The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-06-15

The Crops In The United states.
| we nave watched closely, and published mpartislly,
accounts OF the crops from the first appearance of their
vernal Life till the present time when begin hear
Oh the husbondman's return his agricultural abors
There has been all along undue amount of croakng
either brought out by the fears of the
induced by the trsfckers in breadsufs in order that
their selfish interests might be the more speedily
advanced 1t would to be sure, be unwse untrue
to say that there bghted spots In wide terri
oral fields. The drought which prevailed in the early
part Of the season. in sections prolonged until
the hopes Of the farmer, In respect to his wheat
cut Of but in many Of these sections in Maryland
fornsance American enterprise brought the hoe where
the harrow had already been and in place Of scky and
tunted wheat and kindred grains vigorous growth Of
maize was soon sending its promising shoots up
ward as If in dersion Of the demon blight who seemed
thus oed in the attempt to short the hopes the
tler Of the soil We have, Of late, had delight
ul Attenuation of rain and sunshino and except from
confirmed grumblers have good Of tho Of.
fsc which has been produced upon the fields
grain One other fact worthy to be mentioned here
that in many tobacco growing regions the early season
being unfavorable, pains taken to noursh that
weed" and twothirds OF the heretofore allotted
to its growth (n sections ofMsrylana for nsanc
Is occupied by spring wheat rye oats and Indian
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From the Eastern States wo have the most cheering
intelligence. Although tho season was somewhat back
ward yet tho requisite rain sunshine came at last
and the markets began to give the papable
evidence OF tho manner in which vegetation making
for its long torpor The fruit CROP which is locked
to with considerable anxiety, promises unusually
well and accounts state that the yield present year
bids fair to double that Of any Of previous
years With reference to grain it Is urged with great
reasonableness that II fields should turn out
but poorly account OF eateness Of the season. yet
the high price Of all the varieties has had the e
feet to induce greater In the culture and
tensve sowing, that the result very likely will be-
what some papers confidently predict that tho coming
harvest will yield greater quantity Of breatus than
that section has before produced in season
Where tho returns likely to remunerate him. your
Eastern man, merchant farmer, mechanic, is not
likely to neglect the OF the necessary appliances to
ensure success
Now York will not disappoint the hopes of her
friends tho prospects are, indeed. at the present
time, most hattering. Long Island, with army
Of scientific farmers to bring out her resources,
presents ut the present time, such surface.
as causes expressions Of admiration from travel
srs who say that at low estimate the surface sown
scrptions during the present season. doubles that Of
former years. The highest culture win be practised
throu bout as has been done already far requisite
manures Of description have been freely bestowed
Quantities having been taken by railroad from this city
To distance OF nearly hundred miles From Albany
aud vicinity the NEST favorable accounts are received
Not only is the grain represented rs presenting fine
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toe vines have the hsathf deep color which gives
evidence that as yet, ut any rate disease has
meuced its work upon their roots In this vicinity Also
as well as many other counties OF the State hundreds Of
acres of land that have not before been cultivated for
grain crop have this year been planted with The
DAT crop which Ia not bad index to the Others looks
remarkably fine The western part Of the State also
promises to do its share towards supplying the empty
sranaries Of the destitute from her own Overlooking
storehouses
New Jersey and Delaware will do their share Of pro-
ducing few weeks since there considerable fear
m Nav Iers. huf
the late refreshing rains have had the to dispe
such gloomy aPprshensions and better STILL to start
vegetation so that almost immediate effect WAS pro-
duced in the butter market where prices have fallen
some seven or eight cents the pound The farmers
are most active and the earth much Of as falls
within the boundaries Of the good State Of New Jersey
Will be taxed to its utmost, as for instance One
who usually plants five Of potatoes has put in six
teen; another has doubled his quantity of wheat
and third has improved four five times the usual
to the effect that the surface ground in New Jersey
planted this year with exceeds that Of last year by
ought to yield four millions Of bushels than equal
to oneffteenth of the whole deficiency Of the potato
crop in Ireland, for ls4e This year
will be an important item, especially when consider
ed that at the opening Of navigation this year. New
jersey although 20 near to market had immense
surplus Of wheat hand
Pennsylvania also cheering note while her swar
thymncrs are rich
Is OF her thousands OF underground their bre
rem OF the upper regions Handsomely rewarded for
their abors upon the soil The Of the
severely felt in parts Of Penns yapia and the
winter crops many OF them ruined by the severity
to which they exposed before tho spring fairly
opened but the season length became propitiou
and the farmers went to work with will The winter
Killed grain was succeeded by summer grain and the
prospect Of slim harvest stimulated farmers the
OF every spare acre Of ground the consequence will be
that Pennsylvania WILL at least, yield average crop
Many promise much more for her.
Accounts from Ohio contradictory that it is
difficult Judge satisfactorily to what result harvest
time will show The bulls and the "bears' are not
all Gagged In Wall street and II not mistaken VIZ
distinguish their footprints some Of the cores
the favorable statements to be less studied than
the Others may construe this into want of nc-
curacy, while they give the croakers credit for speak
ing from accurate knowledge upon the subject. We
think there an apparent attempt to put poor face
1t should be remarked that in all these the
wheat crop alone is the subject Of remark and of
this 1t is said that the bottom lands promise abun-
dant yield, although the ridge lands will not yield
we'll. There some indications, which give decided
y favorable cooring to the future among these may
Strawberries being gathered. Now weather that will |
ripen strawberries must should think bring forward
grain crops and the farmers Of Ohio willing to
work their lands spring grains may be cultivated with
great success We regret that have such contradc
tory accounts from Ohio the young giant Of the wesas
that State aptly termed In order that our readers
may judge well OF the prospects there
will givca sketch Of Of tho statements received |
within few days First article giving
count Of terrible hail storm in Prebe county where the
haston that fell were as large as hens eggs This
and orchards of fruit but 1t broke windows and Killed
pigs and geese This to say the least looks somewhat
the wheat in the bottom lands Of that State promise
abundant YIELD but that the crops the ridges will be
poor and ends with Ohio will produce wheat this
year than last" The writer gives argument
tain the last proposition unless the first sentence which
we quote, BIO construed into such argument We |
have next paragraph from writer who had Just res
turned from tour through Of the towns north Of
Newark where 1t seems, the land is hgh) who says
the wheat fields present sorry sight not being visi-
be which not badly spotted and very thin He con-
cudes WITH unless the low lands do better there will
rot be half crop in this county perhaps not fourth"
The low lands IL will be remembered said to pro.
mise an abundant yield" We next hear from McCon-
nolsvle and the writer says From personal observa-
ton satisfied that there prospect ola fair crop
Of wheat In county this the croaking
folks to the contrary notwithstanding The next In
turn very gloomy account Of the effects OF freeE-
ing out which the wheat crop in the ncghborhood Of
Carroton has experienced the writer arriving at the
conclusion that There will be fourth the auan-