American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-19
lDcteribra}i5n q Wheat. ~

The San Francisco zapst recently pub
lished the following .stAtenents1 - Be
| /" 1t Is an open seoret that the wheat
! California is rapidly detefiorating ID
quality, anti II the process 81 impoteit
| fishing the land GOES on much alGh&ir
| there will be . m1rkslR She
1 price between wheat of old and new
lands. DiverFifhd farming can alone
arrest this process 70 iaPa u shis Is possible
by men of Large r9ady msAns. =
E. H. Walker, ttAet6ea kiseloiaA Ofs the
Produce Exchange, says this statement
need create no a{ssmePs t0thsuountry's
s sisppl{ of of sxaer gas ae;s4ISis
haVe 10 m .as IR. Sss{a
turn to the farnjsW 0rKssHSss.sk kernel
would not be- qtlite as full, and hence
Touldlnot make Nf3axgs epeseepts9e Of
-four; but the loSR ,hXsshrinkagei Yeuld
a Tbe U e,ase of ts shs rs It.
tributes to the impoverffiiiig OF the land
by gr9wing tpoH the saMe Mnd, year
after year. the same ddnd,ef crop. with
out the use OF fertilizers. The same sys-
tenn is practieedi TO a Large extent in the
Northwest lands, and The richness is
takenifrom the SOIL. II there were a
rotation Of crops, or il feffliAcrs We're
Used. the soil would be kept in good
condition; but the farmer, anxious to
make every cent possia,les fsRsres every
item Of expense. This, syas the, gauge
Of the deterioration Of the lands in :
New England and in this State for
y n,,s purpSsey RH now the he
crops or .. summer fahowihg;" in
other words, iletT ths bndS ie ever one
season, or SOW dover, and when it has
attained its sumHer growth splow it in ,
for fertilizing. The wheat crop Of the
United States last Year, was about 448,-
900, 900 bushels, Of which California and
Oregon furnished about b. 600, 600 bush
els. The surplus amounted to about
200, 900, 600 bushels .sf, which about
100, 100000 bushels were exported 10
other parts Of the World. California and
Oregon furnishing about %, 500. 900 BUSH
els, which were Eek pJfted to the East
Indies, China, japan, Australia and the
Sandwich Islands. Mr.. Walker stated
that the estimated wheat scrup of the
United States for 1881 was, about $780,
900, 900 bushels, of which California and
Oregon would furnish between 80. 0O0,-
WV ohu tccsOVVyVVO OuSfCios Vi bHlo
amount California and Oregon wouldre-
quira for, seed abUuts 1. 100000 bushels,
and for consumption, for an estimated
population of 1,olO,OOO inhabitants.
q, 600, 600. bushels. For the rest Of the
United States there would be required
about 30, 900, 900 bushels for seed, and
200, 900, 600 bushels for the. population
of about $4,000, 600 of people. This.
would make total of about 269, 000,-
600 bushels for food and seed, leaving
a surplus of nearly $50, 600, 600 for, ex-
port, 4if-'' z'' ~ '1'
The average yield an acre, according
to Mr. Walkers estimate, is thirseen
bushels, while the English farmer Sc
cures about twsnty,eigLt bushels an
acre, simply from the free use of fertil- |
izers. Mr.. Walker statedthat in Genesee |
County and other parts of this State.
where years ago the formers obtained as |
much as thirty bushels an acre, they now
get from twelve to fourteen bushels |
only.-M y Tribune.
BosToNIANs say: Take the bean
out of your own eye"