The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-05
CHARLOTTE. N. G. MAY 5. 1872.

pOfled lulo Tue mica states. W c nave
now large surplus Of this and other agri.
cultural products for expectation, we're a
market opened to receive them.
/ A glance al the specific crops is all that
can be given. Some notice OF this kind
seems necessary, and may be highly use.
iul 10 those who wish 10 embrace, IN a mar.
row compass the results OF The agricultural
industry Of our country.
WuEAr.-This IS one Of The mos, staple
products Of several States the soil Of which
seems, BY happy combination, 10 be pecu
larly fitted for ITS culture. SillcIous earth,
- W.l as lime, appears TO form requisite
Of the soil 10 adapt Il for raising wheat TO
The greatest advantage, and the want of this
has been suggested as .cason for lis not
proving SC successful Of cultivation in some
portions Of our country. Ofthc great wheat
growing States, during the past year, ii
may be remarked that, in New York, Penn
sylSanla, Virginia, and The Soutbarn States,
this crop seems net TO have repaid SO in
creased au harvest as was promised carly
IN The season. Large quantities Of seed
were soyn, and lhe expectation was deem
ed warranted oil an unusually abundant IN.
crease. But tho appearance Of the chinch
bug ID other causes destroyed these hopes.
10 the northern part Of Kentucky the crop
E" did uoi exceed onethIrd Of an ordinary
one" In some Of the States, in New Jer-
sey Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois,
The quan;i,y raised was large, and The
gram Of fine quality. The prospect o!
another year al the West, if we may Judge
al SO early a period. is for an increased
crop, as 10 some fertile sections more than
double the usual amount IS said to have
been sown. The present open winter how.
ever, may prove injurious, and these sau
guIue expectations not be realized. Ia.
deed, Inc wheat aud rye, as well as other
grain crops, are in parts Of the country be,
coming more uncertain, and, without more
attention 10 The variety and culture, many
kluds Of grain must probably be still more
confined TO particular sections. OF all The
States, Ohio stands foremost in the pro
ducilon Of wheat, as she is also peculiarly
fitted for all the grains, and the sustaining
Of dense population. About one sixth
of the whole amount Of the wheat crop o
the country is raised by this State. TX
this succeed, in their order, Pennsylvania
New York, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee
Kentucky, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan
and North Carolina. In some OF iht
Siates q bounty is paid on the raising o
wheat, which has operated as an induce.
meBi TO the cultivation Of this crop. The
amount thus paid out Of the State Treasu.
~, IN Massachusetts,, for two years, was
more than $4,000; the bounty was two
dollars for every fifteen bushels, and five
cents for every bushel above this quantity.
/ S,mlar Inducements, might, 10 doubt, stlm.
u!a.s 10 still greater improvements and sue.
cess Ia this aud other products Of The soil.
! The value OF this crop in our country
is so universally felt, that IFS Importance
will be at ouce acknowledged. The whole
aggregate amount Of wheat raised is o..
GAG ,957 bushels, which is nearly equal to
that of Great Britain, the whea, crop of
which does not aunually exceed 100 100000
Of bushels. The supply demanded al home,
as an article of food, cauno, DO less than
eight or ten millions and has been eStima
ted as high as twelve millions OF barrels Of
| -four equal TO about forty or sixty millions
bushels Of wheat, The number OF Touring
mills reported BY the las, census in 4 ,365,
and the number Of barrels of -four 1904.
562. Large quantities Of wheat also are
used for seed, and for food of the domes
tic animals, as we'll as for the purpose Of
manufacture. The allowance in Great
Britain for seed, in the grains in general,
as appers from McCullock, is about one.
seventh of the whole amount raised. Pro
baby much less proportion may be ad.
mi,ted in this country. Wheat is also US.
ed IN the production Of, and as substitute
/ for, starch. The cotton manufactures Of
/ this country are said TO consume annually
F.. 100, 600 barrels Of -four for this and similar
purposes; and in Lowell alone, 100000
pounds of starch, and 5000 barrels Of flour,
are said TO be used in conducting the mills,
blcachery and prints, &C., in the manuiac.
tories.
I Could tho immense surplus amount Of
this crop, in the West, find access TO the
/ ports of Great Britain, as the means Of
communication are daily becoming more
easy and shorter IN poin, Of time, 1t would
contribute much TO enrich that grain pro-
ducine sections of our country.
i BARLEy.-Compara,ively little of this
grain is raised in this country, with the ex'
cepton Of New York. Maine, Ohio, Penn.
sylgania, Michigan, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and Illinois, rank next as pro-
ducers Of this crops. As it is raised p1n-
cipalIy to supply malt for the brewery, aud
small quantities Of It only are used for the
/ food Of animals, or for bread, no great in.
crease in this product is TO be anticipated.
! The crop Of lS4l appears to have been
somewhat less than the usual one n pro.
PORTION to the population.
! To be Continued.
Bearer of DeSpatcbes.-The Alexan-
dria Gazette says, that "John Dorsey,
/ Esq. of Maryland left Washington on