Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-11-21
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From the Davenport G asette.] .


IFrem the Davenport Gasctte.I
There appears toIbe considerable cxpccta-
ton in regard to the agricultural prospects Of
this State for the coming year, in consequence
Of the large draft made upon her sons Of toll
for the army. It is well thus to look into
the future, that we may prepare by present
exertion To avert ormatcridly aneliorate any
threatened scarcity. For one. have no
fears, il our people generally will use the
means placed in their'h hands for saving what
has now grown this year, aud dcvoting them.
selves with only ordinary industry and skill
to the cultivation Of the soil next year
Providence doubtless gave us one of the
most abundant crops the State has ever been
blessed with, as to prepare for the very thing
which has befallen u.s.. But how do we stand
in this matter? Notwithstanding the decla-
ration which we hear in many quarters of
the State, that the wheat crop is an entire
failure this year, &C., &C., have no reason,
from subsequent information, to. place. the
average crop for 1862, at less thansI did in
my circular of the 7th Of August last-eleven
bushels per acre, which is about tive bushels
less than the average yield per acre for the
past fise years then put the gross yield
at 1S SOC, 900 bushels; but as Z may have
over estimated the aumber of acres in wheat
Il do not think i did howeyeI) wewlll place
tho gross yield at 10000, 900 bushels, with
at least one fourth of last years crop on hand
II, OOO, 900 bushels, making total at har
vest Of not less than 81 900, 900 bushels.
OF corn we have. the greatest yield and
bestin quality the State has ever experienced,
which can safely be placed in round numbers
at 100000 bushels. which is but a fraction
over an average pei acre of 80 bushels In
all Central Iowa 1t will average so bushels
per acre. IF this is all safely secured which
is feared may not be the case, we can afford
ten bushels Of it per head to fatten Our l.
100000 head of hogs, and twenty bushels
per head for as many more next year, and
have nearly half of the crop left, which will
he more than sufficient for all the other stock
of the State. ,H1E.h9@J
But we will have by the close Of another
year another crop of wheat rs wcllas Of corn,
as large, doubtless, as those, who are left at
home can possibly produce. Then let us see
what our comparative force Of labor will be.
We have seen that With the reduction of 90
600 men tho crop Of 1852 was produced
Take 80, 600 more from the probablenumber
Of 17O,O 900 men and boys able towork in the
field, would leave lac, 900 for field, shop and
store. The proportion of corn raised in 1862
for each person of the TO 900 was 40 BUSH
els, and of wheat "a bushels. G If as much
would be raised in 1868, per head, for the
100000 left, we will have of wheat, if no
better year than this, upwards of 100000
bushels, and Of corn, if as good as this year,
Sc, 100000 bushels. But as the proportion
Of farmers taken for the war is about two to
one Of the other classes, but one fifth should,
perhaps, be deducted from their aggregates.
But whatever it may be, the product will be
equal and more than equal to begin the year
1864 than:we had to commence at least two
of the years of the past six, whilst we would
keep in good condition and turn off as un,,''
hogs and cattle as we have for the past two
years, as also have abundance for our con-
sumption of wheat and about one-half Of our
usual amount for expectation. by that time
this war of rebellion will be over, if ever.
when, at last one-haf Of our brave boys
will return to their homes, to resume their
usual avocations =
All this will be done and perhaps more,
besides meeting tn: taxes imposed by the
war.
! arm publishing in the Iowa Homestead, of
this place, a series of articles in regard to
the past and present condition of the indus
trial resources of the State, embracing a Pc
riod Of ten or twelve years, up to and includ-
ing the material furnished by the U. S. census
for 1860, and other wise based upon the State
census and assessments, to which would
call your attention as they appear. ~..>
e.. ~ . -. : WIN. DUANE WILSON
Secretary Iowa Farmers College.