The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-05
PLENTEOUs HARVEST.

Throughout the whole Of the United States,
East and West, North and South, reports OF
the crops are extremely favorable. In the
West and the South the yield Of wheat has far
exceeded the most sanguine expectations. In
the southwest they sowed extensively, and the
result has been bread in superabundance, with
large surplus for market. The South never
cultivated wheat so largely before, and never
has the yield been.so abundant. The lessons
taught by the war have inculcated WISDOM
and impressed upon the minds of all the neces-
sity of producing at least regular and abun-
dant supply of bread. Sections of country
which heretofore were exclusively devoted to
the cultivation of cotton, have planted largely
of corn, and we hope their example will be
everywhere initiated.
True, we have heard of rust and weevil and
rain, of the army worm, he.cotton worm, and
the internal revenue "tags"-but after oil de-
ductions arc made, we believe we are warrant
ed by facts in stating that the prospect for o
fair general crop in the South this year is on
the whole good, while the farmers of the West
have gathered such wealth Of grain as their
storehouses had never known before
The wheat crop is estimated ut 30O,0OO,OOO
bushels, allowing large surplus for exporta-
ton. Oats, rye, and barley also have been
gathered in unusual quantities To kind
and gracious Providence, who has vouchsafed
such blessings to our distracted country, we
cannot be sufficiently grateful.
How much corn may be counted on as the
yield of the present crop, it is impossible to
surmise. From our Western exchanges we
gather that the breadth of land planted in this
cereal is far beyond preceding years. Much
of it, it is true was planted late, and great
damage was sustained by rains, breaking of
levees, etc., but we do not know that in the
great aggregate these drawbacks will appear
as appreciable factors. The corn crop is now
made, and from information we have from
various sections, we are glad to be able to say
that the yield promises well.
The cotton crop, Notwithstanding the rains
and the worm, is at present in promising
condition. If the weather is favorable during
the present month, and the fall late one, we
may look for an abundant crop in proportion
to the quantity planted.
In our own State the wheat crop has been
abundant, far beyond preceding years. Corn
promises to be much better crop than last
wear; and cotton, particularly in the middle
and upper districts is rs fine rs could be ex-
pected. We know there will be many who
will not accept this as a correct statement, who
will grumble and growl, and talk of 'half
crops" and ssquarter crops" and speak dis
paragingly of newspaper pieces But our
opportunities for information are superior to
those within the reach of any one planter
We have letters daily from every part of the
State, and from adjoining States, and it is
upon a careful consideration of these that we
have arrived at the opinion given above.
These accounts cannot but be cheering to
the heart of every citizen; for whatever his
pursuit, lie must needs be interested in what
goes to contribute to the general welfare of the
country, and more particularly as coming at
once home to his own exchequer, he cannot be
Indifferent to the prospect Of full in the price
of provisions.
But our business men have q still greater
stake in the truth or falsity of these spccula-
tions The business of our State is based ex-
clusively upon her agricultural products
Heretofore we had large banking capital, as
we'll as considerable surplus of money in pri-
vate hands, together with superahundance of
slaves, of horses, mules, cattle, Of agricultural
implements, and of thousand other represen-
tatiyes of value, the accumulation of q century
of toll and thrift. The war has stripped us of
nearly all of these The failure of q crop then,
in business circles, caused inconvenience,
stringency in the money market, perhaps, and,
in the agricultural districts, here and there,
scarcity, and destitution to limited extent.
But the failure of crop now will be calamity,
some of the effects of which were experienced
during the present year. Two such years sue
cessivey would inevitably result in the bank
ruptcy of the entire South, if not of the whole
country
How grateful then ought we to be at the