Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-22
TIE CROPS NEEGLAND.

July. Cutting commenced early in the
southern Districts I; BY The second or third
week Of July, the harvest was almost gen
eral, and, at last accounts, the majority o.
the crop had been well got in; only th,
scarcity of labor had retarded the harves
operations in some districts. The dr.
weather had enabled farmers To secure
their crops in excellent condition, apd th,
lout-iurn is everywhere favOrahIy apoker
of-the weights per bushel varying from
02 10 66 lbs. As a rule, too, the quality il
exeellent-especially Of those samples
grown in heavy lands-although some o.
the parcels from the light and gravelly
soils are somewhat shrivelled from ex.
cessiYe heat, having been forced into early
maturity, The Mark Lane Express, good
authority on the subject, says:
"Taking into accoun. the large extra
breadth of wheat sown, and the heavy yield
per acre when compared with Last year, the
+ total crop viii be mnch in excess Of 1867.
Barley viii apparently turn out much bet
ter than was expected, although some Of
the accounts are very discouraging. We
have seen some good Yields of oats; but
the crop generally j. below an average.
The yield Of beans ard peas, will scarcely
be equal to last year. Rarely have harvest
operations commenced at so early date as
at the present time, or been conducted
under, such favorable auspices. Compared
with the general run Of seasons, wheat cut
ting commenced fully month earlier than
usual, and the crop has been carried with
much greater rapidly. The recent calcu-
lations as to the probable amount of wheat
required to be imported will be con sider-
ably thrown out, in consequence of the
very early appearance of the new Rheats.
The stocks or old wheat, however, are
very light, and considerable portion of
any surplus that may accrue from this
present harvest win be early taken up in
repienishing them"
This would seem TO very summariIy dis
pose Of the allegations on this side, that
there would be a large deficiency ofWheat.
1t also confirms the correctness of the cable
telegrafhs, published some ten days ago,
stating that the crop had turned out well,
and would be more than an average one.
In view of these facts, it is not probable
that operators for arise'' in this market,
will be able, any longer, to turn to account
. deficit, which tits now shown does not
exist 1d b ,70naoJ'O rfoL b1r if.t
In regard to hay and green crops, how.
ever, it is equaIly certain that the drought
has been followed by very calamitous ef-
IleOts; and it is morally certain, therefore,
that large importations will have to be
made from this side, to make good the
deficiency. (We arealresdy shipping hay
freely.) The potato yield, too, looks bad,
owing to want of moisture, which has re-
'tarded growth and induced blight. ~
The fine harvestS reported throughout
Enrope-and especially in England aud
France which are the chief importers of
breadstufs, leave it very doubtful whether
any large proportion of the immense sur
plus Of cereals, which the West will have
for sale, will be able TO fad a profitable
market abroad The South--at one time
a large purchaser of breadstuffs, and pro-
visions at the West and Northwest-is be-
ginning TO raise a suficiency of both for
her own uses, and this double restriction.
the abundance abroad and the suffciency
at the South-will necessarily render it
exceedingly difficult for the people of the
grain-growing States, West and Northwest
of us, to dispose of their crops except at
prices considerably below those they have
been in the habit of getting recently,
prices too, which were, and still are, war
ranted by the high rate Of wages, and by
the increased cost which the farmer has
TO pay for all kinds of commodities
that enter into his uses. With heavy taxes
pressing upon the producing interests, and
q lower scale Of prices for breadstuffs and
provisions, combined with that steady
drain of currency which is constantly
leaving the agricultural States and finding
its way to the seaboard cities, especially TO
New York, the prospects Of the Western
and Northwestern farmers, 80 far as de
irving any considerable profit from their
crops are concerned, are by no means 80
bright as they have been heretofore. With
smaller crops they would have made more
money because prices would have been
maintained and the cost of handling, har-
vesting, and oftransportation to a market,
would have been less, AS it is, they must
look to lower rates, and as their chief mar
ket is now 10 the eastward, the manufac-
turing interests of that section, already so
literally protected by the Radicals, viii
be benefited 20 the extent of the decline in
Breadstuffs, whilst the Western producers
must suffer proportionately from the same
cause. II the Eastern manufacturers re-
dueed their commodities in proportion 10
the reddced price of breadstuffs, the benefits
would be mutual but does any one imagine
they Will .r.- "a .fss.E. lfsnf r..