Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-22
BreadstB1s,

II may be safely estimated, We think that the sun
ply Of breadstufs in Virginia this season will fall con
siderably short Of that of last season The whea,
crop we know failed to great extent in all that seq
ton of East Virginia north Of James River and nleo
in the valley counties Of the samo latitude In IN,
Trans Allegheny portion Of the State but little more
wheat is produced any season than il necessary lor
the home consumption. We have then only the
South side, or Southwestern portion of the State in
which there has been tolerably good yield of wheat
Tha main supplies for our markets this season must
come from that quarter. Taking the whole croppof
the State into calculation therefore it APPEARS mani
fest that there must be short Weld
The prospect for a corn crop is any thing than A.,
tering From nearly every section of the State we
have accounts of the disastrous effects Of the rou
In some of the largest growing regions this crop
is almost entirely destroyed and it is in only few
favored spots of very limited extent that any thing of
an average yield can be expected The efTsc, Of This
will necessarily be to curail further the quantity Of
wheat for market OF late it is true copious rains
fallen in sections where the dry weather has been
injurious, but they came too late to do the corn Gran
much good. This crop may be rcckoned a genera,
failure pretty much throughout the whole state spcb
are the accounts we have from nearly every opar.
ter.
But the drought has not been confined TO VIRGINIA.
From all parts Of the Union exchanges bring no
reports OF its prevalence. In the New England S,,,s
IN the Western and more Southern States the co,,
plants are louder than with u.s. and the effects Of o
dry weather even moro disastrous Estimates or ,Io
supply OF food that were made up about the first If
July, when the wheat was being harvested were ovor
the mark. 1t is since that time that the drou,b
and consequently no allowance was then made G
the elect deficiency in the other crops would have
upon the surplus Of wheat
On this subject the New York Tribune has m :, =
teresting article from which We make tho collo,,;a
extract:
mo country ever enjoyed more cheering nrosnoo, y,
bountifu crop than tue United States two month G
The alarm that had been felt 10 various ou,t,os o.
count OF the killing " the wheat by the preyiops i,,
had measuraby subsidized because IL became .vii, ~ .
the calamity vas only partial and that napy Of, b ei
that bad been given up by the doctors we're in
isscsnt state. Harvest too, had commenced In ali ,b
southern States aud, with few exceptions the Weld W.,
fair one, and the time arrived for cutting Tho cro 10
tho great wheat regions Of Indiana Illinois, Iowa W..
cousin aud Canada, found that the Weld MAYER b,d
been better than this year In the southern part of Ohio
aud Che western part Of Michigan was also very fine and
in this State and most Of the others there was ednu
yiad 10 several counties Of New York, PennsyIysnjs
snd Ohio, the Destruction 81 the wheat by the red
vas hfsesensd foe tune; DO, u was found that the
eanage Nas limited; aud IN cumming up our accounts
ffem sl ptFs Of the Onion, were sats6ed that The
eoei nuber OF bushels Of uhea harvested was fully eoua
- the average Of past seasons With this fact In viev
80 Old not doaot that prices niua fccede 10 VERY
estas hsnfe particularly athe prospect Of the Indian
ss wh The PrOdsc, Of that greatest Of Ill oOd.sITpg