Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-24
The Weather and The Crops.

The glorious weather for some days past has
worked wonders in the fields of the West, and
even corn crop crOaking has nearly ceased a
gentleman who has been spending few days
in Old Columbiana reports the wheat and other
grain crops as very PrOnisidg. Though there
is some talk among farmers of dePredations by
the weeyil, our infOr nant thinks the tine
weather is putting the wheat in that grain sec
tion out of the reach of much damage by the
pestiferous insect The corn, though late, looks
finely, and is shooting up as if forced IN hot
bed.
The editor of the COnneaut Reporter has
been taking short rides in the country-haPpy
fellow and noting the prospects IN AshtsDuia'
Winter wheat he reports never looked more
promising, aud the spring sown wheat looks
well generally Potatoes look fine and have
stout and vigorous appearance, and he says "the
corn-fields were literally alive with people
plowing, planting cultivating, and hoeing !" Ii
the balance of the season proves favorable, the
heaviest corn crop grown for years in Ashtabua
is predicted. Clover and Timothy heavy and
nearly ready for the scythe- ITT d
A letter from Belmont county says the crop
of wheat will be heavy one. Damage by the
weevil not serious The corn crop, all things
considered, Is doing well Fruit crop light.
From Miami county the report is a favorable
prospect for wheat crop. Oats and Ge look
well. Com crop viii be largely deficient. Not
more than twO-thirds of the ground intended
for corn has been planted.
The wheat crop of Marion county promises
an abundant yield. Corn crop coming on finely
Mu.h less than usual planted, owing to the pro-
tracted wet season
In Montgomery county the barley harvest is
heavy one, and the wheat promises a great
yield. Corn improving astOnishingly, on the
goth in some fields the corn ranging from two
to three feet high.
Clinton county the wheat prospect reported
as never better, and an immense quantity Of old
wheat in the hands of the farmers. Corn good
color, backward, but doing we'll
Highland county wheat reported as promis-
ing as last year. Not more than half a corn
crop planted
Wayne county, farming prospects set down
as somewhat better than an average. Wheat
looks magnificent, but the weeyils are making
their appearance by millions Early wheat out
of danger. Late viii be injured No sign OF
rust @
Such are the reports from various sections OF
Ohio. The prospect is everywhere as good or
better than usual at this season, with the ex-
ceptiOn Of corn. The Cincinnati Commercial IL
lustrates the singularity OF the season by men,
: oning that few days ago in Hamilton county
farmers were cutting barley and planting corn
in adjoining fields Since the floods have
abated, large breadth of the early New Eng
land varieties of corn have been planted in the
West.
The reports from Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, In
diana, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania, are favorable for
full average wheat crops aud of grain crops
generally, except corn
The Marx Lane Express of June 9Th speaks
in fattering terms of the agricultural prospects
in England The weather for the week had
been most favorable for the rapid growth of all
crops on the ground, and the early sOris Of wheat
were coming into ear. From Scotland the ac-
counts to the ID inst were very satisfactory