The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-12-28
farm aud atunsehoId.
Report OF the commissioned Of
ANrlcnlfnre.


Report Of the commissioned Of
Agriculture.
Tho 9Th annual report Of Commissioner
NswruS says that the agricultural condi.
tion Of the Northean States was never NOR,
hourishipg. High prices, accessible mar
kets, and crops Of average abundance have
insured good profits aud general pros
perity.
DEFFEcrs OF SOUTHERN AGRICULTURE.
In tie South, II is hoped, that the gre,
mistake Of the past, tho concentration OF
labor mainly upon single grand division
Of productive industry, will be avoided
In political economy the smaller productt
of a diversified industry are far mjre than
nm equivalent for singlo result OF organ
tied labor, however absorbing or important
The cotton crop, for example, of the en-.
pire State Of the South, in 1860, was T0l,
$40, bales, yielding little more than $50, 900,
600, while the butter of New York in 1867 I,
one Of several products OF the dairy, was
estimated at $50, 100000; and yet the census
gives to New York but $40, ,9l4 farmers and
farm laborers, and only the males Of thc
slaves, 3l6,47S persons engaged IN agricul
turc. Besides the other dairy products
milk. cream aud cheese and tho multitude
oil the farm, the principal crops make an
outstanding aggregate--as in 1864, when
the corn crop of New York was estimated
at $4,000 600, tho wheat at S25, 1000, 900
Tire oats at 1893 900, 600, potatoes at Sl9,'
100000 and hay at 800 100000. Including
the minor cereals, products Of orchards aud
gardens, the production OF beef and mutton
from pasturage, aud great variety of mis-.
ceianeous aud exceptional products, the
currency value Of the agricultural pro
ductions OF this one State IN that year was
far greater than the money returns of any
cotton crop ever produced In the country.
and the gold valuo of such products would
he more than equivalent to the gold value
Of half the cotton crop OF 1860.
Improved farm implements are also great
ly needed in the South.
DISTRIBUTION or SEEDS.
The Bureau has attempted to secure II
judicious and useful distribution Of the
seeds with which il has heen supplied.
Tho distribution reached 1929 packages,
an increase of 222,s3l packages over last
year.
TIIE EXPERIMENTAL FARM,
The operations aud experiments of the
experimental farm, though initiatory, and
necessarily incomplete, have beon interest.
ing and suggestive. They abundantly war.
rant the most careful future management OF
the department, and the most ample faoili.
ties which tho judioiOus aud fostering care
of the Government may provide BY such
means alone can tho requirements of the
law relative TO testing seeds of foreign
growth prior 10 distribution through the
country, bo properly met.
M Hftr.nva ynriat;aa ~ ,y;uIar ,,,LaoN
grown there were six worthy of particular
f5uark. The Premium White Mediter.
ranean, sown October 6, was harvested
Juno 20, and produced forty oight bushels
per acre. The Red Bearded Mediterranean
yielded nearly at the samo rate. Both
proved of fine quality and are recommended
for general cultivation. Tho Tappahan.
mock and Russian "SchefTll" wheats sue.
oeedcd admirably Experiments will bo
continued during tho present year upon the
same varieties. Nine kinds from Glasgow
aud eight from the Royal Agricultural Ex-
hibition at Vienna have been sown the pres.
ent autumn. With the latter came one
hundred varieties of seeds Of cereals ani
vegetables from the same exhibition, which
will also be tested.
Sixty seven varieties of spring wheat
were sown, of which forty.six did we'll.
Tho best success was attained by the Ore.
gon Red Boarded, or April, from Great
Britain, sown March %, aud harvested
July 7; Arnautka Hardy Spring. sown
March -, and harvested July q and
several varieties from Germany. The Red
Chilli and Black Sea are worthy of special
commendation.
OF the sixteen kinds OF ryo cultivated
Probstier aud the rirnia, from Saxony, are
considered the best,
Seventeen varieties Of oats were sown.
The White Swedish, Yellow Lithuanian,
Black Tartarian- Black Prussian aud Nuns
succeeded best. ~
The 0derbruch barley, from tho low but
drained lands in the valley of the Oder, oele'
brated among tho porter brewers OF the
continent OF Europe, was cultivated under
tiniavorable circumstances, being received
too late for proper test Other kinds
were tried, with fair results.
-Four varieties of sorgum wero cultivated
successfully, one of which, from China
tn5lyzed by the chemist yollod seven,
teen ounces OF clear juice IRON three pounds
Of stocks.
From seventy varieties Of peas, all lid
we'll except few from Germany. The
earliest were Dxon's First and Best Wheel
or's First Early Sangster's No. l. anC
McLeap's Little Gem, the latter prolific
green, wriukled marrow pea growing about
foprteeminches high. McLeau's Epicurear
McLean's Princess of Walos, and MoLean's
Premier, proved to he fle Favored and
prolific, while Saxton's Prolific, Yorkshire
Hero, and Magdebure Gold, gained an on
viable reputation as second crop peas com
Ing in soon after the earliest varieties
These early and second early poas arc pre-
served for distribution.
THE CROPS.
A reference to the condition of tho crop,
Of 1866 may properly be made at this time
though II is too early to obtain complete re
turns of corn aud cotton and few oihe
products.
The regular monthly CROP returns Of tn
Statistical division of this department hav,
hitherto included only the States east u
tire Rocky Mountains and north of Virginia
Tennessee aud Arkansas. Hereafter al
will be included, except the Pacific States
from which returns cannot be received i
season 10 go into current monthly exhibit
with the other States. Due attention wi
bs given, however, to the collection Of a.
ricnltural statistics OF these new, progre
sive States, with their peculiar and Q,
oepional industries, from which so niue
is expected in the future development
the countrys resources
The wheat crop of 1863 in tho twsnt,
two States reported was very large;
1864 the estimate was, in round number
l3,000.000 bushels less, or l60,000,O00
1865, las 600 600 aud the present estiml a