Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-09-20

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auneration Tor light labor We have been assur-
ed by practical man, that $500 per may be
depended on, as Tie proceeds OF proper feeding OF
Silk Worms and making sewing silk. Although this
may be too liberal an estimate Cat least I'LL expert
eDce shall guide cnerprse) yet from calculation
OF the number of cocoons which ma, be raised from
! an acre OF ground, planted with hedges oil mubef-
rles. II would not appear exravas'nt.
- DO not attempt to iced silk worm. till You are
sure OF having twice as much foliage rs they will be
calculated 10 require. Feed few at fi,st-eSperi-
ment-and when you acquainted with the wants
OF the worm, and the treatment requred-then go
the whole figure" No danger of oyer-siockng the
market, until our population shall extend beyond
the Rocky Mountains"
Crops Of ITeaern Pennsyirdnia.-A letter to the
editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, dated at Plus
burg on the ath instant, furnishes the following IN
formation. on this subject:
at affords m, pleasure TO inform you that the crops
in thu, vicinity are by 10 means as bad rs | under
stand they are IN the agricultural conntlesea OF the
mountains. Indeed, | never rcmembera mnch peter
wheat aud rye harvest than that of the present year
| Wheat has been remarkably productive, and 'se
has shown fair average crop. AT that time, how
ever, the drought had not been severely ielt We
only in,lhc beginning OF that calamity, and
| regret TO add that We have since suffered consid-
eiIby from it,
| In The countie. of Westmoreland Allcg hany,
Armstrong, part of Indiana, Fayette, and Green,
the will perhaps turn out better that IN any
Their dl,rics of PENNSYLVANIA the reason Of which
10, that tho land richer and better watered
/ by river. aud small streams, than that in the east.
should that IN most Instances, tie crop will not
fail short of a yery fair average But them II should
be remembered that this is by no means great corn
countryside farmers chiefly growing wheat rye
and potatoes; while for supply OF corn IN the cities
towns. and populou, villages. we chief, depend up
on Ohio aud Virginia. A few days since, a miller near
PITTSBURGH purchased large quantity of wheat a.
/ low = sbela nd n no here ex ets
JoIl,, NJ tho p,es emf ,iuc
Tn, chief los. ocr,uoncd TO farmers nv d,oupbt
will he in not,ioe. IN, of hi, YEAR no.,
,,el, n,ou.,,y IN nroiuc. ne,t IN ootLino In
d.ed IN c,on NAV hc said In h.. ent;,c,v co,e
nv ,br hoard for If rain we're IN VIA, n. erin now il
would be too late 10 do much GOOD TIN, will be a
sad pri,aton especiauy for our laboring copmunit,
in no par, of ia. United state, are notatoe, NOR,
| .,,.,s,,.,, n.eJ ,h,r !, W.u,,n p.nn.,I,,n;,
The,. will h. los, tno NJ ,bou, IN. ,b;,d If IN.
crop of oa,, thonrh This mpo,,atr ,p,icuturaI pro
duct ba. no, fallen of so much a, might have been
expected
In the countie, north of ,hs-Bu,ler. Mercer
! Nen,npo Grassland and Eric The same remark
,ha have made in reference to he better inhabited
western counties. will also apply. With the single cx.
ccpt,on of The sand, Districts, where nearly all The
crop. are lost. Population in those counties 10 vet
but thin, and the loss, therefore, by no means con
siderable 10 the community "a large though it
will fall hea,, on individual laImcrs and cultya.
tons.
The counties of Cambria and Somerset are noun
alnou, and th,nly peoped but the crops of all kinds
which are never Iarre even in the best seasons, will
this ,est prove total G1iLtre except Oh the fate
small narrow .,rips OF land by the side and
even there they will in no case exceed hall an aver
age
The second crop Of grass has failed every where
| Hay Ia. attained very high price, as you will see
by The Pntsbui.h market reports and it's gradual
/ " rising.
Thus. then, the crops of Western Pennsylvania
ma, be recapitulaed;
In the rich lands,
Wheat--an excellent crop.
Rse--ayery fair average.
usy-lhe Gra crop abundant.
Uay-tb. x,co,J c,on g, ,,,,l f,n,e
O.i,-sboot tvo-,hird.
In the mountainous districts nearly all ihc crop,
have failed
While writing Of the crop. of Western Penn,yIya-
MA II i'll not perhop. be considered out of place
To remark ,la, I have I'M, day conye,,.d with