Southern Standard

Crop Report.

We have received the special report from the department of Agriculture at Washington for the month of September, 1882, on the condition of corn, cotton, potatoes, fruits, etc. It is an interesting document. From it we learn the condition of crops in the various States. "The corn crop in all the region south of Pennsylvania and of the Ohio river is in high condition in every State except West Virginia; represented by 100 or higher figures: In many districts in the South the crop is reported the best in 20 years. In the New England States there has been a very sharp decline, except in Vermont. From 91 to 75 in Maine, 95 to 62 in New Hampshire, 87 to 60 in Massachusetts, 93 to 70 in Rhode Island, and from 96 to 65 in Connecticut. A decline of eight points in New York and New Jersey, and of four in Pennsylvania is indicated. The loss in all these States is due to drought, which has been especially severe in New England. There has been abundant rains in all other States.

"In the corn growing States of the Ohio Valley the prospects average very much as at last report. The general average of condition is 83, the same as in August. Last year there was a decline from 77 in August to 60 in September. In 1880 the September average was 91. If early frosts do not injure the crop the product will be materially larger than last year, but the heavy production of 1879 and 1880 can not be approached under the most favorable circumstances."

The above will give our farmers some idea of the condition of the corn crop of the United States. While the crop as a whole is larger than ordinary, the Northern and Eastern States are rather shorter than last year. We should not be uneasy on account of our large crops South. We will yet have a market for our surplus. Take care of it as you would an ordinary year, and if you cannot find a market for it at as high a price as 50 cents per bushel keep it and feed it to your stock. Corn cannot be produced any time in this country for less than 50 cents per bushel.