The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-04-21
Rep. State Cen Com


Gg We believe that the above, under
present and prospective circumstances,
is good advice. BY it, however, we do
not mean that farmers who are only able
to cultivate twenty or thirty acres mod
erately well, should attempt to seed dou-
BILE that NUM- Der. This We consider poor
policy under all circumstances. We do
not believe chat the aggregate result of
such oSa1ations equals in amount that of
better and less extended culture. But
what we would have our farmers do, is
TO make their harvest as large as posi-
bic, and We would have them do SO, be-
cause we believe they will be able, next
year, to dispose, at good prices, of all
The produce that ean raise.
There are severa lOeonsiderations that
lead us to this conclusion. Last years
crop having been general failure, the
amount OF grain in the whole country, at
the present time, is much less than us
nal, and consequently a large proportion
of our next crop will be wanted TO meet
this deficiency. This will give us less
than he usual quantity for expectation,
and, of course, will enhance prices and
increase the demand. Then, again, Eu-
rope is on the verge OF great war, and
though she may not be precipitated into
it the coming year, yet such result is
eventually inevitable. This, from the
tenor of all late adyices, seems to be the
general belief; and whether active hos
;ililies are commenced or not, the present
wear, there is no shadow of doubt but
that the powers will place and keep their
armies on a war footing, rendering an
active demand for our breadstuffs certain.
With less to export than usual, and yet
with an extraordinary demand, prices
will be advanced sufficiently, We believe,
to pay for marketing our surplus, even
with our present inconyeniences of trans
portation.
The Pixies Peak exodus, too, it seems
to us, viii have a bearing upon this mat
ter. There will be upon our Western bor
der a community Of possibly one hundred
thousand souls, who will be, SO far as
The necessaries of life are concerned, non
producers, Much which would other
wise SO to supply the st. Louis market,
will be required for the miners, and St.
Louis will supply its place by supplies
from the Upper Mississippi. OF this
demand VIC see no reason why we should
not. TO some extent, reap the benefit.
Besides, we hope and expect that the
construction of the Dubuque d Pacific
Railroad viii create an additional de-
mand for our next crop. The Company
are now engaged in bringing their lands
into market, and are making every exer
zion TO push forward the road at least as
far as this point. We are in great hopes
that they will succeed, and feel confident
that before many months the welcome
news of the roads progress will be an
nounced. If so, it will have considera-
BILE bearing in favor of our proposition.
We think, therefore, that all the eviden
ces p9:ut to prospect of a large demand
and good prices for the product Of the
coming harvest, aad that therefore our
farmers should endcayor TO make that
product as large as possible. At tie
East nearly all the evidences Of the late
financial disaster have been obliterated
Business is active, money plenty, and
confidence and credit, to "A large extent,
restored. We need but one or two gen.
er9us harresls 10 bring about the same
state of feeling and of affairs in this
State, and we think the future will well
repay those who trusl with confidence, and
dig with cheer.ulness, ID the rich soil of
Iowa.
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