The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-04
The Crops In tho United States.

tursl than the Of the crops throughout the
country careful observer will very prebsb,y como
t. the conclusio that average grain crop will DO
| made, notwithstanding tho lond complaints which
reach us from some Of the northwestern States; and
that conclusion is natural one for the
from nearly every other portion the country H cheer
| ing.
In Ohio, combination of causes have operstad 10
destroy the wheat crop, and throughout tho whole
State except fsw districts that grain has entirely
failed In early spring the accounts were favorable
and every prospect indicated large YIELD but the fly
and army worm, the latter Of which is hardly known
on the Atlantic board commenced their depreciation
and until the ointng of tho stalk proved very de-
| structive. There still hope that much Of IL
would recover but the close and damp weather
caused the appearance Of the rust which put
an end to all hope expectation. The soil Of Ohio Is
not well adapted to the growth Of wheat; being Of
osy loan is subject to be destroyed by freexng out
even should that early sowed escape the in the
and every succeeding year but adds the
Of the crop. Many Of the Ohio farmers have abandon
ed the cultivation Of wheat and turned their atten-
tion to tho cultivation Of tobacco aud corn both Of
which crops Tor the present season promise album
dant yield. There are yet but few manufacturing es-
tabhments in this State and the whole attention Of
the people has been directed to the products Of the
soil There 10 thing however which begins to en-
sheep for wool which promises to be one Of
the greatest resources There have few pub.
locations relative to the Of the effort but what
have been made most satisfactory. In two souu-
ties alone, Greene and Summit the returns already
published show product of than 500 900 pounds
Of the last spring shearipg IL two counties pro.
ductive there is probability that the whole state will
this year produce much wool As any other Of the
Union The fact is well known to all farmers, that
stock is so destructive to the soil sheep while
the time they will subsis nearly well in tho
forest upon the PASTURE and those who large
Hocks find 1t advantageou to keep these grounds In
hay for the winter stock and leave the sheep during
summer In open wood to procure food themselves
In Indiana and Illinois, the soil is very like that Of
Ohio, but from the fact that il has not been long
under cultivation, may be relied upon with
tainty Of crop though failure has been the portion
Of the sgrculturists this season In these, we'll
NEST Of the western States the overnows Of the river
have done much to the crops One of tho most
important products engaging the attention Of the agr
cuturists In Kentucky and Missouri is the
Of hemp and fax. or the former there is much raised
and extensive manufacturing establishments for it's
conversion into cloth and cordsge already in ope
ration. The yield Of the present crop, ID 10 said will
be very large Though the fibre Of the hemp
Is not fine rs that Of Russia, and its culture not
brought to such state Of there doubt
but those States whore IL Is grown and those on
the Mississippi where the soil Is pied Its cutiva-
ton, will yield more than sufciency for the neces-
ssry consumption Of the country. or the latter but
little has yet been manifested In its produc
though soil In the world 10 better adapted to its
growth than the newly broken lands OF the western
country. Te insure successful crop, 1t IL necessary
that the soil should be Of the greatest possible
and light loan. Both these desirable qualities are
| In tha land NJ tb>
duced is long and Of fibre almost equal silk in do
LEGACY and beauty OF texture.
In the Eastern and Middle States, where wheat
and the chief products, the harvest OF the
former grain has been an abundant one, and the
husbandmsn will receive the labor Of his hands. In
| no single State, from Maine to North Carolina and
westward to the Mississippi those above referred
to- has the wheat crop proved failure Tbs accounts
from the crops cheering though the protract
ed drought Of July has undoubtedly tended inurs
them The anticpations of the farmer yet buoyAnt
Vermont, hasachusetts and New IIsmpshir have suf
f.red than other states for rain aud the
almost total failure Of the hay crop
| the least i'm portant in that region
In Virginia the prospects are most favorable A
than wheat crop has been harvested aud
the and tobacco crops promise we'll There IT, at
the present day. much more grain cultivated la Vir-
gna than formerly which may be attributed ts the
baustion Of the land from frequent crops OF tobacco
product that requires greater strength Of soil than
almost any other The western portion u the State Is
sterile aud unprOducye. and IL IA only In the valleys
of tho Aeghsnies that any extensive planting opera
tons are carried ON. ON the Roanoke aud James
rivers, where, twenty years nothing but tobacco
| was grown are now large heds Of wheat aud corn,
which have become more sure or profitable return.
North and South arOlna from the nature Of their
t better adapted to tb. growth OF rico and cotton
than thing else though Ia the Western part Of both
States are lands which mi. year have produced dns
crops Of wheat The middle and eastern sections Of
North Carolina are generally grOwn la potatoes and
rice the former Of which Is the staple product; aud
our ad-ices favorable to su abundant yield Al
READY have they appeared 10 market Of flavor and
COED sze. Georgia having turned her attention
TO manufacturing there very little ssid about the
crops except cotton which suffered eon.i leraby by
/ the frosts 81 April from which IL cannot recover
and Mississippi the principal cotton gro~ng States OF
The Union present poor prospects OF crop Besides
the fields lave been inundated by the owing 70
rivers until 80 much dsmag. has been DONE that not
| half crop viii b. made The plants represented
! AZ small and unpfoductive.
! We have but little from the fields Of Lou.
fians ard Texas though the crop be necessarily
] short, from the very backward spring Much Of the
cane, when planted proved TO b. dccaye1 Ia the pth
and the rvsuit that there insunciency to
stand out fer full crop had of the overflow
frost Of spring occurred In Louisiana particularly
the crop will fall far blow average one though In
Texas where ~ has been cultivated but few years
the prospects favorable. The cultivation of
the has tor several years been very
fully carried In Florida and this year the accounts
from that state favorable although the tro
pica fuiis grown there suffered severely from the
lsientss OF the spring
The crops throughout the country may be considered
those States where the wheat has the y rus
and army worm. the yield will more than supply the
deficiency Of those States where the crop has failed
aud fhould the escape n drought Tor two weeks
longer there every probability that the crop will bs
r.iy large.
The Montreal (Ca) Gasefi, OF the 3Ist nit SAYS -
Ilsrtest operations commenced sud several hsds
81 tariy wheat being cut ON Of the long
drought wheat in this section II the Province has been
FASTENED AZ j. under average crop The hay mar
vest IL pretty well forward and good deal OF being
secured ~ u very liGht crop Oats barley. and
past have improve by the late rains and subsequent
genial weather Potatoes looking we'll and have
not heard single plant 81 rot.
The BoetOp TTarsii,r of the lst inst says We
have had glorious ran-bsg ginning at about o'clock
yesterday afternoon and continuing in frequent and
cupOus showers through the night The thirsty earth
drank up with eAgerness the heaven-islen drsught,
ard Nature rsjoiced again The drought has been ex-
tepsve aud and potato aud perhaps other crops
are Injured probably beyond remedy Prom several
quarters have heard Of the usual attendant upon
very DR., wrsthsrlres I'm the woods. correspon
| NJ Lancaster n writes that the drought has been
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