Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-11
luE Il VI 1869.

accurate estimate Can b. made If ih4
crops Of tire Country for the present year,
has-d upun y multiplicity Of ttport-
carefully selected from all the best sour
crs in the principal agricultural regions.
1t sermst" be pretty generally concrdrn
that thu wheat crop is the largest ever
produced in his country, and fully up
The average in quality. The yield If
spring wheat has been exceptionally
good in SOM States. which, in connection
with the vast Increase in tn brrad,h IF
territory brought uoder cultivation, will
more than compensate for the unpr"pit
'"ns weather drawbacks in other sections
If the Northwest. Minnesota. for in
stance, has had uuder cultivation T..
wheat this year an area Of LOO 600
acres. which, at the estimate Of eighteen
and q half bushels rer acre. will give thu
munifcent aggregate of, 20 $50 600 bush
els. When il ia remembered that thi>
young State barely raised wheat ennugh
to bread herself ten or twelve years ag".
the result Of hHr agricultural IF 1T this
is s"me'hing quite rema k.ble.
The other young States beyond the
Mississippi also chronicle scarcely less
gratifying. achievements in this resp-c,
Our Government is 40 deficient in accur
statistical int ,rmation pertaining to
the crops that it is impossible to form a"
even approximately. of the mag"i
t"de Of the wheat crop, bnt it ID safe t"
say that the valley Of the Mississippi and
the great lakes. At a moderate estimate.
will alone produce a surplus this year Of
seventy-milli"n If bushels. Add q sur
plus OF twenty-five million. for other SIC
tons. and We shall have IL hundred mil
lions for expectation if required, All the
other crops are, ut least. y fair average.
the single exception Of corn. which,
ID the great Western belt, has s~uf1-r.'i
severely from excess of moisture in thu
aa.ly part Of the season, aud more recent
from drou'h. Still it il possible tia,
late season may make liberal amends
Tor the shortcomings of the spring IT,
any event, we are likely t. have ,ban
lance, %wberewith to make al average
,og crop, and for the other muitif0rm
'ses to which this great natinnal CEREAL
is applied. An encouraging feature, i"
his connection, is the late free drliv-rie.
If last seasons crop at Chicago and ,tr
'ther upper lake markets ; fos If the
crops were 1T all likely to b- GU,
mort, as some have represented it likely !
10 be. it is not pre- bahle that the farmers
'ould be disposed to part with their sur
,lus 81 freely.
Turning to the South. the SAM e~nconr.
'glng features are presented with regard
% the cotton. cane, tol'sccO, rice ann
'ther crops peculiar to that section Ti-
crop, which has a more Nmportau.
upon the 6nancrs than any other,
to have sustained fewer casual
les than usual, aud may nov b. said to
" out of danger. We are aware thai,
stlmates aud guesses as to the yield are
little value ut this stage Of the season.
ut 1t il significant fact that all estimates
hat are deemed to be worth anything
ave been considerably increased of late
IN the %snpp"siti"n that this crop yields
he planters twenty FIVE cents per pound
will bring them 10 legal tenders $500.
OO,OOO, which is more than they r ceiv
d for the largest crop ever grown IL,
computed that formerly thy womb
ave received less than 500, DOC, 900 fm
lch y crop.
With regard to tile European crops.
W lnf"rmati"n is not 20 iuIl al could ..
ns'rsd. but enough is known to warrant .
re CONCLUSION that our surplus crops I"
heat. Cotton, provisions, mbacco, etc,
i'll find ready markets 10 Grea, Bri,.i. !
nd ON the Continent at anything lik. 4,
'asonable prices. The latest informa,
N is embodied in q cable dispatch, Civ. ;
Y q synopsis Of an editorial article IN /
~ London Times Of the 25,h inst. That|i
1thor'ty places the English wheat crop y
Is per cent below the average : all
her cr"ps are Iuxuriant. The United /,
'ngdom, be It remembered, is a heav.
lp"rter Ut breadstuff., even ia seasons
hen her hsrvests are must prolific, IuIn
o%nt'"eotsl Europe, the cable also it,. :.
m us, the crops promise TO BE- light. v
I'm the single exception Of the interim q
Russia. Great Britain has made lib,. r
drafts upon this Country for wheat, l
'r'nE the last few months, aud there I
~ lately been q large increase Of orders
ON the Continent. mainly from France, ::
~ though the limits have been too low "