The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-05-28

The war in Europe, il it ast but for gle
psgD will necessarily be highly advantageous 10 its
queues 10 the agricultural interests of Toe Unel States
Liere ~i be aa a million OF aud least eae fourth
that number Of horses be fed the plains fortified
places o! ltay and much Of the supplies sill have be
drasn from this country either directly Indirectly
The state Of the crops is therefore thar
ter or inepse importance at this time, and is highly gr
tiyng 20 know that there finer pfospect OF
abundant harvest of grain than at the present
One of anochc has been making exteDsi ,e trip
through the Southwestern States he reports thst
far as he could or learn the grain aud grass
most luxqrii.t The gru,nbnes in Which farmers gene
rally inaulge, about too much rain much heat
tot heard The ravages of rast aud weev to have
been suspended fer no complaint is made that head
and even the gasshoppers appear TO have foregone their
annual visits To be sure the floods the Mississippi have
caused immense losses to the jewellers in that re.
gon by inunda!ong which swept away houses and
herds and destroyed all the growing CROPS
for hundreds Of miles. Bot the region inundated
stands in very small proportion to the entire bresdh Of
land under cultivation and though the nun sons have
caused much in ivtua loss and suffering, they will have
perceptble effect he aggregate product United
States That aggregate judging from the present uxur,nt
condiIion Of the crops wl exceed by twenty per
that of las: year. So that all the countries Of
Europe were devastated by war; the broad fertile lands of
the Yves. will be able to supply them with provisions.
There may De less than the usual product Of cotton
ttat was the crop principally affected by the foods.
This Representation liz co ,roboratcd by all our ex
changes. correspondent writing from Pennsyvsnia
says that in most of the OF that State
winter wheat looks remarkably WELL and that II may be
put down as promising extra yield. 10 Montgomery
county fields that had been sowed though the
fly had commenced its operation; some portious o.
Della ware county wheat looked exceedingly yellow and
backward. But old Rerks Lebanon aud Dsupbin more
than couDerbalarCed that the wheat in all three OF
those counties looked better Lancaster county
sayr Is bidding fair to outstp itsef, and even place
in the back ground ali s splendid harvests of tho past
RE IN all of hssc counties just the blossom, aud
only fear that the farmers have Is that will grow too
much straw. The sudden in breadstrfs the car
OF Europe did rot enough Cause the far
in these counties to put In any amount OF
grain this soring in Anticipation Of high prices this fall
they have end planted the usua number Of
bis srug snd ali looks exceedingly wel aud although
mere only the usual number of OF winter wheat
sown, YET the farmers confidently expect than
ommon yied.
gentleman who passed through tbs Cum5 srlanl val
cy an portions Of York and Fracsn couhties states that
tae different ccps those ahead Of any
lo'don of Inc STATE taAt Caaherend county bat
garden Of winter wheat, and there no esm ns
Inc amount inat would he realized by the Fruit
so looked exceedingly gro missing.
CHS CORRESPOND says that the sou,neasern aud mid
ole cSuptse ieprsy ioana may be set uoSn az prous
log better yield than or nser years pass
faDAing ieconi to no locality IN winter wheat
tae zane able accounts OF reach from
s parts o. the country that farmers may conf.
DENLY look oT@eI 20 OF the most b,Dtd add pro-
isebe harveets that they have resped We trus.
that o'hiDg viii Within the months
Il cloud over these bright prospects.