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Condition of the Crops in July. — The following is an abstract from 

 •'Condition of the Crops," in " The Monthly Report of Agriculture " for July : — 



Corn. — The most remarkable fact in connection with the corn crop of the 

 present year is the great increase of its acreage in the South ; the difference in 

 number of acres between the present and preceding year being more than two 

 millions and a half. A slight decrease is apparent in the eastern seaboard 

 States, resulting from the unpropitious character of the recent cold, wet, and 

 backward spring, which sadly interfered with planting. A careful estimate of 

 the acreage shows a decrease of 49,609 acres in eight States, and an increase of 

 3,108,215 acres in the remaining States, as follows : — 



Acres. 

 Maine . . . . . . . . 3,3°° 



New Hampshire 3>i84 



Massachusetts I19S5 



Rhode Island i>7i9 



Acres. 

 Connecticut. . . . . . . 9.5 n 



New York 12,888 



New Jersey 8,Si8 



Maryland 8)204 



INCRE.\SE. 



Acres. 



Vermont ....... 1,679 



Pennsylvania 57,106 



Delaware 6,697 



Virginia 70i77S 



North Carolina 216,927 



South Carolina 89,764 



Georgia 255. 9^7 



Acres. 



Tennessee 127,215 



West Virginia ...... 13,131 



Kentucky 207,307 



Missouri 407,942 



Nebraska 16,145 



Kansas 63,411 



Iowa 236,683 



Florida 48,72*' I Minnesota 25,500 



Alabama 43.827 I Wisconsin 32.361 



Mississippi 313,109 



Louisiana 397.291 



Texas 132.229 



Arkansas 376,762 



Michigan 48,146 



Ohio 178,397 



Indiana 100,626 



Illinois . 366,692 



These figures show an increase of over 3,000,000 acres in corn, making 

 about 36,000,000 in the United States, — an advance of nine per cent. The per- 

 centage of Louisiana reaches sixty-five, that of Arkansas forty-seven, that of 

 Kansas thirty, Mississippi twenty-five, Nebraska twenty-five, Missouri twenty- 

 two, Texas eighteen, Minnesota seventeen, Iowa fifteen, Illinois and Ohio 

 eight, Indiana four. 



The drought in the South has retarded somewhat the growth of corn ; but its 

 condition in that section is generally good. In the West the average is high, 

 with the exception of Ohio and Indiana, where the weather has been somewhat 

 unpropitious and storms destructive. In the East, on the last of June, the 

 growth was small ; but the hot weather of July has brought a large portion of 

 the crop into splendid condition. 



Wheat. — The condition of wheat, as shown in the July returns, is above tlie 

 average for last year in all the States except Vermont, Connecticut, the Caro 

 linas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Nebraska. The sea- 

 son has been peculiarly favorable to the growth and ripening of this great bread 

 ;rop in all except the Southern States. 



The favorable reports are so numerous, in the Western States especially, that 

 it is unnecessary to give them in detail. The general tenor of reports is that 

 " Winter wheat bids fair to be the largest crop we have had for many years ; '• 

 " The yield will be immense ; " " The prospect was never better for a large 



