The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-22
arrnment, Statistics, Facts
end FIGURES Upon the Corn
Growing Question.
Win c,.ALl III: 99yTS 30 FOR FOOD?
ss9. e29.Cee POUNDS Of rscon cai
o. By the Vest,

zion 4, NV @ sc g0nd deh oi atteAticu Ia tie
Mes6.i tito Of our uao "a Statistics he absolute oad
in9r1 SIS, eu emcn. ch que t.on IS feriin- ua
plssh sim, ,he sab eci " not az tme seem 10 sun
pes, 81 ea.he 60 'ecrrr--a field where comoM'ns
f,s ,i sec,loas OF tic coaAtry 9i battie, s,ts
Ger q, iprps,c4 Of aay deh,i'e ana decisive facts
I've rs e 'a; a. pro.er statistics, me0a arc not want
nv nr s. coss and ret4bs approximation O., the trata.
r. eorrA not A CRAM TAisl,;0 COUNTRY.
yhr 81. ~ d, not and can never become IN any rr.r'r
seAsr or ,'.s term, gam r2ismg country Not cv -
d}es In i,a corn which a 9t ,.eg readily cvay
sell and climate, AMI wl.ye, N iro.-rence ~ any
stksr may be soit Is bc ths n5tftu grain Of
ths Crr states bring tAere is er'nsgy ,oturns. OF
this W. ped give hsher procl than the fac, that in
Iaus ans of the lt'st fert, OF these States the
averar 81 earn, 1ccar 10 the State reports, is
mt N h:t twenty tosael TO he acre So early as
1896 ane Of h htshe authorities Southern agrieui.
,se urul ned TIA Least three Of the cotton States
had r. ~, pceeoded III raslng crop Sufficient to
meet 'is " of the nh,btan,s and Judging from the
ssapiy statistics which exist tho subject, 1t
sSenl than probable that tho remark might With
eoaal :uih have bpcn extended include all the States
along tao Gulf
EXAMPLES OF THE FAST.
Bn not N rely does the Of the soil render the
returns small but cheese returns exposed to
more a usual uncertainty from the Prccariousness Of
thc climate In tha year 1sg4 he state of South Carolina
harvested corn crop of the most extraordinary abun
dance bofore the close Of the season, however she
portcd through the single port of Charleston nearly
100000 bushels OF 70 meet the deficiencies Of her
supply In tho following year her crop fell away
nearly one half, and the suffering among her people
was snch that an appeal WAS made to tho
Legislature appropriate sum for the supply Of the
poorer with food during the straness Of the
ycar When this was refused committees appointed
this benevolent object, Nor this thing unusual It
Is still fact that scarcely year passes which large
sec,icts tho Gulf States are not bghed with scarcity
az O. H. producing results many hardly be
ting1ehed from actual famine. Every who has had
opportunities with the old planters Of the
ton States been struck with the frequency with which
this country is visited with al est partial failure OF
That eros, which the whole opulaon desn Is for food
II not perhaps generally known that only last winter
tho whoic Of Southern Alabama and Georgia exposed
70 on, of these seasons Of scarcity. On account Of
want rain in the early part o the tho corn
crop Of this section unusually small Scarcely had
the " inter- opened when tho results of this deficiency
begsn 20 sh w themselves Tho poor suffered from
want Of food and died Of starvation These
>hpS however, soon rccthed themselves. The Gotten
OF hal been fair, and the people were able i,npott
wa r. the North, aad thrs supply their pressing
ANTS. II W. needed any stronger ptoof of the pre-
Tiocsnss of the climate in has country for the cult
aton # gram and the caa, t,ls eects of shortened
fpr, il would he supplied By the custo, yhch oen5rIy
tsmi''d ancng the farmers, and Of which ,h1re are
svap occasional examples Of keesiHg constantly ON
hana against the Of scarcity stores Of grain
store which advance 0r pric. or Iteration of
fnapd' hip will induce them to diminish. Cut or from
svssasn sunples in other way thnn this could the
2leN"t IN is constant struggle with soil and climate,
uay lrbc % The cultivation of grain, srcnre to him
eth certain supply Of food. Since the introduction Of
A'lrtHGs most OF these elects have disappeared and
tesr cos though still existing, hare passed from pub ne
View partial failure of the crop of corn in ON,
OF those States is no longer, formerly,
Solowrh by famine because III. ovcriowing grana.
ta Of the Northwest pour forth their stores within reach
Of dtcry plantation Civilization has hero every where
conc the Inequalities of nature, and compelled the
lkyn!stce Of section to minister TO the wants OF
SAQthcr Bat II be forgotten that tn, mo.
mem US artificial supply shall the old condition OF
hnss WIN return Again, these State viii be oxpsed
tsthe nii effects OF teacherous elm tie and aacor tain
coil capital must AGAIN be lef, ~. and consume =,
seG IL precautionary grninerics Again mus, scarc,, v
1905 uurcioved from abroad, be the annual burden o
every r,tt,n STATE.
A., Tng WEST Is THE GRANARY OF THE soJTI
Buf c Importation Of Western grain MAS carried p,icl,
fartcr than necessary to meet tho. Temporary a-0
cience of the southorr crop BY comparison, Of the
census ports of isAU and 1850 lind that tho cuis,ya
tion OF wheat, which IN the Northern States lad in.
oreasd more than thi';y three PER cent hall dur.
ing the same interval, in tho South diminished two
Hhon cr bushels During the OF years hs cult.
walton Il Indian corn, which the North had Increased
hundr per cent in the South in spite Of th immense
grow If kentucky aud Tennessee had barely advanced
thirty three per centa rate less than the Increase Of con
sumner we reckon among these must the horses
IF
Which n4s for many years been progressing the south.
There Always must exist practical difficulties in tn way
raDr'htable combination q the culture Of corn AMI
Fh "h avg crops which require, IN The early stages Of
heir growth, constant attention and labor The erdxiary
iuc IA the cultivation OF corn in the South is tina, IL
shouid he powcd often as once in three weeks
To acc mrish this great humber mules are required
aud wien IL Is remembered that these animal, have M
other food than corn, VIII be how much their sun.
port hi'is TO the expenses of the plantation
But the great difficulty Is that the crurs have M
periods Of attenuation In their demands tor labor
frequ2lsy the Same rain viii IN lew lays
bring down that hardest Of both master and
siave-"the g1ass"-up0rfhoth and cotton mo
yanter has then only the alternative TO all
bis la Is and thus crop, "a plucccC WITH M ie
forces ANA lose both These stances, together with
me aines Of the crop Of corr for many years
cativh'fo "i cotton dcpcndlnR upon The Northwest
their surpes Of cor aud bacon The progress 81 tins
change singaiarly apafcut ia to.isi,ua who's. adj
mirabc assessor IS report enables Us u make some ca IN
parisons which wouia have ,'Ge,wse been nipossibe
HoG AND HoMINY STATISTICS.
In the year 1855 his State planted 70 o6 acres m, OF
corn than OF cotton the follow year The case was 70
versed aEd IN 1863 here i20 600 planted
In cotton than IN corn II ycstug 10 compare tue
pr0gess OF this sale Ia catafe with Que OF
the Northwestern states In 1915 the corn crop
OF Louisiana Announced to 10, $50 600 bushels ln
1856 the same crop amounted 10 only 10 Tic oSO
in Indiana the returns Of lS45 reached
80 625 000 bushels, years later, 1854 tn 70.
turns Of this cereal amounted 10 AZ 26s 900 bpshe,s
The contrast with Illinois would be stlii greater Thu
in this brief period find these great sections The
South and the Northwest. swiftly ana urcsnsciousy 10
jpsng the relations Of mpr,a dependence and develop
Ing ths cultivation OF these products congcnig
the climate Of each Tho eIure crop 81 Indian "a
the unted States 1870 amounted 20 37i h SIS busho,s
y 1850 ts crop had increased 10 s1 81 i04 BASKETS
Vrorn tylat has been said wl be that the pro-
eogs increase h2l orlgiA neither The Easi nor
th but IN the great development Of the agriculture.
jufcos Of the Wcsl Luros ~ alone would prompt the
Jury what became OF the sutp'Gs o. this Immense AID