Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-12-04
VOLUME a6.--NUMBER 40.


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"GRAIs- GROWING IN THE UNIrEp
STArKs. - We promised on Saturday, some
statistical information on the subject Of
grain. This is derived manly from an
article on that subject 10 Hunts Mer.
chants Magazine, for April, by Jos. r.
Williams. OF Michigan, with summary
Of the National lnieiligencer. We can
no, extract from this disqusitiou the tenth
part OF the valuable iniotmation with
which i, aboun0s. bu, content ourselves
with cleaning here and there. the most
striking items of il; promising that Mr..
Williams statements ATE oil founded on
official data:
"From tabular estimate Of the crops
for lS43, II appears that the State ofOHIo
produces more Wheat than any other
Stale in The Union, viz: 1876, 705
bushels, being nearly one-iif,h Of the
produce OF the country.
NV foRK produces the most Barley
and Oats, VIZ 1902, 9s2 bushels Of The
former, or nearly ihree.fiilhs Of the entire
produce, and 24,e07, 553 bushels Of the
latter. or more than one.sIxth ofthe whole.
PENNSYLVANIA raises the most Rye and
Buckwheat that is 10 say. ihree-e,ghths
Of the total produce of the former, and
nearly one-thlrd Of the latter.
TENNESSEE grows the greatest quanii-
iy o. Indian Corn, viz: 67.s36, ATT BUSH
els, or nearly one seventh of the total
produce Of the Un;oE.
The new State Of MICHIGAN is adyanc.
ing rapidly in her agricultural career.--
The first year in which she supported
herself without importing wheat was 1888;
I'm l64O, her production was 2, l51, los
bushels; and IN lS43, her crop is es,imai-
cd at $3.50, a7l bushels. being surplus
Of nearly three milions Of bushels, to dis.
pose Of abroad.
The crops Of Iowa and WISCONSIN
have irebled since 1910. h
Mr.. Williams proves. to demonstration
that the grea. bulk Of bread s,uiIs d con-
sumed in the countries where they arc
produced.
The annual export Of Flour and Wheat
from the United States TO all countries on
the face Of the globe, from 1890 to tho
present time, has no, amounted 10 $780,
900 bushels annually, and for the last
twenty-five years have amounted 10 A..
100000 bushels. Our annual export.
therefore, TO all tho world, is equal 10
one-twenty second part Of the crop OF
lS43. Our annual exports OF these arti.
cles to Great Britain is less than one.hun.
dreth part Of the crop. being about one
quart Of bread stuff annually TO each in.
habitant of that empire. OF other grains
than Wheat, the foreign demand is equal
10 less than one hree-hundred-an fiftleth
part. "Such has been the foreign de.
nand, for our cereal grains1 during our
whole existence ss nation. never taking
off more than mere fraction Of our an
nual produce; such has il been alike whsn
our tariff laws were relaxed, and when
they were most stringent; such has il
been when the whole Carrying trade Of the
world was open TO Us. such has Il been
when the South American Republics.
struggling Tor existence, gave us markets;
such has it been while Europe was de-.
soiated by tho wars OF Napoleon; such has
Il been while starving mllions abroad
were crying for bread.
Even if the corn laws Of England were
repealed, and trade was open and free.
the American farmer could not supply
her market until he can place himself on
level with the seris OF Russia and Pc.
land. 81! he can live as poorly housed
and fed as they, il he can endure 10 no
as meanly clad, il he can content himself
to have his children grow up around him
as ignorant as his cattle, then he can raisc
wheat and sell il in competition with
European serf." The average price Of
wheat in the market Of New York, for the
last thirty years. has been one dollar and
Thirty cents per. bushel. while at tho grain
exporting markets Of Europe il has been
less than one dollar
What is our Home Market for grain 2
What has il been What does il promise
TO be- We have seen what the Foreign
Markets is.
"The census Of the population OF the
United States in 1910 showed that 7gI..
739 persons were employed in manufac-
lures and trades; and applying the usual
rules Of calculation it is 40, TOO high an
estimate to say that four millions OF PEG.
pie directly and indirectly derive subsis.
tence from manufactures, and, being di.
verified from the production of grain. be.
come consumers. At tho low estimate
Of five bushels oil wheat annualIy--more
than four times the annual expor, 10 all
the world aud more than twenty times tho
average export TO Great Britain. The
single State Of Massachusetts is a better
market for -four than all the world be-
sides. General Jackson. in his menora-
Bile letter TO Doctor Coleman, in 1924.
sad, 'take'from agriculture six hundred
thousand men, and women, you will at
once give market for more breadstuffs
than all Europe now furnishes The
truth OF this assertion is now fully verifi.
ed in the case of Massachusetts. Our
principal customers from abroad, are
Great Britain, Brazil, and Cuba. Mas
sachusetts supplies market doubly or
trebly as good as the first. New Jersey
purchases from other States twice as
much as Brazil. A single round Of the