Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-23
THE CROPS.

Huge Wheat RleHsls-CalIf0rnEas a. al nst
the WOTld-CrOp Prospects at the
West. -' ..-'si.i ."tE .if ai-iata
We clip" the following from the
San Francisco Dispatch of June IL /:
"Thers is a single field of wheat in
Paradise county, San joaquin Valley,
fifteen miles in length by ten in width,
comprising 10000 acres. Many Of the
farmers of this tract estimate the average
yield at twenty bushels per acre but
placing it only at half that, and the pros
duct Of this one field is $50, 900 bushels
This it but One.half the growing crop
between the Stanislaus. and Tuolumne
rivers. Mr.. J. W. Mitchell, Of San Joa>
quin county, who has between five and
six thousand acres of his land in eultiVa~
ton, estimates that his crop viii average
from fifteen to twenty bushels per acre,
and other farmers have estimated their
crops still higher.
The YOlo county Democrat says: 1t
is generally conceded that the late rain
will add at least one-third to our crops,
and half million to our Golfers. All
that is required now is to be ready by
the first of July with plenty Of machinery
to cut the wheat as fast as it ripens. Per-
haps some volunteer will mature before
that time, 80 all should be ready. with
plenty of headers tOprevent those blight.
ing northern harvesters, yclept winds,
which appear to be periodical this sea-
son from having their usual effect \
Nearly every acre sOwsd prior to the
middle of March will now be harvested,
while all sowed before the middle of Feb
ruary will yield we'll Much of the grain
on fallow land will now grow 80 rank as
to lodge; in truth many fields have al
ready large patches of fallen grain.
Among those, we might mention those
splendid fields of John Kelly and Ben
Dennis, near Woodland, and John Price,
j. S. Tut and J. w. McFadgen, on Cots
tonwOod These fields will yield at least
forty bushels to the acre The growth
is above FIVE feet high, and apparently as
thick as it can stand These fields, and
hundreds like them, are standing, posi-
tive proofs, admonishing farmers to fall
low more land. zig O.. FUI..r. ego /
The San Francisco Commercial Herr
aid of the 1lth inst says: Information
derived from reliable authorities bears
US out in asserting that the next crop
will be much the largest ever harvested
in California. There are fields of grain
nearly ready for harvesting which will
return from Is to IS bushels per acre,
and there are thousands Of such acres
teeming with bread We learn of no
movement on the part OF grain dealers.
We hear of no attempts either to buy OF
sell in advance of the actual arrival of
grain. The disposition to let the market
chalk out its own course and follow its
natural bent seems to be In the ascend.
ant Speculative action is entirely dorm
| ant. Producers and dealers are in a
state of quiet expectation, awaiting the
natural laws Of demand and supply. We
have reason to believe that the policy
adopted last year will not be repeated
but that the market will be followed from
time to time, as occasion may serve The
severe experience of last season will not
have been in vain, and a more natural,
healthy and less excitable condition viii
superyene.
Hll CROP PROSPECTS AT TIE WEST
A Chicago dispatch, few days ago,
stated that the crop accounts from all
sections of the West were highly favor
able. The Illinois State Journal, pub
ished at Springfield, says that for many
years the crop prospects at this period
Of the season have not been 80 favorable
as at the present time Last fall the
weather was exceedingly favorable for
planting wheat Crops were put in early,
and, owing to the lateness of the season,
the plants obtained a vigorous growth
before cold weather set in. This saved
the crops from the usual mishsps Of win
ter, and the complaints of freezing CUT
have consequently been rare. The late
spring has also been favorable, the cold,
wet weather preventing a too rapid
growth. Notwithstanding the spring has
been late, farmers have been able 10
make good progress in getting in grain,
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