Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-07-18
NIAGARA.
TIE CROPS.
From he .ii5opu Cnitirator for Jalg.
TuF HARVEST pROSpFCT.

The wheat crop IS represented 70 b" nnpfom-
ising throughout the middle and an1lh.rn states,
and in some districts 10 be nearly total laliafe.
This arises iron, three causes: The first aud na-t
prominent IS the r1tages Of the llessHu rs. IL
deyatalonS by tins INSECT Lave been almost nm
preccdrnied IN Virginia, Maslaal Dea"al',
Penns, lsana \. Jersey, aud in sone of the SOUTH
crn districts of Nea-hntk, Spandeni in
Virginia. writes" lhe crop Of what 20 this "
entity Is literally DESTROYED BIZ the lIv. Nany ol
our farmers will NJ atempt to slte tdcf efap NJ
ALL Dat of 100 busae, ,owu by ne on the slne
quantity Of acres, think it an extrayaglof calcal1
ton To say shall have 5nl hu>1s1-. Tins hpi, IA
ordinary years, would have tanad mr ont ] 100
bushels and am considered bN my urizttblrs is
comparatively a llrU' saiirrcr.' \ correspondent
AT lIei5hS Town \. !. Stys " ihe wheat /. rafifry
killed by the 1v. Some otoua farmers, Wa sawrd
fifty bushels, gaa land, II NOT reap then led.
There Is net. from ssf5et rNam.aatIa#, rtthta ten
miles, single III of patch, bal Is pfl,irtfe. iHe
rye is generally poor. Half crop, NJ cauaot have.
| nave good information from Pennst wanna, aona
the Delaware, and thrir ~helt and prospects
areakc blas,cd. TIE second curse OF failure, IS
the great quantity oil SHOW which covered loe Ground
last winter, and winch smplhcred aud hliej maul
othe plants. The third cause oi "a prospective
light wheat hlrycat, Is the prevalence of the efai8-
almost suspend s'f whoa, ealfufe. lu many ct
the northern cou3.ies. Julaing from the p3st
this insect NAV hc eN1#ctcd lot<trnd, this seastH.
to Dnlchess on the seuth, and "a Onrlda oa the
west.
Rye suffered from tle great hadf .f>opa. a1l'.o
ground IN the winter. Il has M. hr,'Irs, filtered
well The continued war; or1f#-f IN fff hav-
ing caused 10 send up IT, sod sails, helaIe tn,
roots had acquired strength an -. '' na1lfIf
them.
The Pfos. 1.r' of iiif en.d .r 4.st 'it1.#5 -
the seed ilft''d hei"fe9 iu' fa anI ''.b y ~,
III thlS N9m'tN, mini - "roa. 11 ld.afe Is
impu'' I'd II severed rfffs,s, ''' II aIr-I mas hae
had an Influence lIf=.-h'.i ~ eaH,'l - HI.
September frost, winch arrested lin ara"ih ri t1e
rrain before It bed sufficiently tasand i"rseei. -
from he tfHn 1''H- h"rn hoe eiiaff l1 ftf thsh,
OF alter II was f1abfd. / "' Afdihefi'> '#t4ihn
waSeNtremelY unl1'efa'l"l .ftas llr corn sFai's
IN ep"d on1'ln ANN iai' ~ = heliri 'a1 h1aa
1nanmryiati sho" iza' .".'3a# a.ho'"H ao'thn
eohS. Seraod.-- mel .IaI e7aot. hcca >.f1a
ed I'LL g"fpaa a'.ll lt#i commenced, tH tlca P.aa-
tel ~ d. WcrHer 4l1 bar naefdeiaI'y covered.
The dr, car.h ahsfr I'll ,I' moisture from ii"
SEED, and df=tro}'. ta#nh} "s9E-etnW2 pant,-
Pile. lis afford, aaptter lrtumeat Tor planting
when The gra1u is l.. i i4'oa he'd, AMI Of taeptn
ter lrrIdlas np1u tie Ill after tar ,eci g.. oayer
rd-the latter cln,ias tIa rt'f, = living il rnn- .
paetncSs, torelIiu the n1i"u.r. Nach casa G4I- .
ed to gro", il consequence ui 'hc@et cold Nt5flrt
which continued from. flr - 10 tIle 29d, MaY
This happened also II other seed, a, ,qua,hrs
eucnmbers, melons, Lima beans, a.. which IN uur
gardens, all rotioI Il. tls ground, In addition to
all this, the ro' worm has hrcn particularly dos
Ir1ctlve II the corn, alisi Il h1i s"3nopH.rI lie