Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-10-11
THE CROPS,

letters In reply to circular issued by that pa
per requesting information respecting the crops
in the different States and Territories. The
following is summary of the information re-
ceived, as we find it presented by the Editor of
the Richmond Dispatch:
Kentucky-The drought has been general.
Corn, in the hog and cattle growing districts
cut short upon an average of one half The
pork and beef market will be affected by this
to very great extent Tobacco will not make
more than two-thirds of crop. Hemp crop
will perhaps make from half to two-thirds of
a crop. Grass, wheat, and oat crops are not
more than supply for home consumption.
I0toa.-wheat and corn crops greater than
the average of former years; but, in view of the
large immigration to Iowa, it is believed she
can furnish bat little for expectation.
Mnesota Territory.-Allt the cereals and escu
lents have matured finely, and yielded large
crops. The wheat crop will reach about 178,
900 bushels;corn about So, 600 to So 900 bushels;
potatoes very large and of choice quality, 4O0,-
900 bushels. Large yield of cranberries. turn
! ips, rutabagas and pumpkins. The turuip and
rutabaga crop is expected 10 be 400, 900 bushels;
but ismostly fedto theirstock duringthe winter.
Wisconsin. very good, but no partic-
ulars yet given.
Pennsylcania.-It is believed there will be
an average crop of corn; unless before it is
housed it should oe injured by some other caus
es besides drought. FAIR crops of oats and of
everything else except potatoes, which will be
much less than an average. The Herald's cor
respondent iuvokes the Know Nothings not to
eat pot atoes, because they are Irish, and their
abstinence would be- an act of grace to a great
many poor devils who are likely to 60 without
"Murphy's."
Deleuare.-Corn and wheat crop shortened
one-third; oat crop and first hay crop very good.
Potatoes total failure. 1t is crop, however,
little cultivated in Deleware.
Ne,c Jersey.-Takng the whole crop togeth-
er, there will this year be fair average crop.
Firginia.-Col. Munford writes it as his opin-
ion, that 'if you take the line of railroads run
ing through Virginia from North to South
that is, the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
to the North Carolina line, as a general rule,
the weather was very seasonable, and below
this to the Seaboard, the crop was very good
more than an average crop. There is but little
cotton now grown in the State, and the potatoe
CROP which is for export, is mostly grown in this
section. 1t is all good. From the line thus
! delineated you must deduct all that portion of
Virginia which called the Northern Neck. in
| corn crop was almost failure. In some of
| the counties in this State farmers are now buy
ing corn for their next year supply ,and itisse-
| ling at from four to five dollars per barrel. In
most of the State above the line designated, the
drought has been severe, and the corn crop,will
be greatly below an average crop-some say
not half crop, but suppose this to be too low
an estimate"
Mr.. Wioughby Newton, in letter to the Rich,
mond Whig agrees with the opinion of Col.
| Munford.
North Cdrolind.-Mr. John s. Dancy, of
Edgecombe county, gives favorable account of
the season in that region. Corn crop, oat crop
and sweet potatoes uncommonly fine. Hog
crop fully an average one, and the greatest
abundance of peas and pumpkins The grow
ing cotton will make 100000 bales the largest
ever made in the county.
Termont-Hay about twothirds, and wheat,
rye, oats barley, three quarter of an annual av-
erage yield Early planted corn, upon good
land, viii yield two thirds. Potatoes half crop.
More potatoes planted and more spring grain
sown this than the last year, which will to some
extent compensate the deficiency in the yield
Rhode Bland-Crops of all kinds fair. Mr..
w. P. Hill, in letter to the Boston Times, re-
peats his estimate which hehad previously given
/ in the New-York Herald, that the crops of wheat,
rye and barley in the three Southern New Eng
land States will be about full average, and
those in the three Northern States nealy an
average.
The Herald has still to hear from the great
wheat and corn growing regions comprised in
the States of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michi-
gan and Tennessee, besides most of the South
and Southwestern States. 1t congratulates its
readers on the more cheering prospects which
the letters of its correspondents generally pre-
sent. The opinion is expressed that the def
cheney which exist in the crops of wheat and
Indian corn in some of the States will be in
measure made up by the abundant supplies ex-
pected from the British provinces, particularly
from Upper Canada, which is a fine wheat
growing region, and the crops Of which, this
year. it is said, have yielded larger returns than
on any former year. We annex the following
from the Herald:
The crops of the q. States, according to the
census of 1850, were as follows for the year
l849. since when there has been large in
crease, from the additional lands placed under
cultivation and the Improvements of agricul-
ture within the last five years, viz:
BUSHELS.
Wheat 1G0.4S5, ,944
Indian ...... 592 2,O7l ,104
l4,l88,813
! Oats. 146,584, ,l79
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