Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-07-22
Harvest Prospects.

lnasmuch as Agricultural Interests under
lie oil others, harves. prospects II ihiS SEA.
son OF The year are regarded US OF para
mount importance 10 all clasaes, aud hence
those Immediately as well as those indi-
rec'ly interested, are careful observers Of
OF The crops. The deficiencies in the sup.
plies OF produce. the heavy foreign demand
tha. has been experienced, and the cunse-
quen' high prices ,ha, have prevailed in all
our markets. impan TO this mater more
than an ordinary degree Of interest. because
failure or partial failure, or even any
thing short Of full average crop would
operate seriously upon the mos, vial inter.
es's OF the county, by Restricting loreigo
exPorss and enhancing the value Of ,ho
prime necessaries OF life.
|. Is satisfactory, therefore, 10 know, lha,
Notwithstanding the dry weather ,has pre-
vailed up 10 within the last Two weeks, aud
the unprcmisng condition Of the crops priorg
TO the late rains, everything now looks ia
yorable for satisfactory harvest. The
yield Of whea. will be full average, In
many sections the dry fall, The cold spring,
and lastly the severe iros. experienced on
the S0.h and Sis. days Of NAV, did consid
cradle damage; but the injury from these
causes is more than made up by The increas-
ed breadth Of Land planned. The sisld is
therefore in quanusy fully equal TO an aver.
age crop. and the quality is much superior
10 last year, the grain having been injured in
1855 by wei weather, experienced imme.
dia'ely preceding and during harvest. This
season the dry weather matured The grain
rapidly and fully, and harvept Operations
have been carried on almost without in,ei.
ruptiop. The wheat harves. in the Yves.
and South is now about over, and OF course
in estimating the ex,en, of the yield no
further contingencies are TO be taken into
consideration. We may therefore, SO far
as regards this imponan, crop, Sc. il down
al full average, and This in connection
with the excess Of stocks OF old in The. coun-
try as compared with the stocks he Id a, this
period in 1855. places the United States in
condition TO meet an increased demand al
moderately low prices.
The crops Of Corn, Barley and Grass
have been Gu. shor, by the drouJi. There
are few sections In which We hear OF full,
or even hall the usual crops Of these grains.
Oa.s ure short in straw and syl shorter in
head, rendering i, difficult in ALL cases, and
impossible in many, 10 gaher them, OF
hay NOT more than half a crop will be Sc,
cured. To supply in part vhis deficiency in
the yield Of hay and oap, June corn was
sown 10 some extent, aEdfarmers ure max =
ing preparations for an extensive crop Of
.urnips. If the effortJ thus made prove
successful, the deficiency insuppios Of feed
Tor cattle will no. correspond with the fall,
ing off in hay and oats.
With reference 10 Cofa, accounts which
two weeks ago we're uhhyorable, are now
promising in an OPPOSITE degree, Farmers
were unfortunate, in many respects, wiib
this crop. In the fri place the spring was
late and un(avorable. and then q large pot-
sion Of the seed used was imperfect, having
, been damaged byfrosi, which rendered 10.
planting necessary, and in many cases this
was done ,wo or three times; bu, the prog
ress Of the plants since The rains have been
very rapid, and where, Two weeks ago, ,.hey
were shor, and unpromisng, they now Look
, we'll, and with seasonable weather from This
time oul, the yield will be heavy, which
, with stock Of old unusually iNrge' will
furnisha supply for the next season. un'
lprecsdentedly heavy.
The early potatoes, in common with most
: vegetables, have proved almost an enlire
. failure, but lo,e potatoes ars doing we'll, and
promise 10 yield a full average crop
Flax suffered greatly from dronth, and ~o
suppose the crop in this State will no, be
much, if any, over one'fourth d an aver
age.
We have thus seen, as remarked at the
oulss,. .ha. the aggregate Jesuit Of the har'
YES, i likely 10 Prove favorable, yielding
LIST. Afull average crop Of Wheat
Cd. A heavy crop Of Corn.
ID. An average crop Of Potatoes.
The favorable resul. Of these three STA
pies will much more than mtke up ior ihe
deficiency in other Gin. Ga@ette.
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