Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-23

| the probable .irll the wfeat cop boea enter.
tanned a. prevail IA rcierencs h. this yeu's crop.
And this arises from the petpsri.ies Of the ,ca-
ron. A mid winter followipgSa favorable seed
time produeel in most distrits. aud on almost ell
| kinds II ianI, full plant 4 wheat, which has
resulted in bulky weld Of Araw ON all except
the lightc,t soil. fhcn caic n long period Of
harsh ani dry caster!y winds D. March and April
during which the plant IN I'll. lighter lands and
in expaed situations scarcel ma nf;iinel itself,
and there was complaint If deficiency But
on the stronger soils, especially where such soils
| were in god condition. the 'hcck afforded by n
! cold spring rather beneficial to the wheat
plant than otherwise, and PRIV cntei the undue
! luxuriancr ~ on" time unprecedented. Then f'l-
lowed considerable fails oil rain though with coll
! nights III MAY, which completely established the
plant AMI induced very general anticipa,ions If /.
large wheat crop.
Early in june hot weather sot in an we hal
for fortnight ur moro such heat none recollcc
any previous instance of in this country for ~,
last forty years. This WAS the critical pint. The
wheat shot into ear with extraordinary rapiditv.
Many u farmer who had been absent from his farm
for a few DAYS found wheat feld>, which he had
left without any earof corn visible isth all the
ears completely Developed, and every promise Of IA
most abundant harvest. Then the most glowing
accounts IT the crop were gwen all sides, though
here and there n correspondent Unlimited doubt, =,
whether the color Of the ear wasquiic satisfactory.
npprchendcI. This was succeeded 10y heavy thun-
derstorms. rain, and wind. which laid immense
breadths of wheat everywhere, which occurred
ust before harvest, aud tended much to the abntr-
ment of previous high hopes. THcn the harvest
came nn from ten days 10 torni Oh, earlier than
in average seasons, and u,1r, the whole. ha, been
well gbt in, though few weeks during its progress
have pa,sel without eo,nr rain. The ram. how.
ever has been remarkably partial though IN st
districts have had it in turn.
The YIELD OF the ne" wheat is very variable, e.
pcclally that II whiic wheat which does not seem
able tn withstand RAPID ati exircm" Va nations Of
temperature :" well rs red. som" Of the sam les
OF white wheat produced III Mark Ian" weigh aS
low NJ II or ~ ID. per lushel, while others ranged
as high rs % HIS. per hnshel Tue red wheat Is
more equal, hal s'lll showing great variations IN
the samples. S'm" 9" the laierlority 1t the worst
samples len'irihutnhieto the straw having hcen
laid and III man! places Il "a~ lnid early IN the
1enson; the produce leine til for Little except
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