558 RKPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



CORN— Continued. 



States and Territories. 



Flori la 



Alihama ... 



M iasi-sippi. 



Louisiana -- 

 Texas 



Arkansas 



Tenneaoee. .... 

 W-st Virginia 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Miolrpan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



California 



Oregon 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Arizona , 



Dakota , 



Idaho 



Montana 



New Mexico — 



Utah 



Washington... 



Total 



Acres. 



403 for? 

 322, 8*5 

 889. 600 

 865, 450 

 762, 700 

 757. 710 

 245. (182 

 594, 115 

 258. 410 

 840. 664 

 929, 388 

 fl12. 812 

 151, 40 5 

 06$ 685 

 705. H40 

 329, 652 

 905, 931 

 565, dOO 

 235. 298 

 160, 000 



5,890 

 830 

 25, 300 



2, 850 

 465, 000 



1, 820 

 830 

 47, 200 

 13.473 



3,210 



69, 683, 780 



Bushels. 



3. 837, 000 

 30, 197. 0( i0 



25. 510. 000 

 11,007, 000 

 60, 2*>. 000 

 32. 465, 000 

 65. 723. 000 

 11,900, 000 

 71 880 000 

 85, 393, 000 



26, 032, 000 

 101,757,000 

 244,544, 000 



26, 200, 000 

 23. 630, 000 

 252, 600, 000 

 197, 850, 000 

 168 500, 000 

 122. 100, 000 

 8, 800. 000 

 164. 000 

 21,000 

 710. 000 

 60. 300 

 13, 950, 000 

 36, 400 

 20, 700 

 9">0, 000 

 292. 000 

 105, ( 00 



1, 795, 528, 432 



WHEAT. 



The area of the previous crop was greatly reduced by winter-killing 

 and substitution of other crops. The present breadth is therefore greater 

 by nearly 3,000,000 acres. The area harvested is estimated at 39,475,885 

 acres, which exceeds that in wheat iu any previous year, in this 

 country, as well as any other in the world. The report in April showed 

 that in Michigan, New York, and Connecticut wheat was still protected 

 by a covering of snow. "Little mention of killing by winter alterna- 

 tions of temperature was made by correspondents. The fine appearance 

 of drilled grain was generally attested. The early-sown areas were 

 superior to late sown in the Middle States. Seeding in Maryland was 

 generally late, and only the early sown had a good growth and sufficient 

 root development. The average date of sowing in Virginia was a few 

 days later than usual, yet a fair growth was made in the autumn, 

 especially in the grain districts of the Shenandoah Valley and among 

 the best farms of other sections. A fair start, producing plants of 

 menium vigor and promise, was made in the Carolina* and Georgia, 

 and similar conditions produced average growth iu Alabama and Mis- 

 sissippi. In Tennessee a vigorous root growth was obtained in autumn, 

 and tillering commenced before winter set in, in the earliest and most 

 advanced fields. The late seeding was not so successful. The soil was 

 too dry at seeding time at many points in Texas. In some cases the 

 late sowings had the most favorable conditions, avoiding the drought 

 that sapped the vitality of some early growths, causing either their 

 entire destruction or great injury. The fields first seeded in West 

 Virginia were the most promising. The later breadths were slow in 

 starting, from drought and insufficient soil preparation, and not well 



