Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-08-05
T,be uaoers,own Torchlight Of the 22l

y ulfimo. saws: That the Whea. crop W
4 Washington County, os well as through
4 on, the adjacent country, has turned oct
10 be shorter than was anticipated tour
i weeks oro-faling considerably below an
ordinary average. Some fields exceed
twenty bushels TO the acre, and many do
y no, reach that.
j Tar CROPS ~ KEST.-The Kent md. J
News informs up that the weather ic that
country has been warm and dry for seve.
raj weeks in consequences Of which, the
corn crop is likely TO be very materially
4 injured. Tie early potatoc crop is con-
sidcred already failure, and the pasture
is dying away.
Cgops ~ DORCHESTER. Tho farming
interest III this county, it is stated ~ ING
CambIidge Gid J Cronicle, has the most
gloomy prospects in advance. The wheat,
rye add oats arc said to be scarcely half
an average crop, while the corn crop - so
q much Injured as to make it impossible
4 tha,it should aaafd more than haifa yield.
\ Vegetation Of all kinds, in fact. is nearly
put stop 10.
The Hanover (Pa.) Herald s2ys--I'he
II wheat crop in tina, section is very light
D tAo Rye is good ia general. The Oats
icrop is about an average one, and farmers
*are busily engaged in cutting and storing
Mt. Corn and Potatoes look fine 50 far,
&bal uulcss we viii soon have rain the
#cfops viii bo small. Professor EsPy
could fed employment here! Where
he
3M
The Harrisburg Reporter says-The
arvest is nearly oil gathered in the Val.
- around us. Immediately about the
Gown, the crops Of Wheat uad Rye have
bcen very Iight-in some instances scarce
y ha,fa crop. In this end of Cumber-
@and county the same lgAtuess of crops
-. la tae upper end Of this county,
AL srain has yielded about an average
IN uantity. Tho Oats crop promises a
@ioavy return, and If a few showers should
III al! upon the parched hills aud meadows
gi our neighborhood, it would take " tall
born" to beat the gathering our farmers
swou'l carry to their cribs.
The Staunton Spectator OF the 2ed ult
S|gsa rs " TIE harvest is pretty well over
Nin Ibis county, md from what we can
and intelligent farmers, VIC have no cause
Of complaint. The wheat and rye crops
IRE sail 10 be rs good, some say better,
than we have had for several years, and
The crop Of cats is uncommonly fine. We
are a!so informed that the prospect for an
abundant crop of corn is very hattering.'
The Lawisburg Va Wing says Of the
IN plrta 10 hpi
Il Oar community has been blessed with /
excellent crops Of every description this |
4 season. 1t is said that the rye CROPS |
were never better, and although in some
v places the wheat was lttle injured, yet /
\ our farmers have no cause to complain.
#'Fhe oats are very good-and the corn
4 quito promising"
4 CRoPs ~ ILLINoIs.-Tho wheat crop
in northern Illinois, this season, is abun
dant and Of the fines, quality. The stalk
Is short, but the ear is heavy and the grain
uncommony round and wen filed. The
quantity OF land sown with wheat is much
greater this year than usual. The corn
crop, though in some places little injur-
cd by the drought, is, on the whole, very
good and the oat crop promises TO yield
4 fir average. These remarks apply to
ell that large tract of country extending
from the centre of Illinois northward.-
N. Y. Posi-.
q CRoPs IN WIsCoNsIN.-The wheat fields
of Wisconsin are said to be unusually pro.
y du>tive this year. The soil and climate
II OF that territory are among the finest in
Il the world for wheat. II Ii.