The fiaal arrangement of the figures relating to the chief crops in the United States during 1890— has been issued as Report No. 78 uf the Statistician to the Department of Agriculture, U.S.A. The chief information of this October number deals with the cotton crop, which, as a non-agricultural subject in England, is omitted here. The average return of whc / per acre in 1890 is believed to have been 11 1 bushels ; of oits — the worst ever registered — / c , 198 bushels. The average yield of rye is put at 11 8 bushels, and barley (which is the best* crop of the year) at 21 bushels. The estimate of th<-> maize crop, in those Suites which have a surplus for exportation, is set at 66, against 93 in 1889, showing a bhnnkage of not far from a third. Of potatoes the return is one of the lowest ever reported, being an average of 61 7, where 100 re presents a full crop. The fruit crop is also a short ore, showing that the general condition of American farmers must be unusually unsatisfactory. In California and Colorado a year of prosperity is re ported, through the great returns made by the fruit Industry, in constquence of Bii unusual demand for fruit for the older States, and the remarkable high range of prices — The Field.
AMERICAN CROP REPORTS.
Standish Huitlicip. — Ghdstnno, 1; Prattler, 2 ; Foiest King, 'i. Time — lmin lSi^ecs Bagot Handicap.— GreyGiown, 1; T.ir coola, 2 ; Jebusite, 3. Won by three lengths. Time — 2uiin oOsecs.
MELBOURNE RACES. (Per Electric Telegraph - Copyright ) PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received January 2, at 1 a m. Melbourne, January 1.
