The Crops Of 1870

Washington, Oet.. 21. The bápaftilMtat of Agfiíulture has prepnred i d i tres t of reporta upo thc uohditidn of tho crortt'far Octobcr, froni wliic.h tho follovrinu is fxtractcd : The whéa't órep o'f 1"87Ó in thí mujority of HtMes, atad cspecially in tlioso in whiofc tliis coreal is prominc;it, is material!; íess in quant i ty thun the erop f ??G!), whrriri was a veíy lsrge onê, notwiilistanding tbe n3scrt:ons of mííe croakera fo írrtí OTintrary. The reduetton is due, firot to the loss of the plauts by nn unpropitious eafon for germination and tho carly growth of the winter Varioty, íollowcd by an open and somewhat variab!'e winter, s;ni) second, to tfce áro'ught wbíoh prcváilcti with great severity in tbo iTOftticrtï ana Mftarn Statea. Thia jeduotion os aVef-aged froni our local ï-ettirns, sppears to be about 14 percent. Tbs average quality of tho erop is bettur than ihat of 1869. The Pacific coast reporta arft rariable. Sorno counties iu CTaliïornfn ttialie the quolity supeiiof, wfliïo otlicrs report injury froöl rlrst and luferiorily from the malurity' of thc grain bligbted by Irougbt. The eurly sown fall and pttug gra'rn of Orcgou gwd, whrPe that late sown wan injiired' by the exeessive heat of tbe suturaer. Atnong the vaifeties which have sacceeded best, Tappahanoek is promlnently nained. It is faVíft-abíy numtiöRed throüghout the South and West nd has done wcll ainong the mountaioa of Utab. The corn ciop of 1870, untike those f the two yearB precediug, is a full oüe, Hnd the best of the past 10 yeais. Tho States f the gient corn región, inluding tböa bordering oa tlie preat kkes, and1 upon the Ohio and Biiseigsippi rivera, have, without exception, uiade either a (uil or large erop. An iutelüjtent estímate of the total product is 25(),OC&,000 bushels i Illinois. ílve giver a somewliat. smaller yield fíÍRiÍQ 1S69. Oat are not getierally gr) jiroductiro as last year, exoept in tlie South. Ili Miokigán aud New Jersey Sho aggregate product of barloy appeara to do lees tban 1S69. The only States yieldi'ng full crops of buil;whet are 'l'eoncssee, Keutncky, Missouri, Illinois, I'oWa, Miunesota, Katiöaa aud Nebraska. The amount is fesB tban usual, llcports bout beansaud peas indir.ate an averngo productiDn in qnantity and quality, with some 2ocal variabitity. The pi-a cron, which is one of gieat importance to the South, has oceupied a larger oreige than fornierly in North Carolina, Ueorgia ítld Teonessee, but has been somewhat neglected in the otber cotton State.-. Potatoes rtbtblt cousiderable redueliou in yield. The syweet pótalo erop is comparatively a large one. Whilo the average of sorglium is not very large, the erop is iu superior condition, and prornkes a yield of syrup of fiue quality. The increaee iu th bieadtü of cotton wai estimated in July at 15 per eent. Combining the elementa of acreage planted, and its eondition on the first of üctober, the natural expectstion, other oircumstances being equal, would load to the comparison with lust year as follows : North Caroliua, 15 per cent; South CaroHoa, 9 per cent ; Georgia, 5 per oeot; Florida, 9 per cent; Alahama, 8 per oent ; Mississippi, J0 per cent; Loüiaiaua, 10 per cent ; Texas, 30 per ent; Arkantas, 15 per cent; Teünessee ï per ent. This would give a erop exeeeding 3,500,000 bales. But the indiations of the peason thus far, eiuce October first, and the probabilities of a favorable autumn for uiaturing and piuking the top orop do not prognosticate a return of a remnrkably favorable experience for the oeason. The present erop was vigorous in it carly growth, running to weed rather than ball. Thtse burned with the drought, in August, and were subsequently flooded with rain ín September. It has endnrod ricissitudes unfavorabje to cotitiuned fraitfulue88, such as a geoeial sheddiugof fornis and occasional rottening. TImj balts attest that the ball worm and araiy worm have been at work in places, and the rust more or lt-ss prevlent n all the cotton Statos. Tho opening of the later balie is usually wcll udvanced iu moet places, and the lnsl pickiug promises to be light. These indications, instead of pointing lo an increaíe of half a niillioii bales, ronder it probable Ihat the present erop will be no lurger than last year, and if the remainder of the reapoo should be very unpropitious a reduction of a quartei' of a inilliou bales rnight result. Auothcr inonth or two will determine whetber the present erop ihall be liinited to threo million bales, or i se to th ree and one-hulf niillioiiH, as expected. The present urea in cultivation has reduced ihe price to 15 ceu's per pound, or to the very verge of profitablo cultivation, and cyrre.-pondents are nlready reporting the ruin of plauters who gruw cotton exclusively and buy all their agrinultural supplies. A large inercase iu the product of cano sugar is regarded as certain. Tliere is eóruparatively a large surplus of old wheal in Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Xiinsap, and Nebraska, aud as mach as usual d Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, nd euialler 8tates There is no evidence of any large surplus to add ruaterially to the supplies of the year. Tbc eupply of fatteüing cattle is some what iu excess oí former jers, with gt'eat local variation.