Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-08-07
TEE WHEAT CR0F

! the Press" or the letters correspondents,
in their speeulaticns upon the wheat crop
of the present season, an !, if We did, we
should confuse our realers beyond their
ability of comprehension of the real truth.
We will therefore sum up our opinion, bas
ed upon the best evidence that we can OBJ
tain from extensive information, and give
that to our readers for what it may be
worth.
To begin with the earliest harvest Of
wheat, we must start with Texas, where
considerable wheat is now grown, and
where, we think, the crop was fall as good
as the average Of years, with a large
breadth sown.
In the north part of Mississippi and AL
bama there was small breadth of wheat
sown, and there the crop was good.
In Upper Georgia, wheat is a staple
crop, and we not recollect Of hearing any
comp laint of its failure this season.
North Carolina not only grows wheat
for lis own use, but sends large quantities
North, and the samples prove that The
quality this year is good, and the yield
has been fair for that State.
In Virginia, the crop is spotted. In
some counties it is good; IN others, almost
an entire failure. The Rappahannock
counties generally appear likely to give
about half crop Of shrivled grain. The
State at large, we think, will yield much
more than Lalfa crop, or else We should
have heard great deal more croaking "a
habit that Virginia whea' growers are a
little apt to indulge in.
| The wheat crop in Mary land, Della
ware and Pennsylvania is generally large,
and we do not think it behind the aver
age this year.
New Jersey IS not large wheat grow
ing State, but it has some coed fields this
year.
The New England States grow but lit.
tie wheat, but good deal of rye, aud we
believe the crop has not been better for
many years.
The wheat crop in the State Of New
York, as general thing, must be conced-
ed a failure. The ni.lge has destroyed all
the late rpening fields Of white wheat in
Central New York. There will lie a mod
crate crop Of the Mediterranean variety.
which yields lightly, and is not q good sori
of flour. John johnson, OF Geneva, says
that il he could by any means bring his
wheat to maturity ten days earlier be
could escape the nudge. One field upon
well drained land, treated largely with salt,
matured six days ahead Of Others aud es-
capped the nudge. The loss in the State
from this little pest, tits year, viii be SO
large that The value of he crop lest would
do much toward draining ali The wheat
land in the State The loss on the wheat
crop 10 New York farmers tits year will
amount TO an immense sum, and make
wheat in some localities higher for home
consumption than The general market
price.
In all the great wheat growing region of
! the West the growth Of straw has been
immense, and all the croakers say The Der
ry is not in proportion TO the indications OF
the growth We grant that, and ask,
.'When, if eve did Western wheat yield
grain in proportion to the straw, taxing
Eastern grain as the standard" We say
never; If it did the crop would sometimes
measure 100 bushels per acre. AS to
whether the crops in all the Western states
will yield as much gral@ls he average OF
years, we think there is no room for dis
pate. The labor of lhrashing Is greater,
and in soms localities there will be suffer-
ing with blight and ust button tie hoe,
the quantity Ct grain will be as large as
ever.
We doubt, however, whether there will
be as much wheat for sale, since il conse-
quence of short crop of corn and oats,
more wheat will be needed amongst the
producers. We may be wrong IN our
opinion, and we stand ready to correct it
upon proof, but, with our present informa-
ton, we must believe that the general
wheat crop Of tile United States will throw
as many bushels upon the market as II
ever did, and consequently there will be
no 'sllort crop prices. New York lib
une, July 10.
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