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Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture: For August and September, 1867 (Classic Reprint)
Monthly Report of the Department of Agriculture: For August and September, 1867 (Classic Reprint)
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The crop tables for August give the general averages for the several States, made up from the approximate estimates of our correspondents of the quantity of the crops then harvested, as compared with those of 1866, together with the current condition of the growing crops at the date of return; while the tables for September pertain chiefly to the state of the fall crops, in relation to which more definite information will be given in succeeding reports.
Wham - From the August returns it will be observed that there is a uniform reduction in the general averages of wheat, as compared with the July figures, and that the September estimates of condition when harvested, as compared with the crops of 1866, drop the figures somewhat lower in a number of the States attributable, to a considerable extent, to bad weather while harvesting, as well as to the fact that in some sections the grain was found to be shrivelled, and threshed out less to the acre than anticipated. The leading wheat-growing States report the following percentage of increase at the close of the harvest Ohio, 130 per cent.; Indiana, 50 Michigan, 33; Wisconsin, 17 Minnesota, 25 Illinois, 15; Iowa, 20; Missouri, 40 Kentucky, 34; West Virginia, 60; Vir ginia, 50 Tennessee, 40 Georgia, 80 Arkansas, 45 New York, 14, and Pennsylvania, 40; while only Kansas and Texas show a falling off from last year, when the crops in those States were very large. The returns due October 1 will enable us to estimate with a greater degree of accuracy the amount of this great crop for the current year.
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- Languages:
- Published: English , Original: English
- Number of Pages:
- 46
- Publisher:
- Forgotten Books
- Publication Date:
- 2017-10-27
- Weight:
- 222 g
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