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

plants Of the growing crops Of wheat and barley come
louder and general and fear all but the best
ands they 700 well founded" From Lincolnshire e
WAS ated "rhc weather has been unseasonaoy cold,
occasionally very wet and stormy and consequently un-
favorable 70 the growing crops Wind westerly. From
Norfolk the same day: ave have had succession OF
gales Of wind Snd rain retardug not ujurng the eom
ing crops, which previously backward from con-
tinuance Of cold uugeual weather.. From Bristol ON
the 7th inst il remarked 1.-THE weather through
the present week has been most unreasonable We have
continued heavy rains with low temperature and the
growing crops reported seriously injured in vari
Gus directions" From Lancashire the same day it was
observed The weather our last advice has been
bOs,erous wet and extremely cold, for this period Of
the year.
"From Scotland on the cas-. coast on Wednesday it
stated the weather has been very changeabe through
out the week, times bOiserOus and cold. We have
had good deal OF rain which will be beneficial If fol-
lowed with heat From the west coast our friends say
The weather and stormy for some days but has
now improved, and the temperature is mider.
'Ou Thursday, from Norfolk, one friend writes: No
thing new as TO the growing crops The complaints con-
tnue loud and general; but hope the present shady
weather with showers will in some degree repair the in-
Jury done to the wheat although under any cireumsan-
ces our harvest be late. Had the gale been sue
ceeied by hot scOrOhing the hurt would have been
worse from the eastern part Of Suffolk pond
eut states Since my last have had rain nearly every
dtv. and the atmosphere is cold and autumna.-
Our reports Of the growing crops are exceedingly unia-
vortble aud the prospect never unpromising al
this season.
speaking Of the stocks in the hands Of the firmers
large miller writes from DOIsetshire Stocks OF wheat in
farmers hand in this locality very short. This parish
NAV be l6 10 200 acres and don believe there is
much as 50 quarters lett se many Of large grow
ers have sold all This ia important fact and it is
very unfortunate for that part Of the country Most pro-
baby 10000 Qrs foreign will be exported at the port Of
Weymouth from the northern aud Baltic ports.
From the wOlds Of Lincolnshire regular cOrrespon
dent SAYS uuder date OF the Sth ms antThe weather.
continues excessively cold aud wet and think the wheat
IS backwarder than have known it for great number
Of years and don't know If remember il being
backward az any time There is also bad prospect for
the turnip crop a. the land cannot be worked
sowing even the light rable soils is completely stopped
whilst in the strong loamy soils worse lookout attends
them Last wear my wheat was in ear on the 9th June
AID 10 all appearance three weeks will be required
% bring Us to the state. This certainly ther
points TO late harvest and agricultural prospects"
far from encouraging The cold nights have checked the
growth OF grass and il has made little progress for the
last ten DAYS Still il is thick at the bottom high up
lands where with favorable change in the weather, the
scythe would soon be at work with the grass the
clovers The loWlAnds and marshes have been a good
deal flooded aud this has caused much injury and the
quality cannot be good being too gritty for the cattle
Sc closed our last report thus speaking Of wheat The
rise seems again close at hand and pretty certain TO be
te,ompushed forthwith" We now see u further i'm
7rovemeut in the value of this article pending all
markets English well foreign, and refer hume
rous readers 70 Mondays circulars for its accomplish
ment-June o.