Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-07-03
Foreign wheat Crop.

Foreign wheat Crop.
Ri almost useless TO speculate the amount Of The
.bsat rrop in this country. The Nee York CITY Edi-
TORS take that matter in their hands every YEAR ant
"A they have simple mathematical process for es,ima
ting crops they never fail to within grain or two
of the exact quantity prOducedl Their rule is some
thing of this sort Five years ago, the population was
twenty millions and the product was two hundred mil
lions bushes Nov the population is thirty millions, the
average Of land in wheat has been doubled or ebed or
uuadrupled and the grand result cannot be less than
four hundred milions-pOssibly the Cheyaler Webb,
whose figures are quite expansive his soul may
swell the total to some FIVE SIX hundred mionsl or
one thing we NAV be certain be will put the grand to-
t AZ figure adequate TO the Of all the world and
the rest Of mankind.
For our part We only know that the crop in the State
Of Virginia is Notwithstanding ihe fabulous increase
Of acreage very short one. The quality we hear IS
good but the quantity far less than for many years.
The nfAvorable winter and spring and the ravages Of
the Joint worm and ay did the work.
From the North Western States the great wheat pre-
ducing region Of the Union have only heard that
wheat was very badly killed in winter, and tia. large
Weld was impOssibe-Co Webb's figures to the
~ notwithstanding.
With respect the European crops where the farm
ers have organs make faithful reports Of the crops
and weather We can form far better estimate Of d
yield than We can at home From the last two numbers
of the Marx Lane Express gather that the crops in
Great Britain and in every State the Continent with
the exception Spain very unpromising. In France,
Belgium, Holland and Germany, the old stocks near
" exhausted the weather has been wet and cold, tie
crops looking badly and the price Of wheat everywhere
advancing Down to the latest dates all the accounts
from the different departments Of France in req
resentng old supplies short and the prospect for the
growing crop very hr from fattering
The state ofthe weather and crops in England may be
Judged Of BY the following report OF two weeks ending
the 9,h u June, which copy from the Marx Lane
Elgrssa il is to be observed that the complaint is
versa in England as on the Continent about the short
ness Of stocks In 1857 England made the most spen-
did crop both in regard to quality and quantity, ever
produced on the Island In 1858, the crop was again
bOve an average. Last year, however, the crop was
Efficient "a every thing except srag-and the accumu-
latoas Of former years have been almost entirely
sumed. English consumption exceeds ordinary
rage English crop about forty millions Of bushels. In
1857 she came nearer producing enough Tor her own
wants than at any time stree the invention Of the spin
ming inaey As the prospect at present IS that the
=
ton IS TIA, she will need fifty sixty millions from
abroad Where is ig to come from? The Continent
canaot supply it, and lhi. eountr, when stimulated
by famine and Crmean prices, never exported more than
thirty milions
From he Mark Lane Express hms4.
STATE OF WEATHER AND CROPS IN ENGLA AND
FOR THE WEEK ENDING, JUNE2
There has been an unisvorab.e change in the state
the weather. The frs. DAY OF the voek it blew gale
Of ipd from the northwest keeping Oh the rain Which
howeve set in highland before The following morning
good deal had fallen with the wist round 10 the north
west On Monday a terrific gale experienced, With
falls Of snow in the north, and dreadful shipwrec on
the coast Our correspondents shall agsia speak for
themselves Writing from Suffolk the Tuesday, they
saw" Since our las, the weather has been very
tied and the severe stOEms Of the last iev days have
done much damage The temperature Is very low, and
many complaints Of the groaiug crops are preyaent-
Barley looks very bad, and promises on many lands TO
come 10 but little Prom Lincolnshire, the date,
II was stated-"Tbe weather since our last has be
very variable having bad heavy rains accompanied with
thurder and lightning. and the whole OF Yesterday,
which was very cold, the Wind blew complete hurri-
cane which no doubt has done great deal Of damage
10 the crossing crops especially 70 the peas and beau
From Norfolk the same day-'Durng the last few DAYS
ue have bad cold weather with gales Of Wud from
the northwest
from the westnOrthWtst; Thermometer 55 degrees ba-
roreter so From Norfolk the following day. friend
,vres-there IS no doubg that much damage is done BY
che Wind Of Monday; from my osn observation, est-
mate that the wheat crop where thu has sustained the
most injury and IN many cases ind two ears in ten
be,ds or ears in embryO broken beyond recovery
being one-ffth about cOOmbs per The bar
lerOp too has gone OIL seriously during the past four
teen davs and thousands Of acres can never be good for
s,vtbinpn From Suffolk, on Thursday j, observed
st would be idle 10 deny that the appearance Of
growing crops is anything but favorable the wheat
paptis generally hin wild and staring Barley (exeep,
mon the heavy ands) promises badly, aud although
yvarm genial weather may cause marked improvement
s,i our growers after allowing large discount for az
rieulturai grumbng anticipate sorry results" From the
volds Of Lincolnshire, the same day. Trend writes
1--WE had a dreadful hurricane here on Monday morning,
hetween and A. n. Thermometer stood al 35 degrees
AZ O'clock A N and snow and hail tell Trees with
OF end are blown down but the worst is, great and
fear serious damage has been done to the coru TO wheat
esneeially The blade Is much acerated aud bruzed,
thai IL i turning black aud the stems broken down and
really think much injury has occurred Thursday
was ihorougy wet day, wind from the 5 L, thermom
etsr 65 degrees, barometer 294O degrees.
Prday proved fine and sunny, with the wind from the
soutbvest On that day Lincolnshire friend again
rites: "Ths accounts from my brother farmers vary
much about the wheat as respects its injury from the
storm Of Monday last. Some think that much damage
has been done whilst others think that the mischief viii
~ rsn,ired by nature am well aware that has
wonderful powers Of renovation, and We shall soon see
whether this process is going on or not Prom Essex
the accounts 70 the wheat pant WERE
itb little exception very uniavOrable, 50 much so, that
farmers determined 10 sell their bes, red wheat
Ger COS. per az.
On Saturday morning the barometer had fallen con-
Ederaby and the wind being round % northeast Il
evident that a downfall at hand and such proved
70 be the case, for al A. n steady rain set 10.
This continued 20 fan very heavily for about six hours
thea cleared up for about two hours the wind in the
time having veered 10 the southeast when rain
again commenced the week closed with severe gale Of
wind low barometer, down 70 20 degrees and ther-
mometer IS degrees.
These sudden and extreme changes in the weather can
not but be VERY injurious to all the crop; and the peea
Harity Of the season is kept up We have had heavy
gales az intervals Of a week and sometimes fortnight
ever since the fearful Of October 18th as and no
certainty Of many days weather alike. An these fore
bode uniAvorable prospects the future, and times
point 10 late harvest with thorough working up Of al
homegrown stock before grain be secured and
brought TO market Under such circumstances t seems
reasonable expect that the value Of wheat must be
steadily enhanced. Aher advance Of Is. 10 "a has
been established little fine weather does not send prices
down but short calm ensues and then another upward
movement takes place. Such IS the present position Of
the trade The rise again close at hand and p-et
" certain 70 be accomplished forthWth.-June ..
From Mark Lane Express, June H.
nu swuUp AND crops ENCT Am