Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-05-16
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they can cultivate Weii- III TIE nrst place
no man ever yet had too much produce o
his own raising, to sell. With the present IA
~cilities for transporting farm products from
points where they are plenty and cheap. t.
others where they arc scarce and dear
there is no such thing as permanently Owe
stocking the market.
In the second. there is almost a certain
tainty that the coming harvest will be /;
bountiful one. because it is exceedingly rarv
that two failures of crops V e occur in tw,
successive years. Besides this, it is a vel
known fact that wherever there is a fail
ure, either total or partial, in the fruit crop
there follows in the next season, almos
certainly, a more than ordinarily abundant
one. This is because the plants and tree;
have not drawn from the soil the ordinary
amount Of material for the formation o.
fruit, and the consequence is an accumula
ton of those qualities in the soil, during
the year Of rest. and they are then supplied
%abuudantly. Precisely the same is the eff
feet upon the grain and grass crops, aftel
a barren season. The elements necessary
for the formation of grain were not drawn
from the soil. last season, in their usua.
quantities, but only those necessary for the
formation of straw. which was abundant
1t follows, then, that more than the ordi.
nary supply of nutriment for the filling Of
the heads of grain, is now N the soil, rea.
. dy to be converted into the full golden har.
vest
Thirdly-The farm products of Trum.
bull county lack variety, and not only
would the health and comfort of each far.
mr. and his family be enhanced by the cul
t~ivation of different kinds of of grain and
fruits, but both those who raise them, and
the community would be the richer, because
the large amount Of money yearly sent out
Of the county to purchase products. for con-
sumption within it, would be retained al
home. Besides the large quantities of foul
and wheat which yearly finds a market
here, (all of which should be raised at home
not a train of cars comes in from the west
during the summer and autumn. which doe:
not bring fruits and vegetables of different
kinds, thus keeping up a constant drain Of
money from the county. Apples, peaches
plums, cherries, grapes, Strawberries, pota.
toes, radishes, cucumbers, tomatoes, pie.
pant, &c, are brought down daily, during
their season, and almost always find rea-
dy market, in the towns along the line Of
the railroad. This state of things is all
wrong. Our soil and climate may not be
quite IS favorable for the raising of some
of the kinds of products VIC have mentioned,
as that Of the lake shore, but it is, as every
man who tries it, knows, sufficiently good to
pay him well for cultivating any or all Of
them, for his own use, and that of his fam
lily, and. also for market. As most of the
farms in this county are better adapted for
stock raising and dairy purposes, than for
grain raising, o fcourse stock and dairy pro-
ducts should constitute the great staples
and receive the most attention; but there is
ample room also for the others, and stock
raisers and dairymcn have more time to give
! to outside mat tiers than any other class of
farmers.
Still another fact is not without its bear
ing upon this subject. The accounts by
the last European Steamers, show that
there is great deficiency in the supply of
food for man and beast, in Great Britain,
especially in Ireland. The New York
Journal of Commerce says:
The government returns give the def
cheney in the principal Irish crops, for the
year 1859, at 27S,000 quarters of wheat,
7S3, 900 quarters of oats. 100000 quar-
tiers of barley, $4,000 tons of potatoes,
9O3, 900 tons of turnips, and $4,000 tons
Of hay. The current season is very back
ward and u~npromising. in some places not
a single green blade of grass having ap-
pcared at the latest dates. In view of
these facts, it is not too much to expect a
liberal demand for our produce, and this
prospect must be especially cheering to our
agricultural interests. The current rates
in this market for wheat, -four and Indian
corn are above the views of many buyers,
and also without the limits of a large por-
| ton of the orders which have come to hand;
but, with a large stock at this port, and a
very large surplus in the interior to CON
forward, prices will soon adjust themselves
to the demand. The difficulty in feeding
the people of Ireland. when their crops fail,
is found in the want Of those supplies which
are especially adapted to that Gnarket. In
the great scarcity Of 1867, known as the
Irish famine, there were various efforts
made to induce the sufferers to substitute
Indian corn for their deficient potato crop.
but the people did not take very kindly to
this article of breadstufs, even when it was
given to them. 1t will be seen that the
great items of deficiency noticed above, are
oats, potatoes and turnips. The latter arc
largely fed to cattle, and for want Of this
esculent, and in the absence of early grass,
many of the poor animals are said to be so
weak as to be hardly able to keep on their
feet. Oats are comparatively plenty here,
and we notice that some shipments are now
going forward from this country. About
1000 bushels were purchased a few
days ago in Montreal for English account
to be shiphed direct, and on Saturday the
first freight-engagement for oats was made
hence for Liverpool. 1t will put a new
face on our financial and commercial affairs,
if an active movement in breadstufs for
export should continue throughout the bal
ance of the spring and summer.
Godey's Lady's Book.
The june number Of this periodical is
finally ;UlusEratAd The nlates are EXCELLENT