The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-08
The Grpwing Crops.

tFrom the Rochester American, May II
Inc present backward spring, owing in part to the
lence OF nortfery Winds This low temperature favor
aele to whest causing II to tiilsr vel, expand and
mature the maximum OF gram Too much warmth in
April and NAY develops excess OF stem and leaf
the great staple OF Western New York scape the 1ays
ges Of the wheat fly and other insects, farmers win
bs b eat with abundant harvests.
Judging from present barley and oats are
sey TO 90 better than corn this season Their growth
e. not require 80 much heat and they not easily
injured BY ate rosts. An English grsns and grasses
promise we'll on good land which ia properly managed
It now too eay in the to say what will be the
July August and September. should it be favorable in
june and IN the months named this country will have
an unprecedented r Susn,Sy Of brsadstu. on hand
fall, stimulated farmers from Maine to Caifor-
mia and Oregon to SOW largely Of this csreal
Of and home manure, viii swell the produce much
beyend the expectation OF thoe who do not study the
however in This that the dem and for whes
and -four to export since last harvest has cleared
ooung E, al its sarR essr q and "a above the
INTEREST," while the crops the ground may suffer
serious damage before they reach maturity and
cured.
Fruit trees promise we'll in this region the lateness
Of cool frosty nights keeps back blossoms and prevents
their injury. The value OF fruit may be estimated in
millions Of dollars in this State alone citizens now
purchase the best Of winter apples at cents
N Wss e1n New Yorl At Il. price named sppe srs
cheap, we'll healthy food Where the trouble Of
asspins them !. small they are not bad crop st quar-
The iuxurisnt growth Of grass in the Northern States
gives them an important advantage over the Southern
States, where the Er gish do not dourh From
nuticious grasses farmers obtain abundance meat
wool, working oxen and horfes dairy products and,
above all cheap manure to prevent the exhaustion 0;
Il cir fa,Ins
NEW JERSEY.
Tie Trenton Gazette, Of the 9th inst, says:-We have
heerd that in parts OF this county wheat has
suffered severely during tie past winter, having been
winter killed BY the cold rsn which fell aad froze Into ice
early in the winter This particularly the case
lo~ lands lands which not drained relieved Of
the surface water In the upper and billy part Of the
country the wheat, we understand, universally looks
well, giyirg promise cf Ee crop. Some few farmers
have already planted their but generally the back
wardness Of spring has prevented them from preparing
the ground as yet Many farmers, however, prefer
to pant until the 18th 26,b conendrg that the corn
does better and is more certain crop when planted in
the after half of May.
PENNSY LvANIA.
II wheat crop in vcin Of Mercersburg is iuxuriant
in The RENE. The ground is we'll covered, and the
stalks healthy and thriving. The prospect fer large
crop better, and should the remainder the
favorable, there will undoubtedly be large
yield Of this valuable staple In the prospect OF heavy
crop and the cessation Of the foreign demand prices win
irCbtbly continue 10 tall,