, 1873-06-23

tIroo yenra. In othcr chaeH thoy grow to mhn.
Soon Ia tho oaso OF Moattxe soldier who waa dy~
[nt from dyHentary, which, sooner or Inter sl.
pervonos on this habit, tho poor cronturo. half
IN hour before Ills dcath detoctod with lump
Of clay stuffed In Ills sunkon cheoks.
CURI0slTIES OF AGRICULTURE.
From tho Ne,o York Evening ross
A fow days ngo NO gayo somo Btattsttcs, from
tho mans attached to tho Ninth consuB Report
showing tho relative amount M sna vato o. e9me
gubioot, however, Ia by no moanB exhausted,
and a further examination Of tue tablea proves
oqunlly Instructive. In .faot, although statis~
tics s5o 70 DO so
ond curioBit[os, that long and patient rosearch
would bo required to e1ha11at THO interest IN it.
Tho acres Improved tarnx 3ss 1 sn "a h o
woodland on FARMS amounted to. 15o, LIT
acres, and tho unimproved land, not woodland,
numbered &c, 509, 765. The, estimated yaluo Of
al farming 1and a little more e,n thap ~ xo99o ouo
Of vailo in aomo Of tho Northern Btatos Ia most
extraordinary. Illinois, for oxamplo, has now
invested IN: farming land $500 0o0 goo, agninat
9outlod 1uilo lts valuation and Michigan Las aiaod
more than 100 per cent; Minnesota has sprung
up from e27, 100000 to sO7, 900 600, and, tho
most dooidod advance ofall Iowa has incroasodits
taam aa mn ianyss1o'iS @ Nu % tho NorIorn saoa have
+,aSo mmch inroor advance in thIs direction
thnn tho average Of tho country, while thoEo has
1"r;, lands in nonrly iii the SouIhorn Btstoe. In
1aci1 Aiahama rnturnol a form valuation Of |
sf1h ooN nipn wbi1o now 1t is onIy e87. 900 600
Arkansas has gone backward more than no Ivy W. por
sg4 fn1 mn: I,onigsn. from $500 600 000 to $B4.-
na3 Sao: Mieaissippi from s1o0, Doc. boo to $751;
G0i} mn Ennth {Jarolina from 8100000- |
e%~ snnthSrn " sfatos bsyo lost heevily except ken
tmolv' MARYLAND. aud Delaware, This ia not |
ccrtain1y ccpn tl;e entortainment to which Davis,
Tno,,1a 4 RI ny;toJ Tho farmers Of The south
whom lon thoy mailo war on tho Government, for.
;ah' 1rasa would CROW In tho streets Of Northorn
oities' md tho farmorg and other mudaills would
Hsvn m nm naarkotn loft nonr home. giuce tho con-
,s sn WEE
fhc nresorv.tion Of poace. they NAV In a fow
yanrs r. bo even more prosperous than tlioy wore
IN 1go0. - -
nG not noadod Il tSe IL m
tics and vas not mentioned in Tho former aftlolo.
The table OF roturns Is DIVIDED into two COL
nmns. Irish and sweet potatoes, and tue amount
@ Nav York 1csda ith tho list il the amount Of Irish
potatoes % producod, returning the enormous yield,
n a. nm Inn hnhpls Pennsylyonia follows with
n,sry II '01o. .0D0. Ohio with ii 600 00O. Illinois
and Minhirnn each with 10. 600. 600. Maino with
nnariv 4 0o. .0oO. Wisoonsin y It'll G. GOO OOO. Iowa.
Tndians.' and Vermont eaoh with upward Of
56oD 60b snd Nu,7 Jorgcy and Now Hampshire:
viii more than /, ,5o0,; I'd bushels. The partiou-.
lar narta OF tic oorntt9, which Weld tho most
sccanrdiur to tho area oulll>atod arc Maine New
} Tnrnnsbire. Vermont. and ,Vorthorn New York.
Tho host potatoes also, come from these atates,.
80 IA n 3a,ons ~ huaha,s ebnsoi to Tia aouth-
~ az, "a ptntaa aanh var viii attaYt. |
M thn states wh,nh viald the beat and most
! oroGtohtn orhna ~ 1ria1t rntaknnA do mt find
he.sweet potatoea ut oil profitable, it wo may
10 do bushols, Vermont 9G bushels, Now lamp
shire 100 bushels, and Maine $50 bushels New
Jersey. however, proves that the sweet potn-
too nav bo raised protltably farther north than
waa snpposod before the war. That State ro-
turned On annual production OF 800, ,o00 BUSH
els. Which is about tie average ylold Of the
Southern Btatos. It Is singular TINT Maryland