Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-30
THE COMING CROPS.

Business men, spectators and men of all | callings and stations are inter sted just now | in the condition and outlook of the crops.
 If we have good crops and can sell 6 part of | them to other countries at good prices it will ] have favorable effect upon business and the prices of railroad securities" /" and even if I we cannot sell all we would, good crops will l tend to decrease the cost of living in this 1 country. The prospect now is that we shall
 have enough and to spare. The New York World has collected several columns of infor- nation concerning the situation, and the re- ports are very encouraging.
 The harvest of winter wheat has already
 begun in Texas, and the yield is excellent in
 quality and quantity In the Northern States east of the Mississippi some fields suffered from winter killing, but,as has more recently appeared, not nearly to the extent that was feared There was little or no increase in the acreage-in fact, it is probable that the drought of last autumn caused some reduc- tion of the area sown, but at present there is little reason to doubt that the yield will be larger. It is too early to say much about spring wheat except that a full acreage has been sowed, and there is no reason to doubt that the yield will be large. In the Northern and Middle States the corn crop is fully two weeks late, and much planting is yet to be done But no apprehension regarding the next crop need be felt on this account. In 1868 the crop, as late as the first of July, threatened to be a failure yet the yield was 8 full one; two or three favorable weeks in July brought forward the whole situation. But il is at the South and Southwest that we look for the supply of any deficiency in the yield of the northern States. The high prices of the past six months have impressed plant CTS in those sections with the wisdom of look ing to themselves for their supplies of food, and they appear to have planted corn this spring with vigor never before exhibited. The outlook for the crop of oats is magnif- cent.
 Though the great cotton staple has suffered in the region of the Mississippi from tremen- dous floods, the high prices for plantation supplies and January weather in the month of May, the prospects in the Gulf States are so excellent as to warrant the anticipation of larger total yield than that of last year. Equally favorable, in spite of circumstances as untoward, is the outlook for another great article of xport-tobacco. Pasturage prom lses so we'll that there seems to be no reason to expect any falling off in the supply of beef cattle, which of late years have become leading source of our agricultural wealth. The same thing is true of the pork and lard yield of the year, and though the wool clip is likely to be later than usual, the general yield is expected to be greater than that of last year.
 Many think that the bloom" is ended and that even big crops will not start another this year. They say that in order to ''make things hum" in this country we must have immense crops and that the European har- vests must be very slim. However this may be, one thing is certain, and that is that it is better for us to have good crops than poor ones, and therefore the present indications are very cheering.