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9 and 9 '3. The injuries were so small in most cases as to be but fractional parts of one-tenth, and in order to present thenvmore directly to the reader, the change was made.— 
In the appearance of crops, the former method is preserved. Thns: 10 being an average, 9 is one-tenth below it, and 11 one-tenth above it. The amounts of the crops of Wheat, 
Barley, and Wool, are not given, as they will be reported more fully in succeeding months, when the results of the harvest are more fully and definitely ascertained. 
The Crop Prospects— Unusual Weather. 
At no other time within our recollection has 
it been so difficult to form a correct estimate of 
the actual condition of the growing crops, or of 
the actual yield of those just harvested. This 
difficulty arises from the fact that the season, 
thus far, has been remarkable for the variety of 
weather in different parts of the country, and 
even in localities but a few miles apart. Within 
the boundaries of a single State there was an 
abundance of rain all through the Spring and 
Summer, while at points but little distant, a 
parching drouth dried up the grass, and kept 
back the com and the grain crops. Again, in 
some parts of Ohio, for example, the harvest 
weather was as fine as could be desired, while 
in portions of New- York it was nest to impos- 
sible to gather wheat and oats, and the later 
hay crop, for want of a few drying days. The 
difference referred to above, was very marked 
in going a distance of 1,200 miles westward 
from New- York City, to the centre of Iowa. 
At one point the com was in most vigorous 
growth, while less than a hundred miles further 
on, it was tasseling out near the ground, through 
lack of moisture to carry the stalks up to the 
usual bight. It would require too much space 
to specify the condition in each locality. The 
accompanying tables, which give the results of 
a large number of observations, gathered from 
all over the country, will afford some idea of 
the crops, etc., up to the close of July. The last 
column in the second table shows a remarkable 
difference in the rain-fall in the several States. 
Thus, in Connecticut it was over 11 inches, 
while in Minnesota it was but five-eighths of 
one inch, and in Kansas less than one-eighth. 
Throughout New-England the rain fell in July 
7 to Hi inches, while in the Western States it 
seldom reached 4 inches, and was generally 
below 3 inches. In Kentucky nearly 7 inches 
fell. In New- York there were 18 very wet 
days reported for July alone. 
Of the crops as a whole, judging from personal 
observation, and from information gathered 
from a great variety of sources, we estimate the 
yield of wheat (Winter and Spring) to be but 
FRUIT REPORTS FOR 
JULY, 1863. 
Gathered by the United States 
Agricultural Bureau. 
Connecticut 
Delaware 
Illinois 
Indiana 
Iowa 
Kansas 
Kentucky 
Maine 
Maryland.. .- 
Massachusetts 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
Missouri 
New Hampshire 
New Jersey 
New York 
Ohio 
Pennsylvania 
Rhode Island 
Vermont 
Wisconsin 
Nebraska Territory. 
General Average 
S E 
STRAW- 
BERRIES 
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BERRIES 
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NOTES ON THE WEATMEP. 
118 34 
11 46 
3 16 
3 17 
3 82 
Oil 
6 95 
6 95 
8.05 
9 76 
2.83 
0.63 
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597 
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2 72 
6.20 
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7 77 
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85 5.02 
Note.— The explanations to the table above, apply equally to this. — The Weather Notes are of especial interest. 
a trifle below the average of other years, but 
the deficiency not equal to the amount of last 
year's crop still on hand, so that there is enough 
to meet all home requirements and the probable 
foreign demand. This last item is very uncer- 
tain. If peace continue in Europe, the call 
upon us for breadstuff's will not be very large. 
Should the present disturbances in regard to 
Poland result in a war between Russia and the 
Western Powers, it will lead to a large demand 
for our Agricultural products, and materially 
affect prices here. At present the prices at the 
seaboard arc dependent mainly on the rise and 
fall in gold, as noted on page 282 of this paper. 
At present the nominal prices of nearly all 
agricultural products, especially grain and wool, 
are tending downward quite rapidly, the price 
of gold having fallen from 174 to 124 since the 
first of March last. The prospect for an early 
and successful close of the war is still further 
reducing the gold premium. — The Oat crop has 
turned out better then was feared at one time, 
though poor as compared with former years. 
In some places oats have failed almost entirely. 
The warm weather and frequent showers of 
August thus far, have pushed forward corn very 
rapidly, and if early frosts do not interfere, the 
general yield will be fully up to, if not above an 
average. Potatoes are filling up well in the 
hill. Beans are much more largely planted this 
year than ever before, and bid fair to turn out 
a good yield. Hay will be abundant in some 
localities; in others there will not be enough 
to winter over the usual amount of stock. It 
would be desirable to transfer part of the neat 
cattle from the latter to the former sections of 
the country. We recently saw large numbers of 
sheep in Iowa brought from the drouth regions 
of Michigan. The Apple crop, though very good 
in a few places, will be quite below the aver- 
age throughout the country; there will be :i 
good demand for all that can be saved by drying. 
