The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-05-09
Farmers Prospects.

The New York Tribune and Philadel.
phia Bulletin, two Of our most reliable
and enterpris;ng exchanges, are Of opin-
ion tina; the present exorbitant prices Of
-four and grain, "cannot possibly fsll,"
and must almost infallibly rise, and urges
our farming community to 'sow all the
grain they can" We do not expect our
agricultural friends to realize all that is
anticipated by our contemporaries; but shall
be greatly disappointed il produce does
not command an unusually high price for
years TO come. Most earthly do We there.
fore join in 'saying sow all the grain you
can Ii will prove beneficial alike to
the farmer and the country.
The Bulletin very appropriately remarks
that the wheat fields OF the south Of Rus
sia are shut out from access Of CONNER.
cial Europe Very probsble they are less
productive than usual owing to the heavy
drafts oi peasanirv into military service.
England and France are largely occupied
in destroying men and property. and The
" aste Oi All enormous commissariaf sweiis
the amount of their annual consumption.
while the drains upon their financia, re-
sources will do anything bot encourage
tina extension Of agricul'ural enterprise.
There ia certainly no probability OF their
becoming large exporters of grain. The
BALI; countries have been Ii tie If -cisd
~ the war tut ihi j. supply canDo, proba
biy be so areaay beyond lis usu Il mark ss
10 I'll up the heavy gap which tho other
tcountti.s inabii.st.
Our own country promises no less 10
.tfprd the farmer a better nark>t th.n
usual The rush of emigrAnts his peo
pied our cities with n p,pula,inn almost
resembling soidi-ry in time oi peace in
the comparative unproduciveness OF their
FIRST period OF soionrn here. The surplus
OF labor at these localities temp,s capital
lists, great and small. to engage more and
more in enterprises located ia the city TO
the constant disparagament OF the ag,i.
cultural interest. The numerous railroads
always built With anticipafions Of the bet
ter market they will afford the farmers, not
only ,luifil those sniicipaiions. hut in fact
contrinute more TO swell the extent of the
market by increasing the prosperity and
population ot the market towns to a much
greater degree than they make it accessi.
ble; 50 that the opening OF one avenue
makes it necessary 10 open two more in
order to swell the gap created by the first
What is scarcely less important is. that
while hitherto the march Of hab;tatioB has
been through the bottoms of the Nlissis
sippi Valley, and constantly extending
The supply of breadstutfs. it will now oc-
cupy The sheep walks of New Mexico, or
1.-The coal and iron beds OF Kansas and
L tho ~
agricultural Iaborers, aud in time OF open.
| ing grain market to the westward. in
some degree, with the eastern.
Tho Tribune says it is the duty and
interest Of every man who owns piece Of
land WHEREOF he can SOW bushel o'
grain, not to allow the spring TO slip by
without, doing il. We. are at starvation
| prices in breadsiuffs as well as in meat.
! We shall have famine il we do not lool
out. The nations of Europe are engaged
in the amiable business OF butchering one
an other, and il the half dozen gentlemen
at Vienna and their hackers do not come
TO terms. this state OF things will continue
/ aud perhaps for half a dozen seasons
jUnder such circumstances, the drain upor
us for foreign consumption is likely TO ht
igre ater than il has ever been before. Ou
1presen, reserves OF breadstuff, must be
very light, rs the high prices OF corn plain
lly denote. Our corn crop last year wa:
wonderfully small. as was we'll establish
ei at harvest time without cid from ih'
prices current. Entering up"" the Yea
with exhausted grainsries Ut home. will
y poor crop following. and an i,nmens
Il a b.
4 NAV well be excited ss to our ,ci,cnm
s,snces year htner. We hsv1 had
lnard winter and enormously high price
l,hrouy houi. Bui what is all We have seei
!. To wha, WE shall see. il We should chahc
Ito iava'a bad summer. and the war poe
on in Europe. Ne may then see snff :
uy aud starvation in esrnest.- Har. Ieie
graph.