, 1859-02-14
PnoaFkcT or tCARcGrY IN CANADA

lFFou The Toronto LEADER, Feb le1
IN several parss OF the country, there is ecarce.
r. ooshei OF wheat left, during the whole Of
January vi. Perry, Of Coboure could moi mr. ~
chsAe IN the market Of that place. twenty bSSsh.
c!s OF wheat. h.lers from N4pnnce and Beie.
7ltie arc up west buying wheat for homa cnn.
sumption And Nj. Young OF Montreal !.
reported to have purchased -four IN Lfy-
efpoo, Tor shipment to Montreal,* Wheat in
ta! Country, 5ids fair soon to reach tbs prices
wa'cA prevailed few years ago; and there
seema every probability that Aonr NAV resch
1en oo!iata barrel before next bsrrest. In
hinesfoine. one Of the townships Of Brnce the
popa'at'oa is said to be on the point Of staryo-
son. OWING TO the failure of the c.opa.
Al throughout Upper Canada the barye.t.
oaalooed chiefly by the rsvaRes Of the A. .nd U1
rust, out partly last year. in SONG places bv a
Vlst'atlon OF the all.devourinp 1ras,hnn1.r
which is probably identical With the iaena;;
Which sscred history seis III, used to creata snch
Terrible desasta'ions in Egytt 0ger cousid.
..so.S Po.non OF The old Newcastle district
Rtassnoppera' coming from the aouth. psaaed
literally eating up almost every green thinc
EIasa, *oeA', sn{u'ps, oats and every ofhsr crop
They cropped eft the wild rice in Rise i,ste ~
tnelr "ay. They appeared in myrjada ron'.
p!e'e9g covering the surface Of L4ke Oatario. in
some places, with the dead, which at s2me
po'ata ~ashed ashore IN heaps. Some If ths
farmesa set all their hands to work 10 dr;Te the
enemy nack with bushes, One farmer of Ham.
nton 1o"oanfp oomeslmes had over half a hnn.
oteo men " war With the invader. 1t 1ss mn.
SUE o5 thle mcaus to drive them back. A en-
tloos ~od nnqae sct'on has beeu ipstt.uted bv
talnes N "eos northumberland, to claim dam.
ages from bis ueighuor for driving oras.ho onrsr,
upon btu farm. This cause OF the failure of the
crops "as only local; bns it was Sufficiently rr,
tensive and threatening to merit nnnr. not;c.
1nan II obtained. Tho wheat fy ia 1he 1re.t N.
eny TO that crop; ard Tor sometime past. every
- ssaa 10 ravsses, n pper Canada. hsye extend.
And it IL not certaiu that tho WORT of tb..a
causes q! the failure OF the whess crop hss heen
[seD. ne Know but too well that. in Lover
UAnada, they went so far 81 s!most to mt ~ ~
n1e stop to the cultivation Of wheat, It il not
nAe'Y, however, that With equal cultivation
ages Of tee ay 10 Canada "a in any otb.r s eann
tIv. II Il vel! aacersained TACT tbos eince mi.
n.auon vas carried to The high point il ban noF
teacoea 10 Eogiaod, the depredations Of the
Wnea1 ~ have almost ceased, Wonld mi -
sna,a1 sM course Of cultivation produce similar
s. es. oe1eI tfrcumstaoces are Investing thin
question With IN omtnons inportance. '"
Il The price Of breads,ufis con,inn. n ,;..
~ enp'os nent 1ema'n ~ aoarce u at present
.u: snele gloomy prospect for the Door betws.n
sa.s anq sne next harvelt During the inf]a,r6
p..Ies Q, Ib'5 and 1856, employment vss plsn.
s.arr.a nu "sRes paftook OF the sana inf sticu ss
everything else. But scarcity of emnIorm.ns
eo:e1ssts With high sud constantly s9..sa;a vn.
p.'ce m 81 oFeadstn1s; the worst possible conds'
,'oo ot things tor tho poor. The nnmb-r. NJ
!noorefs "ho hare lcts tho cities and THAR f,m.
ilea 70 seek work in the countrY. son-.rs -
,h. ue s,ssn, ,smtogiy great Aendicancy s1arms in
established where no such thing erar s.;.,ea
oe1orc. 10 the lower stratum Of soc;etv ,bsrs
- -, "oiee preAsure than the monsv nrH..r-a