Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1868-05-05
bread grain and is generally cultivated.

$50. .663 bushels, or about 1-15th of the crop
Of the State, (which was the 9th in this pro-
duction, or 1-252nd of the crop of the whois
United States. The average was SIT bush
ell to each inhabitant; the yield of the n. L.
States was 3.43, of the Middle States 500,
of the Western States 6.51, of the Southern
States 219. We may also remark, that oats
are not the stapls grain for horses as IN the
North and West, corn being the favonte gram
for feeding, therefore, oats are not cultivated
as they otherwise would be.
There were raised ,0SS bushels of Barley,
t-1Tth of the crop of the State, and more
than the crop Of several large States, but this
grain is little cultivated, yet it does well and
the long season and climate of the Valleyare
very favorable to its growth. The increase
in the growth of Barley in the South between
1850 and 1860. was over 500 per cent. and
we produced 1-3rd of the crop of the South.
The Buckwheat crop was 81, ,220 bushels,
which was more than the crop of either of
II States that could be named-it was l-22
of the crop of the State, and l-S2Sth of the
crop of the United States; it was more than
the product of Tennessee or Kentucky, aud
nearly that of Minnesota. This grain is not
much cultivated in the Valley, as 1t inter
feres with other crops, but it produces finely
when grown. The average production was
.16 bushels to each inhabitant, while in the
N E. States it was .35, and in the Pacific
States IA.
The Valley produced 213,816 bushelf of
Irish potatoes, or 1.6 bushels to each inhabi-
tant, and about 1>1lth of the crop of the
State, or 1-555th of the crop of the United
States. 1t was more than the crop of Texas.
The potato yields well here aod is free from
disease, but it is not used to 1-3rd the extent
it is in the North and West, and therefore,
is not as much cultivated. Where the quan-
tity of wheat and corn is great, the potato is
not as much used as where they are not abun
dant. The Valley crop of Sweet Potatoes
was IL, ,070 bushels, which though more than
were raised in either of II States that we
could name, and nearly double the crop of
New York, is only small crop-thc soil of
the Valley, except along rivers, is not sandy
enough for this potato, though it does well
where the sell suits.
There were made here 1,766,479 lbs. of
Butter, or 1-260th of the yield of the whole
United States and Territories, and about 18th
of the production of Virginia. 1t was 13.5 lbs.
to each person and over &C lbs. to each mich
COW. 1t was 1-60th of the production of the
great dairy State of New York, which made
18th of the whole amount produced in the
Union; and which, by improving its stock for
dairy purposes, makes 81 lbs. of butter to the
cow The attention of the Valley farmers
has been turned more to butter lately, and
the product of 1867 was more than double
that of 1860, judging by the amount sent to
market.
The amount of Cheese made was SO, ,64S
lbs. about 18th of the yield Of Virginia.
There has not been much attention given to
this production, but only skill is wanting to-
develop the resources of the Valley in that
direction.
The Valley obtained from 10000 sheep,
259963 lbs. of wool, an average Of 81 lbs.
to the sheep. Its crop was about 1-1Ofh of
that of the State, and 1>239th of that of the
United States It was 10 lbs. to each in
habitant, the yield of the Middle States be.
ing Is. The yield in the n. j. States was
SO lbs, in the Middle States 3.3, in the
Western States 2.S, in the Pacific States II,
and the average of the United States was 2.7.
Figures which show that there is no portion
Of the Union can compete with this Valley,
in sheep husbandry.
The number of Swine il the Valley, in
1860, was l45, ,6G2 or 1-20Sth of the whole
number in the United States and Territories,
almost double the number in any of the New
England States, and about half as many as
in all Of them, and more than in several of
the Western States. 1t was about Ito Of
the whole number in Virginia.
There were POI Churches in the Valley,
with aggregate accommodations for 1O6, ,1O5
people, about the entire adult population
and valued at S545,7 These Churches
were divided among IL different denomina>