The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-06-04
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SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL REs6uRcEs.

ludl writer Hhu leII more tDan half the truth
untold. Fully persuaded that very many, like
myself, have ceased to remember, or never had ac-
cess to, the Seventh Census RepOrt-the latest and
most reliable authority which can be obtained-a
few facts condensed therefrom will not onIv
prove interesting, but serve to open the ewes of
those who have heretofore ridcued the idea of the
South sustaining itself during the existing crisis
They will ser Se too, to rebut the erroneous IcnI
lions and false assertions, so industriously dis
semlnated by the Northern press that the 'Soutb
is too dependent on the North to protract the pres
ent efforts for INDEPENDENCE, and must soon be
starred into submission, if not overpowered by nu-
mercal strength.
In the calculations submitted Delaware Mary
land, Kentucky and Missouri will be embra ced in
these estimates which will be alone confined to tn
II States, comprising the United States in 1850
and consisting ofl6 free, Northern, and Is slave
or Southern States; the former having a popula-
ton of Is, 434,79S, the latter of 64l25Ol
|. Ared.-Tae Northern States contained ILL.,
9Sl6I3 acres OF land, of which more than one-half
(5I, i55,3Go acres) were improved. The South had
an area OF O,21O 134 acres less than one third
$50, SCI acres) of which were improved The
North averages an inhabitant to every SO acres
while the South shows but one every 30 67 acres
2. Wheat-This cereal entering largely into
home consumption and foreign EXPORT shall he
first treated Of The South produced 81 81. 38l
bushels or exceeding more than one-rourth of the
product of all the States bv 2,7S55l9 bushels
yielding to each inhabitant 81 bushels while the
more extended wheat-growing districts of the North
yielded only 36 bushels to each inhahtant. Ma
ryiand and Virginia produced within Is 677 bush
els much as the six New England States. New
York and Iowa. South Carolina alone produced
within IA, 6l7 bushels as much rs all the New Eng
land States, averaging 81 bushels to each inhab-
liant, the others only Is of a bushei.
Corn.-A cereal cultivated more generally in
every State, will more plainly demonstrate not only
the superior fertility but the capacity of the South
ern States The production South was 349, 2i7 ,779
bushels, or very nearly 50 per cent. of the apure-
gate product of all the States-exceedinr by lO6 =
629 l29 bushels, or A per cent, the whole product
OF the North-yelding 81 bushels per improved
acre, and 81. bushels to each inhabtant, while
the yield North only AZ bushels per improved
acre, and to each inhabitant Is O5 bushels Geor.
gia, Alabama and Mississippi, (tbree Southern
States) exceeded, by 1852 09l bushels the aqpre-
gate of all the Northeastern States, New York
New jersey, Pennsy lvania Michipan iowa W;s
consin, and California (thirteen Northern Statesl
Virginia, North and South Carolina exceeded tie
same thirteen States 6.53S PIG bushels Louisiana
produced more than all the New England States
The five largest corn Producing Southern States
Virginia, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis-
souri, exceeded the five largest corn producing
Northern States New York, PENNSYLVANIA Ohio,
Illinois and lndana) 5 III, lib bushels, the former
yielding nearly 57s bushels per improved acre. and
nearly 80 bushels To each nhabitant; the latter 5
bushels per improved acre, and 2213 bushels to
each inhabitant. Texas, comparatively new and
unsettled country then, exceeded ~ 4OS bushels
the combined productions of New Hampshire, Mas
SachusettS and Connecticut
Rye, Bnrley and Oats.-The two first are rarely
exported, but chiefly consumed at the North in the
manufacture of spirituous aud malt liquors OF tie
IA, ISIS, 639 bushels of rye produced fully u are
grown in the North; and of the l67 Ol6 bushels OF
barley only l6l 90S bushels or per cent is produ
ced South Oats like all other artificial grasses are
more cultivated in those sections where the severity
and duration OF the cold requires the cattle to be
housed and cared for. We consequently find that the
North produces very nearly "a (9G 37I bushelsl
of the entire crop. The productions of some of the
Southern States, however, will compare fayorably
with Northern States. Virginia, for instance with
an improved area of 10 $50 1876 acres nroduc, 4
lO,lT9,O45 bushels, or 734 522 bushels more thar
Iowa ana the New England States with an aoore
gate of II ,975 276 improved acres South Or
Dina produced more by IA ,42l bushels than Yer
mont, the largest oat producing State in New
England, or 1873 CPS bushels more than New Ham
shire and Massachusetts, together
Potatoes.-Iu the estimate of this article Irish
and sweet potatoes are combined and the rasnIl
will doubtless make many open their ewes who
have heretofore looked to the North as Tho chic
point for supplies. Ofthe IO4 O55 $50 bushals-tL.
tot Al product of the IJnited otatas ,bo Ill t
was a 837, $50 bushels, or about 4S per cent near
ly seven bushels to each inhabtant The weld Nortt
was So, 030, lis bushels not unite Gtrsoyon n,
cent, and to each inhabitant Az bushels Gnorai.
raised 192, 1888 bushels more than Maine and Ma
sachusetts together, or 237 2I9 bushels moro tha,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and CaI;r,rpi, o,,,
bined, or within IO4 600 bushels az p,ncb DC g. = -
gregate of Michigan, Indiana and Illinois CO.
gia, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississinni nro
duced within &c 2GS bushels as much az oil thn NJ
Engl and States MICHIGAN Wisconsin and IoUra
Peas and Beans-The rieId So,tb mos
G31 ,2ll bushels or nearly So per cent of the en-
tire product of the ITnited Statas oyaror;no, 90
each inhabitant nearly Is bushels wbiIa the oT
erage to each nhabitant North is not unite X nacl,
The one State of North Carolina produces Al ISL
II ia u1nr han I Ia
Further comparisons would be useless
Rice.-With the exception of 500 lbs. prodnced
in Iowa, the balance 2l5 3l2 30 lbs was antiroI1
the production of Southern States-nearlv tbree1
,Sngar-Cane sugar is solely nrodncad :; a.
South, and amounts to 247 ,5Sl 900 lbs. but a,
maple sugar is largely produced in the North it i,
proper to combine the two kinds, that fair com
paflSoh IN the production OF sugar in the two sec
tlons may be ascertained. The aggregate produc
ton of maple sugar was "a 249 $50 lbs. The Weld
South 249, G69 6S7 lbs, or more than saven
eghhs of the entire crop, averaging to each inhab
itant nearly ~ lbs, while the average to each in.
habitant North was less than ~ lbs Louisiana
alone produced more than Is l6hs of the entire
CROP.
MotdsseS.-The yield was u 200, COG gallons r.
the entire United States The outh produced
l2,l44 $40 gallons, very nearly Sc per cent sv
eragng t" each inhabitant 3-l6 gallons, while but
) pints was the average to each inhabitant North
georgia and Florida together made l7725 gallons
more than the entire North, Louisiana producing
nearly seven-elgh'hs OF the total crop.
, Toa"ctS OF Ofchnrds ana UdFket Gdrdens-1n
the consideration OF these items, it is proper Oh
serve that the popalous cities of the North afford
consiueraole ProIt 10 the cultVators of orchards
anu market gardens, vastly more so than at the
oouth' Where large cities are few, and where also
tropical fruits abound which not brought into
TINS estimate. vi ST. 1913 256, the aggregate value
OF these articles In the United States the South
prouuceu - or about q per cent, averag-
nj ahpnt
North averaged 10 cents to each nhabitant
BuHer-The production South was about q ncr
cent 400 lbs. of the aggregate of this arti
Gle, averaging about lO% lbs. to each inhabtant;
while that OF the North was lS13 lbs. to each in
habitant.
BeeS'oac and Honey.-The South produced 7. 964 :
4Si IDS or about 53 per cent. of the entire product
Georgia produced 17,l75 lbs. more than all the
New England States; Alabama as much nc Paw
sylvania and Massachusetts, lacking g9G h. .
Missouri S,77l lbs. more than New Jersey, Ohio
and Michigan.
Horses. asses and Mules.-Of this class of live
more. Virginia, Georgia, Kentuckv and ~
see had almost as MANY q. 800 S23l Of tbi 80
AS New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania Min
igan, Wisconsin, Iowa and California. and oil H.
New England States together Il 232 9IA\. Geornio
and South Carolina had more Than III ,I W ga
England States New Jersev Towo 81 n tue We"
Workiuo Ore, and nm 1 % Ti S"'',o ma;
4 3SS sos the Soutb 2 $40 eSS me- ,!Ita hau
of the North 1888 $50. Virginia, North and S"rth
Carolina and Gaorgia bad ~ ~ ~, VI anu onutn
fornia. Wisconsin MichiJan Inua t"an TN 0 a.
New ENGLAND Set. So GO; anu al the
more than Massachusetts and Pbd ~ n",
2S9 more than New JerseT Ioa nd 'S,ane ana
Beef Cane-DoubtIess the resnit of ~ ; MA
as also of the succerdin, ona In; VI ms item,
establishment in those who baye haor5 WI oIeaIe
"great Vest as the source of tbair onr;S t Lne
the data from whence these condensed uut
are taken shows that the sspreat Waot,, i; i:
by greater South. OF this stock ohnr. cn @
cent. C, O55, O96) was raised South The fp pnr
largest grazing States in the North Nav W.
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois J raised bnt 766