REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



The more important agricultural districts of the South ami West are 

 above or below an average, as follows, in temperature ami rainfall: 





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Atlantic. 



Westei 



nGulf. 



Ohio Valley. 



MiMOUl 



i Valley. 



Extreme Sorth< 

 west. 





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April 



-1.4 



! -1.07 



-2/6 



+1. 03 



-2.2 



-3. 59 



-1.8 



+1. 17 



- .3 





04 



May 



+1.9 



, - .59 



-1.4 



+4. 37 





+1.06 



-1.3 



-1.87 



+ -5 



-1 



01 





-3.8 



! 4-1.34 



-1.9 



+ .89 



tx 



-rl.67 



+1.4 



-1.8G 



+4.4 



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July 



- .9 



! 4- -96 



-1.2 



-1.29 



-2.5 



- .35 



-2.5 



+1. 99 



-4.7 



+ 



S3 



August 



-1.5 



- .70 



-1.3 



-1. 78 



-1.8 



-1.21 



-4.0 



+ .51 



-2.0 



+2 



20 





+ 1.6 



-1.63 



4-3.6 



+ .87 



+5.1 



+1.21 



+3.6 



- .06 



4- -9 



4* 



64 





























4-3.0 



-3.17 



+ 1.8 



-.64 



+3.0 



— L 44 



+4.3 



+.54 



+2.5 



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21 



CORN. 



The season for planting and early growth was generally favorable, 

 except that some areas had too much rain. In July the stand appeared 

 unusually healthy in color, and was growing rapidly. High condition 

 was reported, the average being 96. This was higher than in any year 

 since 1874, with two exceptions, 1879 and 1880. The same average was 

 maintained in August, and high hopes began to be entertained for the 

 harvest. Improvement was reported in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ne- 

 braska, and Georgia, and a slight decline in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and 

 in some of the Southern States, from the prevalence of drought, in which 

 the Ohio Valley and Texas suffered most noticeably. The average of 

 coudition iu September was 94, a figure which assured a medium crop, 

 should severe frosts in September be averted. Iu October a well ripened 

 crop, of medium rate of yield, was reported. The high temperature of 

 September had saved it from disaster in the higher latitudes. 



The result is a crop, according to our full estimates, of 1,795 millions 

 of bushels, the largest ever grown in quantity, though by no ineaus the 

 largest in rate of yield. It reaches an average yield of 25.6 bushels per 

 acre, which has not been exceeded since 1880. The farm value of this 

 crop is $640,135,859 — 35.8 cents per bushel, against 42 cents for the crop 

 of 1883. It is, therefore, valued less, by eighteen millions of dollars, than 

 the previous crop. The acreage is estimated at 69,682,780 acres. The 

 estimates by States, are : 



CORN. 



States and Territories. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massac husetts . 

 Rhode Island... 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania. . . 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina. 

 South Carolina . 

 Georgia , 



Acres. 



30. 610 

 38, 774 

 60, 282 

 57, 097 

 12, 818 

 57, 000 

 753, 810 

 343, 500 

 403, 000 

 214, 450 

 698, 400 

 938, 391 

 519,927 

 444. 020 

 857, 700 



Bushels. 



1, 062, 000 



1, 286, 000 

 1, 998, 700 

 1, 941, 300 



390,000 i 

 1, 767, 790 1 

 22, 674, 300 

 10, 992. 032 

 43, 466, 000 

 3, 975, 000 

 15, 237, 000 

 29, 4*0, 000 

 31,499, 000 

 13, 320, 000 

 30, 925, 000 



Value. 



$796, 500 

 967, 360 



1,299, 155 



1, 397, 730 

 304, 'JO : 



1,140,00.-5 

 13,640, 58 i 



5. 935, 697 

 2'.!, 602, 320 



1, 709, 250 



7. 313. 760 

 16,508. 800 

 18, 899. 400 



9, 057, 600 

 21, 647, 500 



