Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-22
LATEST NEWS.

LIE drops IN THE COUNTRY. 1t is generally
oeheVed That the wheat crop of the United States
as whole, viii be the largest and best ever yar.
hefed. We have the authority # Mr. Judd edi.
Tor OF the American Agriculturalist " ho has made
sA weeks tour through the States of Ohio Hi
hois. Indiana, Michigan. Wisconsin and Iowa.
'oai the harvest IN all of these States will be un.
pfeeedented. The Cincinnati Commercial &c this
week says that Farmers throughout the Miami
valley are busily harvesting their wheat The
crop excellent The Chicago Times of Wednes
gay reports the first arrivalin that city of 300
bushels of new wheat, from Union cocnty. which
sold at Sl.15. 1t is remarkably fine quality. The
New York journal OF Commerce makes up the
following summary:
In the most of the Southern States thu wheat
harvestis nearly completed and generally with
the most satisfactory results. Samples have
been received from Virginia. Mar, land North
aud South Carolina Tennessee. Kentucky. Mis-
sssippl, Alabama. Georgia. and Arkansas. In
some parts OF Virginia the farmers have suffered
from the rSvages Of bng, worm. aud fly. which
with the cold season, have caused u diminuton
IN the cfop, but as whole, tho yield is excellent
The Baltimore Patriot represents the new
wheat nt that State remarkable article
The Elizabeth CITY On. C) Pioneer says the yield
IN that State Is in"re abundant than it has been
for years. The Natohez Miss Courier reports
an increased yield of superior quality. An
Alabama CORES andent of the y. O. Delta SAYS
.'wheat was never better" Now Tennes
see aud kentucky " eat Is coming i'll very
freely at Memphis. The Knoxville Wing is
contden that East Tennessee will be able to sell
two millions of bushels of wheat the present sea
son. The farmers in the counties tributary to
Hick man are ik, ly 10 realize million of dollars
from then wh'nt crop alone. The South Caro-
lima and Georgia crops If superior quality
10 Ark all tbnrs
The Little Rock Democrat says =
awe are hnppy To be in receipt of intelligence
from almost every portion Of the State, that there
Is not only III cultivation u greater number of
acres ct wheat than any previous year but that
the actual yieldpe acre will be greater than ever
produced before. Arkansas will, or" long, be
one of the best wheat States III the Union"
From New York, Pennsy lvana aud New jersey,
the accounts are conflicting. Genesee county, in this
State, has suffered much from weevi but the ravages
OF this insect have been confined To particular local.
ties As the harvest has not yet commenced the rust
is still in doubt \ correspondent of the Newark
Advertiser reports ,he wheat IN New Jersey is look
ing we'll The wheat in all these States would have
turned out well, had not large portion OF it been
winter-kiled
Corn in some sections looks very poorly; but what
it lacks in one quarter, Is made up in others. Poa-
toes are improving. In New England, corn. though
backward, is generally very promising \ writer
from New Jersey says; Corn smSerably backward.
The is true in Southern Illinois, though it looks
healthy The Elizabeth City N. c. Pioneer says
"the corn crops looks exceedingly promising. In
Alabama corn ~ not doing well, on account OF the
dronth, though it promises fair in some places The
Baton Rouge (La) Advocate says "the corn is ali
that our most saugune planters could wish The
indianapolis Sentinel reports corn six feet high, and
early potatoes nearly ripe Corn looks well also in
Arkansas.
The reports of the cotton crop generally unfa-
ia do