Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-07-17

THE CROPS. CHEERING Accounts. -Croak-
ers can find but little comfort in the newspa-
pers this summer. For fsw days we have
had in New England the real old fashioned
corn growing weather, and the plants, having
made good g stand in the cool and moist
season, are now coming on finely. Hay is a
large yield, and vegetables are answering all
reasonable expectations. The soil of New
England will do its duty by all seed of grain,
potatoes, &c., committed to it. From abroad
we hear no complaints, except in two or three
counties of Maryland, where the wheat is
said to be considerably below an average. In
Pennsylvania the harvest will be later than
usual, but throughout the broad State all the
crops are maturing nicely; wheat, oats, and
grass, near Pittsburgh, never looked better
The same remark is true of the Virginia
counties adjoining Pennsylvania and Mary.
land, with scarce an exception; and corn
is also doing well in these localities. A letter
from Bonsack's, Roanoke County, Va, saws
the yeomanry are in the midst of the harvest
for which the weather is cool and delightful ;
the wheat ripens so irregularly, too, that the
farmers will be able to secure it with half the
usual expense; the quality is excellent A
letter from Williamsburgh, Va, says wheat
rye, and oats, are up to the average, and
everything else is promising Johnson Bar
bour, near Barboursville, Orange County,
Va, is expected to make ten thousand bush
els of wheat this season. John S. Coales, of
Albemarle, is represented as having the finest
wheat crop in the county, which is estimated
at ten thousand bushels. The woods of New
Jersey are filled with whortleberries, a 'crop"
by no means to be despised, as it affords a
lucrative business to thousands of people.
/. From Texas we have news to the fourth inst,
when the superb wheat harvest had been
mostly gathered, and new -four was in Gal
weston market. The general rains through.
out the State had aided corn materially, and
the yield will be greater than usual. Cotton.
though late, promises fair Our latest Gin
einnati paper eXcaims, mot in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant, has the earth in this
region, ever given forth with greater prodi-
gality. There is no species of grain or veg
table product the yield of which, this season.
will not far exceed the growth of any previous
year in the history of the country. Truly
are we favored people," And the Cleve-
land Plsindeater thus takes up the wondrous
story;
"Wheat cutting is now going on through
out the central line of States, including
southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, it hay-
ing been completed in ali the Southern States
anu up US ihl NorIn as maryland and Nlr-
ginia. So far as gathered the crop exceeds
in breadth and quality that of any former
year. Ohio will raise the greatest crop Of
grass, grain, and fruit this year, she has ever
produced. The farmers are now moving in
many parts Of the State, the frequent rains
having pushed forward the grass to very
rank growth. Corn is backwardS say all our
exchanges, but stands even and looks healthy.
Potatoes promise mammoth yield-new on es
begin to show themselves in market
",Ts God that re'gns,
Let the earth rejoice.
Extending our scissors across tho CONT
nent, they clip what the California Farmer
says, in answer TO the croakers, about short
crops aud high prices:
"Who can explain the sudden panic in the
flour market-the great depreciation in the
value of hour--and the ruin that has come
upon those who were instrumental in getting
up those fictitious prices See the grain
fields Of Napa, and Of many other grain
growing districts; hear the song OF the har-
vesters. These will explain the cause of the
present state OF things. We have an abund-
ance. The bubble has burst; and those farm.
ers who were wise sold their crops, and are
now enjoying the fruits Of their labors.
4 - tha nhsnrnanfa If harln., - Lac. .,l