Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1842-05-26
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS.

the IFheat crop OF the United States amount
TO 9i'6l2,9o7 bushels, This is nearly equal
tho average annual crop of. Great Britain, viii
E amounts to nearly one hundred millions of bus
els. or the wheat growing States, Ohio is I
hfst-her annual crop being about eighteen mi
Ions OF bushels. The wheat crop of Pennsy!y
ma amounts TO l2.S7a2i9 bpsheIs-that Of Ne
YORK to l2.309,0il bushels. Virgins COM
t next and produces about ten millions of bushel
inc other principal wheat growing States are Il
diana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Marylan
Michigan, and North Carolina.
Inc number OF Touring mills in operation
the United States, as reported by the last census
rs 4,o64, producing 7,40i,562 barrels Of -four
he domestic consumption Of flour for food is o.
timated at some ten millions Of barrels-or pe
haps as high as twelve millions, equal TO from a
10 10 millions of bushels of wheat annually.-
wheat Is also used for making starch to con
siderable extent IL is estimated That tho cotto
manufactures consume 100000 barrels of fou
LOT this and similar purposes.
The aggregate crop Of Oats in the Unitet
States amounts to more than one hundred ant
thirty millions of bushels. New York take.
the lead in raising this grain-her crop being up
wards OF twenty-one millions of bushels. Penn
sylVania comes next with crop of more than
twenty millions of bushels of Oats, and Virginia
comes next IN ORDER the one raising about sixteen,
inc other about thirteen millions Of bushels.
But the grain most xtensivey cultivated in the
United States is Indian Corn, The aggregate
crop OF THIS valuable grain for the whole Union
amounts to 1897 ,3S5,0S5 bushels. Tennessee,
hen'ucky, Ohio, Virginia and Indiana are, in
cif oraer' the greatest producers Of this CROP
10 u,so cultivated extensively in Illinois, North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, Pennsvl.
wanna, South Carolina, New York, MARYLAND.
Arkansas, and the New England States. An am
article OF food for man and for domestic animals
this grain is highly important staple. The re-
ceht discovery that has been made of its capacity
fnilx
West. =" '"'
:, virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, MARYLAND and
~. Carolina, are the great IJLucco groying
states. lhe culture of tobacco is also making
sleauy progress IN Missouri, where the crop of
iofl Is estimated at 10000 hhds. The census
returns show an aggregate crop for all the Tobac-
co growing States of $40, lS7,lIS lbs. or this,
Virginia produced 79,I5O,l92 lbs; Kentucky.
oo,oIS,I64 lbs; Tennessee, 35, SO ,O4O lbs Ma
ryland about 20 millions of pounds; and North
Carolina about 20 millions of pounds. The
iuah''.y OF tobacco exported in. 1910 was about
LA millions of pounds. The greater part of this
went to England, France, Holland and Germany
IL inis valuable staple Of our soil were admitted
on i.,'t terms into foreign ports, the annual export
would be much greater than it Is at present.
we come now TO the Coiion crop-the most i'm
P'''ah' OF our national products, it respects our
oo."efce. lhe great !GGos!Rp qTerd~csoiina.-
amounts to l4S,504,395 pounds; that of Georgia,
To llO,5l4.2l2 pounds; that of Louisiana to ll2,-
81 l,26S pounds; Alabama produces upwards OF
"a millions of pounds; South Carolina nearly Al
millions, and North Coroiina upwards of 81 mill
lions Of pounds. The aggregate crop Of all the
cotton growing States is set down al 579, COS, 173
pounds.
The cotton crop of the United States is more
than one half that of the whole world.-The
rapid extension of the cotton culture in this
country Is remarkable. In 1888, eight bales of
cotton were seized on board of an American
brig, at the Liverpool eustom-house, because ii
was not believed that so much cotton could have
been sent at one time from the United States.-l
The invention Of Whtney's cotton gin gave
great impulse TO the growth Of the article, and
tended to facilitate its introduction into general
use by giving 1t an easy adaptation for manufac-
turing purposes.
Another importan, Southern staple ia Sugar.
This is produced chiefly in Louisiana. The an
nual crop OF the State is upwards of SO, 600, 900
pounds. The increase of domestic production
IN this article has considerably lessened the i'm
portatlon of it. In 1889 the import of sugars
was 1875 ,23l, 272 pounds. at an expense Of ten
millions of dollars; in 1910 it was about 100
millions of pounds, at an expense Of something
over six millions of dollars. More than thirty
millions OF pounds of sugar were produced in
1871 from the maple and beet root, in the North
ern Middle, and Western States.
There are various other articles of AGRICULTURAL
produce TO which we have not referred, such as
barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, fax and
hemp, hops, rice, silk, &C.; to which may be adj
ded, wool, horses and mules, neat cattle, sheep,
swine, poultry, products Of the dairy, of the or
chards, gardens, &c. all making a vast aggregate
and ministerIng largely to domestic subsistence
But in general view of our great staples, as
well as OF the minor items Of agricultural produce,
what variety is exhibited! Cotton, Tobacco,
sugar, Hemp, Wool-on the one hand adapted to
manufacture or 10 the enjoyments of luxury; and
on the other hand, Wheat, Indian. Corn, Oats.
with Live Stock, for subsistence. Thus one por-
ton OF the Union may exchange its products for
those OF another, and both be gamers by the ex-
change. In this diversity Of pursuits we may
recognize unity Of interests; and when the
Manufacturing and Mechanical arts are added, af-
iordlng employment to multtudes, and furnishing
consumers for the agricultural products OF the
| country; when TO all these are joined the Com
mercial classes, from the shipping merchant who
trades with the remotest regions beyond the seas,
to the retail dealer of the interior,--we behold in
| the industrious avoca!lons Of each and all com
mon bond OF harmonious agreement connecting
every department of labor in common aud
mutual fellowship. The prosperity of one branch
OF employment, or Of one section Of the country
must tend TO advance the prosperity Of other pur
suits, and of other sections. The producer an,
the consumer depend on one another. and botl
prosper or suffer Observation-Disclosures american
/ AMUSEMENT FOR YOUNG LADIES.
To obtain different Fioccrs from Gie same Stern
Split small! twig of elder bush lenpthwise
and having scooped out the pith, fill each Of III
compartments with seeds Of flowers of differer
sorts, but which blossom about the same tiue
surround them with mould; and then tying Il