The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-11-04

n54 neat cattle, "a 1874 sheep 90 ESQ
swine, l30,89l.
The productions Of agriculture As re-
CARDS all the crops generally cultivated by
our farmers, or which can be probably
raised in this climate, show an almost in-
credible increase In 1860 over the pro-
auctions Of 1850. The decade has also
been remarkable for the introduction of
an entirely new product, which saved TO
| the people of the State not less than a
million of dollars in 1861. We refer to
the Sorghum, or "Chinese Sugar Cane"
Utterly unknown to the State in 1850
not generally experimental upon till 1868
we produced in 1860, l,993,474 gal.
Ions, being more than million gallons in
excess OF tho product of any othsr State.
The wheat crop, in 1850. amounted to
l,530,5sl bushels in 1860. S,433, eos,
being only about 100000 less bushels
than were produced in the State Of New
York. and more than million bushels in
excess of the product in the State of Ken
lucky. Tennessee, wlIich produced more
wheat than Iowa in 1850, produced g.
coo, coo bushels less in 1860. In 1850,
we ranked as the fifteenth wheat growing
State, in 1860 as the eighth, II is we'll
known that Iowa gave celebrity to par
ticular kind of wheat which commands a
higher price 10 ali the great markets than
any other-the Iowa Amber. Ofrye we
produced, in 1850, 1876 bushels in
1850. l76,055 bushels. Indian corn is,
perhaps, our most valuable crop. We
produced. in 1850. s,65G,799 bushels,
in 1850, 4I,l16,994. As regards this
important production we rank as the
seventh State in the Union. Thirteen
States which respectively produced more
corn than Iowa in 1850, produced less in
1860. There were grown in the State in
| 1850, ,524 $40 bushels of oats in 1860
1868 bushels; Of Irish por.atces,
276,l20 and 2,70o,5l5 respectively !;
sweet potatoes. gas, and 50,938 barley
25,093, and 45i,l16; buckwheat, ST..
SIG and elf, 524; hsy, 89. 055 and 707.-
$50 tons; clover seed, 342 and l,56l
bushels; grass seed, 2,096, and 60 ,432.
Then there are other productions to
which our farmers do not so generally
give attention, but as regards " hicll tie
record OF the State is praiseworthy to no
small extent Thus we raised 31o,919
pounds Of tobacco in 1860, against SOIL
pounds in 1850 OF ''peas and beans"
we produced As, $40 bushels in 1860, the
product in 80 being only Ats bushels.
The pounds Of wool clipped in 1850 were
653, O36 against 373, 500 10 90, being as
great a rate Of Increase u in almost any
other State in this respect, but still not
evidencing as much attention TO this i'm
portant and profitable branch OF farming
as might have been eApec;ed from the
adaptedness of our State to sheep RAISING.
The value Of our orchard products was,
in 1850, S6,434 in 1860, they had come
70 be worth, sl3l ,234; so that, fthe
risors Of enr climate unusually severe
during the last dccade) are against our
taking front rank in fruit growing, ex-
perience shows that we can confidently
expect good results In this respect, where
in, b. general admission, We need not
claim pre-eminence Our people manu-
featured 3,706 gallons of wine in 1860
in 1850 there were 49o gallons made IN
the State. The number of pounds Of
butter returned in 1850 was 2,I71, I88;
in 1860, l1,526,O02 of cheese, in 80,
eO9, $40 pounds. in go, 9ol go. The
vsiue OF our homemade manufactures.
| produced on the farms Of the State, was,
in 1850, 1921 ,2ss, and in 1860, $3l4,.
/ DIG; and the value Of the productions of
! our market gardens was, for so, 6,8IS,
. and for 1860, s141,549 The value Of
animals slaughtered was, in so, $685.
4 1854 in go, 4,4O3, 1853.
Such is the honorable record shown by
the faImers of Iowa. They may well be
proud of their labors, and the State may
well be proud Of them.
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE.
We regret that the volume before US
contains no figures as to the schools,
seminaries, and other institutions Of
learning of the country, with the number
Of pupils in attendance, &c.-facts of far
moro general interest. and of far more
value TO the public at large, we think,
than the dismal mortality tables and dis
QUESTIONS thereon, which occupy some
forty pages of this report. We are I'M
able, therefore, to compare our public
schools as they existed in 1860 with the
public schools Of 1850. We know, how
ever, from the reports of our State func-
tionaries, which have from time to time
been made during the decade, that we
have herein improved as rapidly as in
any other respect. Our fres-school system
is certainly on par with that of almost
any other State, whilst our seminaries and
colleges SO far as we know have all been
highly prosperous.