The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-26

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The BreadstuGs Traas-Iss Cnrress ssd
~ sspply-Cereais AGaiass Geld.
simultaneously BY mail from New Zealand
and California ws have intslligenos relative
70 tho cultivation or cereals and export Of
brsadstofs In and from ~ colonial possssslons
Of Great Britain and our own States on TIE
Paeina which indicates very plainly that the
current course or TIE trads IN the great food
staple y being silently changed, revolution-
lied, In manner which Will aasot ne agricul-
turaI interests o. our Western and South
western States and tho supply Of gold 70 the
world. n. y \. ..s i y, 49, @.
Shipments Of wheat have been made from
New Zealand 70 England. and the return
advicss from Liverpool 10 the colony show
that tho homo market, Notwithstanding IT,
distance, may be relied on FOR . profitable dis
posal Of the grain--a fact which brought much
hope and renewed energy 70 the farming
classea The adaptability OF the soil Of the
New Zealand coast to tho production Of grain
crops Is likely to relieve the older colonies Of
Victoria and New South Wales from their
partial dependency on California for wheat, and
in this manner reduce the dour export trade Of
San Francisco in that direction, and increase
the homo supply in the Golden State. II
Onicial statistics Of agriculture IN Califor-
mia prove that the Inhabitants OF that State
are turning their attention more and moro
from gold mining operations to the Quilt
walton Of the soil, and that the general supply
Of breadstufs direct ftom the soil win be. thus
vastly increased, while the demand for North
ern Hour--except Of tho very finest brands
Il likely to be oorrespondingly diminished.
Tho bulk or tho California wheat crop Of
1867 seems to have been drawn out already,
and the figures In relation to II are very inter-
esting. The California harvest year com-
mences July l. The receipts Of breadstufs at
San Francisco from July to November ~,
both inclusive, comprise 3716,403 sacks,
against 2,749,936 sacks for the same time In
1866, showing an increase this year Of 1884
sacks. The receipts Of wheat and four
(reduced to wheaD for the same period aggre-
gate 4,l0SeoS sacks or 2O5, 40 TONS This
amount Is equal to seventy-0ne per cent Of the
total receipts for the entire harvest year end
ing juno 80, 1867, and It b said that were the
receipts Tor tho remainder Of the current har-
vest year to couAinus In the same ratio as for
the first part instead Of having 2SsOoo tons
as in 18S6-67, there would be, for the year
ending juno 80, 1868, $4,000 tona The ship
ments Of wheat from California from July to
November ~ aggregate Z, Sl8, 27l sacks, valued
at $4,652,2l against l,s2l,S7s sacks for tho
same time in 1866, showing an increase this
year Of 996,39S sacks, or seventy per cent
The shipments Of -four snd wheat (reduced to
wheat) for tho Same period amount to 2,S4o,2G
sacks, or l42,l6 tona s... 49,. s.
Speaking Of tho future, San FIR ancisco 1
Journal ssys:-"lhe agricultural pros perity Of
he State during the past two years is, In .
very marked dcgree, attracting increased
attention to the cultivation Of the soil. A
considerable quantity of land has already been |
leeded, and the work Of preparing the land 10 |
being carried forward on scale hitherto unc-
lualled In the State. ENGLAND has been an |
EXCELLENT market for Cslifornia.for tho last two
,eassns. eaWisA shs exception u she linatod
quantities likely to come to New York, Eng
and must take the rsmainder OF her Surplus.
There wore nine ships loading wheat ct San
francisco November n, OF which six were for |
he United Kingdom and three for New York,
With capacity for 100000 centalA"
Just as Australasia VIM perhaps nee herself /
rom her dependence on California for bread
ItufFs, % will California emanclpate herself
rom the market control Of tho Western States
md shippers or New York, while the great
breadth Of land which win DO thrown under
cultivation at the anHpodes and In the United
States will diminish the supply Of gold by tho
diversion Of labor 10 nxsd employments.
OF the brcadstuffs supply Of the United
States Il large the Commissioner Of Agricul-.
ture reports that the wheat crop Of this year
exceeds that Of 1855 BY d least 4o0Oo,Ooo
bushels. Tho yield for the whole country il
estimated at NOR. thsn go, 100000 bushslA
The increase over last year in Ohio Il $50 per
cent; in Indiana, IS In West Virginia, 81;
In Kentucky, So; In PcnnsylvaniA. 81; In
Illinois, q; in Minnesota, 8; In Michigan, Is;
In Iowa, Is; In Wisconsin, Is.
A England obtained cotton from about
thirty now SOURCES Of supply during The
ysan a The American rebellion, % ere The 1
brssdstulh nazksts Of The Old World likely V
be rsplsnishsd from new nslds = fAct which
must have the effect Of equallsins the food
markets. and, BY stsadylng the supply 81
aold, perhaps render The rate Of wages moro
me Cniss Ferry Csnpasy's Excuses.
The Union Ferry Company pats In series
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