Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-07-25
IRON the Genesee FsTmer.l
Wheat Eulfura

Wheat Culture.
Sir Humphrey Davy says: The expectation Of grain
from country which receives nothing in exchange that
be turned exhaust soil in the
long run;' and this astrious chemist expresses the
opinion that the present serify of various parts of
northern Africa and Asia Minor well Sicily is to
be ascrbcd to excessive cropping without manurnq the
land In instructive chapter Rotation of Crops
Boussingalt remarks When succession of crops is
grown upon fertile land without renewal of manure the
produce gradually dninshes and after certain period
1t be grain the quantity which OUTSET was eight
or nine times the amount Of the seed will be reduced TO
three times twice the seed Thus crons imnar
the soil, and ultimately exhaust it." In another place
TINS writer informs US tat he eds which had borne
good crops OF wheat every year for two centuries ON
the table lands of Peru, which were doubtless fortified
with guano An interesting letter from VIM. G. More
head late u. S. Consul Valparaiso recently publish
ed in the Philadelphia North american furnishes i'm.
portant information to the cheapness of wheat in
Ch, which about to be sent in the shape of -four 10
California and the Sandwich Islands in great quantities
Mr. M states that the first shipment of -four to Caor-
MA VIII take place within few weeks thereafter
regularly, commencing with $4,000 barrels a month,
and adds
''The harvest that has Just been secured II am in
ormed) has well rewarded the husbandman, the crop
being large. The price of wheat therefore COM
IaraVey low 20 to 81 IA cents per bushe in the
nor, on delivery at the mills. obtained from gentle
man OF high character who is perfectly conversant with
the subject, the following nformation At Conception
and ucinlty there ten first rate -four mills the ma
chlnery Tor which obtained in the United States
and, with the exception of are owned and ged
by Americans and Englishmen The average monthly
product of these mills is about 80 900 bs OF uncrn
Hour for export, which, quality is regarded as bein
equal to the best -four manufactured in the United States
Between Conception and Santiago there are two Good
mills which manufacture for export some 1000 To 5000
bs per month; and at the capital Santiago there are
two good mills, which manufacture for export some
1000 TO 5000 barrels per month: and at the canital
Santiago, there five six establishments of eonsid
erahle extent engaged IN manufacturing for export
monthly; besides which there a large number of
small mills engaged in manufacturing for home con-
sumption: Tins 1t appears that there produced
monthly IN Chill some % GOO to 80 900 barrels of super
ne Hour Tor export, all of which must find markets in
the Pacihc-the principal being California
| ne great fluctuations that have frequently &C.
CURED IN that market during the past year the price of
flour varying from less than the Of placing il there
to $50 $40 and even $50 per barrel having induced the
mlers to enter into the arrangement alluded to above
by which they (he milers) bind themselves To sunn
tins company the entire product of their mills at the
price oil "a "A per BARREL delivered in the warehouse
Tor shipment. The company have large and commo.
aous warehouse at San Francisco, at which they
hound To keep regular and supply of flour
adequate at all times to meet the demand and 10 dis
pose oil the same at moderate proft-thus securing to
the citizens oil California supply of the staff of life
a low price
''The consumption of that market is estimated NV
these gentlemen to be not less than 900 barrels per
month at present. calculating increase to say 5000
barrels per month. / consider it important that the
above facts should he generally known throughout the
United States of America that persons who NAV be in
ouced (by the recent extrayagant price of -FOUR to
ship to California, can do understandinrlvo
The Nicaragua treaty between England and the Uni
ted States having for its object the construction of ship
canal between the Atlantic and Pacific will secure the
speedy construction of that long talked of and magn
cent work. and bring the guanoed wheat fields of Chill
and Peru several thousand miles nearer the ports of
Mobile, Savannah, and Charleston which import both
northern flour from New York and western from New
Orleans. We learn from the Journal of Commerce,
that three ships laden with Egyptian wheat are on their
way from Cairo TO this eountry-the owners of this
grain expecting to pay 20 bushel duty on its ad-
mission Wheat has been cheaper in Eng land within
the last six months than hundred and ffv wears
and fair harvests this autumn in Europe will reduce the
market value of breadstufs to a still lower figure
Wheat growers that have surplus to sell will doubt
less act wisely place their crop market as soon a
ter harvest as practicable. The price is now high and
must continue until new wheat is offered