The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-05
KUR.FE ECO.g'O.NX:
From the Annual Report OF the Com. of Patents
REMARKS ON THE AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS.

/ rom the Annual Report OF the Com. OF Patents.
REMARKS ON THE AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS.
In connexlUn With the foregoing Tabu.
lar View, il is deemed important to add
some general remarks in reference TO the
crops OF ISL and also PARTICULARS relating
10 the various articles enumerated, and the
prospect Of the country with regard TO them
for years TO comc.
This tabular view has been prepared
from the Census statistics taken 10 lSi0,
upon the agricultural products Of the year
1889 as the basis. These have been care.
fully compared and estimated by labor.
Jus examination and coudenslug Of great
lumber OF agricultural papers, reports, &c,
throughout the Union, together 0lih such
other information as could be obtained By
recourse TO individuals from every section
Of the country. 1t is believed 10 be as cor.
rect Us with the preseai data can be reach
ed, although, could the entire attention Of a
competent person be devoted to the prepare.
( ton of al annual Register to be formed By
collecting, comparing, and classifying the
various items Of intelligence, and conduct
ing an extensive correspondence With refer
ence TO this subject, an amount Of statistical
aud other information relating to The asri
cultural products Of our country might be
/ furnished, which would be exceedingly val
liable to the whole nation, and a bundled
! fold more than repay all tho expenditure
( for accomplishing the object. Tue Stats
tics prolessedIy derived from the census,
which have been published GurIug The past
year IN various papers aud journals, arc
very incorrect, as any one can assure him
self by comparing them With the RecapIlu-
lailon Just ISSUED from the census bureau,
by direction Of the Secretary Of State
They were probably copied from the re.
turns Of the marshais Of the districts, TO-
fore they had been suitably compared and
corrected.
I The estimates Of the foregoing TABULAR
View are doubtless more closely accurate
With regard TO some portions Of the country
than others. The numerous agricultural
societies 10 some OF the States, with the re.
ports aud journals devoted TO this branch of
industry, afford means Of forming such an
estimate as IS not to be found 10 others
Papers Of this description, giving a con
;lnued record Of the crops, improvements
in seeds, and means Of culture, and direction
OF labor, e5a loyc TO be relied on Ia this
matter ihaa IT, mere political or CONNER
eel journals, as they cannot be suspected,
like these latter, Of any design or fores,al.
ling or otherwise influencing the market,
by their weekly and monthly report Of the
crops. Portions, too, Of the Census stats
tic have been more accurately taken than
others. la assuming them as tho bssis, re.
ference must also be had 10 the annual in.
crease Of our population, equal to from 300,
900 to 100000 and in sone OF The States
reaching as high as 10 per cent, as est;
mated BY the ten years preceding the year
1910, and also 10 the diversion Of labor
from the works Of internal Improvement
carried on BY the States, in consequence Of
Shich the consumer has become the pro
Queer Of agricultural products, the prices
Of articles raised, &c, with the various
other causes which nigh, occasion on in.
crease or decrease in the products Of each
State. and the SUN total Of agricultural sup
ply. For convenient reference, the census
return, total, Of the population Of each
State, and also the estimated population &C.
cording 10 annual increase, a.e added TO
the table, IN separate columns beside each
other.
The crops Of 1882 on which the Census
statistics are founded, we're as appears from
the notices Of that year, very abundant in
relation TO nearly every product through
out the whole country; indeed, unusually
so, compared with the years preceding
Tobacco may be considered an exception;
II is described TO have been generally
short crop.
The crops Of the succeeding year are
likewise characterized as abundant. The
success which had attended industry IN
1880 stimulated many to enter upon a lar.
4 Cer cultivation Of the various articles pro.
/ duced, while the slagnailon Of other branch.
es of business drew to the same pursuit
new addition TO the laborlng force Of the
population.
j hlilliidi tauASs ollCid'CN dleo w +" N"uS'N
cradle cxien, tho past yeur. In ISL, the
season may be said TO have been less iayora'
bio in many respects than in the two pre-.
cedng ones but the increase OF the 10.
boring force, and the amount Of soil cult
waited, render the aggregate somewhat lar
ger. Had the season been equally tavora'
BILE, we might probably have rated the IN.
crease considerably higher, as the annua!
average increase OF the grains, with pota-
toes, according TO the annual increase OF
our population, is about 80 millions OF
bushels. Portions of the country suffered
much from long drought during the last
summer, which affected uufavorably the
crops more particularly liable TO feel lis IN
fluences, especially grain, corn and potatoes
Ia other parts, also various changes OF the
weather 10 the summer and autumn lossened
the amount of their staple below what might
have been gathered had the season proved