The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-11-10
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Nhn1t Ihe ipl' rromlse ~ The early
summer las -. iiesn Realised in tho
wheat harvest Tie 3nsgcase 81 area
over That ~ laei wear. il Us fHsc, upon
Tho aggregate pr0d8c,lau. IS nearly
neutfaitzesl hy a small elimination in
same Of The wheat.groune States. In
4 she yIeid por acre, So taat She increase
iu the total quantity, IS shown IN our
EOetaher returns is scarcely morc than
fthr6e per cont. aud that b obtained
mainly from lho Pacific coast
The prngr - q wheat culture west.
ward is somewhat remarkable. and is
history Is nat altogether unlike that 81
cotton, IN Us occupancy II new lands.
aud gho.r descf ton after few wears
use, not indeed % grow mp ia sedso or
forrest. bat 20 be laid down Il grass or
employed IN more varied range Of
production, Not only does II go with
population westward, but its move
ment Is Ia an aceeleratlug ratio, yield-
ing results in bushels SO each inhabi-
tant surprising to eastern farmers
Thus has the territory between tho
Mississippi river and the Pacifc ocean
which in 1859 yielded about $4,000, coo
Of bushels harvested about $4,000, 900.
while the country east 81 the Mlssissip.
Ipi, with Its accession Of population and
wide distribution Of agricultural nipple
monts, has made no increase, as a
whole, few Of the western States bare
ly making up the deficiency suffered in
Virginia and kentucky. II is re-.
markable fact that region which nine
years ago produced only one-seyenth
Of the wheat IN the country, now sup-
plies nearly one-third of it. A similar
progress in another decade viii carry
the centre Of wheat production beyond
the Mississippi, and were il possible for
tbs Pacific coast again 10 quadruple it's
yield, that distant wheat field will give
a larger product than the aggregate
production Of the United States in
/ 1910 Well may the East imagine the
supply of breadstutfs decreasing. and
naturally enough the West may deem
their haryests golden; but when TWEEN
ty years shall pass and the virgin soils
Of California shall be despoiied Of their
fatness, and their yield shall be reduced
to ten or twelve bushels per acre, whore
viii the spoilor 80 for new wheat fields
to ruin?
The averages for October appear to
show decrease in production IL Maine
4 New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Con
Iuccticut, New Jersey, North Carolina
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and
Texas, the latter having only half a
crop The other States indicate an in
crease, in most Of those east of the Mis-
sisslppi very slight, in minnesota, l3
per cent; In Iowa, 6; IN Missouri, s,
in Nebraska, 10; in Kansas, %; and IN
California, % per cent
Oats. This crop is light in the east
EN-, middle, ane southern Atlantic
States; is not full average in Michi-
gan, Wisconsin aud Iowa; in the other
States the product is above the average,
the largest increase being u per cent.
in Nebraska In Wisconsin the def
cheney is per cent Our Green Co.
correspondent says: "The oat crop Of
this vicinity has been considered al
most a certainty, but owing to very hot
: weather just as the oats were begin
I ming to fill, the crop was materially in
, iured. Fields that bid fair from 40 to
rs bushels per acre, when harvested,
actualy produced from 20 ia 80. From
many inquiries, / pave heard OF but
+ one field producing over 80 bushels per
acre. As whole the crop has been
quite as large AS that Of last year"
Rye in most OF the States, is mark
ed qy figures very similar to those
: which, show the relative product Of oats.
! Barley-The barley crop is some
what deficient in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
Wisconsin, and in most of the Atlantic
States, II will scarcely make so large
an aggregate in bushels as last year.
CorM-Considerable injury from frost
; is reported in northern lndianr, Illinois
. Iowa and more northern ATTITUDES In
some portions Of Iowa an estimate o.
two-fiths Of soft corn is made From
, southern Indianr, southern Ohio, West
t Virginia and Pennsylvania, come com
I plants of immaturity in consequence
of wet weather, ond few accounts OF
injury from drought are received. No
general or severe droughts have been
reported. The high temperature OF
r Suly was favorable to the growth Of
corn, but the unusual GOODNESS of the
later summer gave sudden and iniu.
riyus check at the critical period Of
caring, resulting in the late ripening
; smut, and other evidences Of abnormal
!. conditions. Yet the acreage is unde-
} lniably large in most Of the States, and
, nowhere is there very serious failure
The total product viii be, therefore, not
what was hoped in the early season, or
! what is needed for a country with a
} rapidly increasing population, but a
, somewhat larger quantity than last
year which was q season peculiarly ad-
verse to corn production. A good Drop
; should exceed one Thousand millions Of
bushels. Last year production was a
[ little more than three-fourths of that
; quantity, and the present, though not
yet fully harvested, and the material
for a final estimate returned, does not
! promise to reech that figure by 10 OF
10 per cent.
/ Cotton. The area in cotton is some
what less than last year; It's culture
has been better; the preparation for
planting more complete; and labor
more regular and reliable, os general
J rule Early il the season the promise
| was fine: serious losses have Of late
been incurred. however. principally