Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-09-03

HARVEST OF 1857.-The Summer is over,
and we are now able to give some tolerable
estimate OF the Harvest for 1857. The growth
of grass throughout the dairy regions has
been luxuriant; Pasturage has been abundant
throughout; very large yield of hay has
been secured-not in the best order-and
full supply of Fall feed is beyond contingin
cy. There must be full product OF Butter
and Cheese, though the number of Cows was
probably less last Spring than hitherto.
Sheep also had somewhat fallen off so that
the years product of Wool and Mutton, as
well as Beet can have been but an average
one. Rye was full crop. Wheat suffered
from Winter rains and freezing out, and con-
siderabiy from the weevil or nudge; but a
great deal was sown, and in many portions
of the West especially the newest settlements,
the yield was abundant. The Southern crop
was uniformly good; and, on the whole, we
believe the surplus Of this years product will
be unusually large, though the Wheat Gull
ture seems to be gradually running out in
this and other of the older States. Potatoes
have suffered considerably from rot, especially
in this vicinity, where the last rain and the
succeeding heat have renewed the ravaees of
the insdious disease. However, we are SO
used to the rot that the yield of Potatoes,
though small, may be eqnal to an average of
-
the last ten years.
The cane is reported as doing very we'll in
Louisiana and Texas, and promising a Sugar
crop at least double that of last year. A
double yield of Maple Sugar was obtained
last Spring, a considerable amount of syrup,
if not Of Sugar, will be made from the Sorgh.
UNI, though the season in this vicinity was
the least favorable for this plant of the last
forty years. We doubt that one stalk in ten
now growing in this and the Eeastern States
will fully ripen its seed. But we shall have
an abundance of sweets this year, and the
heavy sugar spectators may as well 90 into
bankruptcy at once. There is no help for
them. Cotton promises a fair if not large
crop, and Tobacco is generally thrifty. The
export of our Southern staples of this years
production will be full, while our import of
Sugar and Molasses will be very light.
The prospect for Indian Contour great
National staple from Maine to Texas-re-
mains to be considered. Next to Grass, if
not even before it, this is our most important
product, Largely supplying food for man and
beast, and forming, in the shape of Beef,
Pork and Whisky, the bases of considerable
export In this section, Corn is quite luxur-
liant, but very late, and in danger of destruc-
ton by an early frost. We need full month
of mainly dry, bright weather, to carry the
Corn beyond the reach of danger. At pre-
sent, it is green as leeks, the ears scarcely fit
to boil, and the stalks barely done growing.
A frost as early as the Goth inst. would des.
troy half the crop. The earth is saturated
with water the days but moderately warm,
though clear and bright, with cool, breezy
nights. Few sections have been deluged by
rains, throughout Spring and Summer as
this has but even where June and July were
remarkably hot and dry, there have generally
been heavy rains in August. which tend to
postpone the ripening of the crop. A smart
frost any time this month would do great
damage; before the 10Th, il would be Ma
tional disaster. Should this peril be Proyi.
dentially averted, we may rejoice over one of
the amplest harvests that ever blessed the
Country. York Tribune.