The Delaware herald., 1854-03-29
From the American Agricullurist.
TrchS1.!e Frices Of Corn.

To those interested in grain and -four, we
recommend the pcrus1l rt the following candid
and weil-considercd article on Bread-stufiS,
which we take from the last London Shipping
Ga=cttc, Just rs ceivcd by steamer.
There 5 40 doubt but grtin will bear a good
rcmunerat ng prlcc for the year TO como ard
We advise tn" farmers and planters TO get in all
the Spr no wheat, corn, barley, oats, peas, and
beans, which they can well cultivate the pre-
sent season and not to neglect their grass and
root crops, for these also arc excessively high
now
The approaching war cannot fail to affect our
supply OF grain; but we would guard against
the attempt that VIII in all probability be made
by interested parties, to raise the price beyond
what the occ"slon warrants England will pre-
badly lose great part Of the supplies which
she has hitherto drawn from Russia direct, and
from the corn countries of the Mediterranean
and B!. ck Seas, which are, or which may come
under the influence of the Northern uSurper ::
hut wc are much mistaken if it is an event to
'right the isin from its propriety, and it would
be a source on regret if it should be turned to
,uch an unrgltcous purpose. America, as well
The British prov ices as the United States, Will
Il II be to grov2dorr of England, as = has been
tor some ycrrs past; and the supplies,Whicn we
produce, and that which shall receive from
other sources boyond the reach or influence of
Russa, must prevent any thing like scarcity or
mora nate prires.
A return which has been laid before Pariia-
lament, within the la4t few days. is somewhat
consolatory on this head, The quantity Of
grain, meal, and flour which we received from
the United States, in 1852, were equal to l.
4005jS quarters, converting meal and -four into
the equivalent in quarters of grain from Egypt
7757l5 qrs., Denmark 770,l96 qrs., and Prus-
sia lj4,1l2 qrs From Russian northern ports,
England received in the same year 343,9lS
Qrs, and 9j7.S17 qrs. from the Black Sea ports.
From Walluchia and Aloldavia, We also received
7l3S17 quarters. a source Of supply which we
suppose Will be TO longer available, at present.
On the whole, then, we may calculate OH losing
about two and quarter millions of quarters Of
grain by the approaching hostlities We have,
however every reason to believe that cultiva-
ton has greatly increased in the United States
since 1852, consequent on the number of immi-
grants arrived there from the British islands,
from Germany, and other parts of Europe in
deed the official account Of the sale OF land
which has taken place in the United States;
and brought under cultivation, since lS02,WOud
fully warrant us i'll believing that instead OF one
and a half millions OF quarters of grain, which
was the supply from thence in 1852, it will, III
the present year, reach about double that guam
tity. But besides the United States, we know,
on authority which we have no reason to doubt,
that our own North American Colonies are
progressing in the raising of corn of all kinds,
more especially wheat, IN q most astonishing
manner; and 1t is not going too far to say that
we may expect, from this source, supply
which will he double the quantity ever exported
TO England.
Turning to our own agricultural prospects, as
the surest source of dependence, there is every
reason TO expect that the supply will be much
an excess OF what it was last harvest Last
Sc c's0n was one of the worst we have had in
EaGl mi Cor many years; the quantity of rain
which ,el in the beginning of the year, pre-
'e5J-d ":cA Of the land plowed and prepared
or sp:l..r eca1, land what was sowCd was mate
ral.v l1iu.rL ly The wetness of the season.-
Ia. Z. .se rtt.yIai c. !cuiaton IS, that the crop
~.-- .UoHt or--io4r;h nc ent IN Y y.cld compared
. g. ne oi~.2aty average; While We have reason
So believe hat, both in England and Ireland,
III. prospect of war will induce much more land
to b. put under crop this year than heretofore.
Ia Ireland especially, we. know that, last year,
tlllage was much neglected, as-it was considers
ed rearjng and feeding cattle for the English
I market would pay better. 1t will now be OF the
7 greatest importance 10 atlend 10 our own corn
crops in these countries, and we are confident
that, if it be done, any deficiency in the Rus
sian supplies of grain will be amply compensa-
ted by our own produce, and the quantity we
are likely 70 receive from other foreign coun-
tries. The present season has hitherto been
most propitious for preparing for the spring
crops; and from all parts of the country, we
learn that the winter frosts, and the dry and
favorable weather during the early spring, have
been attended with the greatest benefit to the
land. Indeed, from all appearances at present,
we may anticipate an abundant harvest, should
the summer and autumn prove favorable.
We would diEabuse the public mind of the
false impression that war with Russia will
necessarily produce a scarcity of bread corn In
England; we think that we have shown that
such result by no means follows, and that any
attempt to raise prices, under this plea, will
merely be the act of spectators and iobbers.-
Fortunately, England is perfectly Independent
in all its resources; and it is proud and salts
factory position for country to be placed in,
that while it does every thing in its power to
eschew war, it is always prepared to meet il
without apprehension for the consequences.
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