Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-12-24
WHOLE NUMBER 1917.

lO.50l Total value Sl.l29 66E or Sheep
there hns been sn increase Of SOS. .IOs 10 ths
sho!e number during The pas Ten Years. 10
New England she number has decreased IS per
cenI 10 The five Atlantic Middle States The De.
crease has been 80 per cent? IL lhe Soulhrrn
and Western States the increase has been very
large. The number Of sherp has increased on
The whole le per cent. during The past leo
years;-while owing 10 improved breeding. &c.
The weight NJ their feeces has augmented &c
per cent. 10 10 10 there were l9 3ll 374 sheep,
ylrlding 3jGO2. ~ pounds OF wool equal 20
i.54 pounds per hesi. In 1850 the average
weight Of each fleece was IS. 10 Vermont
the average weight Of the fl ere in 1910 was
pounds, aGI in 1850 il has increased TO
7l.lC0 pounds; The gain being equal 10 almost
10 per real. 10 Massachusetts she average
weight OF The Fleece has been increased from "a
TO 10 pounds. The S,ale Of New York
Produced 2a6 700 pounds more wool in 1880.
from 3 4j3 600 sheep. Than from 5.li6. 600 10
1870, showing that the weight OF The fleece has
been Ialscd from less than two 10 nearly three
pounds. Orr Imports Of wool in 1850 we're
% 669 79l pounds, in value 81 sI,6sl.6OI the
qIanuIy impOnsd nov amounts TO about one.
lS45 il wns nearly one half.
10 The Wheat crop Of The United States there
has been gaic OF Is 6453 373. The crop Of
New England decreased from OI4.O0O TO | =.
O73 200 bushels. a decline Of 936 00O bushels.
and indicating that the attention Of farmers has
been much Withdrawn from the culture Of
Wheat. The States from the Hudson to the
Potomac produced in l849, 35.O85 600 10 1889
In ViTginia. there was an increase Of 1918.
600 bushels. These States embrace the oldest
Wheat gro~ing region of the country, and that
in which The soil and climate seem 10 be adapt.
I'd TO promote the permauet culture Of The grain.
The increase Of production in The ten years has
been 6 .972 900 bushels equal 10 l56 per cenI.
The area Of IIlled land 10 these States is &C..
000.000 acres. only lhluv per cent OF the
whole amount return d-while the proportion
nf Wheat produced is forty six per cent. 10
NnIih carolina there has been an increase OF
l70. 900 bushels. but 10 The Southern States gen.
eralIv there was n considerable decrease. 10.
diam, Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin. con.
lrbulcd to The general aggregate nnder Ihr SIKH
census only 100000 bushels; under lhe las,
they are shown TO have produced upwards Of
$4,000 900 bushels, an amount equal TO The
whole increase in The Unhrd States. Accord.
ing 10 the census Of $40. the Wheat crop Of
the United States amounted to 84.823, e72 bush.
els; in 1919. according 10 the census OF 1850,
100 5O3 899 bushels, although in some Of the
largest Wheat growing SIaIes, the crops Of I849
fell Ear below the average.
The production Of Rye has decreased 457..
900 bushels in The aggregate, bul 10 New York
il is greater than 10 1870 bv about forty per
cent, Pennsyvsna, which is the largest pro.
Queer, has lallen off from 66I3373 TO 1905.
100. During the wear 1850, there were con.
suined of Rye about 9.l44O0O bushels in the
manufacture of malt aud spirluous liquors.
The agg gate produce Of The country 10 I8I0l
was 1855 SCI bushels; in 1850, l4,l88,657
bushels.
or Indian Corn the increase OF production
was 9I4 QUO OOO bushels. equal to Sc per cent.
The production Of New England has advanced
from G. 1898 900 to 10 377 900 bushels, showing
an increase of 8 384 900 bushels, nearly fihv
per cent. New York, New Jersey, Pennsvlva.
Delaware and Maryland. increased 2O,8I9 000
bushels, more than 40 per cent. ln the produc.
ton of this crop no State has reTogaded. OHIO,
which in 1910 occupied the 4;h place as corn
producing State. now ranks as The first. Ken.
tncky is second. Illinois third, rennessee fourth
The crop Of Ilinnis has increased from 200O,.
900 to 500 UU0 bushels. or at the rate Of one
hundred and sixty per cent. in len years The
extended cultivation Of This grain ia chiefly con.
fioed to the Eastern, Middle and Western ales,
Ihough much more successfully grown in The
Iater. According TO the census 0F i84a, The
corn crop Of the United States was 377 .53I ,O75
bushels; in 1850 592325 6l2 bushels.
Or OrS the total produce vas in 1910. le3
OIL 3ll bushels; 10 $50 it was l46, $685..
869.
or Rice the culture is chiefly confined to
South CaroIins. Gaorgia, Florida. Alabama,
Mississippi and Texas. The yield per acre va.
rlps from twenty Ia sixty bushels, weighing from
forly five 10 Iortv-eiehI pounds when cleaned.
Under favorable ci cumNan as many as nine.
" bushels to an acre have been raised. The
Rice crop in 1910 amounted to 0,84l aga
pounds in 1850 il Wns aI53l27l0.
OF Tobacc0 the amount raised in 1910 was
2i9.I633l9 pounds; in 1850. 1879, ,752.6I6
pounds. showing decrease 10 It's culture of 49,
4lO673 pounds.
OF Cotton the amount raised in 1870 was
fSO ftS'Ifo PounISi lu 'oOot "'''t9J,oOO
pounds, showing an increase Of l96,970 325
pounds Il appears that the cullu.e of cotton
ia rapidly diminishing in Virginia and Norh
Carolina. Ia those States II Is doubtless Civ.
irg place 10 other productions Of the soil.
There has been a very heavy falling off, also,
in LOUISIANA, aud appreciable increase in Mis-.
sisslppi But the dimnUuon in the former
State, and The failure o. any advance in the lat.
ur. are arcounied for bv the terrible inunda
lions Of The Mississippi and It's tributaries. But
for that calamity, it is probably that their in.
creased yield would have..equalled that Of Ala
hama. which now occupies the first place as
Cotton. planning State, aud has almost doubled
its production since 1910. The average annu-
al Yield for tho FIVE wears ending with 1885.
was estimated at U55,000 bales for the same
period ending in 1910, 100000 bales Had