Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-02
Prospects for the Farmer.


While the researches f the miner In
thu "strong box on uu.' Western Coast
promiSes u,srvels Of wealth to the ro,,u.-
try, aud fortunes to the enterprising rniusr
W. feel confident that the outlook for suc
c-s' TO thr farmer was never 80 flatiering as
It lis at present. The marke. good as it is
n"w. is desiineh 10 te better 10 the future
Tor all kinds of produce that come, direct
~, from the 'arrn. The general principle
ON which We base this opinion is the fac,
that The 'ncredse Of production Of the ne.
cessaries OF life is not iu the same ratio as
the incre ,se Of consumers in this country.
The demaod is att the time running far.
sher aud farther ahead "f the supply. By
next year with average sucress III "g icul-
ture all round, it will he impossible to
gIut the market with any class Of produce.
THIS will be more e'npha,,cal true If the
South makes fair cotton crop Bu, she
will make good crop. Contingencies are
gone by OH that que ,io". except those If
II remnlks BILE character, .uch as extreme
drouth, insects ca,erp,Ilars, or something
OF that sort. But n-rge,ic labor and ju
d'cions culture ot cotton are not going to
b. disappointed any more than the same
means will utterly fail OF reward in raising
corn in Illinois.
These measures are being adopted to
to an extent n-ver before known. TIE
principal advertisements in Southern pa
pers thus Spring are Of phospha,e., gusno
and other fertilizers, showing thai revolu-
ton is taking place in the methods OF cot.
ton culture. Success will result The
effect OF this will be u powerful stimulus
OF the corn and pork markets iusurrns
g""d prices whatever tho crop may b... 1t
i we'll known that the products Of the
dairy are becoming continually pors scarce
and higher in price. The prize Of butter
appreciates from year to year and reliabl.
stat's' ics "utilor,se the prediction Of bu.
ter famine it, this couptr. to the extent of
excIed'ng II from the table Of the poor on
account Of its Gust. On the other hand,
the custom OF eating oheese IL rapidly in.
creasing at home, while the foreign de.
u'and has never been supplied and is not
likely 10 be. Thus notwithstanding the
late multiplication OF cheese factories and
consequent Increase Of production, the
snppIy dues no, increale as fast as the de-
mand.
Meats are becoming an inaccessible Log
ury in our cities in the East aud no man
csu show reason Why they should not be
dsarer next than they are this, except
through the effect oi finsl changes wh,ci,
are only nominal aud not rial a. ,espe.ts
the value oi market products. Mutton
has been u,comnoniy abundant thi. win
ter. But It las been y seasou of ex,e,-
m'naiing slaughter Of sbeep wLicl, ~iII be
repeated next year, We will guarantee.
Sheep are SAID to bs worth now four
times what they sold for iu Ohio last fall.
SV" m'gh. speak of The fruit n,a,te,,
which is never tusdsnrd With good truit
We do not believe ,s possible, therefore;
for the market for the farm products To DO
depressed b. mrans OF an overprojucliou
TOR some years TO- ,eo,ne; certainly not
n -
new. and large clsss into farming Thus
cannot bs suddenly effected, a. ID trade
Hence We are confident that the next Eve
years will b the bss, years ever jet seen
tor farmers, unless they sutssr failures
Arising from natural cau.es.-Lafayette
(lnd.) Journdl.
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