The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-05

1REB FARMS, ETC. c ~ q
Under the Free Homestead law every eitissn q the
United States any foreigner who shall declare hs In
tention Of becoming citizen, have farm Of one
hundred and xty acres without charge. Az good Land
any in the world Ia offered 70 actual settlers these
easy terms IL Ia mentioned that we can, and DO now,
produce bushe Of wheat u much less cost than Che
most scientific farmer Of England can by the best ap
proved method Of cultivation, II he paid nothing
for his land.
EXPORTS OF GRAIN UNIDENTIFIED
Instead Of the grain exporting power q the
United States diminishing predicted by some English
writers the subject 10 shown that since the period
named Qs61) We have exported more grain TO Europe
than during any former period Our grain growers are,
however admonished that the present system Of Quilt
walton has been and is now to extent scourgng
and exhaustive one" But does not follow that the
United States win 70 grow all the wheat II requires
But land should be MANFRED and cultivated better We
shall, however, farm better soon - such improve
ment is perceived 70 DO profitable and necessary Two
agricultural colleges are in active organization, and
others in process Of organization Our young men are
beginning 70 realise that agriculture 10 worthy their
highest ambition, and that in other pursuit win intel
lgsnt labor meet with surer reward
A0RIcuLTURAL INPLRMENrs AND FHB INoREAsH IN
VALUE OF FARMs.
portion u the report 10 devoted TO the confederation
Of laboravtng inventions a promoting the value Of
farms, and intelligent Of what agricultural
societies have accomplished In this respect In
encouraging inventions, &C The cash value Of farms
under actual cultivation IN the United States, in
1850 was three billion two hundred and sev-
enty-ons million nvs hundred and seventy i've
thousand four hundred and twentysx dollars. Their
value had risen in 1850 70 six billion six hundred and
forty i've million rtynve thousand and seven dollars
increase Of hundred and three per cent In ten
yeara The amount Of capital invested In implements
and machinery for their cultivation in 1850 two hun
dred and forty million hundred and eighteen thou.
sand hundred and forty dollars having, in Ten
years. increased ninety four million i've hundred and
thirty thousand i've hundred andthree dollars, more
than sxtyhrse per cent The production Of aboravng
machinery was still going on TO the amount Of
seventeen million four hundred and eighty thou.
sand nine hundred and sixty dollars In lsdo-an
increase Of nearly hundred and nfty-six per
cent over the value made in 1850 This exclusive
Of all articles made on the farm Nearly millions IN
value was made IN New England New York and
Pennsylvania returned the increase In their product 70
be IT. and $50 per cent respectively over the business
extraordinary, the value having augmented from
81 928 927 TO s. 1914 3526 per cent This total
production nearly half that Of the whole Union.
In the Southern States the aggregate was but little over
million and the rate Of increase nearly thirty per
cent In growing districts the horse hoe or cul-
vator has nearly supplied the loss OF manual labor by
the war t
The value of improved agricultural machinery ploughs
and reapers scythes shovels spades hoos and
forks gins &C. in the economical cultivation Of
the SOIL fully conceded and II il suggested that 'the
effects Of such changes the character OF tho rural
population OF our country will soon manifest themseve s
nv their elevatin9 inQuonceau