Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-08-01
he Crops.

JEFFERSON CoyNTY-The earth is literally bur.
thened with heavy crops and the farmers are improy
ing every hour sfsunshine to what is now ready
for Investing. Corn which it feared would prove
total failure never looked better Should the frosts
held off for few weeks this important crop will come
in well. In fact il is conceded that the present
most favorable season. the weather has been uniformly
warm with sufficient rain for the purposes Of vegeta-
ton- Wateto1a Jefersonian.
NEw.JEKsEY-The Bevidere Apollo give the fol-
lowing account-Wheat and rye are now harvested
and most Of stacked and housed in good order Rye
straw is very heavy though most Of it having been
struck with rust the grain is small and shrunken The
general opinion seems TO be, that rye Will NOT yield
more than half crop Wheat !. good gu. rem !he
failure of few previous years, not more than ball the
| usual quantity sowed. The only COED piece OF
spring wheat that have seen is struck with the rust
within the last day or tws Oats are fair' and corn
| never was inner.
that fertile valley Of Virginia, Immediately the
borders OF Clark and Jefferson couRties dated July H.
1898 saws" You have doubt heard that the wheat
crop was very promising In the progress: o. nsvs.
best crop raised in this section ofcountry
In this and various other sections Of the state the corn
crop is suffering seriously by the drought-Frsdersck
/! Herald.
TEssEssRE-The crops throughout East Tennessee
and Western Virginia so far as we have heard from
them bid fair yield abundant harvest TO the cult
vaor The weather for the last ten fifteen days has
been highly favorable for vegetation warm, with fire.
pueN
cutting their wheat and the crops Of premise to be
the heaviest ever in the coun,ry-Jcwes6oro Sem
| tineL
| M,cu,cI~-W Wheat Prospects--A friend informs ~,
who has lust returned from tour TO Grand River that
the crops Of wheat Of the present season. win exeeeo
quantity the total amosn raised Tor the three sss
years. Corn and oats equally abundant This year
Michigan will expert the East in lieu ofpurchssiug
a half millisn from Ohio Dssyo's AdFaiwSxss
CAsApA-Ths Wheat F,y.-we are sorryt learn
that the ravages committed by this insect upon the
growing crop Of wheat not confined 10 particular
places but complained of throughout the whse dis
irict gentlemen left Office yesterday, a stool
OF wheat containing seventy heads from kernel
| in the whole Of which scarcely one net eaten
up by the fly. Some farmers say that great Is The
| destruction that they will reap enough for nsxt
years seed, from kelds apparently loaded with Of
4 the finest crops seen. The barley has alto
gether escaped in some plsces.-Monrsai Courier
DuRATIos OF THE LIFE OF MAs.-The Times gives
the following translation of article this SUBJECT
taken by lie Courier des Etats vns, from the Revue
BritaHique;
In the many articles that have devoted to this in.
teresting question have demonstrated that the mean
life Of maR is greater than formerly In France, tits
20 years in England il 30 for the and % for the
women in Belgium il is %; but this number varies
greatly according locality In cities large towns
the mean life Of a man is from 20. %; whilst in the
country, this number reaches 81 The life Of
to the accidents. In cities towns.
the term 80 to 49, whilst in the country, this
Der reaches to 81, 95 Long Life in man depends,
will be in part upon the nature Of the places thar
he nhab also depends upon the OF their pro-
fessions or business. An individual whose profession
business employment is painful fatguing to ex
cess will arrive the last than he who
does abuse his constitution Thus the mortality Of
the negroes Of the English ceonies relatively the
groes who In the English army 10 in the proper
ton Of or black slaves free man. But let us
by the following table what the most
proper conduce TO longevity in man: