Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-08-15
TIE CROPS OF THE WORLD

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Commencing at home. and on the Rio
Grande. we find that Texas has large
corn, good wheat, and medium cotton
crop. The same is to he said of LOuisana
and parts of Mississippi, with some consid
cradle deduction arising from the ravagc:
of the cotton worm and the devaStations
Of late spring floods. Around the Gull
States, all supplies of food will be abundant
but cotton is not likely To yield more than
two-thirds OF an average of former good
years OF rice, and cane sugar, there arc
no good reports. These staples require
large capital, and certain Kind OF labor
which disappeared luringthe war. In The
rest OF the Southern States, with the eXcep-
ton Of some portions of North Carolina,
and on batlly-wOrn soils elsewhere, the
yield ofgrain exceeds any former year,
anG Il IS stated that in 4 great measure thcy
VEL make no demands on the North for
bread. Tobacco, generally. will he deficient.
Owing To the great amount OF labor bestow-
ed on the growing OF grain, cotton could
not receive The usual undivided attention,
and il is generally conceded that 1t will not
excel the unfavorablc yield of last year by
more than quarter. Generally, the freed
men are performing their contracts with
fidelity. and outragcs upon them arc less
frequent.
BY latest advices from the heart Of the
great grain growing regions Of the West,
we mcsi conclude that the yield Of wheat,
corn, and oats will be unprecedentcdly
large Dealers who never carry less than
hundreds of barrels OF flour have worked
their stocks down as low IS ten barrels.
AZ the present time no large quantity OF
breadsluFs can be sold at current rates, So
prevalent il the opinion that prices must
recede; and yet, through the whole West.
there is an absolute scarcity. In estimating
for the future this last fact sh ould net he
overlooked, and the amount absolutely
necessary to feed the people, whose bread
hitherto has bcen as cheap as fuel, will be
taken into account. The various fruits are
in excess OF former years. Grapes. how
ever, are doing badly through interior sec
iions On the islands and along the South
ern shore of Lake Erie, as well as in other
water climates, little or no mildcw has yet
appeared, apples are abundant, and thence
tho East can be supplied.
I'm the Eastern States considerable dam
age has been done hay and grain by the
frequent showers. SILL in various local.
ties these crops have been secured in good
order, and corn will yield heavily Much
more wheat is now grown than formerly,
and with such gratifying results that its
culture is likely still more to be extended
From all parts of Canada the harvests
now commencing are more than usually
promising, but danger is unprecedented from
the weevil However, its ravages are not
likely TO be more than local. North west
ward, toward the British Possessions, vest
ward TO our new Territories, we have the
general cheering accounts Of large yields
Of grain. Though the damage done by the
grasshoppor was considerable, the effects
viii be slight even In the States where for
time it threatened to destroy everything,
and whence it has departed, no one know
| ing whittier. We have the general state
ment in the Territories Of New-Mexico
Utah, and Colorado that they will raise
their own bread, and perhaps Arizona
should be included. In the valleys OF
Nevada some fine farms have been opened
and they are growing excellent wheat
| This year promises to equal the last in
California in all the fruits and grains produc.
ed in that remarkably and now highly
prosperous State; nor do we have any dis
couraging report from Oregon or Washing.
ton Territory. Tho Territory adjoining
this has been so recently acquired, and the
means of communication are so infrequent
that We must pass it by in our review.
Last year that country which long was
the granary Of the world, owing TO the
| fertilizing waters of the Nile, had a short
crop of grain, though the yield OF cotton
was large, and the prices Of brcad.tuffs
were high. This year the harvcsts have
been abundant. and prices have fallen two
thirds. Southern and Central Russia
which for many years have contributed
so much TO the grain markets of Western
Europe, will furnish an unusual quantity
of breadstuffs. In Poland there will be
some diminution, owing to an overflow
of the waters OF the Vistula, for even
houses were carried away. Through Aus
| tria, Prussia, and in Norway and Sweden
there is prospect OF average yields o
grain, and the same is to be said ofTurkey
in Europe, and OF North Italy In Portu
gal the weather has been so unfavor able
as seriously to injure the grapes. VIVA
may have been the yield of grain in Spair
and France, the dry weather was dom.
| considerable damage. England more i'm
mediately concerns us. In the southern
part the oat harvest commenced about til,
10th ult., and WAS large. This include
the counties Of Middlesex, Surrey, Berks
and Bucks. In Yorkshire the weathe
had been highly favorable for three weeks
during which time large, hay crop wa
secured. This being followed by shower
helped the barley, which was short, KEEP
up the growth ofclofer and grass pastures
aad rapidly brought forward early some
turnips. Our last account 10 up to the 24tl
ult. The showers had continued, and il
places the standing grain was beaten abou
considerable; still, there was no reason 70
believing that any permanent damage ha'
been done. On the contrary, the rain ha,
been of great advantage to barley, oats
peas. and bsans, which had suffered durin,