AGRICULTURE. 



For the purpose of comparison, we give also 

 the prices of the principal cereals. &c., in Lon- 

 don on the 1st of December, for 5 years past. 

 The English quarter is equivalent to 8 bushels : 



The subjoined is a general summary of the 

 crops of 1862, 1863, and 1864, giving the prices 

 and values of the crops of 1862 and 1863, but 

 the amount only of that of 1864, as the prices 

 and values are not yet determined. It is known, 

 however, that they will not fall below $1,500,- 

 000.000, and may reach $1,600,000,000. Cali- 

 fornia, Oregon, and Kentucky are excluded in 

 1862 and 1863, and California and Oregon in 

 1864: 



THE CEOP3 OF 1562, 1563, AND 1564. GEXEP.AL SUMMARY. 



1863. 



1864. 



For the sake of future comparison, a table is 

 added showing the number of acres in each 

 crop in 1863, the value of the crop, the price 

 per bushel, &c., and the yield per acre : 



Acres . Value of 

 PBOD cultivafd crop in 

 , in 1:63. I 1:03. 



Price in 



1563. 



Yield per 



acre in 



1563. 



Indian corn-acres 15.312.441 f27- 

 Wheat do. 13.00:.:- 



Rye do. 



Oats do. 



Barley do. 



Buckwheat ... do . 



1.439.6071 20.651.117 



"4 107.116.393 

 13.674^465 



1.054.0CO' 12.654.301 



Potatoes do. 1.129.H4 54. 



Hay _ do. 15.641.; 



Tobacco do . 210.423 24. 



$0 C9 9-10 



1 14 0-10 



1 03 0-10 



62 3-10 



1 11 0-10 



S2 2-10 



656-10 



13 50 0-10 



14 9-10 



25 9-10 



13 3-10 



13 9-10 



25 4-10 



21 S-10 



15 0-10 



99 6-10 

 1 17-100 



754 6-10 



Total 55.136'. - 



The temperature and the average rain-fall in 

 each State exert so much influence on the quan- 

 tity and quality of the crops, that the following 

 table, though not later than the close of 1863, 

 cannot fail to be of great interest to all who 

 are engaged in agricultural pursuits. The in- 

 telligent young farmer will find these tables an 

 infallible guide in regard to the culture of some 

 crops on which he might otherwise be disposed 

 to venture. The cotton crop, which requires 

 during the months of its growth a warm, moist 

 climate, will not answer in California, because 

 during those months the rain-fall is very scanty. 

 Xor is that climate favorable to Indian corn, 

 for the same reason. The tables for 1864 wilJ 

 appear in the next volume. 



