Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-11-14
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1867.
A Year Of PLENTY.


The October report Of the Department
OF Agriculture states that althought .
final estimate of the amount OF wheat
harvested this year can not be made
until the next reports, returns sufficient
have been received to show tkat me even
total In bushels exceeds that OF any
harvest hitherto gathered in this coun,
try, being 100000, or 6o,eeoeoo
greater than that Of last year. AS an
approximate estimate, from go, 1000 600
10 225 00O, 900 bushels may be relied on
as the crop OF 1867. The Southern States
show material enlargement In the area
Of wheat, from an evident intention to
become more nearly self supporting and
Independent than formerly. This is
particularly noticeable in Virginia,
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Ar
kansas. The quality of the wheat is
greatly superior to that of last year; 1t
is almost universally sound and dry, but
in many localities there may be found
from q third to one-half deficit 10
weight, lacking In plumpness or slightly
shriveled and passing as No. 2, being
less than IS pounds to the bushel. The
aggregate estimate OF the crop OF oats
exceeds 280O0,000 of bushels, about 3
per cent. above that of 1866. or rye, the
estimate for all the States, excepting
those on the Pacific coast, is q 900, 900
bushels, an increase OF 4 per cent. over
last year. The barley crop is slightly
deficient, about half million bushels,
or per cent. as compared with the crop
Of last year. Beans and peas are more
than an average crop, and corn Is OF uni
formly good quality and value, and OF
the entire crop, after deducting the def
ciencies in the Ohio valley and allowing
for an increase In almost all the other
States, will be greater not only In cash,
but In intrinsic life sustaining and pork
producing power, than that OF last Year.
The sorghum interest has greatly de-
clined and the frost has injured the crop
in many places. The average is much
reduced, and dependency is evident in
the feelings of many growers. The
buckwheat crop will scarcely equal that
of last year, and of potatoes the yield is
poor. Louisiana, the only State pro-
ducing cane sugar to any extent, reports
an Increase of 720 per cent. over the
small yield OF last year. OF cotton the
complete estimates will be made on the
receipt of the November returns. The
returns of October indicate consider.
able increase in South Carolina, Georgia,
and Alabama, about the same yield as
last year in Mississippi, Arkansas and
Tennessee, and a marked diminution Ia
Texas and Louisiana. All the estimates
below two millions bales of 500 pounds
each are decidedly fallacious, while the
present indications1favor two and half
millions. Old wheat shows a reduction
as compared with last year, when the
old stock was also small, the stock of
old wheat not having been reduced 30
low for many years, If ever tedl OF
Thus it will be seen that q gracious
Providence has blessed the labors of the
husbandman with most bountiful har-
vests, and that the possibilities OF
famine are precluded from our borders
for at least another year hence the more
than usnal propriety of devoutly return.
ing our thanks to "Him who doeth oil
things WE'LL and, in accordance with
our time honored New England custom
Of observing Thanksgiving, we trust
that the day set apart by the Governor
for this purpose will be duly observed
by our people as one Of "public thanks.
giving, prayer and praise 80 ~ -.