The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-18
Total for New ENGLAND 2a bla 10 sos ss5l $50


The above shows aggregate deficit in the whole
quantity Of cal oiucts of the present year.
pared with 1850 o! about IA per cent, seventh
nearly all OF which is ia Indian The proiuatoa
Of this crop in New England, incres7ed from 1910
1850 from 9o3 600 70 10 49, $50 bushels nearly so
per cent. Under ordinary circumstances thi. would
cent fer fur years over the crop Of 1850 which would
than compensate for estimated ii per cent loss
BY the drought Against tb have already ellu led to
the scarcity of labor &c, and must leave the HERALD
and the reader TO make heir deductions. II would
thst the New England cop OF cereals is likely to
turn out pretty fair oneat least sufficient TO keep
from starving to death the coming winter. especially
when take into consideration the large crop CT wheat
harvesting in Europe, and already secured in
western states A fortnight ago wheat was selling in
the English markets ut Dos. per quarter Tor 81 bush
els ess than the highest pom it reached last spring
saving $50 London paper esmates) Of E25 GOO 0O0
1925 900 per annum to the people of Great Britain
alone Potatoes Also could be purchased in the London
IS cents per ushel All this inc paying 80
Ier cent higher for 'ur and 81 per bushsl for potl
toes in Boston With such surfet of breadstuffs in
Europe, it will hardly pay to ship them from this
try the present prices Flour fell in Boston days
ago from rs cents to 81 per barrel for the best brands
1t has already been followed by general reduction in
the price Of other provisions Chenango potatoes which
week were scarce 1t ~ Is per barrel were plenty
to day at So So They will DO lower to morrow Four
aao must fall two three dollars per barrel,
before there will DO q great foreign demand for
it, Ten to eleven dollars only. was the no.
the SPECTATORS End it simost dead weight on their
hands at that. The of consumers have been pur
chasing for the last three months by the bag Quarter
barely at So %, at the modest rate Of S3 per bar
rel 1t is safe to say that less than half the aggregate
quantity has been consumed during this period that
there would have been 80 or $40 per barrel. The
have been nippng the poor and now they
are in o fair way to get bitten in turn.
In the above recapitulation have estimated the to-
tai cereal produce of New England this season. at
sos bushels. The population in 1850, It's, l06.
Estimating II at goo, we have produced over
six bushels Of grain for each man, woman and child.
The deficiency if there really one, amounting frac
ton bushel per head will scarcely prove serious
in it's results long foreign nations have enough
and do rot draw Thirty bushels of corn to IA
miy Of five persons, old and young is than three
ed Yankee is expected to eat pork and beans which
New England institution" The potatoe has not
yet matured Thus far have heard Of only single
complaint of the rot. If this luxury (the potatoes
mean-not the rot) should again fail, there Is
opportunity for to fell back one of the best
crops of fine apples and pears have had for years
At fifty cents per busht in tEe uy, fine Porters viii
answer 70 fiji the little with, and save the bread
for the old felix's
have already extended my communication to too
great length As the season advances, perhapy will
ing of cattle makes up large item in the agricultural
wealth Of New England and upon these subjects hope
to hear from some Of your correspondents among the
Green Mountains. w. P. HILL.
THE CORN CROP OF THE UNITED STATES.
The corn crop is of the most important crops Of
the country-hepce the anxiety produced by the long
drought. According to the Of 1850, the total
amount Of corn produced in the United Safes
592 lo4 bushels. The principal growing States