The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-09
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From the Cincinnati Price Current, Feb. 9.
Advices from the Agricultural Districts.
During the last month, or six weeks,
we have received large number ofletters
from all sections of the Western States,
and though the chief topic alluded to inI
these letters Was hogs, and their products,
| yet q vast amount Of valuable information
has been communicated incidentally. We|
can not make room for even briefexLracts,
| but will endeavo: to condense what we
have learned in a few paragraphs.
The complaints regarding the scarcity
of corn are general from all sections
even in Tennessee and Kentucky it is not
plenty. but in some parts of those States,
particularly in Western Kentucky, com.
plants are made of scarcity. In this
State, the supply islight, and few are willing
to sell any until the spring comes, and
fair prospect of food for stock. In many
places in Indiana-chiefy those sections
where the land is fat, with clay soil
farmers, in many cases, did not succeed
in raising enough to meet their own wants,
and are now necessitated to buy ct prices
ranging from 60 to soc. per bushel, which
are the rates current in that State accor-
ding to locality. On dry rolling soils,
the crop was about two thirds an average,
but the bottom-lands on the Lower
Wabash where in many places waste, and
lit was only here and there any was
raised ,..r
In Illinois, except on the bottom lands
there was about fve.eights Of crop, as
regards yield, but considerable quanti-
ty of bottom land on the Illinois River as
well as the fat and clay lands, produced
nothing but weeds. Prices rule from 40
to 75c. per bushel in the interior of that
State, according to locality. Some far
mers had fair crops and there is also some
fold corn still on hand, but there is gen.
eral disposition to sell at present, even at
the current rates. .s .a-~
In Iowa, the supply is moderate, but
the failure of other crops in that State
makes corn the only available food, and
consequently it is carefully economical,
and parted with sparingly and reluctantly.
The same remarks will apply to Missouri.
In Wisconsin the corn crop was short,
and the supply is light.
As regards wheat. We heard no serious
complaints of a scarcity from Tennessee,
Kentucky, this State, Indiana, or South
ern Illinois; all the letters report fair
; stock still ia farmers hands, but that
there was . general indisposition to sell
at the current rates-60 to soc. per bush.
Ell, according to locaiity-the belief being
general that 81 per bushel, and upward
|would be obtained in the, spring, the
: great falling off in the receipts at Chica
go being regarded as strong indications
of high prices. -1- s5T
From Iowa the complaints of scar
, city of wheat are marked and general, tht
: yield in that State is represented as being
from four to seven bushels per acre, ant
the quality very inferior, a great portion
: of it almost worthless. and not fit for hu
= man food. In the northern counties o
: Illinois this crop proved bad failure
and very general complaints are made Q
a scarcity; indeed, spring wheat generall
= failed; and, as asconsequence, where thi
a is the kind sown, the quantity gathered
not only small but inferior. '2aes r
= We are inclined to believe that, takin
: the whole West together, the supply q
J, wheat yet to come forward is fair, anG
= with no large foreign demand, there wi
10 be ample to meet the home demand, eve
at moderate prices. There is larg
:, quantity of -four held by millers, VIII
= have been anticipating better prices, an
10 :, this, too, must come on the market soone
~ or later. s< a A'-+ z
Our letters say that the supply of fl
~ hogs to come forward during the sprin
!, and summer months will be unusally small
. :. but we find that in some places in Illino
;" inferior wheat was fed to them, III
:. probability is that the very expectatio
= that hogs in the spring will be scarce, wi
lead to extraordinary exe:tions to fee
"a and take care of them, and thus the SUI
n ply will be larger than is anticipated
ue Potatoes, generally speaking, were nj
+. over one-third. as compared with the Gro
1. of1857. Hay, q fair crop, and saved
he good condition, The Hungarian gra
M Lis generally praised, wherever it has bee
II introduced. .uh-.e-1t +.
n. As regards the yield ofcorn, gener
ts disappointment is expressed. About tt
II time it was matured, farmers thought IL
es yield would be good, Judging by the gel
be eral appearance of the crop as it stoo'
- but when it was gathered twas discovere
10. that the number of ears on the stalks VI
r. less than usual. and the yield, consequen
IT ly, not as good as had been expected
a We alluded to this fact, however, in De
Nv ember, at the time we became satis6t
in this was so. 4 v II
80 Sow Oats in March.
Ia Three of us--neighbors-Con
If we would SOW our oats last spring as ear
e. as the latter part Of the third month";