Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-03
Tho Crop.

There is no subject just now in which the pub
lie feel m re interest than the prospect and condi
ii IF til" maturing crnps--espccaly that Of
Wdrat. Wa shall endeavor to keep the readers
of the Nlrgnlan posted in that respect. We are
glad to ncrccivc that tho predictions Of croakers
promise to be sisnny bclied From the mos, re-
liable data which We can gather, we are forced to
the conviction That the wheat growers of tho
country ut large will realize ut least nm average
crop, if not more. True. in particular districts
and sections the crop will be short but this de.
fcieucy will be more thnn counter balanced by the
excess in other regions The following encourng-
ing account, is taken from the New York Herald
which paper has had special rcpurts from tho va
rious localities indicated below;
the CROP PROSPECT
Never since the Vest was first settled was
there so lair prospect If a bouatiful harvest us
there IL this year. The weather tnis spring wa
very open. and the farmers throughout the West
were enabled To put in more corn thnn usual. and
very large breadth of Spring wheat North #
the f,rte,h parallel these crops look uncommonly
well. Another fortnight or three weeks oi favor.-
bile weather. without rust or iv and tie farmers
in Iowa, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois Michigau
and Minnesota, will reap an average Of twenty
bushels OF wheat to the acre very considerably
more than tho greatest crop ever raised. II the
autumn rosts be no earlier than usual the corn
crop will lac fully twenty five per cent in excess
al the average
It's difficult 10 avoid the Appearance ofcxaggc.
ration in describing the prniries OF Central Him.
o,s aud Iowa ut the present time Wheat fields
spread miles upon mics along tho line. of the
raroais-as lar as the cye can reach dark green
sen If wheat waves in the sunshine promising "A
noble Weld. In Iowa. especially tho scene is very
striking For thirty miles wet Ut Davenport thu
Mississippi and Missouri railroad pIuugls It's way
through an apparently boundcss exnansc of wheat
and yet the staple products of Iowa IRE corn beef
and pork. One is almost tempted to won Ter where
/ mouths can be found to CONSUME - much food
The corn Is too short as Yet 10 makc nm i,npusinr
appearances, but the amonnt { laai rhnted is i'm
monse. The grass crop of Illinois j. short and
that of Ohio, Indiana. Iowa, . will also DO below
an average
South of the inr.ielh parallel Of latitude the
y prospect is not 30 cheering lnthe belt ofcnuntry
extending from sc 81 deg, to 40 deg. north lat
| i'nde. and from the western laundry Vt Kansas II,
Virginia. n fatal drought prevailed all spring
Neither kansas nor Missouri will Weld any wheat
this year, aud probably but little corn Mssour,
will produce very little hemp in parts Of South
ern Illinois. where the wheat har,es, is in progress.
the yield will not generally exceed & ! bushels t,
the acre; IN Tennessee and Kentucky las in Ala
bama and other parts fthe South) the crop will
also be light, both in wheat and corn. Homes NJ,
entertained in this central region that the recen,
rams may revive the corn; but the crop cannot be
an average. The country must rely, this year, up
on the Northern States OF the West, aud uules,
some Unforeseen accident occurs, that relinnc,
will prove we'll founded.