Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-04-30
Aiseeiiapeops.
The Wheat Crop.

Accounts from different portions of the
country vary greatly as to the promise O
the coming wheat crop.
In Illinois reports are not at all favora
bic. Wehear Of some farmers ploughine
up their wheat The excessive severity Of
the winter, unattended as it was, by any
considerable quantity of snow, which
might have protected the young blades and
roots from the frost, has told damagingly
on the crop in many parts of the
State. In Mclean county some farmers
have lost their entire crop, and abandoned
all hope of reaping anything from their
fields. In Marion county, farther south,
things wear better aspect. The crop is
said to be in fouiishing condition, and
the prospect for large yield is quite pro-
missing. In Sangamon county, notwith-
standing some fields are ruined, the guam
tity. sown was so large that'it is hoped the
general crop of the county will be full
average one The counties in Illinois
where the wheat is most injured we should
Judge are Morgan, Sangamon, Macon,
Schuyler, Hancock, Fulton, Mclean and
some Others in the central part of the State.
On the other hand, news from Perry coun-
ty states the number of acres sown as near
ly double that of any former season, and
that it looks remarkably well.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin says that ad-
vices from every county in the State give a
good account of the winter wheat. The
heavy SHOWS have protectedi it from the cold
est weather, and the abundance of rain and
melting snow in the month of March, have
given it vigorous start.
From Missouri the accounts ar. scarce
and discouraging. In Marion county the
young wheat looks poorly. In Jackson and
Benton counties, the prospsct is no better,
and unless the spring shall bring out the
crop, the yield will be very short.
In East Tennessee, which, since the com
pletion of the railroads to The Southern At
lantic coast, has become quite wheat reg
ion, the crop looks remarkable well, the
winter their not having been sufficiently Sc
we're to injure it.
A Staunton, Va, paper of a late date
says the wheat crop never looked worse in
that part Virginia than it does this Spring,
and the same complaint is prevalent
throughout the wheat-growing districts of
the South. Some fields look as though
entirely killed at the roots. Accounts from
other portions of the State speak encourag-
ingly and promise an average crop. In
Michigan, there was more snow to protect
the young wheat than there wasin Northern
Illinois, and the consequences are visible in
a. flourishing and thrifty condition of the
young blades. The jackson (Mich.) Pat
riot says: "We have visited portions of the
town since the snow disappeared, and we
never saw the wheat look better. Ifpresent
appearances was to continue, it will be the
best crop we have had for years"
In Indiana, on the Wabash, there is a
good deal of complaint of water killing, ex-
sept where the seeding was done early.
In Texas, a larger amount was sown than
usual, and at the date of the latest accounts
he prospects for good yield were very en-
,ouraging.-Cin. Times.
The WHEAT CRoP IN IowA.-It is
'hought the crop of winter wheat will
prove failure in the Southern portion of
iowa and Illinois this year; because of the
cold weather of the past winter
IN that section there was but little snow,
while in this portion of the State the
ground was covered between two and three
nonths.-Ioaea Republican, 17M.
The wheat crop in central Illinois is said
o be ''used up," but in Ohio every thing
ooks favorable. A great breadth of wheat
las been sown, and we hope to see Ohio
gain take place in the front rank. The
ast five years, between weather and insects,
as injured our reputation.