The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-07-08
THE WHEaT HARVEsT.

The wheat harvest is far advanced in several
States, and the accounts are generally quite as
favorable as could have been expected. In
/ Kentucky, according to the Louisville Courier,
the harvest will be s'splendid one" The
/ yield OF grain, that paper remarks, is not only
extremely large, but the quality will be unsur-
passed by the product of any former harvest.
In three weeks from this date the mllers will be
receiving the new crop of wheat. In the
adjoining States, the accounts are good. The
Knoxville Tenn Whig has information that
the wheat crop of some ofthe counties OF lower
East Tennessee vii be small one ; in the mid
die sections il is promising, and in the upper
counties, except in some cases where il was
damaged by the fly, 1t will be abundant.
Of Maryland and Virginia, the Baltimore
american Of Saturday says Sour letters and
exchanges speak most encouraglngly OF the
growing crops, and in our own States and VIr-
gina all agree or the point that the prospect
never was BETTER The farmers OF lover
Virginia are now engaged in cutting their
wheat. Generally the crop il regarded a
good one. The Fredericksburg (Ea.) .NeecS
says the harvest is progressing finely 10 that
neighborhood.
Alabama papers speak very fatteringy of
North Carolina. In Texas, the yield of wheat
Is remarkably good.
The wheat harves: is in progress in Southern
Indiana. The yield rs reported "more than or
dnary," aud ''he grain good
In Southern illinois, too, the wheat is being
gathered as fast ..as possible. The Bellevllle !
Democrat says eHarvesting in this country is |
going on this week in good earnest, and we are
IL . A.. =,
no rust" Other quotations might be made, /
of similar purport. 1t is safe to say that the /
Northwestern States, as whole, will yield /
fair average.
Respecting the crops in Ohio and Illinois, |
the following extract from the Cincinnati |
Price Current will be sufficiently drGnie.-
The Cleveland Herald, remarking more
particularly with reference to the late frost, !
states that Mr.. ]. Fl. Klppart, Secretary of the |
State Board of Agriculture, has been over the |
most of the wheat belt OF the State, through !
Guernsey, Licking, Kncx, Fairfield, Delaware,
Richland, Crawford, and Ashland counties. H |
has examined wheat fields personally, wherev- !
er he has been, coRversed with farmers, made |
the subject his stndy, and concludes that there
will be three fourths OF what there could have
been harvested under any circumstances.
From Cincinnati Price Current, 22d
THE WEATHER AND THE CRoPs The wea-
ther during th~ past week has been quite IA !
variable 10 the growing crops generally. Sun
day and Monday were rather hard DAYS upon /
wheat, being showery and close, and in some
sections we learn there are appearances of rust |
upon late crops but yesterday was clear and
pleasant
As regards corn, it may be said 10 have re-
covered almost entirely from the effects of the
frost of the 9Th inst, and it is growing rapidly, |
presenting most vigorous appearance. The |
prospect at preseLt is that this crop will be |
unusually large.
The damage 10 wheat, from the frost, turns
out to have been comparatively trfing in the
aggregate. Fields that were supposed 10 have |
been ruined, promise fair average yield, !
while the injury appears TO have been confined
to few localities, chiefly 10 Northeastern Ohio |
and Western PpnnSy lvania.
Potatoes are doing well, and the prospects |
are favorable for large crop.
Fruit, such as apples, peaches, and pears,
will be Short-one-half an average crop would |
be an out side estimate for the central west.
From Northern Illinois the accounts rrgar-
ding fall wheat are unfavorabIe, and the pros
poets for good yield of spring wheat are rot
encouraging ; whlle 10 Southern Illinois the
crop is yielding handsomely. Everywhere, in
Illinois, as in Ohio and Indiana, corn looks |
well.