The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-15
BOuntiful CrOps--PrOspectiYe Plenty


of the Ohio Valley in reference to the
tobacco crop. To-day will be found
in the commercial department re-
view of the yield of other products OF
the same region, perusal OF which
will be profitable to all.
The reports which we have from our
own locality prove very similar to
those from other portions of the West.
We gather from the report of the Com
missioner of Agriculture and from our
exchanges the following conclusions
on the crops in the great West: The
Wheat crop viii fall short nearly one
half of ran average crop, but the ex-
cellent quality will go far to make up
the deficiency Corn will be consid-
erably above the average, and the
yield will be more in quantity than at
any previous year in the history of ag-
riculture. The Dat crop is also great
er than ever before. Rye and Barley
are,reportcd in excess of any previous
year, while almost all root crops give
promise of great abundance. The
Wheat crop is placed by the State Sta
tistician of Ohio.as follows:
1860 4,921 bushels.
lo66...-..... 1874 900 bushels.
Estimating 5 per cent. per year as
the natural ratioof increase, the yield
for 1866 should be 225, 1874, 900 bush
els.
The estimated yield of Corn this
year is set down att ,000,0OO,000 bush
els. Such crop, it is calculated,
would alone support 10000, 900, ana
all the cattle necessary for their meat
and butter! The world has never
seen anything in agriculture equal to
this. The fact that this staple pro-
duct is rapidly making it's way into
popular favor in Great Britain, is all
the more gratifying, in view of it's
steadily increasing production in this
country. -
The accounts from the South are
somewhat conflicting and not very
full, but it may be stated that the
cereal crops, which have received
more attention than formerly in that
region, have turned out much better
than it was awhile ago reported they
were likely to do. There is marked
change in tone concerning the prob
able yield Of Cotton, and the South
ern papers are gradually missing the
figures at which they estimated it.
How much it viii be we cannot, from
the conflicting reports, determine
with much accuracy, but we are salts
fed it will be large enough to more
than compensate planters for their
outlay, and will make money more
plentyi in that part of the country.
We have already seen that in all
this region6of country the Tobacco
crop has promise Of being very large.
1t is so in other parts of the West,
and the extract we publish in our
column shows that the
yield Of Virginia and North Carolina
will be abundant. e y ~ .-7 + I,
Here, then, we have brief exhibit
of our home products, both those es- 4
sentiaE to the subsistence of the
and those which will either
bring to us foreign gold, or answer as
commodities of exchange for the ar 4
ticles of necessity and luxury from
abroad. So. that we can with much
safety and satisfaction look into the
future as having in reserve for us
plenty and business prosperity. The
Corn crop alone, Of seven Western
States, will be worth two hundred
and fifty millions of dollars, and
would itself subsist the whole
Of the United States.
With peace and abundance of crops
in Europe, we may not anticipate a
large. export demand for Corn, and
will not realize high prices,
still there is for the people in this,
plenty prospect of lower prices, not
only Of Corn, but of other articles Of
consumption. Abundance of Corn
makes a better supply of meat, and
has Its effect upon the market for
Wheat and other cereals as we'll as
roots. And we trust, therefore, as
one legitimate Inference from the in
formation about the crops, that we
may predict after while reduction
in table expenses. sla= .as
And thecountfy will feel it in all de-
no 1fTpeptSl If h4Si mass -. i -. I IL