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The Grain Crops. 

 A good or bad crop of grain in the 

 United States, in a given year, affects the 

 markets of the world. A great foreign 

 demand in a bad crop year stimulates 

 prices, and makes the article of bread a 

 dear food to all classes of our people. 

 Hence it is for these and other reasons that 

 the masses regard the grain crop as a sub- 

 ject of great importance to them, and hence 

 they watch with great solicitude the de- 

 velopements of the crops through the year. 

 We are constrained to believe that the 

 wheat crop will be a more than an average 

 yield the present year. In some localities 

 the winter crop may have been wmter 

 killed, but taking the whole country to- 

 gether the yield will be better than usual. 

 The effect of this fact is already felt in the 

 markets. Flour haf already fallen in Cm- 

 cinnati to $6 50 per barrel, and the price 

 of wheat is going down. Even here, where 

 the winter crop has failed, winter wheat at 

 this time is not worth more than $1 30, and 

 we apprehend it will be less. On this sub- 

 ject however, we copy two articles from 

 the United States Economist, which will be 

 of interest to thope who desire a mote full 

 invesiigation of this matter. Oar opinion 

 is that wheat and flour will be bought m 

 market at reasonable prices for the next 

 year. 



'ftkiiN CBOPS.-At this season of the year 

 and particularly this year, after so many 

 Years of Short harvests, the probabihties in 

 relation to the crops, at home and abroad, 

 are invested with more or less interest. 

 In the last few years, the capital of Amer- 

 ica has been absorbed, to some extent, m 

 railways; and in Europe, railways, war, and 

 speculation, have combined to absorb a 

 larger than ordinary proportion, at the 

 same time the earth has everywhere yielded 

 less than its ordinary supplies. Hence it is 

 chiefly that capital has been scarce, or m 

 other words, money has been dear, liie 

 corrective is now to be applied. The eternal 

 law of compensation which nature seems to 

 obey in all her works, is manifesting itselt 

 in her crops, and everywhere the supply is 

 abundant, while the demand is less Ihe 

 nuantity of grain which England and France 

 have purchased in the last year, becomes in 

 this connection a matter of interest, and it is 



the foundation of every man's business m 

 terest in the community. The Moniteur, 

 of France, published recently the quantity 

 of grain admitted into France from August 

 1 1856. to April 1. IBS'?; that is to say. 

 eight months -of the present year since har- 

 vest. Comparing that with the British re- 

 turn, we have results as follows: 

 hnmrts of Grain into France and Great Bni- 

 ain, August 1 to April 1. 



Bushels. Value. 



T,- f^ 8 080 755 22,891,107 $40,196,204 



Thus, the demand of these two countries 

 was 66,243,549 bushels, at a value of $\1°'- 

 368,308. The stock in France April 1 

 was 1000,000 bushels, against l.DOU.OUU 

 bushels same time last year. The crops are 

 everywhere represented as good, compara- 

 tively, but the small stocks prevent any de- 

 cline in prices. If France has enough for 

 her own wants, it is as much as can be ex- 

 pected. She can no longer rival the United 

 States in supplying England, who, accord- 

 ing to the Mark Lane Express, reqmres 

 40 000 OOO bushels of wheat per annum, on 

 au'average of good and bad years. That 

 demand will suffice to take off the whole 

 surplus of the United States. 



Wheat Crop of the United States. - 

 The growing crop of wheat is everywhere 

 reported as promising great abundance, and 

 as the time of harvest in some portions ot 

 our varied climate is soon at hand, will m 

 others be prolonged into August, giving a 

 great access of agricultural capital and 

 promising cheap food to the mass of people 

 it may be interesting now to look back 

 upon the estimates of crops for the last tew 

 vears The following table is one that we 

 have continued from year to year based 

 originally upon the census report of wheat 

 crops for 1840 and I860: 



Consumption 

 at Z14 bush. 

 64,665,447 

 64,182,986 



Population. 



1840 17,069.656 



1850 23,267,726 



1851...-. 24,023,916 



1852 24,780,106 



J1353 53,356,29(3 



1854 26,292,486 



1855 26,048,673 



1856 27,804,863 



1857 : 28,561,053 



1858 29,317,043 



Seed. 



1840 8,482,727 



1850 11,479,922 



1851 12,000,009 



1852 11,689,803 



1853 12,600,000 



1S54 13,000,000 



1855 13,600,000 



1856 15,000,000 



1857 16,600.900 



1858 16,000,000 



64,483,895 

 66,730,815 

 89,377,025 

 93,023,690 

 94,670,355 

 97,317,020 

 99,963,670 

 102.609,650 



tVop. 



84,837,272 

 104,479,923 

 110,032,394 

 117,511,501 

 121,136,088 

 133,172,285 

 114,991,939 

 138,025,021 

 142 400,000 

 150,000,000 



Actual 

 Export. 

 11,198,098 



8,829,017 

 12,948,490 

 18,600,680 

 18,968,990 

 28,148,695 



7,821,584 

 25,708,007 

 27,000,000 

 80,000,000 



Price In N.T. 

 $5 44 



5 01>4 



6 63 

 4 87 

 4 94 

 9 25 

 960 

 8 00 



7 05 



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The population of. each year is given by 

 the department according to the regular an- 

 nual increase, per census. The assumed 



