New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-08
The Crops, Weather, &c.

The yV,.fm.aaer NJ i-i C1rr.f f,gfaa saws the
sf- rains have improved me prospects % IL growing
-rnps ID that vic.sity Ali thAt tneJ nov present
Tbe Rig,l.gss Ma T5-1l Ligh gives a similar &C
count of tee crop- u that region
The Cz,o-ffs md Whig says; since the recent
-,. .b,s.r. of rain in this section every ie.rrp-
ion u r.u and grass has become refreshed ani nov
he-oken- An a5uEtAnt yield some aei1s 1f wheat.
however we're too lar goue TO be saved Ihe corn
look. fne-p0tat0es rner.
Tbe Cia-i..5s tVa) Free Prsss SAYS that tie wheat
crop promise. % b. very rne IN that region.
The VIUage Rerg-d states that the Hes.sn ~ hss
made IL suearanc among the wheat crops OF Chester
COUNTY Pa and threatens destruction % the crops n
many neigh hborhOOds Wheat that a few weeks ,ince
bore exceedingly promising appearance, now gives
Indications OF the presence OF ih. destructive Insect
We learn from the Car,srii .lndJ JtTrsJ1i11 that
The Army Worm has ma1e it. appearance in a large
portion OF Montgomery County, and y sweeping
tatiun before H. Nnoie wheat ne.ds have been de-
stroyed. and corn has suffered much. They now
ravaring strip % country from I'D 20 % miles er 9Th
This sc0urge together With the frost and drought have
nearly anuhi8ted al hopes oi sny crops IN por-
gns of that county - "a the exception oi the tobacco
letter from Perry, Geo. near the center OF the
state dated May says Il i the worst looking pros
pecf for a crop here that ever -aw. Our corn was
from half eg 10 xnee hi-h and our cotton al plant
cd and up We had sX white fru-ts m succession 10
killed corn cotton. and great many crops ot wheat
nearly every farmer had O. plant hs crops over there
has been no lrn- The crops up ult yesterday,
We hsd q fne rain. and think % vss general rain
The frost was general one. have heard from low
down the country tallahassee, Florida the crops
badly killed there they are IA Georgia 10 b. i'm
possible for to make half crop, without the beet
kind 0i seasons
The Clam57sbre Hzig says there /. prospcc, ola
very good crop IN tia iyicinity.
The L0uisriAs (hy) Journal Of the BE, ult says
The Spring 80 far has been unproprOus for the
Western farmer The frost destroyed some OF the To-
bacco plants aud seriously injured al OF them since
they have began % recover from the elects the frost
g.. Nar h-FH rrs sa,rar
tobsccO-worn. which always troublesome when the
Spring j. cold There IL 10 doubt that the crop viii
i much short Of an average even f the weather
should be- favorable hereafter We Learn that the army
worm has destroyed much OF the small grain and corn
the Lower Ohio River, hut our Information on this
point is indefinite. The corn generally IS very back
ward, but should tie rains be abundant good crop
may De- expected where tho army worm has not ap
pearcd Hemp l. yet young. and nothing has occurred
% prevent the expectation OF good crop.
The HtfefRP (Ns) Ga-cre Of the Tt INST says
Through sl the wheat region east ot the mountains
uoverscd hy me baltimore and OHIO Railroad the
wheat crop suffering from the ravagc- OF tlc Hessan
ny and gas last well ss every other kind O
vegetation, suffering severely from the drought The
Of the last few days have improved the condition
% the crop somewhat The crop H. however, too far
gone many fields that passed on way hlthcr
from Baltimore, % be essentially improved by suy
means short of miracle. This side oi the mountains
the crop looked vastly better On most fields indeed
had beautiful. and on many a iuNur.ant growth
giving promise Of an unusually abundant harvest"
The Mobile HrIId s. Tr5iHc of the 9th uit says
The weather this week has been favorable for the
IrOWing crous-wafm with copious showers oi rain
From the interior 700, learn The season, the
frost has generally been pr0pi0us and the crops with
hu' icw exceptions. present promisiDg appearance.
The Wtfnmrsa tAa) Guard speaks discoursgins.y OF
the prospects oi the cotton crop Ia that region.
Tne Yai1lassre F.oridiaa says letter from
gentleman Benton County, this State dated 18th
May h.s friend IN this place. says Our crops are
the best ever saw ia this part Of the country Corn
u faaet| -lIE
led tine a. ever growing south OF the Potomac
The cane (-ugs) cropis beautiful and cant be beat
In any country
The C,relaud (Olio) Plaiadealer Of the 30th say.
The earth j. perfectly saturated and cold th' IL ap
years wholly useless for farmers % put in the crops
Corn planting time has fully arrived, sad IN lew
days III be- passed. m thero s as yet but little in the
ground and that little, we think, had better not be-
planted. The only crop which appears 20 be tarlying
winter wheat and that never looked better. The
meadows, however have assumed their own appropn
Ate green.
The S. L0ais Repq5icqp remarks We have alarm.
ing accounts of the ravagc- OF the army ia this
county. They do not seem % be- confined 90 any par
uculsr locality bur are be- found south and Of
this city. some crops OF have been entirely de-
stroyed by them, and II their geneI al the
whole Of the early crop OF grass must be lost
The SldrHeefspa (lil) Adrlodts says that Southern
Illinois has sustained heavy damage from the army
worm. We credibly Informed that the farmers of
Galiatin White, Hamilton, Saline. and neighboring
Counties in many instances despoed Of the pros
fields are literally denuded We calculate the prospect
tor ,mall grain exceedingly sorry.
The htrd Cuy Rp0r0 says vegetation there ia about
one month later than usual
The Clesior Is c. Obscrr0 of the '3d ult says
We informed that very severe hail storm occurred
few weeks since, 10 or Is miles above this place
IL commenced in the Burris settlement, and thence
took the waters of Fishing Creek-thence 10 South
Fork and Biz Fising Creek-irOm there on 10 the
Catawba River. making a distance OF about thirty
miles, and being about two miles in width. Wheat,
corn and rye. literally destroyed. The farmers
planting their over again.
The CedrsriH1 (Md) Ss1iiae says that the town and
neghborhood were visited with hail storm Thurs
day afternoon. The hail about the size OF
nlberts IL did considerable damage there, but II i
supposed to have made cad havoc with the crops north
Of that place.
The LeriHgtoH Ky) Aiias of the 3Oth says" Corn
looks badly ana Is unusually low for the season and
Of hemp the same remark may hs made and without
some warm weather and good rains very sOon short
crop of hemp may be expected Altogether, we have
never seen more unpromising appearance exhibited
by our growing crops but good rain. and
a weeks warm weather would make things appear
yerv differently"