New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-16
nEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE.
gives one million distinct and conclusive argu-
ments in favor of the immediate abolition OF
the Franking Privilege.
THE UARyEsTs or THE YEAR

Wheat is shipped in vast quantities IRON oah
Francisco TO the Sandwich Islands, to Asia,
Australia, TO our Atlantic cities, and to Europe.
Other grain crops have been large, and all
kinds of fruit are in prOfusion. The southern
mart of tbe State. in which San Diego is sit
mated. and which hitherto has been OF little ac-
count, is becoming of great Importance Us IL
has q semi tropical climate and yet 1t aDounds
in grain. In Nevada considerable wheat was
grown. and in Utah the farms are, as usual
productive, though an insect called the elephant
beetle has committed ravages not only Ill
fields. but 20 a considerable extent among
domestic animals. In parts of Montana agrl-
cultural products lave been in fair supply-in-
deed by all accounts there are sections which
have been as productive rs some OF the most
favored in the Atlantic States. 1t is supposed
that Colorado will raise all the breadstufls and
vegetables her people need, and besides have
some to spare for the laborers on the raliroad,
and for the miners of Wyoming In some OF
these Territories the grasshoppcrs were at one
time in immense numbers, but We do not learn
that they did any considerable damage.
Texas has an abundance of corn, but there
are complaints that wheat Is in short supply. III
is hardly to be expected that the guerrilla bust
ness and farming should both prosper together
In Louisiana the sugar crop has been good,
and many plantations have produced as heavily
rs before the war; This is good news TO the
country, rs it promises a supply from our own
| soil of this most important article. Louisiana
sugar is undoubtedly more valuable for gen
eral household use than the sugar made III
any other country in the world, owing to Its
sweetness and its sharp, coarse grain. Inc
| cotton crop of this State is considerably better
than last year, and of corn and Othor grains
there is q fair yield. Of the crops in Alabama
we only learn that the production has exceeded
that of the previous year.
There are somewhat discOuraging accounts
from Georgia. the wheat was not as good as
| expected and now some make so low estimates
of the probable yield Of cotton that there are
doubts whether they are not melted by polti-
cal or other motives. The rice crop is not
likely to exceed that of last year, owing to
protracted rain-storms which have either sub
merged or beaten down the standing grain' or,
when put in shock. caused it to spTout. The
estimated yield is 5000 terces, which, rs we
understand it, includes the rice district of
South Carolina also.
In this last State cotton is somewhat in cx-
| cess Oh INC low piSJ yCuh' NiotC "tNNh''"
seems now paid to growing a variety of farm
! products, and from quarter is there any
| complaint that breadstuns will not be in full
supply. Much the same is TO be said of North
| Carolina, whose special industry with refer
cnce to forest productions is in prosperous
condition. During the market season consid-
cradle quantities of early vegetables were
shipped by rail to Portsmouth, and thence to
Northern cities, with such good results that the
business will be greatly increased next year.
The crops of Virginia have reached an aver
age, while n greater variety thar usual has
been produced. The immense advantages
which this State possesses IN variety OF soil,
in minerals, and in forests, arc beginning TO
receive new and increased attention, while
fruit and vegetable-growing in the Eastern
section is rapidly increasing. Tennessee and
Kentucky are both blessed with an average
yield of grain and vegetables. From these
statements, general as they are, it IS evident
that tho freedmen have labored fairly, and
under the circumstances done the best that
they were able to do. Indeed, the general tcs-
tinlony is that they realize the necessity for
leading lives of industry, and rs the VARIOUS
causes for disduict gradually disappear, tho
cololcd population will DC Acknowledged ndi5-
pensable TO the prosperity of the south.
Kansas boasts Of her large crops of wheat
corn, oats, and other grain, aud undoubtedly
these are largely in excess of any other year.
Instances are frequently given where the value
Of the crops exceeds tho value OF the whole
farm on which they are grown, improvements
included. Missouri has experienced no adverse
condition, and hor agricultural productions
being in great variety, are in the aggregate
large. The region north of the Missouri Is
rich in the harvests of the year Iowa never
had n greater abundance of grain, and means
Of transportation, both by railroads east aud
by the Mississippi, have been taxed in car
rying the surplus TO market. Next to Cali
fornia, Minnesota is prominently wheat
growing State, and the average this year is
perhaps higher than in any State east of the
Rocky Mountains. The corn crop 10 also
good. Wisconsin has fine wheat crop, and
the shipping interest of Milwaukee has been
greatly benefited in the moving Of the crops.
The hop yards in several parts of this State
are represented as having been partial failures,
by reason of the insect peculiar TO the plant,
and as low prices rule, the cultivation of hops
is likely to decline. 1t is now found that the
use to which hops are applied is so limited that
there is no other production of the farm which,
in seasons generally favorable, is more likely
| to be in excess of the demand, and as hops
depreciate when kept until the succeeding year,
| the profit to be derived from their culture is
most uncertain.
| Illinois has had fair crop OF wheat, and in
| the central region devoted to corn the yield is