New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-12
THE CROPS.

huDored years ago ID dreece, had fancy Tor writing
fables. Among many others be wrote one entitled
"The Stomach and the Memben,o in which the
mutual dependence Of all parts of the human body
admirably shown, under the earb Of a simple fiction.
We presume that this fable is not generally familiar 10
"our Southern brethren" judging from the bragga-
docio OF their talk Like the rebellious stomach in
Esops fable, they say they can get along well enough
by themselves In fact, with a separate nation
atty their slaves would double in price, their
farms enhance in value, and the whole world come
crouchng at their feet 10 beg for cotton TO save them
selves from ruin This mad delusion has seized upon
the whole South to greater less extent In South
Carolina It has infec'ed the masses; in other States
only the bd leaders. This is brave talk very brave
Allowing the premises TO be true, a very pretty
theory can be elaborated the future greatness ard
prosperity Of Southern COufederacy Unfortunasely
the premises are not true, and hence the yapor and
clustering Of Southern leaders loses much Of the moral
weight they Otherwise would have. The manufhc-
turing nations of the world it IL true, are now too
great extent dependent idctitiously, not actually
upon American cotton, but not 30 much as the
Cotton States are now dependent upon the North
West Gr bread We saw IL asserted some time
ago that there was only thrty-days stock OF
provisions in the Southern States, but from the best
authorities learn thar this time there is full two
months supply. Since the early part Of last Fall
breadstus have been pouring into the South from Iii
nos and the adjacent States in enormous quantities
and the month Of January inst pas, exhibited no
dimnution. The graincarying traffic Of the Illinois
Central Road has been largely in Of previous
Winter season. Its magnitudesmay be inferred from
the annual report and the returns for January now
before us. In 1860 there were delivered at Cairo,
the Southern terminus of the road thirty million 2S.
go $50 pounds of freight composed in part as follows
wheat, lis $50 bushels; rye. 1882 bushels; corn,
72sSSO bushes; OATS 1884 COZ bushels barley, ,397
bushels potatoes 81 ISL bushels; -four, H4, $50 bbk
pork 9S6 bbls and of dressed pork 1913 800 h. In
January alone the Southeners drew on Illinois for
9l2 9ij bushels of oon 2I 408 bushels Of oats, 672
bushels of wheat and about tresty5fre thousand
t24S7j barrels of four So il seems that, after ALL
the stomachs Of valiant libusterng soldiers would go
untitled were il not for Northern and wheat, and
prancing Southern cavalry horses go unfed with oats
if the Northern supply were cut of. OF course, II
wpr should be proclaimed against the Southern rebels,
the supply of provisions them would be coutrabsnd
of war; and what would they do thenf No doubt
there may be enough persons in Free States who from
sympathy or cupidty. would sell them provisions at
every risk but Government might take efficient meas
ures TO Illustrate their designs, and in this event the
prospect Of long and sturdy resistance the part Of
the South is not very threatening The truth Is, and
Southern Of must ii, our interstate rea-
tons of mutual advantage and their disturbance
| would be mutuslIy di-astrous.
Between our subscribers and ourselves there has
casiouay been controversy to the average grain
yield of their States. Generally speaking, farm
er does not travel and correspond enough to be in
position TO state definitely the yield Of bis State.
He con give ne the crop of his own farm, Dcighbor
hood, perhaps county, with accuracy; and these re-
cords of individual observation are highly interest
| ing and valuable. But those who are best quail
| fed to judge Of the average yield of a county or
large district of country the threshersowners
Of threshng machines, who go from farm to farm all
through season, thresLing and measuring the grain
crops. We should like to hear from these ofener
than we do. We should like them 10 write us snch lst
.es rs from Newburgh, Fillmore County, Minnesc-
| ta now on desk. The writer lie a thresher, and
transcrbes from his the following tems
40 Of barley yielded 1856 bushels 33i per acre.
loS of oats 45 IL bushels per acre. 29S acres OF
CLUB wheat IS 1ll2 buah per acre; acres Scotch
fife % l-6 bushels 60 acres cred grand" 81 bush
els &c turkey iut" &c liz bushels; 26i acres
mixed wheat 81 67 bushels; l6I "tes" wheat l9i
bushels and 8! Italian" wheat 81 bushels per acre.
In all there 5l3 of wheat yielding 30l
bushels, average of Is 1918 bushels per acre.
From conversations with others who have Areshed in
Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota we should
judge that the average yield Of wheat through this
bon of the country is little 25 bushels per acre.
although many have bad much greater yield than the
average We are still threshing, and will continue TO
do 50 till Spring, there s large quantity of grain
| yet TO thresh." .4
Our correspondents would have done better to men.
ton whether these crops grown on new or old
lands, whether drained or unframed on bottoms or
high ground, and whether MANFRED or not With these
additions and note to the proportion Of loss from
drouth mldews, winter-kill, and insects, we could
better infer how fine the crops were, and which kind
Of wheat was bert suited to the section in which he
lives We hope to hear from him. and others engaged
in his business, again.
The Valley Farmer urges upon agricultural sosietes
to offer 500 premiums for tho best teD-acre crops Of
corn and wheat, md brings strong arguments to sup.
port its advice We heartily indorse the suggestion,
and subscribe TO ttess excellent views:
r., Inn o. s s offered re- sS any rspscs: Acncr
n you'd Il or the s
:: :'sf s or s..
1.sa ~. ~ ss's T. tie you'd
sure this system Of thorough tasc would be nutsd ssch
The hss %e: %anS. for %
psna on '." crop sss tns applications with
various trial. together with Of tho course OF prsrsr
Ing the soi aud Of cultvs,ion 60 to the public
Agricultural journals Of The country and thus asny
Thousands and probably hundred. no, fully convsr.sd
TO Farming will the result be Induced 10 in
prove their nenod d cultivation by following some one Of he
modes deco1d Ard the result Will Prove thar the offer Of
In the snf hsie.