Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-02-06
AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS OF THE UNI.
TED STATES

To the Editors Of thc National IntsHigenccr:
The statistics OF yticulure, 50 far as they have
heen pu5iish.d from the Cen sus Oes, discoFe many
instructive facts To proplo,e the farming interest,
and bring some oil the most prcfainerr features OF
this branch 81 national ipdnsry under the eye OF le
gisla'oIs and statesmen, respectfully solicit small
epsce in your pepper 10 call aiieniioa TO the progtess
inside by nation oil formers.
| Maize is the most important crop grown in the Uni
ted States IL Is enc OF the staples r cFerg State AMI
Territory not exec piing Oregon, w.'Jse climate r.
least friendly to this American cereal. The Unite
States ct lS40 makes the cop OF The yes
preceding 3T,53lS13 bushels. The censns OF 1873
crease GA 054,l7S bushels Theso igsres indicate eI
gain OF fifty eeYen per cent while the increase OF pofe
ulatian was not more than thirty fonr per cent CoiG
being one OF the nos' profitable crops grown an
whele, have studied its increase and decrease in IL
several States with much interest; bat due respect es
the numerous claims upon your columns forbids y
ex ended Notice OF even the most abundant rad rem u
nerating product of national industry Allow nj y
however, to sly that New York produced in 1871 y
10 972 2e6 bushels and 10 1919, 1894 1903 bushels.
Tn for old State whose rural population incres, Y
bu, little in the last decadeii large aud ctedts'
gain. Ii ia of the many good fruits Of hsr exc
lent agricultural societies, known all this eI!t' "
cd Republic, as well as in Europe. ia'
Pennsylvania has advanced her culture o. ros
siderabiy, although less than New ok. Her OPP an.
ia 1899 was 1920 Oh bushels in 1879 i, was9
7o7.702. Gain 5467 $50 bushee. Shs will do lterof
in the present decade. rece
Georgia has sustained an agricultural Joarnalftlj in
last bne years. and feuri.hins Safe Socie az sure
others soae five years. Her cora crop ia i8w -
20,905. l22 bushels; in ls49 it was 80 ,425, 5zoFh
Georgia has added to her annual harvest orna nos
1928 AIS bushels in ten ysars, South Carolinlas Go'
creased hers only l,549, SOB bushels mae
Ohio has seUeatV we-organizsd agricufar go
ciees, and efficient Board of Agrcuie. IesnI
corn crop 10 1889 was 80 ,665l Ia bushsls IN ~
il was SO, 922 1888. Gain in ten years 5,35i39sh' =
els. r
These official statistics speak volumes f5r oil
agricultural societies, and legislative ali IN sup'
IL q Il x.d
mers; and am happy that men oflhs areaAnS STA
an earnest effort to otgenisa natonil gii'afai 'I.
society Should hey in is feeble infancy. 'o . Inc
little as5s ance from Congress it is 10 b hi tina. ha
such small aid State Legislatures gran tate So the
cieties will not be withheld. To say uothpi e A.
large increase in her grain crops, New Yo'y g AA'
wing some forty five societies less than ESQ year, TED
has increased the products OF her diaries overs cent sta
The recent census shows the immeass ane a o evf
over eigtty-ttco million pounds Of butteroAs oSs
pnunds) Cheese 49,7s5905 pounds Ia produc mn
ton of these article, the gain from buniK ana ere
whey In pork making amounts to mioN 90 lafs, bu
Unlike the farmers of New York and ?, those OF
Virginia have failed to discover the advge OF n 5
ted efforts for the promotion of agncul. In 1889 ca
the orc cron OF Virginia "a 577 5onshels; III So
ls49 il was Only 3553s,5s2. G1in in years out ot
ego 99l bushels.
With view to correct what cannht regard as ne
an erroneous judgm in that noble Cmonw,ea attn. co
state the fact that iron, no oher Stan the Union DO
has opposition been seen or felt to ona az lieut.
tural socety. Intelligent business m,ombine their -,
efforts and to advance comflai, manufsc- ie'
urng. banking, railroad and educnai 'n'errs's W
and why should not farmers unite + wisdom and W
labors to promote Improvements iflase ana nus ne
bandryf The science of combinas Is as apple l. "
bic to agriculture as to any herSihssS pursuit ~
whacver. Isolated cultivaiors os earn may M tn
GREASE their knowedge and inc ,lelr farming hi
opei atoms ry lii le in The et o. gehefaton' az
ou, their progress will b. so far teded ny sucn as
sGilfuy combine their indvliy powers that the N
former will appear to refograd9pl aov4hee. :. u
Agricultural improvement hasken teeP ioet IN sc
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