The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-04-29
The RIVE cron Of the Valley. land RE


The Rye crop Of the Valley, land RE is
rarely used as an article Of food, and can |
hardly be called one of the staple crops) ia
1860, was 241 121 bushels or about lS to
each inhabitant; it was more than OF the
crop Of Virginia, and over l.90th OF the crop
of the United States it was more than was
raised in either OF 18 States that could be
named, Including Alabama, Arkansas, Cali
fornia. Delaware, Florida. South Carolina,
Texas or Vermont The yield in the N. u.
Etases was As bushels to each inhabltant, IN
the West 5. in the Middle States l.4S, IN
the Southern States 02s, and in the whole
limited States 81. In the New England.
Middle, and Western States, rye is used as
bread Grain. and is generally cultivated.
The Dat crop of the Valley IN 1861 was
6S3 663 bushels, OR about l-l5th OF the crop
of the State (Which was the 9th in this pro-
duction), or 1-252nd Of the crop of the whole
United States The average was 5 II bushels
TO each nhabitant the yield OF the ~ u.
States was 3 AZ, of the Middle States 60.
of the Western States Al of the Southern
Slater 2.18 We may also remark that oats
are not the staple grain for herses as in the
NArth and West, corn being the tavorlte grain
Tor feeding. therefore, oats are not cultivated
as they Otherwise would be-
There were raised 40S9 bushels of Bar
lev, 1-l7th of the crop Of the State ard
uore than the crop of several large States,
tut this grain is little cultivated. yet 1t does
well and the long season and climate OF the
Valley are very favorable to its growth. The
increase in the growth of Barley in the South
hetssep 1850 and 1850 was over 800 per
cent. and W. produced 1-3rd Of the crop OF
the South.
The Buckwhaat crop was q 2o0 bushels,
which was nor. than the crop OF either Of l !
States that couldbe named-it was 22rdofthe
crop of the State and 1-S2Sth OF the crop
of the United States it was more than the
product Of Tennessee or Kentucky and near
" that of Minnesota. This grain is not
much cultivated in the Valley. as it interior
es with other crops, but it produces finely
when grown. The average production was.
16 busheI to each inhabitant, while in the
N. f. States it was 35, and in the Pacific
States IA
The Valley produced 213816 bushels Of
Irish potatoes or bushels to each inhabi-
tant, and about 1-11th of the crop Of the
States 1t was more than the crop of Texas.
The potato yields well here and is free from,
disease, but it is not used to BIRD the extent
it is in the North and West and therefore. is
not as much cultivated Where the quantity
of wheat and corn s great. the potat. sis not
~ much used as where they are not abundant
The Valley crop of Sweet Potatoes was 49,
07O bushels. which though more than were
raised in either Of II States that we conld
name, and nearly double the crop OF New
York is only small crop-the soil of the
Valley. except along rivers. is not sandy
enough for this potato, though it does well
where the soil suits
There were made here 7s6 469 lbs. OF
Butter or 1-260th of the yield Of the whole
United States ard Territories, and about
18th of the production OF Virginia Il
was 13 5ibs to each person and ever 65f5s
TO each mich cow Il was 1-60th of the
production of the great dairy State of New
York. which made 18th of the whole smoani
produced in the Union and which. By improv.
ing its stock for dairy purposes. makes 81
fhs. of butter to the cew The attention Of
the Valley farmers has been turned more tc
butter lately and the product of 1867 wal
more than double that of 1890, judging by
the amounts sent to market
The amount of Cheese made was Sc, 64e
lbs about 18th of the yield Of Virginia =
There has been much attention given to this
production but only skill is wanting to de-
yelop the resources of the Valley in that di
rection
The Valley obtained from 70,009 sheep
259.963 Tbs Of WOOL an average Of 3 lbs
to the sheep Its crop was about 1-10th OF
that of the State. and La tn Of the United
States. It was 8 Tbs. to each inhsbitant
the yield of the Middle States being s.
The yield to each sheep ia the N. E. States
81, in the Western States 2.8. in the Pacific
States s. and the average of the United
States was 27 Figures which show that
there is no portion of the Union can compete
with this Valley. ia sheep husbandry.
The number Of Swine in the Valley. in
1862, was 145 662 or 1-208th of the whole
humber in the United States and Territories,
almost double the number in any Of the New
England States and about halt many as
ia al of them. and more than in several OF
the Western States It was about l-l0tt OF
the whole nuuiber IN Virginia
There were 29l Churches in the VALLEY
with aggregate Accommodations for l06.7G5
paople. (about the entire adult populatlon)
aud valued at s545795 These Churches
were divided among l. different denomina