Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-12-12
fee Crops Of the Year.

The FIRST momentous question for No.
ton to donsider, 10 securing an abundance
Of food. Nations and tribes once numer.
Gus and powerful have persisted from the
face Of the earth by famine. From the
FIRST appearance OF tho potato rot in Ire.
land, nearly twenty years ago, the popu.
lation Of that island has diminished from
above eixb, millions to = little over five
millions. Thou 81 ads persisted from fam.
inc, because of the failure Of the potato
crop, which formed chiefpovtion Of their
food This took place in our day, aud is
sequel to many cases Of similar ia.
ture which occurred il our portions Of
the globe. All the arts connected with
civilization are dependent, not Only upon
an abundant supply Of food, but surplus
supply rom those who pursue the the Art
O. husbandry. If every man we're com
PEELED 10 til the soil to obtain a scanty
supply Of food for himself aud family, ci-
vi,zalion, as we understand the subject
would DO unknown. There would be no
books, no institutions of learning, aud
none Of the fine arts practiced; in TACT no
cities, no community in he whole ca .h of
higher type than The Bedouin OF the des.
ert. Tue very rapid advancement in pop.
u'ation, in wealth nd power Of the Uni.
ted States, cas- been due in . z eat meas.
ure to the fe tlity Of the soil aud the ia
wore ble nature o. our climate. Since the
great West has opened up to the culture
OF al eae :getic people, the vast surplus
cops OF the soil have tended 10 multiply
manviac,utes, and advance education and
all the arts, with u rspiditv unparalleled in
history. The pa.u"e ahd quantity Of the
crops raised annually should, therefore,
form lqe most ptomlhent consideration for
The people. For several years sbese have
been most wonde fully abundant, and
la &c surplus supplies have been lurnish>
Ell Tor the populations Of Europe, espe.
cially o! 6 eat BRIAN, when the crops
there had in & eat measure failed for
three yea 8 IN succession. AS these sur.
plus supplies supplies Of food chiefly fur.
nlsh the ,'news OF wa, as we'll as the arts
Of peace. cou,de,a able anxiety was felt
respecting their condition and quantity
the present yeat. THIS anxietv was expe.
rlenced beca use severe frost had visited
extensive sections OF Ouio, Michieen, Iii.
nois, Indiana aud Wisconsin,, during the
moatn Ut Septe nber last, aud it was re-.
ported That corn, buck wheat aud potatoes
bad suHe. ed 10 an alarming extent. S,a.
tist'cs collected and furnished By the Az
ricultnral Department at Washington, az
ford information on this subject Of an
instructive and deeply Interesting nature.
The total wheat products of the loyal
States for 1868 il estimated 0l.O6S 239
bushels; oats, lrfS5S, us; corn, 4i9, l63
s9i; buck wheat, II, 1913. 23s; potatoes, 81,
5000 In u 1869 the product vas as
follow>:-wheat, 1879 993 500 bushels; rye,
q pa; barley. 1881 AGA, oats. l72 $50,
991 corn, $50 9Jl IA; buck wheat, 49,.
'22,995, po, a,oes, li3 5J;;, lis bushels.
there has, ii ere re, been an increase
OF the wheat crop amounting 10 1914 739
bushels; Of oats amounting 10 1927, 10
bushels, out very large deer, a>e in all
the o.her crops, especially co,n and poa.
toes-'n the former amounting 10 no less
than 131 $40 $50 bushels. Ab,ut4 ID 900,
900 vi wheat aud IL $50, 900 bushels II
corn were exported Of the crop Of 1862
bat he cops ia Europe his year have
been vetv aoundant, and The toreisn de. |
man ior our surplus will thereby de de- |
mln'shed in proportion. The consump- |
ton of con IS set down at J,J O24 1879 |
bushels annually, and at ibis ale there
VII De a deficiency this year o. Us, s69,
coo bushels, aud The hay crop is deficient
about GA 900 tuus. This ouanli of |
com allowed for home consump. o. is |
la'ge and in a certain sense hypol he. cal
Msnv millions Of bushels OF The crop u
1862 are Sui in storehouses, and millions
have been wasted Annually ia he fields
Economy, wish respect 20 Corn and wheat,
is an oosoleted in the eat Wes,, as is
well known 10 all who have visited there
The total supply Of gain and potatoes
this yea, VIII all the deficiency, amounts
nearly TO thousand millions bushels, or
about fo'v five bushels 10 each person,
and Is Sufficiently abundant for domestic
with an overpus 10 satisfy
q considerable FIRE: gn demand.
Chinese Porerbs.-An obstinate wo.
man goes TO sea in baud box.
A patient woman roasts an OK with
burning glass.
A curious woman wauld turn rainbow
to see what was on the other side.
A cautious woman writes her promises
On slate.
A vu|g gar woman is spider attempting
TO spin silk.
An extravagant woman burns candle
in looking for . match"
A happy woman died in Blind, Deaf
and Dumb Asylum years ago.
An officer who was ipspectinp his com.