The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-06-01
Agricultural! !! Resources oI lie .su;i.

Tucle 10 prevalaEt idea IN the Moth
thai cott,n rec, tobacco aud sucsr are iGe
chef p.nGJcj. 81 tho South. cultivated to
exclusion OF a.mo>, everything else. Upon
t!i- .yyo:heSls, tH-y assume tina. We VIZ
moi be aLle to continue long IL y state of
war without igniI.I:,-nt hazard @! starvation
Never was there a .,fs-icr fal,ary. ! CoiE
p;i,stion Di the facts and figures ci the
census oi 1879, prepared by cOtemp0rr
Viii exhibit tai. matter III 4 very sstisise
tory light.
According to this report the area OF the
fifteen save States j. S.l .IJS-po,ulstiou
in s5u. gG54 .656. The number oi horses,
nuix-, COWS, oxen, sheep. sw me. e:c., own
cd IL the South ia Isis WAS iU>-.3 as
value S-55..@5, $50. The ruaItey owned
=; the North any West, ~ til reputation
al ] + ,521 2.i ,ws, % los IA value SjSD, $40
5tl. 1t w!li lie seen by this that tie took
owned at lie Soutl. was n.uch greater IN
proportion to the o.uIati"n than at the
North The y.,iuo o, food per head raised
6, the Nait! ANA Sout !, loweer, = FAR
more important point. are We therefore
oUole from the census OF $50 showing the
agricultural productions
Daring the wear 40, the South raised
Of wheat .7.S.S.>l5 bushels, s.alue 50
0GU.. So com 49.05. sos bushels. vaius,
S3l9.55I $50: potatoes 443Is.tl3 bushels.
value sII.5I .5Il rice u .3i3 10 p.u-siS.
value SS,Ci2,j3O; also a WASH amount OF
oats, rye, barley. huckwheat, garden pro
drce. etc, Iakiur q gra:ld total i'm yalue
OF S3D1, ,32>.7I2 The value Of the same
articles raised at the North and lfest for
the sarl, time was 500, .G> ,@6j. 1hevalUe
Of tobacco wool, butter, she ese, hay. hops
hsp1p fax, cocuo =, maple su..r, honey,
and wax, produced at the South, was Si6,
303 $50: st the North snd Nest. SliS.9ii,
5H6 Value OF animals slausii;sreI South.
81 S9S, ,UI5 90. North, 3b,3yO.3i- From
thi. it appears that the South iaised, Of
these grains which constitute food, and
which are common To both sections. in
value abon. $50 per head ot the population,
including the slaves, while the amount
raised al the Nor;. and West was less than
So per Head OF the population.
Much more attention i1as been given to
the suhjecI oi agriculture within the past
ten wears than ior several years esjous!y,
and it is therefore prota6le that the pro
portiora,o difference IN FAVOR o. ne
Southern States is now greater than ti;it
shawn by the census OF lSjJ. 1t can
ca>i,v b., demonstrated that the South
,rodi:ces more per head OF popu.ation,
and E.steTn Safes. and f:ily a. do the
V's,tein and Northern States In 1915
tie quantity of corn per head raised at the
South was thirty seven bushels. at the
West the same; III the Middle and East
ern States much less. The wheat product
at tli.. So;itl, give. four and one half bush
els per head for the entire POPULATION, a
quantity more than sufficient for use at
the South. aad large amounts OF ii have
heretofore been been shipped TO tie New
Engisnd States
rhe Boston Post, speaking of the South
era trade of that city, says, in 1893 Boston
alone received from the slave States -Four
valued at 81 5oO00o; corn, 9 l,20 800 ice,
i Sj00O6O The lost estimates that New
| England buys annually Of ,le South 10
/ the amount of $50,OaOu00. In 1888 about
one third of all the ti' ur sold in Boston
Was received from the commercial ports of
the Southern States, and in the same
pear seven-e,ghths of all the corr sold in
that city was received direct from the
States Of Maryland, Delsware and Vir-