Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

stood thick on the ground, aud the heads looH'
ed large and well developed, but when sub
milted 10 the thIesher, il was found that the
heads were not well filed. The average yield
this season is believed not to have been more
Than 10 or 20 bushels per acre, when the ap'
pearance Of the crops before reaplng Indicated
% or 30 bushels, and that amount was conh'
dently counted on. This %as caused by the
continued and extraordinarily heavy mlns that
delSed the country through the winter and
eaIly part OF March, leaving the wheat IN n
sfunled and sickly condition, from which IL
did not recover in time TO fully develop and
mature the grain. The wheat-bird and rnst
also injured the crop 10 some extent, in places.
When the seed is put in the ground properly,
after due preparation, is not dcluged with rain
in The winter, (which is very unusually escapes
the killing frost IN the spring, the attacks OF
rust and ravagcs Of whcnt-birds, % or 30
bushels may be relied on as a moderate aver.
age yield per acre The quality OF the grain
is excellent. It is not usually more than or
daurily large, but is well developed, compact,
sound and heavy. 1t always goes over the
stardr-d w,iqh'--f0 popnlsrcr bushc'-rarc
ly calls under 80, wuth Of ltrr1ches 70, oad
some crops attain tha extraordinary weight .!
n lbs. per haho /. produces -four " !.l,
lo- ,wcc,nsss. Nya.0crs, aol flavor, is decided
:" .-,.,,aa t-, ,u,, ,'uruuoG ron the North
There is oven marked difference IA the
; wheat grown north OF tho 32d parallel \
5u,ho Of ,nah Kind upg ba manufactured IN
ihe same u,'. md the wloa"nortl OF 'h- line
will url oa.noo -four and 5-,,cr quality
tlAr .hlt south o.. II.
wuar READY TOR MARKET.
/ New -four may be manufactured ready for
marIet from the 18th May to lst June-de-
pending, in a measure, upon the season, which
is SIX weeks in advance of Northern or Wes-
tern flour, where the wheat does not ripen un-
til July. This will give Texas great advan-
iage over all other wheat-growing regions
When facilities of transportation TO market
shall be a1orde when railroad connection
with the Gulf is opened, wheat-growers in
: Northern Texas can have new, fresh -four in
; all the Southern markets if necessary, before
the Northern wheat has ripened, and thus mo-
nopoliZa the trade for several weeks, and COM
+ mnnd the highest prices. This will render
wheat.growing in Texas sure and rcmuncra-
tive business, so soon rs our pralr'es are
! brought into communication with the Gut
The price tf wheat and -four in Northern
: Texas has ranged for several years past, from
81 to ST. so per busheI for the former, and S4
to Sc per hundred for the latter. Last year
the crop was cut short by severe frost which
fell on the 9Th of April, and wheat and ilou1
wcre.at the maxinurn s 80 and sc, towards
the last of the season. The largely Increased
; quantities cultivated the past season, the ex
tended region in which it was grown, the agg,re
gate heavy yield and consequent large surplus
for which there is no accessible market, ha e
, combined to reduce the price Of both to unu'
suaIIy low Ggurcs--wheat to so cents per bush
cl, and noul $3.50 and SO per hundred. These
prices will not more than meet the expenses Of
production, of which the following is believed