The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-22
The Crsps.
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The Crops.
NEW ENGLAND.
We ere happy In being ao.e W say mat tne pro-
almost every kind. Seasonable rains have kept the
grass yigosousls growing; the crupe viii be
average one &C least Many farmers have already
came up well-has kept its dark green ,lor even
through the cold easseriy winfs and COLI nights
that have prevailed. Rye, oats, barley, aad wia;er
wheat, also promise favorably now. Potatoes up
pear strong and are growing ra,ldly. Fruit trees
have made tine growth. Apples enough remaiu
on the trees yet. Peaches wll not be very scarce.
Enough there will be nothing like the abundance Of
last year.-Pears and ilums, we informed, are
ooking well.-N. T.. FGrmer.
The St. JohDsbury (Vt) Cafedonian states thai
FOR The lat ten days has fallen abuadandy, re-
feshiog the growing crops and cheering TIE hus.
eandman. The grass crop looks very well corn, POI
sasoes, and grain also look well, promising dae
harvest.
NEW YORK.
The crop Of hay in lhis vicinity is very light. We
saw farmers gathering it il on Saturday. Ia some
meadows the yield wa scarcely worth the time and
hbor bestowed IN harvesting IL. Rye has turned
cot ell; most Of it is already garnered. Oats look
well, and corn taEives finely in this aot weather.
albany EapfesS.
We are Informed by friend that there is an
agreeable disappointment ia the incoming crops 70
many OF our islmefs III this county. Winter rye Is
at esdy harvested, and yields abupdantiy. Con-
siderable was sown last fall and the grass crop la
many OF our northern towns is proving much better
than was anticipated n few weeks since. An ex
animation OF several ielJs OF winter wheat tue
north aide Of the river shows that the weevil has
Affected badly Other tielas are very thin, having
been winter killed. Spring wheat looas exceedingly
Vail, and SO do oats generally. Corn, too, Is coming
q finely Utsca Oest.rT
The hay CIR p viii be short-and owing e. tie
cop,.nIance of .od weather in The spring, the
irop Will be less than in former yetrs Other
ssarse rams apprar well as do p,iat,e. Lo,ooi4e
eLarts tonniy, ". W Journal Jalvl2.
no ul not and IN ha nnrfn mai n
,ounty ooks remarkably well. The harvest OF tn
hrmer viii probably be commenced week after
next. The hay crop is also fine. Our farmers will
have gooa time this fall.-cttnton Express.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Our farmers are now bu.iiy engaged Ia harvest
Eg. Az general rule, the wheat crop OF Wash
neton ounty will be very short, although some
very fine fields can be found ia nearly every neigh
bsrhoods-Wash. {Pa) Com.
The wheat fields throughout Cecil county have
been variable in their products. Those on the
higher grounds which ripened early, have general
turned ont exceedingly well, while the later
nesds end the low grounds have almost invariably
been struck will the rust and in many cases viii
net yield half the expected crop.
VIRGINIA.
The prospect for abundant crops Of every kind
- this section, we think, has never been better.
The wheat and rye crop has already been wei
nigh secured and is decidedly the best that has ever
been raised in Floyd. Whilst the quantity ofwheat
UOwn aAb Ihil WaS larger tudu ubuhi, Tue sea-
DoD has been ex client one, ana both as to guam
63y and quality, the farmer has good reason TO re-
tOice. The c)n aod oat crop Is very promising;
and whilst our neighbors OF Montgomery and Pu-
laski have suffered much for want OF rain, we have
during the entire season been blessed with most de-
kRhtful and refreshing showers, which bid fMr to
cause the Iabors Of the husbandman to be bouna-
fully blessed. This should he q cause of peculiar
&, atulation to the people Of this county; for
while the great scarcity Of breadstufs which now
exists, and the foreign demand, are sure to keep
6e prices up to a high mark, and amply reward
TIE toll of the 6Tmer, the immense number Of per I
sens who viii be employed in testing for minerals
during the succeeding fall and winter, and the
great influx of foreign population attracted by our
great mineral wealth, would have produced Q
scarcity in the county, had the crops been short,
which could only have been supplied by impor.a-
kon, from abroad. AS it Is, more than enough for
nome consumption is sure to be produced and much
genrer.
We are sorry to be informed that since the farmers
have harvested their wheat aud commenced getting
y out 1t is feared that the yield will not be anything
like as abundant as vas anticipated, add the quality
hr inferior TO what il was hopci. The rust IN this
section OF the country did more damage to the crop
thsh any one anticipated, ana hence the din nlshed
yield IL is estimated that the crop will fall short
q least one.foulth but still We are in great hope
at the price of wheat will be OF such character as
amply To remunerate the industrious husbandm IN
for his toll and labor Williamsburg Gazette,
July Is.
The farmers Of our country are in the midst of
ha vestins. The wheat turned out finely, and the
ca's, perhaps, have never been surpassed, both In
sf1e and quality. Laborers in the harvest field are
scace and wages high. There is foe opening tor
white aborers in this section both in the towns and
On the farms. Hundreds OF white laborers who are
vastly benefit their condition by settling in the
Green Riyery country Of Kentucky. Prices are good
and living cheao.--Russtevie Herald.
The Bowling Green Standard says the corn and
L.. and narro orp
naIkabiy fine, and that the wheat crops are I'M
usually good.
TENNESSEE.
The cotton crop in West Tennessee we learn from
various letters in The INTERIOR s very discourage 8,
Enough the corn crop is good.
ALABAMA.
Ike accounts from great number OF cum
lies In this State are highly favorable for a
and fair crop may be looked for. The weather
throughout the State has been unusually warm, but
tie late rains have made it something cooler, and
done good 70 the growing crops. In some sections
there has been too much rain.
The editor Of the Guntersville Eagle says the
crops of corn, oats and w1eat in Marshall and
Bfount counties were never better. Cotton Is la q
air growing CONDITION, with no prospect Of damage
The Louina Eagle, published in Randolph county,
says in its issne II the 23d pltThe past few days
taye been copiously fraught with refreshing rains
In our recollection we have never known cotton
crops so backward as they are tots ueighborhood
IN place Of being in full bloom, with considerable
sized bos, il is barely large enough to have four
haves; yet it looks we'll, and bids fair to make q
good crop.
MISSISSIPPI.
A friend writing from Monroe county, Mss, gives
most depo able account of the cotton crop in that
ssction. The plants in all the neighboring counties
wa.e mostly eaten up with lice.
LOUISIANA.
The Cadao Dsmocyaf ssys:-Col. Allen Hill has
presented 10 rs several cotton balls raised Ia this
paih. they are fully half grown, and the most
pr, mixing sp. oimens OF this seasons crop we have
essen. The beautiful weather that we have enjoyed
f.r the last two weeks has added materially 10 the
D aspects OF q toua,ifd crop OF both cotton aud
con. We iont think ever warmer--hotter
n the bttter word--weather than we nave had for
TIE last ten lays, the tnerm,meter ranging from 80
~ 100 IN the snade.
The CnncnIiia Intelligence has the follnwinr.-