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

| Throughout the whole of the United States,
East and West North md South, reports of
The crops are extremely favorable. In the
West and The Soutl, the yield Of wheat has far
exceeded the most sanguinc expectations. In
the southwest they sowed extensively, and tho
result has been bread in supcrabundancc, with
Il large surplus for market. The South never
cultivated wheat 60 lnrgcly 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 neccs-
sity of producing AT lcnst n regular and nbun-
dnnt 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 anl wecvil and
rain, of the army worm, the cotton worm, md
the internal revenue 'tags"-but nfter all de-
ducti,ns are made, We believe we are warrant
cd by facts in stating that the prospect for n
fair general crop in the South this year is on
the whole good, while the farmers Of tho West
have gathered such wealth Of grain rs their
storehouscs had never known before.
The whent crop is estimated at 3OO, ,O0O, 900
bushels, allowing large surplus for exporta-
tion. Oats, rye, and barley also have been
gathered in unusual quantities. To II kind
and gracious Providence, who has youchsafed
such blessings to our distracted country, We
cannot DO sufficiently grateful.
How much corn may be counted on rs the
yield Of the present crop, il is impossible 10
surmisc. From our Western exchanges we
| gather that the breadth of land planlcd in this
cereal is far beyond preceding yenrs. llucl,
| of il, 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 nppreciablc factors. The corn crop is now
made, md from information wc have from
various sections, VIC arc glad to be able to say
TINT the yield promises well.
The cotton crop, notwithstanding The rains
and tho worm, is at present in n 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, fnr beyond preceding yenrs. Corn
promises to be much better crop than Inst
year; and cotton, particularly in the middle
and up. or districts is rs fine as could be ex-
pectcd We know there will be many who
will not nccept this MS q correct statement, who
will grumble and growl, and talk of shalf
crops nnd quarter crops" and spcnk dis
pnrngingly Of stnewspapcr pieces" But our
e. s,c~
those within the reach Of any one planter.
We have letters daily from every part of the
State, md from adjoining States, nnd il is
upon careful consideration Of these that we
have arrived al the opinion given above
These accounts cannot but be cheering TO
tho heart Of every citizen; for whatever his
pursuit, he must needs bc interested in what
goes to contribute to the general welfare of tho
country, and moro particularly as coming at
once home 10 his own cxchcquer, he cannot DO
Indifferent to the prospect OF fall in the price
of provisions
But our business men have q still greater
stake in tho trutl, or falsty of these spccula-
tions. Tho business of our State is based ex-
clusivcly upon her agricultural products.
Heretofore VIC had large banking cupi,al, Ms
we'll as considerable surplus of money in pri-
rato hnnds, together with superabundancc of
slnves, of horses, mules, cattle, of agricultural
implements, md Of thousand other rcprcscn-
tativcs Of value, tho accumulation of a century
Of toll and thrift. The war hns stripped us of
nearly all Of these. The failure Of crop then,
in business circles, causcI inconvenience, a
slringoncy in tho money market, perhaps, and,
in tho agricultural districts, hero and there,
scarcity, md destitution 10 limited extent.
But the failure Of crop now will be calamity,
some of tho effects Of which were experienced
during the present year. Two such years sue
cessively would inevitably result in the bank
r"p'oy OF the entire South, II not OF tho whole
country.
How grateful then ought wo to bo at tho