Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-05-16
From The Cincinnati Ga.et,e.1

TIE COMING Crops - The Prospects Of the Sum
per.-The winter being over, and the green crops
coming forward we can make some estimate Of what
NAV be expected. Within few days we have seen
gentlemen who have personally seen a large por-
ton OF the West. From them, and concurrent &C
counts Of the press, we gather the 'foloWing sum-
mary:
OF Wheat 1t is agreed that, in,,Central Illinois.
Il is almost total failure. Il may fairly be infer
red and believe is the fact thstthe correspond
ing belt Of wheat land in Indiana and Ohio has SUI
fered seriously On the other hand, Northern Hi
nois, and even the extreme South OF that State,
present very fine crops. Central Kentucky, and all
the region tributary the Lexington Railroad pre-
sent most blooming appearance. The wheat isup
hizh and thick-set So Of the bluegrass. Ii waves
in the utmost richness OF hue and quslity-1n the
Miami country the wheat crop has very notified
appearance. Some fields on the low grounds and
aide hills are very 6ne but the upands IL is very
broken. The felcs have all varieties Of appearance
from one extreme to the other.-We under the
impression that the wheat of the Nj uni country will
be about az average crop, the quantity sown
making up for the deficiency in many fields
OF Grass This crop, think, will be most
abundant and rich. The winter keeping back the
spring and furnishing heavy snow covering, hrs
well prepared the ground for good grass. The
heavy rains we have recently had also gave vigor
20 the ro6ts and the green crops which have survi
we'd the winter look better than we have seen them
for several years. The injury to the wheat occur
red the latter part of FEBRUARY and beginning of March,
when severe cold returned after very warm spell.
The wheat had sprung up and was cut down. Much
of il, however, recovered again, and the crop on
the whole will be better than nigh have been an
Gicipated a month since.
of Corn.-The blowing for corn has but fairly
begun, end the ground is yet heavy. 1t is certain
shat corn will not be very early this year. ltmsy,
and will be very good crop, if there is no drouth.
An extremely dry season is the only one in which
we have known serious injury to corn. 1t is the
staple natural to the country. II lie planted and
raised when there are frosts. IL has no blights
or peculiar; diseases aud never in our memory has
it been all cut off from any cause This, in addition
10 it's extremely nuuitive qualities makes it the
most staple and valuable crop in the valley of the
Ohio If this be good season. Ohio will produce
81, 600 600 bush els In 1856 it must have produ
ced, 81 least, seventy millions. From December
last to May LIST, corn has been not less than fifty
cents bushel and for some weeks it has been over
sirty Thus we that the actual cash value Of
the last crop exceeded hrtyfOe millions Of dollars,
in this State alone. In Kentucky it was but little
les; and IN Indiana, two-thirds Of this sum. Thus
we fBd the corn crop 10 the three States imme-
distely tributary to Cincinnati amounts to nearly
one hundred millions Of dollars
On the superstition that the crops Of this year
as good as the above facts will warrant, should
estimate the crops Of what corn, and hay for the
year 1887, in the States Of Ohio, Kentucky, and
Indians, as follows;