The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

THE WHEAT CROP OF 1849 AND THR
CROP OF 1855.

(From the Nei. Fork Herald.)
We find the following comparative table of the wheat
crop of 1849, as shown in the United States' census of
1850, and the estimated crop of 1855, in the Cincinnati
Price Current :

1849.
Bushel%
Ohio 14,487,000
Pennsylvania; 15,387,000
Virginia 11,212,000
New York 13,121,000
Alabama 294,090
Illinois
Indiana
lowa
Kentucky
Maryland.
Michigan
Missouri
Tennessee
Wisconsin

1835.
Bushels.
16,000,000
18,003,000
12,000,000
15,003,000
503,000
13,000,000
10,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
0,003,000
4,000,000
3,500,000
7,000,000

Totals 92,086,000 114,500,000
Since the season of 1549, and including the present
year, in nearly all the IN'estern States at least one-third
I more acres of land have been placed under cultivation,
while in New England, New York, New Jersey, Penn-
sylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, the number of
acres cultivated have been but slightly if at all aug-
znented. But this year's crop, according to all ac-
counts, will yield probably one-fourth more bushels of
wheat on the same number of acres than the soil pro-
duced six years ago. if we acknowledge these facts—
and we see no grounds for contradiction—the above ag-
gregate of 114,500,000 bushels, or an increase over
the yield of 1849 of but 22,000,000 bushels in the 14
States named, does not even approximate to the proba-
ble actual result. For instance, the estimated yield of
Ohio is put down at 16,000,000, while an average crop
in that State would be 22,000,000 of bushels ; and in
Illinois, whence we have a report that the crop would be
25,000,000—which, however, we regard as altogether
too high a figure—the table above allows only 13,000,000.
In Nev York the increase over 1849 is put down at
1,879,000, while, in fact, it will not fall ntuch short of
being 3,000,000 bushels greater than the, comparative
meagre yield of that year. We have 'prepared the
following table after a great deal of calculation, which,
we think, will be acknowledged, and will no doubt be
found to be, a great deal nearer the actual aggregate of
the wheat crop this year in the States named than that
of our contemporary in Cincinnati :-
1849 1855
Bushels Wheat.
Ohio
Pennsylvania 15,367,000 21,000,000
Virginia 11,212,000 L 5,000,000
New York 13,121,000 16,000,000
Alabama 294,000 700,000
Illinois
Indiana
lowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri 2,981,000 6,500,000
Tennessee
Wisconsin

Total 92,036,000 156,700,000
This shows an aggregate of nearly 157,000,000
bushels of wheat as the estimated product of the crop in
1855 in 14 States, which is an increase over the produc-
tion of 1819 of 62,500,000.
If we continue our figures for the balance of the States
and territories we shall be able to form some estimate of
the entire crop of the country. We put them down as
follows :

Arkansas

California

1849 1855
Bushels Wheat.
.... 199,000 300,000

17,000

150,000

District of Columbia
Connecticut
Delaware
Florids
Georgia

17,000 20,000
41,000 50,0'0
482,000 550,000
1,000 2,000
1,088,000 1,200,000

Louisiana —
Maine 296,000 400,000
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Jersey 1,601,000 2,000,000
North Carolina 2,130,000 2,500,000

Rhode Island
South Carolina ,
Texas
Vermont
Minnesota

...1,066,000 1,20 ',OOO
... 41,000 100,000
.. 535,000 650,000
.. 1,000 500,000
.. 196,000 400,000

211,000
107,000

500,000
500,000
200,000

200;000