The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-10-23

Z The rsport fcs the pear lSIl Of the Connis-
sion OF Agriculture was psblished in August
f. he report shows thar the aggregate Psodeei'0n
Of eereals s short thai year q the yield q lS7e
The heaviest decline waS in corr, the crop
being about l0Ooo0e00 Of hgShels below that
. OF the previous year, The prediction OF wheat
VS. sboas The sane. ard the cat crop vas greater
than that q 1916, and barley rye ana backWbeat.
always showing moderate figures. dldsr in their
aggregate b very slight degrees, Ths total
quantity Of cereals estimated Tor that wear Is
500 $4,000 beshels. that Of 1870 al 0o250.-
900 brshels. As compared gith other grain
pro5acirg eoRsiries, the Uai,sG States stands
abreast With Russia. while isken both together
the two ccgntries equal IN cereal predictions all
the countries in Europe west Of Russia. The
AREA devoted 70 the cultivation Of cereals 10 the
Uuited States in $50 wss estimated At IS 0O0000
q acres. ard in ISL AZ 64.000O0o showing that
the decreased pzOdsetiaa Of the latter year was
owing % the smaller area uodsr cultivation
rather than 10 an Diminished yield pr acre
Il Is noticeable that more than halt the above AREA
Is devoted to maize, or 10 other words, froui
7uo,0OoVO0 to so0eO0,0O0 Of baskets Of this ee-
real are prodace1 yearly.
The greatest valuation Of the crops raised On
cludilg potatoes and tobacco IL the varioas
States Is given 10 The report 70 New York, the
valaati0u being Sl5O2sI57S. Illinois stands
uexJ. the valuatioa Of its principal crops being
SlS30II1+S. The acreage in these crops in
New York was 6I600II 4yzinss l026SlS0 IN
limos. Tie dlHsrenee in the value Of the pro
dgcti0n between these two States Is probably not
- mach owing to the smaller yield II the AIier
Stale Is in the greater cost Of transportation TO
market and It's consequent lesser home value.
OGe uosicsable tact in the report Is the state
nsa. that the production Of wool has cousidera-
by decreased during the past I've or SIX years.
although the regaireasenents for manufacture
have increased. In this connection the report
says
The writer Of The Wocls Of the United
States shows that all grades CT sheep and wool
can be successfully and PrUftably grown IN this
country. Referring to the deficiency in tie sup
ply Of domestic woods, the writer says:
Nine out Of ten Of the wool manufacturers Of
the United States. If asked tie question, Whist Is
the most pressing necessity OF your manufacture
~oaId answer, We want more wool The
enlightened Governments Of all manufacturing
nations have seen that the supply Of domestic
wool Is the first and chief dependence Of their
manufacture. Seeing this, scarcely hundred
years sgo the ruling soverefgus Of Western Eu-
rope, BY Introducing meriuo sheep into their re
spectsve countries. did m0re to immorialze them
selves than b. any fea1s OF arms The King Of
SaxUny introduced meriHos from Spain into bis
kingdom IN lI76, and Frederick the Second,
about the sane time, Introduced them into Prus-
sia Nsriu0s we're domesticated ia Hungary b.
the great Maria Theresa, and in France BY Louis
WI 10 ITS6, and with what rssuItzs The in
ileace Of the Saxony breed Is seen 10 all fine
German brcade.oJhs. In Prussia Is per cent. OF
Der exports are usri10 W0oIsn goods. Hcngary
brushes the supply Of the raw material for the
Eabrics Of Austria The soft and 6ue
neril0 dress goods Of France are ia use al over
he CIVILIZED world 10 the United States DO .
nestle wool is the very foundation Of the wool
manufacture