Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-11-08

bushels less than will be the actnal crop ol
wheat in Wisconsin for 1860. THIRTY
millions Of bushels of wheat is large
amount as large it is, has been vouch.
safed to US this year beyond all qestion
and if our Michigan friend does not be-
lieve it, be has onely to cross over the lake,
and to consult with our intelligent, thrifty
and happy farmers, to be convinced of its
truth. If be will attend our State Fair, we
apprehend he will not again underrate the
importance of our State, but will admit I;
that Wisconsin has indeed, grown a very
superior and abundant crop"
"Our excellent crop this year is not con-
fined to wheat. Corn, oats, barley, and
indeed everything is equally large. There
has been no failure, or eyeu moderate crop.
All are above aysrage."
Abroad, the weather had improved at
last advices, and every possible haste was
being made to house such of the outstand-
ing crop as was in tolerable conditiop.-
Doubtless our readers know that the Coun-
ty of Kent is almost continuous hop
garden, and that some of the finest soil in
the United Kingdom lies within its bound
aries. Tile .South Eastern Gazette, a
journal of the county, just received, says:
"The hop-picking in most places in this
country will be brought to an end by the
close of the week. Many planters have
already finished, and considerable num-
Der of grounds will not be picked at all,
there being certainty that. they would
not pay for the labor. We are informed,
indeed, that a portion of the hops which
have been dried and sent to the market
are almost worthless, rubbing to dust if
pressed between the fingers, and wholly
unfit for the use of the brewer, SO that The
factors will not undertake to dispose of
of them. This is especially the care with
the GoidiDgs, which seem this season to
have suffered more than any othe kinds
There are one or TO districts however, how
ever, which are stated to have produced
some good samples though these are ex-
ceptions TO the prevailing rule this year
everywhere. In Sussex and Surrey, the
picking generally is nearly completed, and
the complaint is general that the quantity
has BY no means come up to the low esti-
mate which was formed of the yield while
the poles were still standing. In Worces-
ter, the picking is now carried on as rap
idly as possible but the complaints are
general that the new growth weigh lighter
than expected" .'t
The market articles of The Mark Lane
Erpress remarks:
1.-The weather having continued fne
throughout the week, a great deal of corn
which was in jeopardy has been secured,
some of it in tolerably fair order. There
many localities however, where the har-
vest is still incomplete, and much of the
second crop of grass has persisted. The
prospect of the nation in respect of cereals
has not much improved and our necessities
have proportionately dimished. We can
not as yet though, congratulate the coun-
try upon having gathered an average crop
of Wheat; while the quality is much be-
low that rate some Of the new samples
sent to the London and other markets be-
ing quite unfit for the mill. The conse-
auence has been an unusual drain upon
the grainaries here-say, by ship aud rail,
at the rate of $4,000 to 10000 qrs. per
week. $4,000 qrs. have been sent by the
Eastern Counties Railway alone in that
time. Nor will this much diminish till
the new samples are;better fit for manufac-
ture, though the past week has been more
calm. Prices, on small supplies, have still
been pointing upward, on an average from
Is. Is. per or. But should foreign sup
plies continue free, aud the weather fine, a
temporary cheek may be expected. With
all the benefit of the change of wether, it
will not still be well to overlook the great
deficiency in potatoes. Taking it one
third in Ireland on the growth there this
season, and accepting the yield per acre at
6 tuns, instead of 9 tuns, on l,l7l,S73
acres, we find that country short in human
feed no less than S,5l5,5 ,5lltuns. Now as
tie tuu may equal quarter of Wheat
weighing 43O Tbs (which is estimating
4S Tbs. of Potatoes, equal to ib of Flour)
we want 3,5l5,5ll qrs, of Wheat or Maize
on this score. But as in England the fail
ure OF this root is equally great, we take
void to be equal to half as much more,
which brings the wants of the United
Kingdom, without Scotland, for Potatoes
only, to 5,273,266 qrs ofCorn. Startling
even as this is, partial failure in Turnips
or Mangold Wurtzel seems likely to make
additions to this amount The Wheat
crop though in bad state, may be consider
ed safe; and its lateness will diminish our
necessities by about one tenth-to be made
up, perhaps, by the supplies of America.
However, the free tribute OF all other
countries may be required by the close
of the season, and it will be dangerous to
practice waste or assume plenty while we
cannot disturb these figures" J"
A DIsuYIoN QuARREL.-Great excite