Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-09-11
TIE CROPS.

The Drought still continues in all its desolaton with
u.s. The Corn is perhaps too far gone to be recovered
by rain; and the Planters are busy engaged in getting
in their whered !odder-The grass is burnt in The fields
and in the mountain region, where The pastu.age S
even more necessary than with us, has suffered
1t expected that during the ensuing winter beef and
pork will bp high.
The Farmers Register Of The ls inst states that ere
ports of great and certain injury from the drought
heard from almost every part of lower and middle Viz
gina with The exception perhaps Of very small sections
that have been peculiarly Gayored) and from the North
valley counties West Of the Blue Ridge mounlans
from The Eastern Shore of Maryland, Nrw Jersey, and
Pennsylvania After touching the state of The crops
in several parts Of Virginia, the Register adds that lin
formation from ~ Carolina states the crops have suffered
severely by drought, in the upper part of NOrthnmp
ton and Halifax aud in Warren, Granville Caswel and
Wake counties On The low grounds of the lower Roa
noke a very rich and highly important disrict)
the has been favorable enough promise average
crops The crop Of wheat has fallen much short of
~ expectations and over much wider extent Of coun
try than then known. The unusually large pro
portion Of straw, caused the general eHor OF estimate.
4 letter from intelligent correspondent in Mont.
" We have not had for the space OF three months, in
this place and neighbohood fall Of rain sufficient for
the severest drought within the memory of any living
person The corn crop consequently, will be very
small one and much of The wheat crop, which good,
must be kept at home 10 supply the deficiency Of the
other"
a letter from Buckingham says:-" Nothing Of inter
est here, only great anxiety about support for and
brast-1he drought continues, and the weather has sud-
deny hrcome cold We had lros, on the morning Of
the ith nslant"-The Charleston Free Press Jefferson
county, states also, that "on the mornings of Monday
and Tuesday last frost was visible in that neighborhood
And the Lynchburg VirginIan understands there
biting frost in Albemare on the same morning (the 9TH
The Fredericksburg Herald Of the 9Th informs u.s. that
gomery county UhIs Sa,e) writes awe suffering
any material benefit 10 the growing crops The Indian
main reliance in the South is except in iew
favored, isolated spots, almost destroyed The gardens
for the part, had well have been cultivated
the fields without grass for cattle the earth appears
as arid as desert the smaller streams are all dry,
that in many places the difficulty of procuring meal is
extremely great; and yet there is not the smallest
prospect of change in the sky above us-Founals il
that the wheat crop good one.
The Frederick (Maryland) Citizen afirms that sit is
beyond the possibility Of seasons to affect The CROP
and we feel safe in averring that not fourth of the
usual average per will be made. The fields which
two weeks since might have been benefited by
bile weather, now past recovery. The farmers
now going through their fields cutting off the stalks that
will yield grain with of securing the fodder
The Stanton Spectator Of the 9th says, that The
weather has become so cool within few days past as
produce frost All hopes, therefore, OF improve.
men in The corn, buckwheat, and potato crops,
al an end. Should the cool weather continue, there is
reason TO fear the destruction Of The fodder, which,
tie crop Of hay has been light and the pastures are H.
eIay burnt up, would add greatly 10 the embarrass.
menls Of the farmer
A Correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes
from Huntington (f on the 80, ConsIdcry the dearth
md excessive heat which have prevailed for nearly
three months, Chester county and the Eastern part Of
Lancaster have been peculiarly favorcd-the corn crop
being decidedly better than in parts Of the Sale
and think do not exceed the bounds Of probability
when say that in those districts it will produce nearly
twohrds Of fair average. But here the good fortune
Of the farmers, limited il is, ceases Every step you
take towards the mountains, still more TO con.
vince you that more complete failure Of the crop
than that Of the present year, is not remembered
Hardly field is visible that bears one third of q
crop; and in many instances, entire patches unpro
ductive the stalks being yellow, stuned and sckly,
hardly bearing single ear 10 dozen Of plants The
only exception to this condition of the fields as gene
raj feature is to be found in partial improvement on
rivers &c
But on the other hand it is said, that in some Of the
Western Region, The crop will be ine-and the ~ York
journal of Commerce gives cheering account Of the
New England crops: