Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-08-30
Crops in OlliO-Future SURPLUS,

1t is the best and largest crop of wheat
produced in Ohio since 1850 Tho
crop of that year was the largest ever
grown in the State, and the largest
average per acre. It is probable that
the crop this year will be equal in A.
mount to that. The crop of 1850 was
3I,oOO, 900 bushels That ofthis wear
may safely be put down at 80, 600, 900.
After 1850 the wheat crop of Ohio
declined till it reached only 1900.
goo bushels in 1854 which was but i
little more than one-third the maxi
mum. The maximum and minimum
crops were as follows
/ In le50........ ......... 81 100000 Bussel.
IA i824-'-''.'. -. Ill, 1885,, ITO
In 1921 ''''-'''' .25,397,6I8
From return of assessors received
at the office of the Commissioner Of
Statistics, it appears that the crop Of
1861 was about Is per cent less than
that of 1860, which would make last
years crop in Ohio 20,0OO,00O bush.
els. From general observation, it
seems that the crop both in quantity
and quality is far beyond that of IS
60; so, as We remarked, it may be set
down at not far from thirty millions.
The three cops then, of go, 81, '62,
were very nearly as follows:
In 1S0O-.................. 23,8IO,35s buhseIs.
In lojl.... -. .-...,.. 2O000O00
In l852''''. 5O,OOO,OOO
The consumption Of the State for
both food and seed does not exceed
100000. We have, then, the fol-
lowing surplus of wheat
For 1850. ........ .IO,6tO .356 bushels
For IooI - ''''.''''..... 7,OOOOQQ
For 1867 ........ --.--.. rsTs~sSs'"S luO
This is, of course, on the aSsump-
ton that the wheat is stored and
ground without any waste. 1t will be
observed, that as the consumption re-
mains nearly the same, the increase
of the crop is really an increase of
the surplus: The State is, therefore.
as to the profits of commerce, a much
greater gamer than in the mere in
crease of the crop.
She corn crop has now got to the
Goth of Aug in most excellent cou-
dition, the plant being vigorous and
growing rapidly. 1t is backward in
point of time, but never in a better
state. The drought which was appre-
hendod has not taken place ana If
the remainder Eof Augost .siUura
be dry and hot, il viii be no more
than what the corn plant requires to
make and ripen it well. This will
pSobably be che case; and, without
proyidential ca!amlities of an unusual
kind, itunay be assumed that the corn
crop of 1862 viii be above the aver
age.
The oats is rather inferior. There
will, on the whole, be less than an
average.
Other small grain and potatoes have
done remarkably well, ana the grass
crop is unprecedented. Taking all
the crops together-supposing the re-
mainder of the season to be fair for
gathering the outstanding crops-it
may be confidently affirmed that Ohio
will have produced an aggregate Of
breadstuffs much exceeding that in
any year of its existence. The ag-
gregate crop of 1860 was the largest
ever produced in the State-being one
hundred and fifty three millions of
bushels, including potatoes. The ag-
gregate ef 1862 will exceed this i'm
mense amount. We shall have, there
fore, the same surplus to send abroad
in 1862'63 that we had in 1860'61.-
When we add to this the labor used in
manufacturing -four, liquor, and pro-
visions; and to this again, the pros
ducts of cattle and sheep, we find the
surplus product of agriculture expor-
ted from Ohio will exceed the inter-
erst on a thousand millions of dollars
the whole value of property in the
State and will exceed the interest on
the whole National Debt, made by the
war, in two years from its commences
ment. 1t is in these products Of free
labor and good soil, that we see in
what manner a people become strong
and independent. England has no
such independence. For forty years
she has imported bread every year,
and next winter viii have to pay Ohio
the cash for these very products
This is the triumph of Republican
State, in which labor has its reward,
and there is neither cast or slavery to
depress honest industry.
In conclusion, we may say that
Providence is on our side How
great the contrast between these vast
harvests and eTerhowing granaries and
what might have been, had our fields
been wilted with blight and drought!
Let US be thankful that God reigns in
mercy, and will cause truth and right
eousness to prevail.-CGu Gaz.