The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-05-25
The Croos.

sSter says: the wheat and rye fields, from
accounts We daily receive, look very
promising all over the country. This
must be encouraging to the farmers, par
ticularly, as the prices of wheat. rye and
corn, are better now than they have been
for many years before.
OHIo.-The Mansfield Banner says:-
Many ofour farmers are plowing up wheat
lelds to put in oats and corn-these fields
being almost completely bare from the
frosts of the winter. Other fields look
pretty well, but it cannot be disguised
that the prospect is gloomy indeed. We
believe this is very much the case in Ohio
and Indiana; but in those States farmers
are putting in all the spring wheat they
can, which will make up, to considera-
ble extent, the winter-killed
FIRGINIA.-The Norfolk Herald says:
The over abundance of rain which has
fallen lately makes very much against the
farmers, who must, from that cause, de-
lay the planting of their corn and pota-
toes; while those who have partially put
the crops in the ground will probably
unu lI necessary 10 repIant.
The Richmond Wing, of the Sd instant,
says We learn that in the counties Of
Hanover, Louisa, Goochland, &c. the
wheat crop is looking remarkably well at
present. But it is too early yet for far,
mers to make any calculation upon the
probable yield. The time for the joint
worm to make its appearance has not yet
arrived; though, in the section of the
country about Fredericksburg, we are in
formed that it has already commenced
destroying the wheat. Before the mid
die OF this month, the wheat crop of the
eastern portion of the State particularly,
cannot be considered as beyond the raw
ages of this destructive insect, and great
fears are now entertained that it will |
prove as bad as in past years.
Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones,
of the United States Navy, is one Of the
most successful farmers and horticutur-
lists in Fairfax county, Virginia He ex-
presses the opinion that Notwithstanding
the recent cold and wet weather, there
are strong grounds TO believe that much
Of the fruit has escaped the nipping frosts,
and will become matured. Apricots, be
thinks, are totally destroyed; cherries
and pears have suffered much, and so
have peaches, but not to the same extent;
but there is a probability of fair crop
of peaches and an abundant one of ap-
Piles.
KENTUCKY.-The early peach crop in
this section, says the Maysyille Eagh, |
was much destroyed by the recent cold
and frosts, but the late peaches and most
other fruits have not been greatly injur-
ed. Strong hopes are INDUCED of tol-
erably fair fruit crop.
MICHIGAN.-The Monroe C6almcrc1alI |
says We imagine that many of the ac-
counts respecting the prospects of the
wheat crop the coming season have been
exaggerated. We-learn that in the wes-
tern towns in this county it looks quite
promising.
The Jonesyille Telegraph says Men
who have made examinations report that
it is not injured to the extent supposed
that in most cases the root is in good
condition, though killed above the ground
The PentonVille, (Genesse county, o.
scrrer says The wheat fields in that
vicinity have a fine healthy appearance,
and give promise Of good crop. Ia the
vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, the crop is con-
siderably damaged. In the celebrated
Genesee county it looks very promising
On the whole, then, the reports from ali
sections are not so discouraging.
lowA.-The Burlington Telegraph
says We hear of some unfavorable re-
ports about the crops. In some parts Of
the country wheat looks well; in others
it is entirely destroyed, and farmers are
sowing again. In northern Indiana and
Illinois the crops will be mostly spring
wheat.
WIsCoNsIN.-The Milwaukee Sentinel
Is Of the opinion that the farmers of that
region have every reason to expect an
other splendid crop. The breadth Of
ground sown is large, and the surplus of
Wisconsin this year is likely to be very
large, while high prices are in prospect.