Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-13
The Gesrsla Wsss' 9 c;sp aaa lha De-

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The GesrSIa Tkest Crop and iho De-
Eaahds en- lt.
Ferm ths Augusta Cunstitutionalist.l
We are very desrous that. the people should
have Just and correct Yiews as to TIE amount OF
/ tks eIsP recently harvested 10 this Stale and OF
the reqHiEemsnts of the army, in eTder that
Huch Of their pTeju3Se and passion msy be
dispelled, that they may look at thiags in their
/ trus light and prepare to govern themselves
accordingly. And first, as % the amount Of tss
crop, We srs entirely satisfied that the most
sxaggsTated aud eEtTsvagant estimsses have
bssn told By people who really know n8thng cl
the facts, and whe, in fact, havs no data on
which to bsse an Opiui0H, and wiiieh OpiRiGn il
consequently nothing but mere guessWork, that
/ the crop of wheat ms3e in Georgia the present
year is By far the largest ever produced, and
sufficient to meet any requirements that would
probably be Dsds On it, aad yet leave s surplus,
and thai Aour woalj and must be cheap All
people see now that great mistake hss been
made sseut eheapuess, GRd they ought 90
know, also, shat equally ss great miseslcula-
lion, or rather false guessing, has been made ss
to the sxtsut Of the crop actually grswn.
New We shat not PTetsud ts accuracy; bat
we win give the data on which we base eur ssti-
mats Of the crsP gf0Wa together wl-h racis as
to the quality Of he crop, sRd GONE suggestions
s. to the demands that viii be made on it, and
thereby we hope 70 dissipsts many srrsrs and
pFeiadisss. That the crop wss unusually coed,
in appearance, Hp to the day thal harvest com-
menssd, is admitted BY all and that the yield
per acre Of measured wheat wss full average
is also true. But Wsas is g full average per
acre for al GeoFgia-H0t for ten Or a hundred
or thousand scrss-but for the whole three or
four hundred tABusand acres s0wn, frou Raburu
gap to The confluence Of the Flint aud Chas.a-
hoechesf Fifty or 3 hundred years sgs, tho
fertile and thsR comparatively fresh lands ef
New Ysrk State, including the splendid wheat
lsnds Of the Mshswk and Genuesss vallisz,
yielded sR s7srsgs Of ouly fourteen bushels psE
acre. 5ut twenty years ego that average had de-
creased, on that hne vines. LAID, to seven CT
eight bushels per acre. A few years sgo, in
Great Britain, under al the stimulus ef pro.
testive aern laws, sf bsREtfal manuriDz, aud
the highest and msss skillfsi cultivation
that sBy land in the world has ever beaH
subject TO, the eros OF tho whole kingdom ws5
ran up, in q good season TO the eneGraens
average Of twsnty-siK bushels, with many sin
gle acres yielding Sky, seventy aud as high
as eighty bushels. With these facts 10 gaide
rs, what average viii any intelligent iErmsT e
planter set down for Georgia, hearing ir .ria3
that We have very little excellent wheat sna
in cultivation in ths slsts- snd that We are
largely dshsisnt in means for maozIing
and far from skiilful, as a mass, Ia wheat sal-
turs The valies Of the EIJwah su3 OJs.s-
Rsala are the best wheat lands ia Georgia, and
thsy yield eight ten, twelve, fifteen, twenty
bsshsls-sYersgiRg perhaps loss than Twelve
and but small portion of them, comparatively,
is devoted to wheat In Mid5dle Georgia thsre
are occasional spots Of strong clay land, well
ADAPTED TO wheat, If skilfaily managed and
thoroughly msRursd BslsH the line Of Bald
win aRd jones counties there IS, proDfrly speak
ing, 40 wheat land, though considerable guam
tity has bees sewn in that district Tor the past
two or three years, and in soms cases with sue
cess
The season generally was as propitious for
wheat as ne ever have in Georgia-the HintsT
was rather dry and cold, and the spriHg no. eE-
esssiFely wet. Tss dry weather of the last
three weeks IN Nay, thsHgh generally consider
ed gssd for Whsst, we feel satisfied injured the
crop TO ssme extent; that is, we think one good
rsin, after thu blooms 81. wouIs have increased
the ersp materially, though It wss better by the
a-outh than it would have been by excessive
wet. As an shset to 3 generally good season
VS. must place the lack of manUre, gGauO and
csitOn seed, and defective seed. What was the
sYsTsgs yield, in bushels, per scre We be-
liave il wss rot less than six bushels and we
knew no gssd farmer il the Ststs, acquainted
vita the facts, will pat it higher thsa aigh
bushels. How many gcEeg were soSn in wsaaU
a1k 4casi E=AAa51 ahtal al ~ AUllAIEL alt'l
acres, and not mere, certainly, than foar hun-
drsd thsasaHd, estimating frsm the return Of
wheat and oats together soHn in the fsl o.
1861, Whish was thIieeu hundred Thousand
acres. From the scarcity, high prices, and
very defective quality Of the seed we wpre con
vinced that less land was sown In 1862 than
1861. With tkrse hundred aBd fifty thoGsard
acres sewn, and al average yield of seven buFh-
els, We have an aggregate crop cf two millions
81. I
the outside the crop did not exceed two and
half millions, Of which four hundred Thousand
win be required for seed.
H0N much AoHr will the remaining ., 100 0C0
Bushels yield jane and July we're very wet,
and much wheat stood in the field four t. six
weeks after respiRg. It. necessarily, became
very damp, snd, therefore, viii not yield nearly
so much -four, though of better quality. In sd
ditiOn, We knew that the crop Is much ligkter
weight thsa usual, running generally from fifty
three to 6fty-ssvsn pounds per bashel, very lit
tie gsing as high a. sixtY-55andaTd weight
and some geing as low as foTty-fTe The Crep
sf feur, therefore, viii be very Htsle, if any,
above the svsraZs Of the past ten years.
What viii be the eensumptionG Producers
will c0nsgWs 81 heme nearly as mneh as usual,
though SEINE may, psFhsps, use less, so ss to
eel 3 httle at extrsYsgant prices, but very few,
we fear viii curtsii their own allowance, in or
Ger u fssd thelr defenaers, their oEly defenders
the soldiers Of the Cenfedsrecy--at four dol-
lars per basket. Yirginis and EoFlh Carolina
will feed their eER people and the soldiers
within their b9rdsrs-f0r many reasons they
csnRst be rallied on to De more. S0ush Carsliea,
Georgia, Alabama Mississippi and East Ten
nessss mast feed one hundred and fifty thou
ssRd sold iaTs, besides feeding their own pro
ducsrs. East tennessee, Nsrth Alabams and
North Mississippi cannot Be relied On TO furnish
any considerable qusRttY Georgia, the Em-
pirs State, whieh has nes PTeviousiy been called
on fer army Subsistence, rRust prepare 60 furnish
the soldiers very nearly a million Of bushels Of
wheat. II can be dsne but Ia srder 10 do It
the nen-prodUcers in the State, not In the army,
nay make uP their ninds to 20 without wheat
bread, unless they can coax it cat Of the pro-
5ueeTs, who probably viii use less Il ssimulstsd
By tas offsr Of TIVE or three hundred dollars per
bsrrel-and that it vii go ap during the winter
aud sPriBg, unless affairs prosper exceedingly
with the armies.
The oVsFtaro Of REr. Conway 70 Tr. Ma
aon-Aatisn of the ENeeatiVe Commit
ses sE the American Anu-sfnvery Sc
eistys
From the Anttslsvsry STANDARD, July 93I
WuEREAs The I,oudsn Tfmeg uubiiqhas a