1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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WHERE DOES ALL THE CORN GO TO? 



When we read of the twenty-five thousand bush- 

 els of corn raised in a single year, by Mr. Ells- 

 worth, in Indiana, and of the ten, fifteen, twen- 

 ty, and twenty-five hundred barrels produced on 

 single plantations or farms in Virginia or Ohio, 

 Ixjside the vast aggregate from the smaller planta- 

 tions and farms scattered through the land, well 

 may we inquire, "where can it all go to ?" 



On looking at the pages of the: '^Untied Slates 

 Economist, ^^ a most valuable paper printed at New 

 York, and principally devoted to money matters, 

 commerce, manufactur&s and state of the markets, 

 we find at least a partial solution to the question 



This paper gives a statement of the corn shipped 

 from the port of New York within the short 

 space of two weeks ending March 11, 1854, as fol 

 lows : — 



To LiverpooV, 305,738'bushels. 



Xo Belfast, 12,930J " 



To Queeustown, ^ 13,016 " 



T» Glasgow, 35,398 " 



To Lomlon, 7,470 •' 



To British N. A. Colonies, 1,330 " 



To British West Indies, 630 « 



To Cuba, 686 " 



From Philadelphia, mostly to Liverpool : 



Corn, 302,037 bushels. Corn Meal, 63,236 bushels. 



From Boston, to foreign ports : 



Corn, 7,512 bushels. Corn Meal, 1,500 bushels. 



From Baltimore, to foreign ports : 



Corn, 69,U6 bushels. Corn Meal, 720 bushels. 



We subjoin the following table as affording at 

 a glance the amount exported in a single week, 

 and also the aggregate since Jan. 1. Compara- 

 tively little is sent from the Southern ports, most 

 of it being first brought North, and re-shipped to 

 foreign ports. 



posed of by sending it ofi" to feed our hungry breth- 

 ren across the water. We have no idea that this is 

 any thing like the true amount sent out of the 

 country ; but if it is, it is only a moiety of the 

 whole amount expended. 



Corn meal has now become an article of food 

 in almost all families of the county, so that vast 

 quantities are required for this purpose ; then look 

 at the immense amount fed to horses, cattle, swine, 

 poultry and sheep. There is scarcely a town in 

 New England but uses its six to ten thousand bush- 

 els a year, of southern corn, in addition to the 

 products of its own acres, and then must be added 

 the vast amount used for distillation. 



Even in New England, the corn crop is an easy 

 and profitable one to raise, with a ready market 

 at the door of any farmer who produces it. War 

 or no war, a large surplus beyond our own wants 

 will be needed ; in this view it becomes us as far- 

 mers, to see if we cannot produce enough for our 

 own wants and keep our cash for some other pur- 

 poses than expending it for corn. 



Now if wc multiply the amount sent from the 

 single port of New York in one week by the 52 

 weeks m a year, we shall liave the enormous amount 

 of eight millions and eight thousand bushels sent 

 from a single port in one year ! 



Then wc have gathered above, that, the sum of 

 444,481 bushels have been sent from the ports of 

 Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston, in about two 

 weeks, which, multiplied by 2G, half of the weeks 

 in tlie year, would give an aggregate o£ eleven mil- 

 lion, Jive hundred and fifty-six thousand, five hun- 

 dred and six bushels, making 19,664,506 bushels dia 



WELLS' PATENT GRASS SEED SOWER. 



The above represents the mode of operating a 

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 sowing grass seed. It is a simple hopper with a 

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 one end to the other, with notches corresponding 

 with the holes in the zinc, and notched on each 

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First Annual Rki'ort ok the Secretary of 

 THE Board of Agriculture. — We have exam- 

 ined this Report sufficiently to come to the opinion 

 that it is the most valuable document tliat has yet 

 been issued i' this State, on agricultural subjects. 

 It is wri^U A in a clear and comprehensive style, 

 and • a phraseology so plain and direct that no 



