Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-08-29

Fassa the Cincinnati Caiatne,an. aas. u.
Tier : an idea ahrasa that tAs laall gran ~
-tis y, AZ bas been abundant. AMI that in that
nav be found ZONE substitute fr tie, q, ideu, de-
feies. Of com. Il ihis were true, 1t would not
s.f.,asr the purpose. for Indian oorn la no sub
-titsis n Il great use Of tatiening animals. and
:. si1sntaa. But NE apprehsnd Their j. some mis-
take IN regard IL ths supply Il wheat. In tie
Unite >;ztes, the crtp Of I-si j, not an nhun.
aant one. But still greater mistake consists in
supPesfng hat this country ever raises enough
70 export largely without crampiug the domestic
markets. IN Ii, year l-53 " had an average
eroH q wheat. In consequence OF the scarcity
IN Europe, We exported in flour and wheat about
.1tHn.bA barrels. The re- ii - al our In1r-
ksts are bare. and The prices high. Flour is s.
Per barrel IN Cincinnati, b4d = 81 IN Nrw York,
II a tie when the nsw wheat and fresh ground
i4ur have been nearly Il month IN the market
Ills i net OWING 10 foreign deuand, for -four
has fallen in Liverpool from forty to thirty one
shilhng- per harrcl. \ simple glance at these
facts shows II once TINT thu price OF wheat H.
kept lP, because the demaud is greater than the
supply. trent reliance is placed on the fact ,hat
more breadth OF and II sown. But Is that equal
to the increased demand Let as examine tli-.
The increase of inhabitants Is 90, 600 per anuum;
this gives mn increased consumption OF 3, 500 600
bushels of wheat At the ordinary average. this
requires 2ou,OoD acres IT land to produce. \
gam, the harvest of ls5i has teand the country
bar uI stock wheat aud for ,ap1 there nre re-
quired ton millions Of bushels. How then stands
the account After making full allowance for
the consumption of lndian corn. as brcad-w
u2ust ans llte bushel- at LAST, for each indiy,
Ls..-we have then tbs result
Bnshe-
Don stic c. u, (whites) TO- 10000
Consumption Of increased inhnh
tants of 1854 -. 3.5Uu 30
Seed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 n0n 100
Aggregate demand, 5om,, l. 100 ~.
Crop - census of 1850. ... 100. 5u2 $50
Deficiency. =.......-.#....-..... la,u0l 10.
Export of leo 8, ............ NO go
Short OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 400 lUI
The census crop was 4 of 1919 an vhir.,.
Ohio had not much over half crop. and tho~o
was sof'f..= 49, n other :. ..r.
laa'Iets t.#sf, n IMPOSING n.,,.mua. inci MS
ed breadth q. land 49,. It !, most eyidc,t that
canret have in ls5. .srgor proportion r.
wheat thar "a 45;,i.4 In ali p,,nnh.}ity. .p
have l5sa. 1t Is not il he VIII emf crop ,ner, fore
that any relici can be i,rnu T. : the dp6cielov in
corn A cry large part # the pote a. crnn IlI.
alsD.
On the other side Of the account however. we
have u large crop ct aais aud II large crop ofhsy.
In these only can any substitute be found for In
ann corn. But. wien we consider TINT oats and
hay are usually all consumed by domestic ami
is, well as the corn crop also. ii is very cv-
ident that the surplus of these articles will NOT
go grent ways TO Supply deicirurles in others
We by no means wish 10 excite speculation
iy dtpreciatng the amount of grain in the coun-
s;ry butit certainly can ne of no benefit. esprciol
" to farmers. to leave erroneous statements If
.re can arrive at it, should alwar, he kn,wn.-
we obsrrya stataments u, tho NJ. N.rL ,,,,..r-