The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-01-02
Large ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Prospects.

Large Exports-Enc0uraglng Prospects.
Never before In the past twenty-five years
have we been able to present to our readers
such continued succession OF gratifying
figures. These Figures show that, as ma
tion, we are buying fewer foreign articles,
are economizing in expenses, and at the
same time are sending abroad a largely in
creaslng amount OF the productions of our
ewn fields and manufactures. We are pro-
dncing and selling TO others far more than
we are buying, and by so much lettering
our financial condition. 1t matters not
whether We aie accommodating the difference,
ar using 1t in catlcelling an indebtedness to
other Eations previously incurred. Last
month NC snse variety of general figures,
aud brought the statistics down to Oct. ].
We have now the official reports TO Noy. !.
These show that during October alone we
exported products 10 the amount of s65, 1885,.
600, exclusive Of specie, while We impcrtod
only $37 1891 ,S75; or, including specie, the
exports were $e6,530,736, and the imports
40,ss4 ,079, a balance in cur favor Of almost
10000, 900 for q single month, averaging
about n 40, 900 for each business day. For
the ten months. from Jan to Nov. l, We
exported, exclusive of specie, il round num-
beers, GOO million dollars worth $500, 073,-
1897 and imported 1862, 003,7s worth, "a
balance in orr favor OF 1921, 07O,ol2 a gain
for each business day OF s9l1, 200, that is
nearly million dollars day! Aud this,
TOO, with the low prices Of breadstuffs and
other commodities sent abroad. The large
foreign demand continues. aud for the reas-
oas explained last month, is likely to do SO,
until OR large surplus is mainly exhausted,
and good opening left for the grain crops
Of 1879. ifH
The prospects are encouraging for far
aers, and, indeed, for all others. An abun-
dance OF food at low prices favorably affects
sllclassee, and will greatly aid recnper-
: alton of business generally. The crops
Of 1878 were the largest, In the aggregate,
ever produced. We can not reasonably ex.
pect repetition Of these another year, Blu,
what may be lacking in quantity will pro.
habfy lie made up in prices. Let our farm
ers therefore lay ont large plans for the year,
daring this leisure mouth. For the various
sping crops to be put in, plan to do it well
to get the largess yield possible from the
smallest area.
The advice lust given above, needs to be
taken to heart more and more by our cnlti-
vators. Ter bushels OF wheat per acre may
;s,Sf as,nut INV svonocar 81, Joos ,,,,, t,,,.
while 90 to 80 bushels may pay handsomely.
Ten acres yielding 200 bushels, requires only
sboat half as much blowing, narrowing,
seed, and reaplng over, rs twenty acres pro.
dHeing only 200 bushels. The same reckon.
Ing applies to corn, and every other crop,
and the farm animals a. well. Some AMI
mails ecarcely yield flesh, work, or dairy pro-
ducts eRousi, to pay their keeping. Other;
gire double return from the same food. The
winter months afford time and leisure t.
think, to read, and study books aud papers
on farming, to talk With others, and thus &c,
every possible hint upon the question OF whal
are the most profitable animals-hom to In.
crease the yield por acre-how to prepare
the ground, aud What variety OF seed tt
plant aud SOW, not only 10 yield well, bu,
to render one as much as possible independ
ent Of the weather. The best seed, and G
few drains, or few open deadturrows even
may save crop from the disastrous effects
Of q wet season. should it come, and 90 Ral
TO decide the question OF a profitable Or ar
Improbable years work. Squire Bunker
says the best manure is liberal application
Of brafns.-Anerican 4qTicnltMrlsi.