The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-29

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he prospects Of bountiful hsr-
''" out the United States are at this
w. "'ous' cheering. There are, to be sure,
croak.rs who, from Interested mo
from q morbid tendency to look ever
dark side Of the picture, inmeut that ia
lection the wheat is SO destroyed by an TO-
.etbe nudge or the weevil-that it sill not
pay the expenee of harvesting that 10 an
jther section the corn crop looks s.unted aud
bad (; and that in the South aud Southwest
| the crops are all destroyed 10y the late
foundations But, aside from these croak-
iDgs, the general testimony is from New
York, New England, the West aud the
South, that the harvest promises TO be a
bountiful one. The grass crop has turned out
better than in any season for years past aud
consequently it may fairly be expected that the
products of the dairy will be abundant and
chesp, and that there will he good supply of
cattle to furnish our markets With beef and
mutton The wheat crop has been in some
places, 1t is true, much injured by rust and in
sect; but Oh the whole 1t promises to be a fair
average crop Corn, which is the great staple
Of the West, and On which the farmers ia that
region place the most reliance for their profits,
| gives every indication, with the requisite con-
ditions as to weather, of yielding large gains to
the cultivators Potatoes have been planted
more extensively than in former years. and are
turning out we'll. And in the South and South,
west the sugar and cotton crops will be fully
up to the average yield; for, after all, the Du-
ries 0ccasi0ned by the inundation were not 30
extensive ~ to affect materially the agricultural
produce Of the Mississippi valley. Therefore,
under all points Of view, we have abundant
reasons to be thankful to Providence for the
smiling harvests with which all portions of the
country have been blessed.
From Europe the accounts Of the crops are
no less encouraging. II is long time since the
favorable conditions Of the harvest were SO
general all over the Continent. In addition to
this, peace reigns throughout. There are now
no armies in the field to tread down the
grain laden fields, burn up the magazines
of corn, and cause provisions to rise
to famine prices The Righteousness OF the
European harvest and the absence Of war will,
of course, have the effect of diminishing very
much the usual annual expectation of provi-
sions from the United States; but that loss will
be more than compensated to our producers by
the greater yield which they will have to gather
In, and will help 10 reduce, in an equal proper
ton, the cost to our own consumers If we only
had something like fair system Of marketing,
by which the products Of the farm could be sold
to the consumers, without the intermediary of
two or three classes Of foreetallers, hucksters
and retailers the cost of living in our city would
be reduced, so far "a the mere noccssaries Of
life are concerned, from 40 TO so per cent. That
Is a matter to be regulated by our city govern.
ment; but In the meantime let US be thankful
for plenteous harvest