Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-11-07

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Pro.rc y OF Az .lculture from June list,
1850, to Juno LIST, 1850.
Notwithstanding the gratifying result
" hich the census exhibits ching our man
ufacsures, Rhode Island is the only State in
the Union where the capital invested in
farms is not greatly in excess OF the ccpital
invested in manufactures. 1t is cert lin that
the vast railroad, commercial and manutac-
turing interests of the country, which, direct
ly and indirectly give support to so many OF
our people, are in turn supported by the
farmers and planters. Thus the different,
but not clashing interests Of o country 50
great and well favored as ours, mutually de-
pend upon and sustain each other like the
different blocks in a perfect arch.
The number of acres Of improved unim-
proved farming lands is returned as follows:
Lands improved in 1850, 1l3,032 6 IA acres;
in 1850, 1913 POI 1893 acres uhimproved in
1850, 1870, ABS, 900; in 1860, GAG, 5oS, 2aA.--
The cash value Of these farms was, in 1850,
1921 ,575, 426, and in 1860, $1,000, STE, 5O7.
The value of the farming implements and
machinery, used in their cultivation, was, in
1860, sl6l ,5S7 ,63s, and in 1860, $247,O$7,-
496.
The number of live stock returned for the
census of 1850, was "a 1897 793, of which 4 :
:,2S, 3S7 were horses, 550, 225 We're asses and
mules, 6,2GS, 1855 were mich cows, ,6S2, OCT
were working oxen, 10 ,2S0,372 other cattle,
q ,347, 5S7 sheep, 80, 34A $50 swine, the val
uae of all was $542, 0G7,276. TO this sum
add $2,113,240 for the value ofthe live stock
in the Territories aad VIC have the sum OF
$5i4, lS0,5l6, as the total value OF the live
stock in The country in 1850. For the CEN
sus Of 1860 The aggregate live stock numbers
SS,659,37l head, distributed among 6,l1o,-
45S horses, 1929 500 asses and mules, g.
72S, SG2 mich cows, 2,240,075 work oxen,
1877 500 other cattle, 23,3lT,756 sheep,
and 50, 553, 267 swine. II to this sum be ad
ded the value Of live stock owned by persons
not farmers. in which category there We're ]
1856, ola horses, 157 1856 asses and m"les, g.
347, 009 neat cattle, .505,Sl0 sheep, and
3,467, 9O5 swine it is not TO be doubted that
the sa'cable animals in the country June l,
1862, could have bought all the railways
The value of animals slaughtered in 1850
was Sl]l,703, l42; in 1860, $2l2,S7 ,653.
The number of pounds Of wool clipped in
1850 was 52,2l6, 950, and in 1860, GO,5ll,-
s43. Ohio is the greatest wool growing
State, New York coming next, Pennsylvania
next, Michigan next, We, mont next, and
then California, already being the sixth in
rank, in this profitable business. The Gold
en- State returned $500 pounds in 1850, and
1851 ,622 pounds in 1850! Connecticut
Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts,
New Jersey, No, tn Carolina, Rhode Island
South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia did
not grow as much weol in 1860 as in 1850
The number Of bales, 400 lbs.) Of ginneo
cotton produced in 1S49 was "a '5,793, and
in 1859 5,19S,0T7 bales. Estimating its val
ue At ten cents per pound, it was worth tc
the planters $2O7 ,223,0S0. Say that the Sea
Island kind would have doubled the value
aad We have $414,446,l8O as the worth Of
the cotton crop in 1859 no doubt its fol
value. Estimating the average value Of on,
horses at $50, that Of mules $50, Of swine al
So. and our beef cattle alone at $40, and We
end their aggregate value to be $4S3,973,
5N94. Thus the live stock Of our farmers at 8
forced sale, could buy out our King" ant
have all the sheep,all the working oxen, al
the mich cows and all the stock OF all kinds
not on farms to commence anew with.
The wheat crop in 1860 amounted to III ,
,1s3,3Sl bushels against 100, AS, 9i4 bushels
in 1850. Rye, in 1860, 20,976,2S6 bushels
14,1SS,Sl3 in 1850. Indian corn, 30.A5l
TO7 bushels in 1860, 492,07l,1 04 in 1850
Oats. 172 ,554, 6s8 and LAG, 5s4, 179 for the re
spective years. Tobacco increased from 100,
G52,s55 pounds in 1850, to 429,39o,77l ],
-2s6O-its culture being extended enormousl,
during the tleccnnium in Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pcnnsyl
vania, and the Western States generally. TIL
production Of rice fell off from 2l5,3l3, 40
pounds in 1850 to 1877, 140,173 in 1860, at
tributable mostly to a large decrease in eacl
fthe States Of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama and Mississippi. The number Of bush
.els Of Irish potatoes produced in 1860, wa
1851 poi; in 1850, 65,797, 1896. In tn
production of this root, New Jersey surpass
anyother State by more that two bushels I
one. The tons Of hay grown in 1860 mum
bercd Is, l29, 1873; in 1850, 1883. 49,
The Yields Of barley. buck heat. clover, a.
grass seeda peas and beans, hemp, hepe, AZ
aud flaxseed,s greatly exceeded in, 1850 tn
vields Of 1850, eyeept a Is FAX the fibre 9
which was used. About 90, 900 moro bush
els Of fIaxsced are returned in 1850, tina
80 :-1oS0 TSho~n uUare AR(k k0o