American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-08-21
The Crops of the World.


corn, good wheat, and medium cotto L
crop. The same is to be said of Louis.
lana and parts of Mississippi, with some
considerable deduction arising from the
rsvages of the cotton worm and the de,
vastations of late Spring foods. Around
the Gulf 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 are no good reports. These
staples require large capital, and GER.
tain kind Of labor which disappeared dur.
ing the war. In the rest of the South
ern States, with the exception of some
portions of North Carolina, and on bad
ly-worn soils elsewhere, the yield of grain
exceeds any former year, and it is stated
that in great measure they will make
no demands on the North for bread =
Tobacco, generally, will be deficient
Owing to the great amount of labor be,
slowed on the growing of grain, cotton
could not receive the usual undivided
attention, and it is generally conceded
that it will not excel the unfavorable
yield of last year by more than a quarter.
Generally, the freedmen are performing
their contracts with fidelity, and outra
ges upon them are less frequent
By latest advices from the heart of the
great grain growing regions of the West,
we must conclude that the yield of wheat
corn, and oats viii be unprecedentedly
large. Dealers who never carry less than
hundreds Of barrels of -four have work.
ed their stocks down as low as ten bar
rels. At the present time no large
quantity of breadstuffs can be sold at
current rates, SO prevalent is the opinion
that prices must recede; and yet, through
the whole West there is an absolute
scarcity. In estimating prices for the
future this last fact should not be over
looked, and the amount absolutely nec>
essary to feed the people, whose bread
hitherto has been as cheap as fuel will be
taken into account. The various fruits
are in excess of former years. Grapes,
however are doing badly through inter
ior sections. On the islands along the
southern shore of Lake Erie, as we'll as
in other water climates, little or no mil>
dew has yet appeared. Apples are abund
ant, and thence the east can be supplied
In the Eastern States considerable
damage has been done hay and grain by
the freqent showers. Still, in various
localities these crops have been secured
in good order, and corn will yield heavi>
ly. 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 Can
ada the hurYests now commencing
are more than usually promising, but
danger is apprehendei from the weevil
However, its ravages are not likely to be
more than local. North-westward, To-
ward the British Possessions, westward
to our new Territories, we have the same
general cheering accounts of large yields
of grain. Though the damage done by
the grasshopper was considerat lie, the
effect will be slight even in the States
where for time it threatened to destroy
everything, and whence it has departed,
no one knowing whittier. We have the
general statement in the Territories of
New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado that
they will raise their own bread, and per.
haps Arizona should be included In the
valleys of Nevada some fine farms have
been opened, and they are growing ex>
cellent wheat. This year promises to
equal the last in California in all the
fruits and grains produced in this
remarkably and now highly prosperous
State; nor do we have any discouraging
report from Oregon Or Washington Ter,
ritory. The Territory adjoining this has
been so recently acquired, aud the mea ms
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
fertelizing waters of the Nile, had a short
crop of grain, though the yield of cotton
was large, and the pr ces of breadstuffs
were high. This year the hsrvests have
been abundant, ard prices have fallen
| two>thjrds. Southern and Central Rus
sia, which for many years have contrib
uted so much to the grain markets oi
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 Wis,
tula, for even houses were carried
away. Through Austria, Prussia, and
in Norway and Sweden, there is pros
pect of average yields of grain, and the
same is to be said of Turkey in Europe
and of North Italy. In Portugal the
weather has been so unfavorablc as seri
ously to injure the grapes. What may
have been the yield of grain in Spain
and France, the dry weather was doing
considerable damage. England more
Immediately concerns US. In the south
ern part the oat harvest commenced abou
the 10th ult., and was large. This in.
cludes the Counties Of Middlescx, Sur,
rey, Berks, and Bucks. In Yorkshire
the weather had been highly favorable
for three weeks, during which time
large hay crop was secured. This bein:
followed by showers, helped the barley
which was short, kept up the growth o
clover and grass pastures, and rapid
brought forward early some turnips. :
Our last account is up to the 9th ult.-
The showers had continued, and in place
! Tho stanhipcr erroir was haa.en ahont can