The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-05-12
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From the Annual Repor, Of the Com. OF Patents.
REMARKS ON THE AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS,-CoNT
OATs.-This grain in several of the
States IS evidently deemed an important
object of cultivation, aud large quantities Of
4! are annually produced. As compared
with wheat, il has the precedence IN oil Of
them with the exception Of Maine, Mary
land, Ohio, and Georgia. New York takes
tho lead IN the amount raised. Then fol.
lows, very closely, Pennsylvania then
OHIO, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, and
Kentucky. II Is a layorlte crop, too. in
the New England States. The crop OF
oats, IN lsIl, is believed to have been
somewhat below full one, and mag there
fore be considered as not having been SO
successful as some others, although large
quantities Of the seed were sowa in the
States where they are most ahindautly cul.
tiva,ed. The consumption OF oats IN thus
country is confined particularly 10 the feed
ing of horses; bu, IN some parts OF Europe
thus article is used 20 a considerable extent,
limited degree, INTO our articles Of exporia.
ton, but It is not easy 10 form auy exact
estimate Of the different appropriations Of
this crop, at home or abroad.
RyE,-Ths species Of grain is mostly
confined 10 few States. The proportion
which ii bears to the other grains IS pro.
baby greater 10 the New Ergland States
than III any other section OF The country.
There 1t likewise, to some extent forms
an article Of food Eor the people. Pennsyl
vania, New ! ok, New Jersey, Nlrgina,
I Kentucky, Cato, and Connecticut, may be
rauked as the chlcl producers Of this crop,
at least these are among the States where
II bears the greatest relative proportion 10
the other impor,au, crops. la ISL II ex
yerienced, N some degree, similar yIclssl
tuIos with the other grams, aud must like
wise be estimated as below the Increased
crop which moro favorable season would
probably produce. The ptoduc, Of this
crop IS extensively used IN mnny parts Of
our country for dls,iBllou, although the
quantity thus applied has probably mater.
ally lessened within the few years past, aud
will doubtless hereafter undergo still
greater reduction.
i BrckwuEAr.--Thi5 must be recSoued
among tho crops Of MINOR interest 10 our
country. wish the exception Of Ne"
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, OHIO,
Connecticut Virginia, Vermont, Michigan,
and New Hampshire, very little attention
seems to be given to the culture oil this
gram. In England 1t IS principally cult''
waited, that It may be cut 10 green state
as fodder for cattle and the seed IS used TO
feed poultry. la this country Il ls also up
piled 10 a similar manner and - some
times ploughed ~, as a means OF enuchng
the soil 10 limited extent, the gratn IS
further used as an article Of TODD, The
crop OF lsil may be considered as on the
whole, above an average one. ihts may
+ IN part be attributed TO the fact mat when
, some Of the other and earlier crops failed,
resort was had to buckwheai, as later
crop, more extensively than is usual 1t
is a happy feature in the adaptation Of
our climate, that tho varieties Of pro
D ducts are so great as 10 enable the agrlcul.
turist often thus to supply the deficiency IL
an earlier crop, by greater attention to
later one. There was more buckwhea'
. sown than is commonly the case, aud the
weld was such as 70 compensate for the la
Dor and cost Of culture.
, MAZE OR iNDAY CoRN.-Tennessee
C Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and Indiana
are IN their order the greatest producers
Of this kind Of crop. 10 Illinois, NORTH
, Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, New York
MARYLAND, Arkansas, and the New England
States, i, appears to be very iavofIto crop
In New England, especially, the aggregate
is greater than IN any of the grams eHceP
oats. More diversity seems to have eXIs
ted in this crop, in diieren, parts oil thu
country, the past year, than with mos' o
I the other products Of the SOIL aud hence
= is much more difficult TO form satlslacto
: nv general estimate. 10 some sections Ih'
notices are very favorable, aud speak 0
" good crops" as IN portions oil New ~
pland of " more than average yield a
It IN Now Jersey Of being " abundant, as II
l. parts of Georgia or, con the whoie'
= rood crop" as in Missouri; son the whole
n a toerable one" as in kentucky In olh
c crs, the language is of "a short crop as II
u MARYLAND or cut Off" as in North Caro-
n lima or below an average" as IN Virginia
II Ga tho whole, however, from the best es
# innate which cau be made, II IS believed L
!. have equalled, if 1t did not exceed, an aver
n age crop. The improvement con'nuaIl.
making in the quality of the seed iand TIN
u remark IS likewise applicable IN various %
r. grees, to other products) augurs well TO
i. the productlveness of this indigenous crof
b. as i, has been found that now varieties ar
% susceptible of being used to great adVat
tape. Considered as an article OF iood 10
C. man, and also for the domestic animals,
r. takes high rank. No lnconslderao'
a. quantities have likewise boon consumed
" d,stllaiion aud the article OF klln'drie
meal, for expectation, is yet Destined II
- believed, to be of no small account 10 u
al corn. growing sections of our country
will command good price, aud find a rel
- DIV market III the ports which are open
a. ho al IN