Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-12-31

PRODUCE STATISTICS.-As the year
draws to close it is we'll = look back over
the ground and observe, ~ assrly - possible.
what has been done during he year, what the
resources Of the country havs amounted to. 1t
10 gratifying to our citisens y know that this
section Of the State has ellnr claim to pre-
cedence 10 produce matters. shat 1t this place
10 to be found the leading grain market Of
10 y ., and it 10 also . mattel Of much impor-
tance to them to know. - early a. possible.
what the result of their i bors has been in
matters. The col bm eroisl interests
Of this section. We may say{ars based almost
entirely upon Agriculture. lIn other words.
our merchante, mechanics. eusinsss men and
ell. look to the farmers - ths motive power
Of all their transactions. When they ere un-
our trade and eoqmsrceIin Davsn-
port must suffer, aud when. their labors are
blessed With abundance Of tssds will be heal.
thy and lucrative.
Wheat is the great staple Il this region. The
returns arising from its sale ere large and i'm
portsnt. By running over our record Of re-
ceipts for the past year. commencing With
January let, 1860. and ending December slst.
1850. we find that the total amount of wheat
purchased by the larger dealers hero amounts
to upwards Of 1 500, 900 bushels. 10 con-
vs,sation with we'll informed dealers in this
city We are told that in the sourss Of . year,
We fall ehors of the real amount eby . large
number OF bushels. from ihe fact that there is
. vast amount Of this article bought by pri-
vate families for use. taken BY merchants in
payment of store debts and by small dealers
in various pats of the city whose names never
appear on our books, and whose purchase.
though in the aggregate very heavy. fail to
find place in our calculations. This is true.
and We are authorized by tie best posted, to
add to the receipts given - above. at least one
tenth. and some say one-eighth Of that amount
IN order to approximate thA> true amount OF
wheat received. We add, however, only one
tenth. preferring to stsnd on the safe side.
This would swell the receipts Of wheat in this
market alone for the past year to the full
amount Of 100000 bushels. That
figure may be relied upon IS nearly correct,
and we claim that amounts constitute one
seuenth Of al grain marketed in the State Of
Iowa during the time mentioned. At rs cents
per buehel, which is about the average price
the above amount of grain would put in cir
culation 81 .237 500.
The corn trade 10 difficult matter to arrive
at, from the fact that 90 large an amount il
sold at private sale to grocers to those who
keep stock. and for family luse. These pur-
ehases are mostly made direct from the pro-
ducers. consequently We cannot give the fig
urss as correctly - vs could wish. The reg.
ular receipts throughout heaviest. dealers in
the city foot up at triae over $50. 900 bushels.
aud to compensate for other sales. we just dou-
BILE the sbove Il 'r-as which is thought to be
NO more than la. inat gives us 10000
bushels, and We make no doubt that the real
figures would foot up larger.
The barley receipts amount in the aggregate
for the year at all places in the city amount to
about 1000 bnshels.
Oats for q II purposes ranges not from llO.-
600 bushels.
This would give an aggregate amount oi
grain Of 2,650,OOO bushels. Pretty good for
this market. all things considered
The onion trade is somewhat extensive The
operations in this commodity, commencing
with the crop Of 1850. amounts to 900
bushels to regular dealers. saying nothing
about the large amount sold to families, gro
ceries and other ways.
Potatoes figure up largely. Our record
gives about l25.OOO bushels to dealers, thong b
this is too low. we feel convinced. The reports
from the public scales. ss given in the 1azsste
on Saturday morning, shows higher figure
by nearly 1000 bushels. which is nearer cor
rect
Herewith We append the report Of the num-
Der Of loads Of produce weighed on public and
private scales from Aug. 1st to Dec. lst, 1850,
for which We are indebted to the Gasssse
J.B. Rows. 5.855 wheat, clio corn, l89 oats,
1850 barley, 81 rye, l,64O potatoes, ,4l3 onions
l ,4y9 coal, miscellaneous - lO3-tOtsl, lO,s66.
w. W. KENNEDY, 100 wheat, 592 corn 1853 oats,
$50 barley, 2S rye, S00 potatoes 200 onions, $50
coal, 579 hay, la3 misosllansous- 1874.
A. GREEN Co,f l53 wheat, IA corn, SO oats, l33
barley, lit potatoes, 40 onions IS coal, 159 hay,
63 miscellansous-tota lois.
E. L. BoNBEx0.t lOs wheat, 50 corn, 40 oats, 2o5
barley, $50 potatoes, 1S3 onions, 50 coal, l35 hay
Is miscsllaneous-total 1,67l.
G.. G. ARxDr,s s wheat, IL corn, z oats, s bar
ley % potatoes 3s onions 70 eea lis hay, 20 mis-
cellsneous-totsl ~.
CATS 30 barley, - re, Ass potatoes, 3,esl On
ions, ,9,S coal, 9ss hay. ss4 missslaneous-
81, SEQ.
Ofpriess. 1t 10 sufisient to cay. that our deal.
srs slvsys pay the highest. We close these
remarks BY expressing the wish that the trade
Of this market will eontiaus 70 increase from
year 70 year. and that the agricultural impor-
tsnss Of this section viii Devee fail to attract
attention from oil qusrtsrs ef the country. We
Do not iatssd that the light which shines bsss
shall be hidden. THIS 10 remarkable section
Of sssntsy roaad sboat here. and vs don't
ssrs hev many people know il
!. +Issiading cattle, hegs, sss. tPrivats seals,
sAssg0 l0e lead. fMsw seale, started SEPT
De-. SSH.
NV YBAR's BALL.-There will be 1
. splendid Doll 81 L Gloiso Hall on New
TsaSs sss (Hosdsy,) - whish oil ere or.
'dislly Invited Ms6sby Usioa Band. Tisk'
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