YIELD OF CROPS IN AMERICA.

Southland Times, Issue 899, 14 February 1868, Page 3

YIELD OF CROPS IN AMERICA.

The last report of the Commissioners of Agri- & culture gives a full and reliable report of the s crops for this year. From the figures therein it a ia evident that we will at least have plenty to v live on for the next twelve months. The total c wheat crop of the United States for the present V year exceeds that of last year by 40,000,000 9 bushels, the yield being 220,000,000 bushels, a There will consequently be a large surplus for cxi portation. It seems from the report that in the - West, the season was very favorable for the 1 wheat crop, while in the East, it was the reverse. 1 The continued wet weather in this eection pre- ) vented the wheat from maturing as it ought to b have done, and also seriously interfered with the work of harvesting. In Ohio, the increased r yield, as compared with last year, was equivalent - to 130 per cent In Indiana the increase increase 1 was 84 per cent ; in Pennsylvania 57 per cent ; I in West Virginia 51 per cent In quality the 5 crop is as much superior to that of last year as it I is in quantity. It is generally sound and plump, 1 and was prepared for market with greater care ) than usual. We shall, consequently, have better > flour than before, a larger supply, and the price ! ought to be reduced. Whether the latter point will be gained, however, depends upon whether the speculators can hold out in keeping the price above its natural level. The other crops are generally reported favorably. The oat crop ■ amounts to 2,800,000 bushels, which is an innrease of about three per cent over last year. The rye crop reaches 21,000,000 bushels, which is about four per cent above the figures for 1866. The report is still incomplete with regard to the corn crop. In the great corn regions of Illinois, Missouri, and lowa, the farmers but rarely gather their corn crop till the dead of winter, when the ground is frozen, fi will consequently be a considerable time before an accurate account can be had of the corn crop, but enough is already known to warrant the statement that it will exceed the crop of last year. The yields of barley is far beiow the average, and beer drinkers will be likely to suffer either an increase in the price, or a loss in the quality of their beverage. The potato crop is poor, having been injured in the East by too much rein, and in the West by too much drouth. With regard to cotton, it is reported that the yield will reach, at least 280,500,000 bales, which is far better that was predicted early in the season. On the whole, the crops are very good, and whatever else may come, there will certainly be no famine in the land. — N. Y. Sun, Nov. 9.