Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-01-21
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sricullnral Productions of The us

The extended area of The United States
I covering asst does some IN enty degrees Of lat
nude. and aboni fifty FIVE degrees Of lonei-
'hde, az IL one compact mass renders il the
most favored nation on The face Of The earth.
~ the vafieiy Of its agricultural productions.
ahere Is nothing essential 20 the existence of
0f man, md but few of the lnxuries which
crafty bis palate, which are not raised in the
United States. But this is not the only ad
y3anlageR which our people possess in The pro
asIclon Of food. Ia the arliele Of bread siufTs,
lhe staff OF iite, deficiency IN the supply e
which is productive OF SO much misery in
many countries, so wide is the extent of Ter
STORY. comprehending So many degrees OF lat-
iEade and Longitude, which IS planted, that a
famine is ain event which is almos, placed
;layond the bounds of possibility If the
drops fail'in one section, surplus is so great
10 another that the failure is hardly felt. In
stance the article Of wheat, the principal
staple of bread -siuhs. This grain is, raised
50 every Stale al d Territory IN the Unien, J.
SO also with rye, Indian corn, and potatoes.
Barley is raised in all The Staiessbut Louisiana
and Florida All the Southern States. with
the exception OF Mary land, as we'll as enc or
more Of the Western States, produce rice
Every State except Delaware makes sugar
OF the a rlicles necessary for the production
Of meat. such as hay, oats. &c.. every Stale
produces more OF less. These facts prove
that our nation need Be dependent on no
other foi necessaries Of life, even in the most
uafayorable seasons. How much more ia
vored are We in this respect than our great
commercial rival Great Brirainl There the
whole commercial system is lihbIe to be dis
arranged by year Of comparative famine, or
w the failure Of a single crop.
Ohio raises more wheat than any other
State; Tennessee raises the most corn; PENN
sgvania the most rye and buck wheat; South
Garo DINA the most rice; and New York the
most barley, potatpes and hay The produc
lion of wheat has been for many years ex-
tending on the West, and contracting on the
Eist. The wheat lands oil New York. Penn
sElvania, and Mary land, are becoming in a
measure exhausted, and their yield per acre
d much less in proportion Ilian that of The
y wly cleared prairie lands Of The West
The Western State. indeed are now p4r
erceHence the VIII eat growing State of the
Union. II is 10 them that The future millions
must look for the principal means of SUSIE
nance. 1t will becenluries before the United
States will teem. with a population, which,
like thai OF England. will require all which
which can be raised from. the soil 10 supporl
life, or before they will be forfed TO depend
upon any other nation for The staple arlicles
oI food. Indeed, it may well be doubted
whether science will not keep pace with the
gro with Of pbpullions, and teach our farm
Els the proper material tc restore the exhaust
ed fertility Of Tie soil, thus rendering An acre
ais Productive as double the quantity Of land
as at present cultivated. When we c4nsider
the almost countless millions pf human be
ings who will ultimately, al the present. ratio
u progression, find subsisianFe within the
resent limits Of tie United States, we are
lost in the mazes Of speculation a, The future
destiny Of our country.