Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-11-06

TGIFtao lalss &bicb rs1pscos sll pro-
duced mofs corr than laws, u 1850,
produced les il 1860. Thee were
grown 10 the State 10 1850, 1,52s.s45
bushels Of oats in 1860, 5.S79.e03
i.u.hels; Of Irish potatoes, 276,l20 aud
2,7oO,5l5 respectively sweet potatoes.
6,243 and 5O.93s; barley. 25,099 and
454,l16 buckwhe At, $3.50 and 2f6,-
524; hay, s9.O55 and 707 ,260 tons;
clover seed, 342 and 1854 bushels
grass seed, 2,Os6 isnd 9,432.
Then there are other productions to
which orr farmers do not 80 generally
give attention, but as regard. which the
record Of the State is praiseworthy TO no
small extent. Thus we raised 3l2,919
pounds of tobacco in 1860, against g.
O41 pounds in 1850. OF "peas and
beans" We produced 45,57O bu.hel. 10
1860, the product in so being only a.
IT'S bushels. The pounds Of wool clip
ped in 1860 were 653,O36 against 373,-
500 in so, being as great rate OF in
crease as in almost any other State 10
this respect, tut still Mt evideuc'ng as
much attention to this important and
profitable branch Of farming as hight
have been expected from the adaptedness
OF our State TO sheep raising. The value
Of our orchard product was, in 1850,
ss,434; in 1860, they had come to be
worth sl3l,234 50 that, ifthe rigors Of
our climate (uousuaily severe during the
last decsde) are against orr taking
front rank in fruit growing. experience
shows that we can confidently expect
good results in this respect, wherein, by
general admission, we need not claim
prominence. Our people manufactured
3,7O6 gallons Of wine in l86O-in 1850
there were 42O gallons made in tue
State. Tho number ofpounds Of butter
returned in 1850 was 2,l7l,l88; in
1860, ll,52G,OO2 of cheese, in 80,
20e,s40 pounds, in go, 9ol, 22O. The
value of our bone. made manufactures,
produced on the farms Of the State, was
IN 1850, $221,2 and in 1860, S3l4,-
Olo; and the value Of the productions
OF our market gardens was, for 80, 49,
s4s, and Tor 1860, $l4l,549. The value
of animals slaug Uttered was in so, $62l,-
1874; in go, $4,4O3,463.
Such is the honorable record shown
by the farmers of Iowa. They may well
be proud Of their labo,s, aud the State
NAV we'll be proud Of them.
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE.
We regret tia, the volume before US
contains no figures as to the schools,
eeminarics, aud other Institutions Ut
learning of the country, with the num-
Der OF pupils 10 attendance, etc.,-facts
of lar more general interest, and of far
more value to The public at large, we
think, than the dismal mortality tables
and disqnistions thereon, which occupy
some forty pages OF this report. We are
unable, 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 free school sys
TEN is certainly on par with that Of al
most any other State, whilst our semi
na,ies and colleges SO far as VIC know
have all been highly prosperous.
| Ii other evidences were wanting that
our people have advanced in intelligence
as they have in wealth and general ma.
terial prosperity, 1t is to be found, con
elusive enough, in the great increase in
the circulation Of newspapers and pc
,iodicals within the State. In 1850 We
had 20 papers and periodicals Of all
kinds, which printed during the year,
1,512,sOO copies. In 1860 we had 1870
papers and periodicals, which printed
during the year, 6,5s9,36O copies. 10
1850, we had no dailes; in 1860 we
had nine, which number has already
been increased to twelve. Nor should
it be forgotten that our State, more than
any other Western State, is affected
in this respect by great commercial Gen.
tres. Thus the daily journals Of st.
Louis circulate not only in Missouri, but
largely here, whilst the dailics of Chica-
go are generally bought all along our
lines Of railway, which, from the inte-
rior Of our State centre at that impor-
tant commercial point. Undoubtedly
half the papers circulated in Iowa are
printed beyond its borders, which TACT,
connected with that Of the large circu-
ls;ion of our own journals, speaks vol
nmcs in favor Of the general intelli-
| gence of our people.
Thus as We have briefly and imper.
fectly narrated, has Iowa grown in all
the elements of material prosperity and
public Intelligence, during the period OF
ten ycara, between 1850 and $780,
Not State in the Union can show a
more honorable record. When we con-
slider, therefore, the fertility Of our soil,
the healthfulness Of fine climate, the
progress our railroads are making across
the State, the low rates Of taxation, the
fact that our public charitable institu.
tione have been built and paid for al
ready, and the cheapncss with which
our lands, convenient TO market, can be
bonght and improved, it is not to be
| doubted that We offer inducements TO
immigration at least equal to those OF.
fered by any ether State in the Union.
So much, at all events, is proved by the
official facts and figures of the eighth
census.