Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1861-06-08

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5000 bushels of all produced hAthe SIN
New England States. She proane'u
almost as much corn as the State "'
New York. and 100000 of bushels OF
that GRAIN more than all the New Ems
land States. She produced more oats
than Maine; more by 100000 of BUSH
els than Massachusetts more than
! 900 600 bushels of potatoes over and
above what Maine produced; more beans
and peas by 10000 bushels than all
the Northern States together, except
New York; more beef cattle than Penn
sylvania by l740, and almost as many
as all the New England States; more
sheep than Iowa and Wisconsin l1y lo,
600; more hogs than New York by A.
! 25l; more than Pennsylvania by 5,l3',
! aud &c. 600 more than all the New Eng
land States, with New Jersey, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and California, i'll the
! bargain. What a splendid showing 1or
!. tile often slandcred, but glorious little
Palmetto State!
The remainder Of the statistics com
piled by the correspondent OF the Sun
are equally interesting. Virginia and
/. North Carolina produced jointly 1866
600 bushels of wheat, or 24l 900 bush
els more than the great wheat State o.
New York, or a quantity equal to the
whole product of the six New England
States, with New Jersey, Michigan,
4 Iowa and Wisconsin all put together.
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee
produced lis All, ,593 bushels of corn,
quantity exceeding by 100000 bushels
the Joint product of New York, Pennsyl-
vauia, Ohio, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Yer
fmont and Maine.
I Tennessee, alone, produced 1896
more hogs than all the six New Eng
land States, with New York, Pennsyl-
/, vania, New Jersey, Iowa and Michigan;
for that State produced 3,l04,soO hogs,
/; while the eleven Northern States named
:. produced but Moss. 1884, 1.
twill unquestionably astonish many
: people to be told that the six Gulf States
). Of South Uarofrna, 'ueofsgs1;t' nra''.-->. a.
Nf,ssisriippi,s Louisiana and Texas pro-
!" ''0 <o,i62 more beef carrre rrssttr5
y, =, e.x axS New England States, Ner York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New jersey, lnd',
n ana Michigan and Wisconsin, altogeth-
er; but such is the fact, for the census
d Of 1850 tells us that these States pro
d dqced 3,357,4se beef cattle, while the
3. thirteen Northern States. named pro
IS ducea but s,s1s,s27.@ ! From this it will
be seen that it will be a very difficult
!, s,b to starve out the Cotton States. "a
according to the census OF 1901
the Southern States produced four mil
\. lions of bushels of corn more than tl'
my Free States produced; and in man,
Of other products tie superiority OF th'
South, population coisidran5, was sur
&c uuasingly manitest.gW We presume III
8 census Of ls6o.,if it ever is allowed t
go befne the.Morld. according to tn
Tfeturns made by the different Marshals
will show still greater preponderanc
Ia in favor of the South, as the constants
es ! continued aggressions Of the. Mort
ffs stimulated our farmers to increase the
III growth of cereals, etc, year by yea
n For this year, if the seasons contln1
shall raj raise e1. brcadstnf l
il; sufficient to last at least two year
~ while in every other department =
a. shall be strengthened immensely. A.
on.l ii another year shall become comp ysa
- independent Of the world will be ab
= to clothe and feed ourselves within on
tho selves, and then have full cotton, sng'
,ev rice rice and tobacco crops on hand, wor
!, az least $275, ,oOo, ,o00, as . surplus to
fbe f upon. How absurd and ridiculous, the
ofI is the talk about starving and ban
fnr ruptins such people! [Crescent.
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