumn, a 
large crop would be produced, and the possibility of a product of 
4,000,000 bales was foreshadowed. In September the prospect was 
equally favorable, notwithstanding some accounts of rust, worms, &c., 
from which no season is entirely exempt. Upon receipt of returns to 
November 1, the usual date for the reeurrence of killing frost, an esti- 
mate of 3,800,000 bales was calculated; but the continued high tem- 
perature, growth, and matrration of bolls, and unexampled weather for 
picking, by which the work was successfally extended into January. 
added a full half million bales to the expected crop. The result proved 
the estimate to be a very reasonable one. Had the cotton season been 
oue of medium length, an estiurate of 4,009,000 bales would have proved 
quite too high. Unlike corn and other farm crops, cotton, being a 
pereunial, continues to produce new flowers and fruit in undiminished 
measure, wutil the plant is killed by frost. 
Table showing the product of each principal crop of the several States named, the yield per 
acre, the total acreage, the average price in each State, and the value of the crop, for 1870. 
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MAINE. | 
TC ee ee bushels. -} 1, 198, 000 33 36, 303 $1 14 $1, 365, 720 
BAL OHA] Be See Oo eee eae a@o.~.| 264, 000 14.8 17, 837 | 1 469. 
it eee --3 E do | 32, 000 17.6 1, 818 1 44, 160 
ete iba ea ae do....| 2, 163, 000 27.4 78,941 | 65 1, 405. 950 
Peet tense rsa sn -Snar acess do....] 586, 000 19.5 30, 051 | 99 520, 140 
Bere tevar a2 Te ns se dont 443, 000 24 18, 458 75 332, 250 
Porstoes -o. 52... 25 oo ee ee dds. =’. 6, 527, 0U0 125 52, 216 | 66 4, 307, 820 
Papin dae nie tastes bee ene POVNGS =A pee te | ore eine en oe wpa eee |oase> seer] aaa 
BEI, pe Oe eA ere cle tons. | 821, 000 . 80 1, 026, 250 | 29 69 16, 165, 490 
MEALS ts koeed, ete See 3 A SE FTES? 1, 261, 974 | io te 24, 671, 450 
NEW HAMPSHIRE. Pe , 4 is | 
bushels. . 1, 213, 000 36.5 33, 232 | 1 09 1, 322, 170 
do.... 174. 000 14.8 11, 756 } 1 59 276, 
a 3,000} 16 2, 687 1 24 # 53,320 
: 1, 0f6, 000 29. 7 35, 892 66 703, 560 
J 96, 000 21.5 4, 465 1 07 102, 720 
: 87, 009 15 5, 800 72. 210 
=380./55-| 2, 980, 000 33, 863 79 2, 354, 200 
pounds. . 150. 060 | 1,000 150 22 33, 000 
JEL eS? ee es tons... 520, 0.0 | . 96 } 541, 666 19. 85 10, 322, 000 
Tyas See eye 8 kN eer eat ennrie ce + A ego | ry eee “15, 239, 840 
VERMONT 
Tidianwcorne. esa ses. - 2222, bushels.-| 1,920,000} 39.6 48, 484 1 10 2, 112, 000 
Wiiaiitie « matted -cbedods\- sacs s- ° Bee 409), 000 16.8 24, 34 1 63 666, 670 
LAT An gh Oe Te 5 eee do.. 67, 000 15.8 iP I 77, 050 
Orb So ee ee ee ae do. .- 3, 170, 000 33.7 94, 085 59 1, 870, 300 
Parle, te. 5 ie ter eae ots of do. . 107, 800 23.3 1 OL 108, 070 
Buckwheat... ics.ccacwonnc ss =- Ae 22 336. 000 17.5 19, 200 75 252, 000 
Pitatoan. i. ik. 143. Use. Oe os 4, 899, 000 140 34, 992 Se 2, 498, 490 
Dobacs. 2... 220 -ck ann Se pounds 70,000 | 105 15, 400° 
Wet we as does oe Meet Kate eco tons 979, 000 96 1, 019, 791 14 50 14, 195, Su0 
POUL. Sea neind tretede estes nce ae Pon baeas cae ate oS epee Eee 1 DA9. 0S | cleo eee 21, 795, 480 
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