, 1877-08-12
1875. 1876: lsI;
% nnn nm 1f;. 600. GOO rs, 0O0 900
Minneso1a" 5n mn nm 18 COO, OcO ~, coo, 600
Iowa. 80 0an nm Il OOO 600 25, O00 600
WISCONSIN = - mn mn IL COO 600 20, 000, 900


Total. .o3, 600, 0oo 81. 0oo. ooo i1'' ooo' wv
These figures, showing that the 1our otates
aforementioned will have say 56,oOoooo onsn-
e1s more wheat to sell than they had last year.
nav he relied upon as being as near correct as
+hc rery best information can make 1he1n. Lucy
are made mainly from the reports anu ee>s
mates of the National Agricultural nuleao' alo
confirmed las to the yield per acre. ny tue "
scryation Of trustworthy men OF Luis c'1s WY
have recently visited all the states menIlenIu' ~.
r. minnesota. for instance, the acreage OF tue
.,...a - -o.rs IL known to be about as follows:
60 7G4 mn acres; 1876, LIST, 900 acres; 1871,
13 co.. nm acres. The fact now fully established
- ttc creat Weld per acre this year over last OF
| 49,. 1s75 confirms the estimate OF 3o,0oo'ooo
apainss only 16, eco last year. or tnc
80, +b-ee States the estimates are equally
| trustworthy. .h .x,,,o.
H. n,ay mention incidentally that the agete-
x.ta wheat crops Of Michigan, Indiana ohlo'
| EEan+,,ckv. and Tennessee will exceed the ae-
a.srate If Inst year by probably S5,o0ou 10
n m nm bushels, and that the crop IN CalloI
Mi fo] probably r. Co., 000 bushels shoft "
1st 'a ,oar. hit it was not the purpose o. t..lo
article to take into consideratq4 .9J ho1e United
stos o. t Int to connc the observations to tne
ta-r;tnrv tributary to Chicago, with W." ~ ~
t honI,nr Of these particular facts on the Aa.
+ro1e of this city, and TIER uit4inoe ~ vo,,-
;ts tr,c md rea-cstate interests. ~ tn1 LII se,
~ thc rnse. assuming that the ln9Mese @ ,;n.11
thasr wheat freely at 81 cents t1n t th .
mr. figures show that IN Inc aoa, t,,,n nf nearly
farmers will receive the I Of
frv million dollars n1ore 1oT t4e' n,t' W 1s;6 Or
lots "n,.;n1 I'll reasonable allowance LOT ". u
aeoa1, rontingcncics, let us estimate tuas q.
49'- racesve an increase Of say 10 per CELL III
money value over last year. .1. os+inates--
"ouH3 oI 1T any one extend these estlunatcst e.
e;,'r a1owance for all contingencies 1879 tis
maklnE ano nswrorn. oats, potatoes, hogF' cattle
otnei ;s difficult to arrive at any concil
etc, ~. ~ viii mi rive the farmers OF the NoItn
sIon W.. - iaae+ "a ner cent more money loI tuel
Mess . ~ this year than for those OF aasl 1sl,
e.op co,inr nos finally to the POM " nIl ~,
anu' 'orn heen aiming, viz: its e1ect ol 80; -
49, ~ Chicago, can it be douotca tna1 "a, ~ ~
;re,sed ability Of the farmers to DnJ WI ~
nraasc the whole trade OF Cmcago Ills AoA' -
Luz nt now let us turn to that other e9uans l1'
r,ortant element OF Chicago's prospe'":
: THE LUMBER TRADE. +.
, Thfs II Is true, is not in quite so pro- tle'us
!. oondftion as the grain trade, but rcccnt;s so"
= fscts hare become apparent whlcn 10 P'onlso
5 change for the better. .,.,o. .c,on
: n1nr partly to excessive compet'tlon amon
1 ,,n,,cr manufacturers and PARTLY to the olnl't
ishcd ability OF the farme-ss-o buy last yen, "a,
!; lumber has been, anc Neven vet selling III ILL
: markex oe,oso the srsrtof production ,.nn
. But within the last few weeks II mas $500 us
- annarcnt that q new and e1cepuonA Ae~''A~