New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-13

PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN MINNESOTA.
The Territory was organized in I649, when mcst OF
the population Of 5000 souls attached TO the
Indian trade. The national census Of 1850, gave the
following results:
~. w1ss Gem is9s, os Ssp,
Isss ....,'................ 2ssoo sl3oOOo $4,000
The real agricultural history Of the State did not
commence, however, until 1854, when the Sioux were
finally removed, 70 that fair comparison would be
the following; o...
isSs 32ssOOO sisOOoo s,42aeOo
Thus in five year from the actual commencement OF
her agricultural growth, Minnesota has produced
surplus Of over 5000 900 bushels of grain, and in the
meanwhile has fed population which has increased
from IS, 600 to us, 600.
The copy Of Mr.. Wheelocks report which came 10
our notice was one Of the second edition. and Published
so recently that the Commissioner was enabled to IN
sert the following general estimate Of tie crop OF looV
His personal observation and the othciai returns re-
Gently received convince him;
That the tiled breadth Of 1860 is onethHd larger than
Tbsttbe breadth Of wheat nearly doubled This
increase was very considerable IN the sonhesern eoon
but and Northern sessions OF ne ssts Tue
three great and more than nan OF 'ns "0o
Thee was large increase in the average yield per acre
variously estimated at from IS to 70 per cent r o.,
4
The head Of grain better filed and the grain better de-
The wheat crop has not single check, suffered
from the depredon Of single insect, 50 Tar a.
- The breadth Of corn and planted much less than s'
wear but harvested without accident the aggregate
Troduc. will be more thar hsn that Of last ys9 m weld ofzs
bushels per acre win Of 6OOo bush
s dS5 s:S5e S crop pc Of n proportion % pop
uatiOn previously produced IN state the Union De-
IS bushels Of hei every inoiydca in the State TIE fore
going calculations made upon assured basis OF s' "ih
out reference to current opinions upon the subject"
Here we have presented TO our readers bIrds-eye
view of the agricultural RESOURCES Of Minnesota:
FIVE years this fertile State has leaed from such asna
beginning TO such great results, despite the financial
crisis Of 1857 and the camorous public recital of the
charms Of neiglboring States, what changes must the
next decade bring about Given a safe delivery from
the perils which now seem thicken around safe
system of Western trade and official encouragement to
actual settlers and Minnesota must show to the world
a condition of such prosperity andinternal development
as has rarely been witnessed.
We have heard again from the rural districts of
Wisconsin. Mr. 0rman COe, careful farmer and the
inventor of capital rotary harrow, wrote US letter
from the State Fair which we published. He now
writes us again from Port Washington after this wise
ozswkee County perhaps yoGs1e waTe on the
Lake Shore neg! to and north OF Nd s. Of bes i'm
bered county is TO great extent setea Gy Serns no
limited scale than the PFArls. and opsnngs ne
land is however good particularly oI wheat and q. NE Ger
nans-nsn ana chidield the grubbng6o dexter
ousy they turn of very good erog and OF better 9ns ths
generally grown prairie soil Since my return nom ne fsiIs
wheat has been fully up bushels the and have
though in acres y crop was not very extensive yet the yield
per acre wa, oleTsby fir3 turning out little over 81
s1sbsS fS oT 't be owner 3 @ had bed
bushels in is vicinity since harvest sno his rs pay one
si sac r IS md some ~ high 4. 20 bushels per acre
He has capital MACHINE which th1s.hes and cleans admirably
bushels day snd he does by the bushe
bis a, to o gA ysa 6 s H asoD that Lee
Tsshed Ss bushels nom which would be over 40 to the
crop Of whss' in Wcou'n at over ~ bushels rather than below
that figure"
Our correspondent makes the common mistake of
Judging the average crop of the State by the partial
results which have come under his observation We
doubt very much if the Wisconsin wheat crop will
average even NJ bushels, good it is. If there is any
one In that State who can prove us to be In error we
shall be glad 70 hear from him.
One of our Illinois friends u. c. Carpenter, stimu-
lated bv our recent appeal for information, writes us
that in McHenry County
The crop nearly all hTahed and measured 50 that we
can estimate the yield per haTns only The quantity Of
bsve raised crop Of wheat hrAsbed II ont, helped some
Of nay ne bore thrash talked with the trsiheI' Oh we
sct and gsl.ed what information could other"ise -,
The yield that under noce was ~ bushels o.
wheat four 1he Of whish ts was part made
than thrssh tod me be lad thrashed 40 busf els from
Hbe Then heard crops thst made between 20 and
bushels 70 the and one a. low as To- know o. eo
2 and his think would be safe estimate for the average
yield Of wheat hereabout' this season a.
Oats will probably average 80 bushels per acre me season
has been too cool Tor hrsrse con- crop bat WIZ os a
probably 20 bushels per acre Potatoes are lot
GsIden vegetables Of oil Iinds are abundant"
Col. B. r. Johnson Secretary Of our State Agricul-
tura Society, publishes letter from Mr.. John John
ston of Geneva n. Y, from which we extract as fol-
lows
round here the Wheat VII be short Of lest years crop
have inquired Of number Of farmers have seen IN Geneva
with whest they al say their wheat tus out about dasg 1
out aud got the great Of the 29h u sseng the weight
several pounds OF bushele the samples OF souies whest
s s Of Sc a. you state Its wonder heavy rain
Erhtens the weight Of both hay and grain
ON Eev.York since this year there is an enormous
quantity the and think faI more than the usual quantity
ter barley to do wei hereabouts and many VIII no" 80
Orr corn late hut great growth and plenty of but
yhetheri ripen not Is think yet don0o think rs atsT
qn last vesTny has far colder here than July 1889
% ,h IN of the preeut month had few hot days but
for tine past four days hIes In the "s iO0' nav O
Mr. Johnston also states that from his extensive cor
resuondence he is receiving intelligence Of the failure
of crops in Virginia South Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
tucky and Alabama The corn crop Ii ruined or near
~ 60 By the drouth; wheat diminished crop. In
ouires are made of him 10 draining, which ia be-
ginning 70 attract attenonas there are lands In each
of those States, which, if thoroughly drained, might
Weld them renunerating crops and would be lar more
likely to escape the effects of the dry weather.
Jonathan Edgcomb writes him from Lima, India;
Ou wheat commenced about the FIRST o. July "a ieW
fields the lst days Of June and then Tor Tour or
DAYS rsinsd ost time duing which we had teriS
thunder showers especially on the third OF jury Wheh lui