The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-05-09
The Crop PROSPECTS,.


The intelligence from all parts Of the
country indicates that with favorable sea-
son the grain crop of the present syear will
be unusually large. In the neighborhood
of this city and throughout the State, and
the same fact will hold good perhaps in all
sections of the country, much larger OK
tent of ground is under cultivation than usu-
al, the prevailing high prices having induced
the farmer to make the best use of all his
facilities for the securing Of large CROP
The Ohio papers generally report that there
ispromise Of a large wheat crop In that State.
In other sections we have the same good re-
port. From Indiana and Illinois, indeed, the
promise comes off an unusually large yield
from the present appearance of the fields
In Michigan the same story is told. The
Detroit Advertiser says, "the farmers in that
State almost unanimously speak encourag-
ingly of the growing wheat crop. Although
the fly had appeared in number of fields
in the fall, there are none to be seen now.
much larger surface was put into wheat
in this country last fall than in any previous
season since its settlement" The farmers
in New Jersey, says the Newark Advertiser,
say that they never knew grain to look bet
ter than at present, and that the prospect for
an abundant yield was never moro encoura-
ging. The Chicago Tribune says that " il
no nntOward event interposes between now
lnrynSt fl,,,N -, 9 .
the granary of the Union, will turn out n
surplus which will gladden. the hearts of the
breadlcss OF our Eastern cities. There will
be comparatively few men engaged in the
construction Of railroads in the West during
the present season, all the great lines being
nearly completed. This will reduce the
consumption Of non producers, and cause n
large amount oflabor to return to agriculture
thus increasing our supply by the opera
tion of two causes. So our Eastern friends
may look for an active fall business, and n
full supply of brcads;ufTs, unless blight or
mildew, or some other destroying agent.
shall blast the fair prospects of the pres
cnt."
The Evansville (Indana) Journal states,
as the result Of numerous inquiries made in
that region, that the wheat prospects ofthis
part of the country have rarely, if ever, been
better than they now are, at this stage Of the
season. The last weeks mild weather. with
the warm RAIN, having started vegetation OF
all kinds into new life. the wheat crops ap-
pear to feel the goodly effects amazingly
At the present time all is well in this par
ticular. The accounts from abroad, so fur
as State is concerned, are encouraging for
good wheat crops, while all accounts unite
in saying that much larger quantity of
wheat has been sown than last st,season. The
weather of the last week hds been highly f..
vorable to the farming interests. The fruit
in this legion promises well"
The editor of the Hickman (Kcn,uckv)
Argus is Informed by intelligent f.rmers
from Tennessee and in kentucky, that the
prospects for mn abundant wheat crop were
never better than at present. A great deal
more than the usual amount was sown last
fall, in order to supply the deficiency in the
corn crop, which will be mostly frl, in the
coming summer months. Hence with an
ordinary season more than average yield
may not be expected, bnt as such n vast
quantity wns sown, n more abundan, harvest
will be gathered than ever before known
in that region of country.
Bait American