The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-11-21
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
or THE UNITED STATES,

The extended ARA Of The roi,, 4,
STATES, covering ~ !, does somr ,w~r,,
degrees o! lati'ntic. AMI sbon, hf,y.6,.
degrees Of iongi,a,c. all IN one cotppa,
mns'.rrndtfs u fl,s nosi "a, otcd nation.
On 'he face of the Garth, 'n tie ,aric,-
OK 'ts agricultural predictions There
Is no,hIng essential TO the existence .f
man. ard but few Of The iaxusies ~ hich
s'At''y bis ra'ate, which arc no, raised
~ 'le Uhied States. Ba, hi, IL no,
. ihe only advantage which our peon,s
possess IN tho production Of food. ~
The article Of bread ,,ufF., the .iaT of
ne deficiency in The supply of which
Is productive OF NO much misery in
man. countries. ~ wita IN the extent
o. territory, c"mprehrnding ~ many
degrees Of latitude and longitude, which
- planted. tia, funin. il IN event
wheh Is n'tans! placed beyond tho
bounds of possibility. lfihc crups fsil
in one seri,"n, the surplus IL sa rres, in
another The, the failure Is scarcely felt.
Instance the article of wheat. the prin-
oiPAl staple of Lreah,,uf. Thi, grain
Is raised in every State aud Territory
IN the Union. 50 nl.o with rye, Indian
corn nud potatoes. Barley is raised IN
all the States bu, Louisiana and Fiori.
IA. All the Southern States, with tho
exception Of Maryland, a. well n ono
or more of the Western States. produce
rice. Every State except Dclawar.
makes sugar. Ol ,be articles neccssarv
for the production Of meat, such a. hay,
oats. &c. ev'ry State produces more or
less. These facts prove that our nation
need be dependent on no other for tho
ncesssn,ie. Of life, even in the most uo.
favorable seasons. How much more
favored are We IN this respect than our
great commercial rival Great Britain!
There the wh"le commercial system /,
i'abie 10 be disarransrd by year Of
comparative 'amine, or by tho failure Of
q single crop.
ouo raises more wheat than nrv
o!he' S'ate: lrnnesscc raises tue most
corn pennsylvania the most rye nnd
bncawhrat; South Carolina the most
rice; AMI New York the most barley.
ro'alors and hay. The production Of
wheat has bren for many years extend
~" on the West. aud contracting on thu
Fast. The wbra! lands Of New York.
Penn'yl,ania. and Maryland are be-
coming IN n measure exhausted, aud
thcIr yield per acre j, inucl less in pro-
portion inan iha, Of the newly cleared
and pra,rir lands OF the West. Tho
Western States, indeed, are now, par
excellence the wheat growing States Of
Tie Union, and IL is to them that The fu-
'nrc million, must look for the principal
means Of sus,enancc. II will be CEN
iu'ies before the Unitrd States will
teen wiih population, which. like that
o! i.ngland, Will itquira all which can
be raised from the soil to support life, or
before they wiii bo forced 10 depend
upon any other nation for the staple ar-
t"'rs ot food. lndced, it may we'll bo
doubted "he.cr sc,cncc will not kceI.
rac" with th" growth Of population. and
teach our farmer, the proper materials
to r"'!V'c the exhausted fertility Of the
soil, thus ronleflng an acre n. produc-
tive n double the quantity Of land A.
a. present cultivated. When we con.
cider .he a'mos; counilea, millions Of
Lnnau being, who viii Ultimately, OF
the present ratio of progression, find
.nAsistenc- within The present limit. Of
the United SIrte-. ne are i'st In The ria.
zes oe Speculation a! ,be f;i,.tc destiny
OF our country.