Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-02
lowa and Agricultural Aver

ages.
The January report 81 the Departments o.
Agsis u tire contains Some tables giving the
average yield per acre Of the principal crops
OF the United States for 1868. The aver
age wheat yield for Iowa is reported at II.
An average excelled only by Vermont,
Nsbrsska, Minnesota. and Kansas, the
highest Of -Vermcnt-is 16. lndi.
ana, Ohio, and Illinois imagine themselves
better States than Iowa, and all fsrtilizs
their lands great deal more but it hap.
pens somehow that the first has only an
average yisld-snd fall wheat ct that-of
II 2; the ssssnd IL; end FAIR Illinois lis.
In barley iowa has the highest average
yield, ss'H marks 90 on the bsss gsain-a
TACT Temperance people will not b proud Of,
but which eeoDlimsnts eur sellssfter oil !;
Illinois 10 nsxb q ell 6eussos 1oS. In the
eats column " - sseesd l1Anesets BE-
ieg 6rst, with oe<oas eNS1ots, -; Mis-
esuri follows us deoA -, sos-tseth Of .
bushsl bshiod.
On raising con. In1lnne ga illinois
think they beet ~ uesld. Thinkisg and
doing ars eftss ~ 6oeAte thieop, and 20
in this cass. n Gpo1noe u Indiana on
this crop 10 - 1liissds, ~; lewas 81
The new spares blowers u Hsssierdsm and
| Sueksrdom will plsose netlce The 6gurss
our farmers have shalksd cut. and pipe
their horns sscordinely. Nature has de-
creed that Iowa 10 70 b the corn State OF
she Union. We have always centended
that this WAS so-now ~ have the figures
to prove IL (; 30 We put IN our claim Ter the
honor, feel proud Of it, and propose to ''eit
up A. straight as cob" 81 the head Of all
tho corn-growing Commonwealth. The
Miami bottoms and Illinois fats are very
good places for farmers 10 live, but they
can't throw corn at the magnificent pEairiss
| Of Iowa.
The buck wheat figures do net chow very
big for Iowa. but IS We laid Illinois even IN
that, We are satisfied; our average on that
crop 10 l7.9; Illinois 1C.6-ths difference
| of 2 BOD many pancakes. Wsst Virgins
| 10 the buck wheat champion, showing On
avssags of9l0. We are willing TO let some
ether State have that honor. BuckWheat
| 10 ruieexs 70 eel, and don't make nearly o
good SLAP jscks % wheat 6our o. sosn asAl
so W lose nothing thereby, and W hope
| eur average THE year will b stiA Iess.
We are 9th On potatoes. which shsoldn',
Do feet. and which wouldn't be, but fer
the rapasious bug thathss appropriated OUT
potato crop pretty much TO itself (oe the
last four years. But - long 90 our avss.
age 10 90. while that q Pssasy lvania 10 90,
and that Of lllin0is n, W can stand II
without sorrow Or starvation. Minnesota
10 the brag potato State, having On average
or ltl. While che hes ksoeen W - pots.
toes, shs h oew getting her stosk Aad
meal hogs from lows. We can we'll afford
70 trade pork fes potatoes, during tAsss
times that hegs are 20 high. On swsst po.
tstoes Wsare aheod q oil ~ ssrD growing
States but Missouri, comparing with It q
IS compares with l04.
when ID COMES - ssreheo, Iowa lead
est second aftsr Florida. Our average
yield ofgallsns ~ acrs.is ll7-Flerida'l
leo; NsbslseSS l26 The pe1s highesl
States are, Texas. l07; Missouri. 106
Ohio, 1l2. Indiana nasks v6, lllnoiI
los.
These oAslal asurss ssnpliaent on,
State more Shan say sthss. ard theS .Stat'
happens . b b. leWa. Oe0pafine ouI
averages With New Eugland agriculture
where the soil 10 fertilissd and fosterco
like n garden. il not fair exhibit. There
the farmer has but few acres, and devste'
his whole time TO . farm to3 email to bs
called farm In The West. What pelishei
Us more proudly than anything else is the
figures We set out ahead or our rich sisters
Of the West. It 10 not little remarkable
and no light homer 70 our glorious young
Iowa that she excels Illinois, Indians and
Ohio on al the principal crops. The first
two have bountsous soil ond husbandry
which promotes cultivation to higher de-
gee than We have yet any where near sp
preached, aud the last has . soil titled b.
farmers who claim that they can teach low
agriculture for several years yet. But th
Whirligig Of time has been unraveling tn
!, | question Of agricultural supremacy at
rapid rate. and has sslvsd Il sufficiently h
TO show that Iowa is prsdsstinsd . wea
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