Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-18
TILE CROPS.
now THEY SEEM PROM A NEW YORK STAND POINT


from the N. Y. Times of yesterday.l
The recent heavy frost which came upon us
SO suddenly, aud nipped the rosy fingers of
June with such unwonted vehemence, has been
n theme of exoisitc satisfaction to these gurglDg
prophets of i'll. The stories which came into
u.s. from all quarters of the West, OF damage and
disaster. were caught up by them, echoed, and
dark DAYS of 1895 returned upon u.s. when the
sheep were frozen to death on the English
downs in the middle of June, and the harvests
killed over half the world.
In point of fact, it now begins to appear, rs
we suggested at the height Of this calamitous
chorus. that the mischief really done by the
June CrostS, of which so much has been said, IS
neither very widespread nor at all irreparaole.
Farmers Of intelligence and experience did not
need to be told, from the first, that had the
proStration of the growing crops been rs severe
aS it was stated to be- the season was still not
too far advanced for profitable replanting; and
the great body of dealers i'll cereals and bread
stnfFs never for moment wavered under tue
influence of the a6ortive panic.
The most biting effects Of the disaster appear
now to have been confined to small region OF
our own State and to the upper part OF Miscon-
sin. In Canada, Illinois and Northern ONO IL
is even an open question whether the harvest
will not on the whole be improved by TINS sharp
"counterblast to the flies" In the actual un-
certainty of affairs abroad, anything like posi-
tive disaster overtaking our American agrlcul-
ture would have been n misfortune to the whole
world We may, therefore, honestly rSJo'ce
that the prospects of our Western country are
still such as to promise US busy season OF
widely developed and remunerative commercial
activity. .,...,
It will be seen, by the reports from the West
md South published in our columns yesterday,
that the rumors Of damage done to the crops
have been greatly exaggerated, and that our
predictions as to the small amount OF harm
| found to be done by the recent trosts prove
true. The statements received from the great
grain growing country bordering on the Chlca-
70 and Gacna Railroad line, which embraces n
most productive and important corn raising re:
gion, represent the damage rs very tTitIng, and
| the condition of the crops as promising an
abundant Weld From Virginia and other
quarters the reports are equally cheering. In
| view of the fact that shall want good crop
this year to supply the deficiency of grain
which the war in the Europe must necessarily
create, and that large yield will be n source
of increased wealth to this country, it is very
pleasant to know that the fears as to the guam
tity of damage the crops have sustained are IN
the main groundlesS, and that the labor OF the
IagriculturiSt all over our vast corn growing
country will not go unrewardcd.
TIE CRops.-A recent visit to the South
western counties of Virginia, has enabled us to
Judge for ourselves Of the prospects of the
coming harvest With the exception of the
crops of corn in Montgomery, Pulaski, and
Wythe counties, which were injured by the
late frosts, the prospect for an abundant yield
of all the staple products Of toe State was never
better. The wheat, in particular, from Lynch
burg all the way to the Tennessee line, seems
to be as full and promising a crop as was ever
seen at this season of the year. We noticed
some fields in Bedford and Roanoke countless
that are well worth the trouble of a visit from
the Seaboard to behold. Below LynchbuT6
there is some rust upon the leaves of the wheat,
that there was yet positive injury to the crop.
West of Lynchburg we heard of nothing that
was injurious to the wheat crop, and while the
sly" and "worm" have yet an opportunity to
AtTTf tie 4ffpSshhH3Rg iSlIGe
ence of the summer sum- Petersburg Intel.