Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-07-10
Agrlltn!tnre. &6.
The Growing wheat.

The accounts from various sections or the
country of the condition Of the wheat crop
being generally colored with a somber hue
might induce the casual observer to mag
inc that we are going toh have a genuine IA
mine. There is 10 such prospect In fact
it is almost out Of the question for
general famine ever to occur in
the United States, owing to the great dl-
versity of climate, soil, and productions,
and facilities OF interchange between the
various sections.
According to the most careful obseTya-
ton that we can make by an examination
ofall that is said by our exchanges and cor
respondents upon the subjects Of the crop
now undergoing harvest or already secured
at the South: now ripening in the Middle
States; now beginning to head out in the
Northern ones now putting'on the green
livery of promise to the Canadian farmer;
we have cometo the conclusion that the gen
eral crop Of the UnitedStates will be a fair
average one.
In Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, particular
" the southern parts Of those States, the
wheat was injured by winter killing. In
Michigan that was partially the case; yet
in all those States; unless the grain is des-
troyed by rust or blight, Notwithstanding
the fly has committed some ravages, there
will be more wheat raised than will be nee
ded for home consumption.
In the lower part Of Virginia, the wheat
has been seriously destroyed by the joint
worm, aided by the fly. In some counties
-Fauquier, for instance-the destruction
has been very serious; and, if it had pre-
vailed all over the State to- the same
extent, we should have seen very few quo
tations of Virginia -four this year.
In several Of the Southern States, not
heretofore counted in the wheat-growing
ones, they have made great crops this year.
In Iowa and Wisconsin, all accounts con
cur in saying that the prospect Of a good
crop never equalIed the present In Nor
thern Illinois and Indiana there is not as
much land sown as formerly in winterwhea
but the prospect is fair, and they never
had a finer season to SOW spring wheat
and the farmers improved it to good ad
vantage.
In our own State we think we shall
make good average crop at least; and so
will Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and
New-Jelsey.
A letter just received from an intelligent
gentleman in Vermont says that the far
mer's prospects are most encouraging; that
high prices have stimulated them to plant
largely ofeverything calculated to increase
the product OF human food.
The Eastern States are not wheat-grow-
ingEones, but such crops as they do
grow are promising, and will save them
from drawing so largely upon the others
for breadstuf.
1t is true that millers and spectators
are contracting for new wheat at unusually
high prices-in some places 50 a bushel
yet that is no sign that they believe the
general crop is short one. They know
that flour is high now, and they expect to
make a profit on first purchases at high
price, and, by offering high at first, induce
farmers to bring the crop early into mar
Ilet. p, -
will be as low the next fail as it was the
last one, but we do expect fair yield of
wheat, and that the price will come down.
Il N. Y. Tribune.