Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-16


ly destroyed by frost.
In 5Ir. Lqdd's examination Of wheat fields
through the district Of country above men
toned, he liads that the most OF the wheat
injured lies in bottom lands. The fields
upon the hills, are rot so seriously frosted.
This may be regarded as happy result, from
the fact that the great majority of wheat in
the section OF country reached by The frost.
is produced upon the billy or rolling lands.
lie also made a discovery which may lie
OF some importance 10 wheat growers, that
the Mediterranean whe t, the early-bearded
wheat, is the variety which is killed by The
frost. almost universally. While the later
varieties, those free hom beard, have escap-
ed the slightest injury.
Mr.. Ladd, moreover, is OF opinion, that
admitting the frost has destroyed the one
third of the crop throughout the region of
country designated, still the wheat crop,
within said limits for this year, will exceed
thai of any other year, in quantity and
quality, since the year 1862. So that the
CRY of the failure of the wheat CT op of 1853.
has no facts TO sustain it, and those who
entertain such conviction, may Danish it
as an unwarrarted and grOundless hallcucis-
tioH.
(From The Milwaukee Sentinel, June sth)
AS far as we can learn. the frost of Satur
day night did considerable damage to the
crops of nearly every description, in this
State. A gentleman who came in from
Oconomo~oc by team. yesterday, Informed
us that the corn in that section was pretty
much all killed, and in some localities the
frost was so severe that it cut The spring
wheat off al the ground. A. Bailey, writ
ing .from O'Kee, Columbia county, says:
THE frost of Sunday morning was quite
severe, and | hear of some pieces OF wheat
that are blackened and apparently killed. |
have not seen any such. Some pieces Of
corn are killed to the ground, while others
are net injured at all. Gardens have suf-
fered severely. Everthing looks yellow and
slekly."
Tie JenesuiHe Gazette states that the fruit
and vegetables in Rock county were COM
pletclv used up. Corn and potatoes lie
black on the hills, as if there was no chanco
for their resuscitation. 1t is, however, the
opinion of farmers, that corn will come up
again without being materially injured
Wheat it says, stood the freeze well, and
will not suffer much from its effects.
F.om the Zanesviee Courier.
From the best means of information at
our command we are led to tie conclusion
that the wheat crop of this county has not
been more injured by. the late frost than ii
has for two years past by the weevl and
rust; 50 that while the crop will fall below
an average one, it will be still far from {
failure.
Some fields are pretty badly damaged.
while others, not far of, have escaped IN
injured, and on the whole the prospect now
is that the crop in this county will be about
equal to that of the last two wears.
From the Indianapolis Journal. of Saturday.
We are satisfied that the injury done By
the fros, in this State is confined mainly to
The East and South. TIE 81 10. Register
says that fears are entered that wheat on
low ground is more or less blas;ed, and the
best informed farmers didn't expect full
crop before, SO that now the prospect is
rather bad one. In Marshall, Miami, Cass
and Wabash counties half or two thirds
crop is all that was expected before the
frost, and probably the hope is still less
now. Corn is "nipped," but may not be
killed, all over ST. Joseph, Lapor,e and
EIkhart counties. The severity OF the lros
in that portion of the State seems to have
been about equal to that in the Eastern por-
tinn, in Henry, Rando lph and Morgan. The
papers from the South and West received
yesterday don't even mention that there was
any fros;, although they speak in detail of
the crops. and the still glorious pros pect -
The injury is very slight excep; on the
Eastern and Northern borders of the State,
and in the main we think that wheat will
loss but little by it and corn nothing.
From the New York Tribune
Java, Wyoming Co, N. Y.-"Winter
wheat, we fear, is all spoiled"
Pleasant Plains, Duchess Co, N. Y
1.-THE frost did very little damage hereto
wheat and rye none.'
Hamburg, Lawrence Co, Pa.-'lt is pre-
sumsd that nine-tenths Of the winter grain
in this county is killed. The fields show
unmistakable signs Of being killed, and they
are changing from green to whi'e.
Stayruncca, Wayne Co-"The corn,
beans. potatoes, &C., are all killed, but |
don't know that winter grain is"
Mercer, Pa.-"The Thermometer was at
% deg. 1t will take few days To deter
nine whether wheat and rye are injured"
Jack-on 9. H., O.-"Fears are entertained
that the wheat is nearly or quite ruined.
Near Lexington, Perry Co., OhiC.--"All
vegetation except wheat is killed. That,
except in low lands, it is though, will not
be injured"
Garfield, Mahoning Co, Wheat,
it is feared, is seriously injured, though it is
ilnpossibe TO say now to what extent"
Lodi, Medina Co, Ohio.--"Every stalk of
corn is killed, but we still hope the wheat
is uninjured. | have examined several
fields, and think that, except upon low lands
the crop is safe. We here intend to look
the calamity square in the face, and, if
energy and perseverance are rewarded, you
will yet chronicle good corn and wheat
crop in Ohio this year"
Pittsburgh. Pa.--"The wheat we believe
to be but slightly injured, and rye not at ali.
Champaign Co., lli.-"'rhe Winter wheat
in bloom must be more or less injured"
Indianapolis, lnd.--"The wheat crop will