FARMERS' REGISTER— WHEAT— COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



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GREAT CROPS OF WHEAT IIV NEW YORK. 



From the Genesee Farmer. 



Mr. Goodscll: — I have seen several statements 

 of large crops of wheat from different parts of the 

 country published in agricultural papers, but as 

 yet, few such have been furnished from this, which 

 we consider one of the best wheat growing towns* 

 in this county. 



On the 29th of July I forwarded to you the num- 

 ber of sheaves which I had harvested from one 

 bushel sowing red chaff wheat. As I have thrash- 

 ed them, I now send you the quantity which they 

 produced, viz : sixty-seven bushels. To say the 

 quality was fine, would be superfluous. 



Mr. C. Hall had a piece of twelve acres which 

 gave fifty-four bushels per acre. Mr. Hall's was 

 the red chaff wheat. 



Another neighbor of mine sowed two bushels of 

 the Beaver dam w heat, from which he harvested 

 and cleaned one hundred and sixty bushels. 



RAWSON HARMON. 



Wheatland, Sept. 21st, 1833. 



PLANTING VINES IN YARDS. 



From the New York Fanner. 

 Every person who occupies a house, either in 

 the city or country, should consider himself under 

 obligations to plant a vine in his yard. Suppose a 

 choice variety of either foreign or native grapes 

 should be planted in every yard in this city, in a 

 few years, not a family, however poor, would be 

 without this delicious fruit. The expense would 

 not exceed from 25 to -50 cents. Many would un- 

 doubtedly be neglected, and die ; but many, also, 

 would grow and bear fruit abundantly. Let it not 

 be an objection, that the tenant is to occupy but 

 one year. 



For the Farmert' Re^'ister. 

 COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



October 30, 1833. 



Some important changes in commercial affairs 

 have occurred during this month. The withdraw- 

 al of the public funds from the United States' 

 Bank, and the substitution of various State Banks 

 as agents for the government, has caused money to 

 be less abundant, and has somewhat lessened the 

 facility of transmitting funds from one part of the 

 country to another. As yet this is felt chiefly in 

 the southern commercial towns, where the cotton 

 crop is coming to market, and where money is 

 rendered scarce by the difficulty of negotiating 

 bills on the northern cities. 



The price of tobacco has advanced considera- 

 bly, in consequence of the crop of last year prov- 

 ing smaller than usual. The exports of the United 

 States are not yet ascertained, but it is known that 

 the western crop was several thousand hogsheads 

 less than the previous one ; that of Maryland not 

 large, and the result of the inspections in Virginia 



* It m.iy not be superfluous to state to many South- 

 ern readers, that the vyord " tmcn," is used in the North- 

 ern States, for a section of country of certain limits — 

 and not according to our application of tlie temi, or to 

 the proper signification, which differs from both. — [Ed- 

 Fanners' Re^rister. 



k thus : for the year ending 1st October, 1833, 

 18,000 hhds. passed, 12,400 hhds. refused ; in 1832, 

 20,700 hhds. passed, 15,800 hhds. refused. The 

 export from Virginia to foreign ports in 1833, was 

 20,150— in 1832, 27,000— in 1831, 24,000— in 

 1830, 31,000— and in 1829,29,000 hhds. 



The quantity shipped coastwise and manufactu- 

 red is not correctly ascertained. 



It may be questioned whether, on a broad scale, 

 the interest of the planter suffers by the crop pro- 

 ving small. The additional price obtained for a 

 short crop, generally makes it amount to as much 

 money as a large one, for no more than a certain 

 quantity can be consumed, and a diminished supply 

 serves to clear the markets of an useless surplus, 

 which would hang heavy andkeep the price down, 

 or if sold would produce very little money, and 

 merely change owners, without being consumed. 

 The price of tobacco during the ensuing season 

 will doubtless be high. At present it commands 

 from ^5 for very inferior, up to §10 and more for 

 good — fancy qualities cannot be quoted. 



A new and unexpected competitor has appeared 

 in the grain market — which, thanks to the British 

 Corn Laws, has seriously affected ours. From the 

 port of Archangel, in the north of Russia, large 

 shipments of wheat have been made to Canada, 

 there to be ground into flour, and re-exported to 

 Great Britain or to her possessions, where it is ad- 

 mitted for consumption at a low rate of duty, while 

 the same grain cannot be imported and ground in 

 England without paying a duty which amounts to 

 prohibition. It is well known that a considerable 

 portion of the flour made in the western part of 

 New York and the northeastern part of Ohio is 

 sent directly to Montreal, whence it can be ex- 

 ported to the British possessions on the payment of 

 a small duty ; while the same article will not bear 

 exportation to the same markets, from the ports of 

 the United States — thus giving the profits of agen- 

 cy and the carrying trade to British merchants and 

 British ships. 



It is greatly to be desired by the growers in this 

 country, and by the consumers in their own, that 

 the reformed parliament may make some revision 

 of the British Corn Laws, which bear more heavi- 

 ly at home than on foreign countries, inasmuch as 

 the consumer can less afford to pay a high price 

 for bread, than the producer to accept a low one. 



Speculation, wiiich when once excited, seldom 

 knows where to stop, had advanced the price of 

 cotton in Europe and in this country, t5 very high 

 rates. 



The expectation of immediately realizing large 

 profits on their speculation, inducetl persons in Li- 

 verpool and Havre, who were entirely ignorant of 

 the trade, to make investments, with the intention 

 of selling out in a week or two ; but when the tirst 

 rumor was circulated of the prospect of a large 

 and early crop in this country, their fears were ex- 

 cited, and their purchases forced on the market — 

 which though scarcely supplied, bore such high 

 prices as to deter manufacturers from buying large- 

 ly. A panic was then created, and its effects will 

 scarcely be removed before supplies of the new crop 

 will appear, and a continued decline in price may 

 be apprehended, until the extent of our crop shall 

 be ascertained, and a considerable portion of it be at 

 market. The crop will doubtless prove large, and 

 the quality good. The price can scarcely decline 

 so low, as not to remunerate the planter handsome- 



