Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-06-17

THE CROPS-Judgng from the tone OF our exchanges
the prospect for the forthcoming wheat crop s less tavora
Bile than weeks ago This is owing chiefly 10
the appearance of the fly and joint in various places
by which Injury is said TO have been committed
In some Southern States The cotton and other crops
have suffered from drought.
From Virginia. The accounts are not very good. The
Farmvile Journal has the following:
From different sections of the State have most ds
heartenng intelligence OF the injury inflicted On the wheat
crop by the Joint Worm and Fly. The Alexandria Gazette
rms from gentleman from Cupeper, that in The counties
of Madison Cupepe Orange and Rappahannock their ra-
of these insects been great that 5000 Of
land he has will not produce Ia all lUoo bushels
OF wheat.
In Rockingham and Augusta, the worm committing sad
havoc and n Abemare destructive are It's ravaRes mat
the substitution Of other crop Tor mat OF wheat Sc
rousy proposed the papers Of that county % The Sonh
slide James River the complaints are not 60 numerous IN
this most nsidous and destructive OF al he
pests which the farmer is they are OF
sufficiently dscouagng character
The harvest has very generally commenced in this neigh
borhood and the crops Of which fair especially
lower James River In the valley Of Virginia. and the Pied
mont country regret TO hear OF The most disastrous re.
aus from the fly and the Joint worm-a friend informs us
thai in Rockingham The wheat fields have been given up TO
the cattle for grazing.
In New York Illinois and Michigan there is promise Of
very abundant crops. The Joliet Qli) Signal says
The recent fine weather been very favorable TO far
NETS II enabled them fnish planting good
.on and the prospects for abundant yield OF all kinds U
Grain WIS never halterng. Wheat and oats never
looked better And for meadows the season has been very
favorable. Fruit OF all kinds will be plenty.
The indianapolis Sentinel of the 9th inst soys
We have heard complaints from number of farmers OF
their wheat being bitten by the n.y. Many fields in This
county rsand, will be almost. il not quite totally
destroyed The complaint is made in many other sec
lions of The West
The Sandusky CO., Register has the following:
In our Commercial Column will be found account of
the Wheat in central Ohio which have been much
injured by the continued Ians and during the past week or
two by depredaons Of the Fly friend has permitted
10 make the sub1intd extracts from letters received by
him from his correspondents in the Interior They represent
the prospects being any thing but favorable for good
crop.
Then follows letter from Gainesville, which says:
rhere good deal of fear of injury The growing crop
BY Fy Some farmers blowing whole fields. ard
sowing with buckwhea, or using them for other purposes
The next il, from Mount Vernon:
LAS for The coming crop, it is already destroyed by the
Fly We shall get than fourth OF CROP
tanly and probably not more than the seed soTn."
Otner letters are quoted, to the same effect.
A. 10 the cotton CROP the following paragraphs the
point:
The Greensboro (A:a) Beacon OF Juno 3. says:
careful "a ton vi our exchanges for week or
past has convinced that whilst but few sections OF tho
cotton growing region have suffered as much from the
drought US immediate secon yet owing the
OF the spring. and very general drought
during the month of April and the early part OF May,
throughout most Inc cotton oales me crops
States generally unpromsing for the In
Louisiana Arkansas and Texas and portions OF Mississippi
utter suffering from drought OF several weeks duration,
they had between the first and tenth Of May heavy rains
sections heavier than they had during the winter
These rains where heavy have OF course materially
improved the crops and the reports from these sections
now generally favorable We Judge however that even in
these sections crops promising usual al this
season.
The Richmond (La) Journal of the eth ult., says:
The crops suffered considerably In this parish by
favorable weather The unusual backwardness of this
sou prevented early planting and the cold and rain which
succeeded planting have tended materially nIure crops
especially the cotton since The weather continues remark
ably cold; fires being necessary TO comfort in doors.
The Montevallo (Ala.) Herald Of the 26th says
We are now in The midst of of the heaviest wheat
that has been for years. We think there
been very little rust in this section OF the State