Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-13

Our markets FOR wheat and flour have hecu Tho.
vest Indies, Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain
herself During the di5,resses of the Peninsula we.
sA'pPeu imIEensc quantities thilher. iulSiS tor
instance, We sent 10 SPAN X POI tuegi 97S 500 bbls
OF hour, Estimated at s3i5,000,GUS be s!es hear
NC,OOU bushels 81 W heat
AS these disturbances over, tie market OF
Tie Peninsula is infinitely less profitable 4, Eurons,
toois At peace, aud can turn more labcrers into
her heiGs, the Price of wheat Inust on st &C .onnt
he reduced. Most Ct the West Indies too hcine
closed against US, tie value of wheat snd -four ean
not De near as great as It has been Our harvest for
'heSe arocies, Is less ior time at east---No -four
can be imported nto O. Britain, until the AVERAGE.
price IN the twelve mariIi'le districts is Cos
'l"aIter---when 1t may b. brcnght from her own
eoon'es--ii II rises TO 5Cs. Il In2y be nIor,a from
the =. SITS price has L0sey been advancing in
u Biitan--but, whether 1T wni rise to the iInpor-
ting rriee by the 18th OF August, IS vet uncertan
y considerable spring will, il that event be gwen
10 the price OF our wheat.
2d Rtce---was brought into South Carolina abont
the year 1904. Dr. Ramsay gays, it was iAtroduccd
~ 1o' smith, who got few grams Of il from 4
vessel which, had come from Maliaeasoar The Gov
ernor had been limselfto that islayd d, which
had led him 10 think that it would flourish in tic low
and moist ground of Carolina.
From the time when IL began to flourish il Rot
only contributed to The subsistence OF the people,
but formed staple for export. Adam Smith says
that II rice held yields much greater quantity OF
TODD than the most fertile eoln-i,lds. ia The East
Indie 1t is certainty so, because they raise c1ps
a year 1t is so ne adds in Carolina" tho tie
litlds produce CITY one crcp in the year, and tho
from the prevalence of the customs OF Europe rice
IS not there the common and iayorits vegetable
food oil tie people"
tAe value OK rice exported since 1902 to 1914,
is thus stated:
1873, S2,455, ooo-1soi. s., $50, ooo-tsos, 81
.o5,ooo--lSo6, S2,Gl7, ooi--1So7, 1885,, ouo--
1903 see, ooo-t800, SO to&,con-ISto. ~ 62G..
/
S3,o2i ,ooo-lSli j, S25o.ooo.
3ir AnlaD! Corn and ,NeGk---Corn or
maize was f0Und By Europeans in America" it
has always been considered Indigenous in America
1t seems adapted To the climate of al the states ex
cept in the extreme paris of the NORTH whore the
summersare 5oLaCtiues too slIurt and cold 10 bring
II to maturity aid where it is also Liable TO be IN
jured by early frosts"
It's principal market is the West Indies, in the
shape OF meal IL may he Kindred, which keeps
II from sourng during the voyage, and in warm
lad"e IF Ea,Ports tram 500 to 1917.
1905, S2,o25, oUo-iS Sol, ., 800 ooo--lso5, ,4f2-
ooo-lSo6, 1885,, ooo--1So7, 9S7. ooo-IsaS. Dos
ooo~lS.9. 5i7,ooo-1Sio, S,ooo-lSif, 2.Sgo-
ooo--lSl2, ,959,ooo-1S15 1898 ,ooo--l8li. l7e.-
oCo.
The Eastern States get large quantities from Viz.
GINA, Mary gland, sc. In these States and 10 lhe
West it principally nourishes.
9TH The otler articles Of uegefGbls food, shipped
from inc L. . are rye, oats, peas, beans potatoes
&c " These constitute a sioall part of the value If
their exports. Most of The me in the IT, s. is osed
Tor 6TeGd or IS Toadeinlo sbrifs at home. Very it,
teis exported. IN 1901, the year Of scarcity in G..
Britain, oy2,216 bushels Of ryc-mea were exported.
winch was more than three times the quantity expor.
ted IN any one year since 1891"
IN Europe, great qranttcsar pro1uced-.i tie
northern kingdoms The bread ofpoor people is made
ct iye-neol. Peecohet says, that half the people
in FirlHce use rye-brcad
MIR. Prkn states the average quantity of ocfe
exported Tor % years, is about 70ooo bushels; of
peas, 10000; and Of beans, between so and TO- 900
TIE average quantity Of potatoes about 6oooo bash.
els year.
aggregate rahte ofaH He erborfs, tbc bfod,,cc of
agriculture, constituting 7egefabie Eyod. fr1g,
1902 10 1914: [0ccOrdng to pitkin's sfofisfics.
1902, S12,79O, OOO--18O5, S14.Os0.0OO
1903, 1880 0OO--18O5. 1l.752,O00
1906, II $50 OO0--18O7, 1913. 600
1908, Q $50 0eO-1sO9, 8,75f.OOO
1910, 075O.OOO-1811, 2O,S91 600
1912, 1917 ,0OO-1Si3, 1904 900
1914, 2,i79.OOO
SKETCHES, SSe.-No. 6.
W. come to the % class Of the Products Of Az.
ricui,urc--yiz.
PaoDucTs oF ANrsAts