Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-06-23
WHEAT AND TOBACCO CRoPs-The
Virginia Southern Planter, for June, saws !:

WHEAT AND TOBACCO CROPS.-lhe
Virginia Southern Planter, for June, says :
From what we can learn the whea, will
not be frs, rate sny where, though general
~ It 10 fair crop. Blu, we are sorry 10
ssy, that in regions infested with the Joint
worm, il i. very li,lc if any better than las,
year, ~hilst The area of its depreda,ions has
scnsibly widened. From that cause and fly
combined, We learn tina, there will not be
half crop Of whea, made in the Valley
from The lower par, Of Rockbridge TO Shen-
andaah; We hear also iha, it has done gres.
harm in the ncig hborbood Of Frederick sburg
and has doubtless crossed the river end got
into the Northern Neck We know from
actual observation that il has got into tide
wafer on James River, for we ourselves So "
ii--gahered three heads Of il-at Whi.by,
six miles below Richmond. J, is jus, pos
sible tbs. the insect may have been in our
crops always, and from its rarity may no.,
have been noticed, though always apparent
I" close obsefvslion ). but we think not
We fear il has just begun 10 migrate from
The infected districts. The farmer who
searches now may easily find il. On The
onter edges Of The field, mos. probably near
an old s,ubble, a hedge row, ditch bank,
a fence, or woods, it may frs, be observed.
II gives the wheat, a, l,lle distance, the
appearance of being slightly pulled down or
ben, by partridge pes. but on examination
i. will be found Iha, i. is bent by kno, q,
The joint, in which. ct present, no msggo,
con be discerned. But This is only an evil
dence Of the harm that has been done, and
of itself constitutes very small part Of the
injury.
We are sorry to say, that so far we have
been unable I" hear Of any remedy for this
Thing. Several gentlemen in ALTERNATE and
Orange wrote to Dr.. Harris Of Cambridge
and offered him 500 10 come on and in
vesligate the habits and history of The worm,
ar fle rather, and point out a remedy but
he declined coming, on the ground that Dr.
Cabell end himself had ascerlained precise
ly wha, insect it was, and tina, no other re-
medy than those he had previously indica-
ted could be adopted. or those remedies
the simplest was to burn The straw and stub
BILE. This will moi answer. The straw
can't be spared, and the subble won. burn.
The prospect for the tobacco crop is not
a good one. There has never, we believe,
been so great scarcity of plants. In many
cases they have been entirely destroyed by
the fly, or bug, or more properly, beetle !;
and many Of our best planters have not YET
begun to plant, and cannot begin until their
more fortunate neighbors have secured ga
stand.'' This has induced many to cur,ail
their crops very considerably and few
have planted their tobacco land in corn
This Stale Of things exist as far as we can
ascertain, over the Whole tobacco region of
Virginia and Carolina, and also in the to-
bacco districts of Kentucky. We there
fore feel very confident thu. the Planter
who has good tobacco still on hand, can Of
ford to keep it until next season. If put
up in Keeping order il is bound 10 be good
speculation.