The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-01-02


OF these States Delaware and Mary
land, and probably Pennsylvania, raise
wheat equal i'll amount to that consumed
by them. Maryland is a considerable
wheat-exporting State. The flour made
in that State, as we'll as that of Vir-
ginia, is valued by bakers above the
flour of most of the Western States, In
asmuch as it will take up more water to
the cwt., and, consequently, make more
loaves of bread to the barrel.
Virginia is still wheat-exporting
State, although in that State, as i'll
Maryland, the yield at large has fallen
off because of the lesser production
through the labor of the colored race.
Virginia produced Is, 600, 600 bushels in
1860 equal to 10, 800, 600 for the present
territory, after making allowance for
the secession of West Virginia), against
1893, 1877 bushels in 1S70-a falling off
in ten years of over 5000, 600 bushels
Maryland produced 100000 bushels of
wheat and ID, 500, 600 bushels of Indian
corn in 1860, against 5,774, 600 bushels
of wheat and ii, 500, 900 bushels of In
dian corn in 1870. The production of
little Delaware in 1870, as compared
with that of 1850, falls off only $1,000
bushels. Delaware raised 1892, 900
bushels of Indian corn in 1860, against
100000 bushels i'll 1870.
The product of wheat in Pennsyl-
vania, where mainly winter wheat is
grown, increasedfro -, 600, 900 bushels
III 1860 to 1880, 900 bushels in 1870.
This is one of the tokens of the wonder
full growth in wealth of that State. 1t
is scarcely prominent in common esti
nation as grower of Indian corn, yet
the yield of that grain in the State in
1870 was nearly 100000 bushels,
against %, 600, 900 i'll 1860. OF all farm
products the yield in Pennsylvania in
1870 was valued at 1854, 600, 900, and the
value of farms is put down at 81 ,043,-
600, 000-an aggregate which is exceeded
by those of two States only, namely,
Ohio and New York. So that in agri-
culture, as well as in manufacturing in
dustries, Pennsylvania has been grow
ing prodigiously. The products of her
manufactures increased from 1920, 000,-
600 in 1860 to the enormous total of
$711, 1894, 344 in 1870, exceeded only by
those of the Empire State of New York,
which amounted to $7S5, 1914, 651. In
the Pennsylvania product, iron and
manufactures of iron is the largest item,
namely, $122, 900, 600; of textile goods,
the State produced 500, 000,0 of
leather, SOS, 1000 900; of lumber, $685.
600, 900, etc, etc.
While the consumption of wheat -four
in the State of New York probably
reaches "a, 000,00 bushels, the product
of wheat is only 10000 900 bushels, al
though New York was formerly famous
as a wheat-producing State This was
i'll the days when what is now called
"the West" was little known, and when
New York had but about one-half of it's
present population. 1t was then an ex-
porter of wheat of its own growth. 1t
now requires 12,000,000 bushels in adj
dition to its own product for the annual
consumption of its inhabitants. Thetot
yield of the State has fallen off from
1000, 900 bushels in 1860, and Ii, O0O.-
600 in 1850 to IL, 900, 90 bushels in 1870.
The New England States are the most
insignificant in wheat culture. One of
them, Vermont, can raise wheat largely
and proftably, and so: can Northern
Maine, but forms of agriculture esteemed
more remunerative prevail in the former
State, while the wheat region of North
ern Maine is as yet mainly covered by |
primeval forests. The following shows |
the population and wheat product of this |
group of States in 1870: