The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-04-29
The Great Valley.
The Shenandoah Valley as sbowr \

The Shenandoah Valley as shown By the
census Of 1860. compiled by Jed Hotchkss
Typographical Engineer, Stanton. Va
The Valley Of the Shenandoah, in Virginia,
is shout l20 miles loag and 25 wide. embrac.
my the 9 counties Of Augusta. Rockingham,
Shenandoah. Page " arrcp, Frederick Gisrs e.
Jefferson aud Berkeley. The populatnn Of
this Valley in 1860. was l30 $50 Of xhiah
1913 1856 were whites AID % 500 we're kcks.
The area embraced az teI,mss It which WIN By
| 40 means ali the ssctlou), was 2849 square
mlies or 00i ,961 ACRES of impru.ed land,
aud 720 800 acres OF unimproved ur farm
woodland The cash value of these farms
WAS s45 902 5zll or an average of SIS 69
per acre lne cash value Of the farming
10 piemaatg and u-ehaesy In use Vas 81 .21l.-
o25 The I've stock en- braeed SO 656 horses
627 assea aad mules, 2s,7Z6 Mulch COWS. gig
working oxen, 55 $40 other cattle. 20 COG
sheep. 1860 sxine, or 1924 head Of
live stock.
OF Wheat, Rye, Corn and Oats, it produce
ed 8 1913 Bal bushels, or more than 48 busk-
els to each iuhabitant, consisting of 10th
OF the entire crop OF the whole United States
aud Territories. OF these four great cereals. Eog
The whsatesop OF this Valley was 2,253. 1856
bushels Vt wheat-lnore than 1 9th of the who'll
orop Of the State, which was | ,l3O,977 buah.
els placing the State the 9Th in the Union
in that product The crop of this Valley was
| about Que eishtieth Of the whole crop Of the
Unlted States and territories it was LIS
1913 bushels mers than WAS raised in the six
/, New England States and u 903 bushels more
than the total OF the six New England States
| with Delaware, Kansas, Florida, Louisiana
and the District OF Columbia it exceeded
| the crop OF either of the following 1S States.
| viz; Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas
| sachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Delaware. South Carolina, Florida
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Kan
sas, Florida, Louisiana and the District If
| Columbia, and exceeded the crop Of either Il
| ~ States that could be named The average
Of the crop Of the Valley was liza ha.hSls
/ to each lnhabitant. whls that of the New
England States was III quarts; Of the Mid
die States 2s bushels; OF the Western States
10 bushels; aud OF the whole United States
/ 81 bushels. ~ PISS
There are no statistics at hand to show tho
| average production of wheat per acre, but Il
| is fair to presume that it bears nearly the
same proportion to other regious that the
| gross product docs. OF this wheat, COO, ne
may say what can be said of no other in the
| United States, that for +. series Of years, the
! -four made from it has commanded. in the
markets OF Brazil, So 60 more barrel than
that made in any other portion of the Union.
/ not even excepting Baltimore; this gaya,
richmond, before the war; almost monopo-
| iy Of the Coffee trade Of Brasil, which VA
worth to the United States in 1859, over six
teeu millions OF dollars. and it must agais.
become the centre of that trade for the great
| Northwest, when the projected Virginia rail
roads are completed, and, isr climatic reasons.
which cannot be materially changed, the
Valley -four, (Which has to be sent only 176
miles TO reach Newport News, the best I'D
Dor on the contineutl, must continue to de-
nand higher price than any other. a.
The Corn crop Of thu Valley, in 1860, was
/ 3I38 ISL bushels, or "a bushels to each in.
habitaut, while ip the N E States it was 2 8
bushels. in the Middle States 81, ia the
: Western States - 8. III the SousAerr States
81 l. and the United States 2GT The Val
icy crop was 18th Of the crop If the whola
State aud ] 28oth of the crop Of tho United
States aud Territories it was pore than "a,
praduced in either California, CoanecticuS
Florida, Maine, Massachusetts. Minneaots
New Hampshire. Oregon. Rhode Island, q
Vermont, or in all the Territories and Dis
trict Of Columbia. The nearness Of the Val
icy to market, makes it pay to send corr there
: WHOM that OF the West and South Is no
worth moving from the felds where it grew
j the market Is so far away ssss -
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