Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-08-05
To- year. I353s69 76s aO5 O3s 305 O7
Add stock, La 922 1884 1868 2573 3l25l 226 10

Consd for 12I49O 7so 26s s9I94I
Now, when reflect that England, in Of her
supplies. consumed last year this quantity of for
grain, equal to the hOLe che1t crop Of the United
States for $780, reported by the census begin real
the extent Of her wants. particularly when
fleet that her grain good and that the large i'm
port insufficient TO keep numbers from StaTUdtior.
The great secret Of this deficit in the peculiar nature of
the potato culture. II has been aseeained by scientific
search, that about lbs of potatoes equal to To- Of
wheat, human food According the English averages
of good land will produce 20 6C lbs Of potatoes
1850 lbs Of wheat; therefOe, lbs of the fomer
equal h. Of the latter Of potatoes will support
three times many people Une of wheat
Since the the culture Of potatoes has been greatly
extended food for the manufacturing aud aborng
as every acre put in with potatoes equals three sOwed
with wheat The increase of the manufacturing population,
and that of Ireland has produced any demand for
wheat hence the apparent anomaly that wheat has been
falling price under steady currency with an increasing
population The best estimates quantity Of land
planted with potatoes last year in the United Kingdom
100000 acres which, at the average Of per ace,
produced go 900 OF this nearly thirds perish
ed by the rot in 1876; leaving estimated quantity Of H.
100000 tons available as food The eec. of that extensive
failure was, abandonment Of the crop
aud il is now estimated that 100000 acres, instead of
3400 000 planted for the present year. These would
yield Of sound roots 100000 TONS % per cent less than
dcaiiabie last year. here Is Doubt however, but
that half Of this amount will PERISH and that the deficit
will be SOOOOO0 tons fom the available quantity last
equal food to the product Of $500 900 Of wheat
IL the potato crop entirely abandoned will require TO-
100000 acres of wheat supply the food that in
the shape OF potaoes got from 900 acres The AGO.
600 Withdrawn from potatoes last year mostly put down
and Spring which have checked the de-
mand Tor grain IN the months and aided TO produce
the late fall IN price, but will not furnish food that will be
available later IN the The stock with which England
commenced the last year equal the product of 000
600 acres, and she has hand.
These Of the chief circumstances that indicate
the that the grain trade is likely take for the coming
year; and IL must also be emenbered that what has been
said IN relation to the potatoes Of Great Bn applies also
western Europe. We also remember that with the
stock in hand and the imports England consumed JAM
nary, o94 qs, and that the navigation Of northern
Europe will close to prevent her realizing much rom
the crops bef0e aext spring There stocks in
them Europe, aud the has prohibited in Swe
den and other countries. Ii has been supposed tina
circumstances would diminish consumption; that is to say
that the modified expenditure the railroads would check
the outlay for food; that The high prices would haze III,
tendency; that the cessation Of the public expenditure
in LELAND together with emigration and deaths by famine
and plague, would all cause less consumption. But il W.
reflect the imports of last year did
those caIames which thought to diminish the demand
this, we cannot anticipate much effect from them Tho
who died Of Starvation certainly did not much tn
demand for food.