New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-26
CROPS. PROM MARYLAND TO NEW.
YORK.

Gra.s Crop in Maryland, and How II Pays
Wheat, Oats, Tobacco, Fru.t-Extrava'
gance OF slave Labor and ECONOMY OF free
Labor Provci-Ncw.York CrOps-Rops, tne
Yield. Different Methods Of Polling then'
Wrcs and Observation-Disclosures fhe'
DRY Fxpioded-Corn IN Newly ork, Michigan
md Iiinois-Wheat. Oats, Oat lnsert-Ho'
tatoes-Eruit-Neg and Economical I"si'e
for Farmers Rev oIuticp i'm mowcrs-i"e
Hopkins Reversible Mower.
Correspondence of The y. l. Tribune
MApisos CoUNTY \. Y, July? 1861
TIE prsss erop in regard 10 the number OF acres
eut. ia the king crop oil Maryland this year. The
WELD. though looking beavy il, in fact Slim, ana tue
mowers complain OF a light bottom, owing to the
heavy Spring End Summer rains. II close inyestiga-
ZION invariably shows rank CROWN s1ailopg Oh u
thin bottom. The close proximity Of Maryland TO the
seat OF war, and the facilities afforded by The Chem
peake for easy transportation OF the hay crop 10
Warrington and Fortress MolToe, and thence 10
Southern military posts makes the hay crop the best
paving crop raised by the Maryland farmer.
Tie farmers say with the same manmiug grass
land 10 Maryland is seldom manfred, other things
being equal, IN acre of ground capable of yielding
90 bushels of Winter wheat will produce p tuns Of
hay The wheat will sell in tie home market at
81 % per busbel, making S25 for the yield. Throw
ing out 81 for blowing, rolling, and dragging the
land and sowing, reaping, tbrashng andbagging the
wheat, and buying the seed, ANA we have SIS FOR
the seinnal yield. Two and half Uns OF hay, a, tie
Government price for baled bay. amounts to 80.
Throwing cut SO per acre for cutting snd euring, So
for baIipg and g. for sporting II 10 Market ana
the net profit OF tue acre S3l. Whest-as the llue
and nutriment is all concentrated il the Eernai,
which is transported from the SOILS moe dralnI9S
10 the soil than grass. The sane relative remarks
in regard TO raising hay in Nev-Nork would apply
with some variation.
WINTER WHEAT.
Winter wheat nNle other is raised in Mary iandl
having been for some time Graded and shocked IN
the field, is pact danger from the weevli or rust'
Mary's, Charles, Prince Georges ard Baltimore
CouItiss ia from IL to d bushels. Land admirably
lined and manured viii produce as hish as ~
bushels.
being adapted to wet weather, are luXuriau. in
growth. The yield win be heavy and the Kernels
large and plump, the late dry weather preventing
rust and developing the kernel. The oot insect so
des uctive the oa. crop IN Central New-fofk last
wear, has not made its appearance. The average
yield viii be 80 bushels per acre.
CORN,
which needs more warm sunshine and lees rain, is
exceedingly backwagd-mOre 50 than in the Genesee
Valley OF New. York. Betide being backward, the
crop looks siekly and the felis are uneven III
growth many portions having been drowned ont
by the wet weather. In Maryland, unlike Vermont
or New Hampshire, backwardness Is no detrment,
if the growth is healthy and uniform. Corn grow
ers say, If corn presents even top, out OF tire
ground, by the 9Th Of July the crop is sure" more
corn being spoiled BY rain than by Fal irottf
TOBACCO.
Tobacco IL luxuriant, SD the leaves ore fair and
opepiug we'll This crop draws 20 heavily upon the
strength OF the SOIL that it is net popular crop IN
Naryland, except among the crop growers OF the
rich bottom lanes in the southern counties.
FRUIT
Ia abundant. Peaches and apples are already rpen-
ing and coming into the Baltimore market from TIE
vicinity of Frederick and Old Polat. Cherries,
large aud fair, OF the Epghsh type, grow wild and
food the markets. The peach crop o. MarylsDo,
Delaware, and New-Jersey viii be more than
average.
Labor is scarce, owing to the flight Of so many
slaves. 1t is pretty clearly demonstrated 10 e.
slaveowners thai slave labor Destructive TO Then
interests, financial as we'll az moral.
sat down by the road and learned these facts
from the mouth Of a man who for years has worked
% slaves
"The food per annum FOR each of my slaves costf
me $50: clothing ministers, and doctors $50; sop
port OF children, Si0 interest on 81 2OU-the worth
OF the slayeanu which could OtseTw ise be laid
in agricultural implements, -. The ahnoai aEgIe-
gate per slave 4 $l5s, fer about eight months
labor and total loss OF g. 200 ri the end OF abcu.
70 year,
lie received these facts from yorr correspondent:
A hisl-class, intelligent white iaborer in the
North, VINO, as free msn, Will 90 dOnble the labor
of a slave, black Or white, can be hired for eight
months at Sl4 Der month-sl32. His board Tor
eight months, al - 80 per week, will be SiS-mak
ing tie aggregate OF xi7o foT intelligent freeman,
who will save your farming tools il never liable to
die or run away, Oh your haDds--wbo will periCrm
more labor, better, and allow you TO place yonr
money at interest, lay it cut On implements 20
k.Ock your farm.
He looked silently al mel think, Convinced by
the hard logic OF statistics.
CROPS IN NEW-YORK AND STATES NORTH
ROPS.
The Hop crop of Central New-TOrk Is more ex-
tensive thao IN any other locality in the United
States, and Madison Co., perhaps, prodominates over
al other counties The crop, throughout the State
never lOokec better than this season. Many new
fields sre noticeable Ogtida and AiadisOn Counties
Tie vines have already reached the summit OF The
E)les and the are branching ont PREPARATORY 20
shooting fcrtb the blossom. The Hop crop Of he
North, IKE the tobacco crop OF Maryland is ruinous
60 the soll aud growers in Central Nev-YOrk fre-
quep y raise large crops though it takes al the ma
nore from The resi- OF tie farm. Hops can be grown
pie!eG, otled anO bal-G for cents Ter pound. VIM
a. Ihroop anGA. w. Morse, cd growers Of Aladi,o
County, concnr Ia this statement. Tie market
ranges from 70 70 csDts, thele figures frequently
gong up, as IL al the bulls in Wall street were al
ter them, 10 30 and 20 cents.
YIELD, AND MODES OF RAISING.
The average yield Of Hops, ind after extensive
INQUIRY, 10 Ce about 1000 pounds per acre; some
times, under peculiar cifcu1 stances, tAis amount
1aile 10 100 OF increases 20 5000.
Three new modes OF trailing Hops are in success
ful operation:
!, Posts, six or eight inches ia diameter, are set
IL The ground, around the edge Of the field. Iicse