Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-17

The yield of corn, for the past year,
is said not only to be less than that of '73 |
but quite below an average yield. Tho |
yield of wheat 10 said to be greater |
than that of any previous year by three
million bushels, and that the increase
or acreage shown of wheat was two
and a half millions of acres. The yield
Of rye is put at 1881 600 bushels, 50 |
per cent of the yield of 1873. The pro.
dnct of oats lcst year is given at 2AO,-
100000 bushels, decrease from the
crop of 1873 of 100000 bushels.
The product of barley is placed at 49,.
1o4,OO bushels, one per cent. of an in
crease over 1873, The yield of potatoes
is estimated at LOG, 0OO, 600 bushels, and
to be about the same a. the previous
year. The last years crop of tobacco
10 the highest for many years, both in
amount of ground in cultivation and
In the rate of yield. The crop Of hay
is placed at 25,5O0, 900 tons, or half .
million tons greater than that Of 1873.
The price Of corn in this country is
governed by the quantity grown, the
abundsnce or scarcity of other feeding
material having slight modifying in.
fluence. The foreign demand, averag-
ing between ono and two per cent. ,and
reaching in recent years three per
cent, 10 too email p be . disturbing
element In the market. The CONNER.
eial assertion, that the foreign value Of
an exported article flxes it's homo price,
while partially true of wheat, fails al
most utterly in its application to corn.
So we usually see the lowest price of
corn when we have tho largest pro-
ducts; but an average crop of wheat,
with larger foreign crops, may bring
lower prices than . more prolific one
with deficient harvest abroad. A re-
ference TO the records of estimated pro-
duction and current prices in the past
years illustrates this truth, and at the
same time attests the accuracy OF the
records. Tho quantity produced and
average prices Of recent years are %
follows:
| In 1868, 100000, 600 bushele, valued
| at 62 cents per bushel.
In 1869, S74, 100000 bushels, valued
at Is cents per bushel.
In 1870, 1904, OOO, 600 bushels, valued
at 81 cents per bushel.
| In 1871, 99l, OO0, 600 buahels, valued
at48 cents per bushel.
| In 1872, l,O92, OOO, 600 bushels. valued
at 80 cents per bushcl.
| In 1879, 93s, 100000 bushels, valued
at AZ cents per bushcl.
! In 1874, s54,o0o,OOO bushels, valued
at 65 cents per bushel.
The price in 1878 would have been
at least 10 per cent. higher than In 1871,
but for the effect of tho monetary panic
: on prices generally. The price at the
close of 1872 was Is cents lower thar
in 1870, partly from gradual decline
in prices and in part because the sur.
plus of old corn was much smaller in
the latter year, the combined product
J, of lS69-'70 being ], 96s, 00O, 600 bushels
;. Of lS7l-'72, 2,0S3, 100000 bushels; a
0 difference Of liz, 900, 1000 bushels. AT
the present time, season of continued
monetary depression, the average price
is Is cents, 10 cents less than in 1869
when the crop was 100000 bushels
large surplus of the immense produc,
Of 1870, and tendency to lower val.
ues generally, caused = reduction of
Q cents per bushel,
:. The crops Of 1869 and 1874 are the
shortest for many years, and the price
naturally the highest
Il The largest State average prico Of
: corn, viz: 43 cents, IL found in Iowa,
where the largest average crop was
raised the past year.
Il Speaking Of wheat the report says,
ssThe average value per bushel Of the
large crop Of 1869 was "a cents. The
next crop was under An average, es.
: timated at 236, 900 bushels. valued
at$l04. Another under.medium crop
was gathered in 1871, 23l, OO0, 900, val.
: ued at $l.25. That Of 1872. estimated
at 25000O0OO, was valued at $l.24.
The crop of 1873 was q full one, and
! tho rate OF valuation receded to $l.l5.
Three deficient crops In Great Britain
made strong demand for wheat, Is il
shown by the exports Gin wheat and
. -FOUR OF ls2, $50 1878 bushels in the last
u period of three years against l36, 1872 ,09s
3 bushels of the previous period o.
. three years, an increase of 26,328, 7se
! bushels"
The increase of 800, OO0, 900 last year
: has brought down the price to an Az.
erage of94 cents. RI
al THE DOG WARFARE.
Il The report presents some interest
Q ing features In regard to the destruc
!, ton Of sheep by dogs. Itsays the losl
d of sheep by tho ravages Of the dog
i. upon them causes the loss of million
,e Of dollars annually. In referring Il
vt the difficulty of legislatina upon thil
% subject the commissioner says: "Ir
vi communities where every poor mar
g keeps a dog and every very poor mar
! keeps two" the average legislative can
It didate dares not pledge himself to vot
!. for dog law. He adds, however, tina
J. in large proportion of the States stat
II utory provisions more or less effectiv'
a have been enacted, yet that if gooi
;. and wholesome legislation could b.
q had upon this subject in all the States
!. the result would appear in vast in
crease of wealth in the wool.growin(
! interest. The report says: eve hav'
repeatedly attempted to gather some o
v the items Of loss by this scourge. Il
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