New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-27
THE CONDITION OF THE WEST.

We extract from long communication few facts
touching the condition of the farming interest OF the
West. After descantiDg upon the insane rush into
debt-into trsde-nto al sorts OF extravagance-and
the general failure Of crops for two years the writer
says:
"Tbus opered the present season. There is nothing
in the country 70 convert for the payment OF debts
from which money be realized. The stock OF cattle
and horses still remain, and Will be saved by the rch
growth of grass, nothing Ike grain OF any KIND being
left in the country for stock, ana scarcey enough W
sustain It's inhabitants
The middle Of the year is now reached, and never
wa. there year OF such srduous and uhnhchlhs t'h
in this or any other country. Although tue carry
SuYpc wa, rsipy and the ground foul from two years
Of weeds and dearth ard rain, still the farmers OF the
West undsunted by all this difficulty and DISCOURAGE
ment ave worked early and late through ram ID me
beginning ana heat in tie a'er Spring, deermneu' Il
labor would produce crops, that they wch!l nave
them Added 10 this. the insUiiciency oil iOOd, winch
was almost universal in region where usually II Il
abundant. In the majority OF families IN the country
the only food has been corn bread and milk, wthou,
even the ordinary vegetable products, which last year
amounted 10 nothpg. Potatoes, commonly the cheap-
est eoible, have been worth hom four 10 Ten tunes
thei. former value, and no money ~ Duy lhem WIN
while pork the grea. product of this country nas al
been sold or consumed, 20 that II has been brousht
back from the markets, 10 be >o.d Ia the pToducef
again at fgures above the reach OF the great has
The con mon groceries, such rs sugar, coiee an mo
Ids SEES, winch l-c - iE4c eit-S4'l 49,
Western farmers hsye almost entirely been !oresoIe
by the farming community. Indeed II II = WIN lIu-
culty that the peop,e nave passed through suc p1a
tOns of the ssGrles OF lie, what shaA DC tho us
OF the tesns ths- have passed through a Inc "oiA o
breshirg I'D the hardened soil without grain OF any
kind, -ubsstirg entirely upon hay and grass AhiI",-
loving Immediately q. ~ came the corrtAlDR, "h!ch
sts IN pioairg the entire crop from three :" I'VE
tines through each way; and stIi tls has all oeeh
done and done well: but the horses have come out oil
!: more Ike shadows than Ike animals. L. to!' part
of The country Lot tea m Two huuGrei ms ha4 Is
reeulsr allowance Of gram, While o'her leahs n.Te
been 70 fortunate 10 have half adozen ears OF corn
per day. Our country has seen hard tlues II previous
yeaIs but never but tina; food for man and beast
has been abundant.
The country never appeared in q more prosperous
condition than at the present; TIE whes, har'es
are coming in beautifully, ard q! the best quarry tue
rusi which tire tened IN some SECTIONS has ELECTED
only the blade leaving the stock clean Inc corn crop
never promised more favorable yield; IN TACT, the
whole sspect Of tire country changed from famine
to plenty. Lat Is more iaVcTao.e stu, tae People
src in their minds once more, ana nave gone :"
work IN earnest speculation i a. al Ell sId every
man coufin,pg himself 70 h!s legitimate Dasnrss-the
farmer his field, aId the ba-pcss man 10 ms trade
every one anxious to pay riAer than 10 make debts
TIE ttric,e.t ecorouy bs' beec practiced, and si
tie mot fashionable accomplishment
Tie County does Dot Ose a. much, Dy Arg
snou1, A. il did yesr or two ego, speculation debts
ard all II Las become the order OF the day IN make
suv and al turns by which debt may be liquldaied'
Neichborhocd debts, which heretofore nave oe7h con-
sd.r,5 cssh contracts have been settled by change
Al stock srd BY al possible, - that the country
is really IL pro- ferrous condition financially, stno1sh
2, the cloee Of ore q the stringent and powenu
Of fiusncal sieges. -,
debts ard ID not immediately meet tie eXPcctatoa
al those Who sre boxing Tor quick reiniitances froua
The wheat harvests Yves ern products STE slow 20
owe and the prices are exceedingly low at present.
which will hold them back although every farmer
shes and desires 20 make hi. crops available az cary
as possible The crop which - the real depend
erce for Western psymeris hes yet to rpsn AID be