Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-08-04
Annual average price Of flour in Philadelphia for 40
.a,rs coo,mr ri in l1tl1.

We do not hesitate to express the OPINION, tha' tile
average of the above prices cannot be maintained
improvements in the science OF wheat culture, anu
in all the mechanical operations by the AID oil which
the business is prosecuted, will soon bring down Tue
market value of this great staple IN the 1000 OF
man Look at The great reduction in The market va
Inc Of GOTTEN wool,en aud goods, within inc last
% years A reduction III the price OF preaostuhs w
England France, Spain, and elsewhere on the Coht-
ne mt analogous character though less in degree IS
now IN urooress Ii has taken enormous increase
in the aggregate to bring the supply up TO the DE-
mand, and this may not yet be July acconPi'sneo'
But the day is at hand when such will he the case
According to the official tables published IN the Revue
des Economstes Of date, it appears that the an
nual wheat crop in France has been nearly doubled
within the last eight years! The increase OF wheaton
food has been 80 per larger than the increase OF
human mouths 10 be fed Even priest ridden SPAN
prod wheat than the islands OF ufeil Dti'a
no, 10 say the whole Of the United States IL IS need
less 10 sneak of The large wheat exporting regions on the
Rhine Danube, Black, Adfiairc end Baltic seas Io
acou,eur OF The Island of Jersey, one OF the most
successful wheat growers in Great Britain N ms
.Prze Essay for which the Royal Agricultural Socie-
" of England awarded him premium OF ~ sovereehs
and which, sorry to say, has never been rePno
lished in this country, estimates The amount Of ano
annually cultivated in wheat IN Great britain ~ hVe
millions of He has shown by data which cannot
be controverted, that il is quite probable, the crop Of
each acre of this land will be increased to the
average amount of eight bushels, giving an annual ag
rreoa:e increase of 400G0000 bushels, and thereby
Furnish large surplus for expectation.
Professor Johnson, in his recent work on Agricultu
al Chemistry, says "The superficial area ct Great
Britain comprises about fifty seven millions OF acres,
of which thirty. four millions are in cultivation, about
thirteen millions incapable of culture, and the re-.
naming ten millions 1caste lands susceptible ~
Improvement With superabundance OF capital ~
ing ide-w,sh limited and decreasing foreign market
for her manufactures large population without
work and without bread and with all the advantages of
science and concentrated manureshe latter by wise
law OF benecent Creator, seem TO increase in the
same ratio with the increase Of the human amily-why
should not these ten millions of acres of waste lands be
cultivated and confer plenty and spare upon every hu
man being in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland!
The proposition is entirely practicable, and Will soon
be effected far 10 full supply OF all the
brpadsuis needed for home consumption. TIE all
grasping, despoc policy Of G Britain has pushed her
power her commerce and her manufactures quite
too far for the well being Of her people All nations
need only limited amount Of food and raiment, and
these in due proportion
It is folly nay, it is madness, to epend lime labor
aud money producing vastly of any thing than
there is good remuneretiDg market Tor. SO deeply
have American farmers been impressed with the uncer.
ainty Of oil foreign demand for their surplus bread.
stus in time past that they have failed for years in
succession to grow enough for home consumption.