Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-05-29
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1HE PROSPECTS OF THE GROWING CRoPs
Generally the intelligence in regard to the
crops IS very encouraging The long drought
which threatened famine in the northwest
has been broken by copous rains. "The fields
are green, the fruit trees are in bloom, already
verdure has commenced luxuriant growth,
and all nature looks refreshed and invipora.
ted" The Milwaukee News saws ''If the
present weather continues but short time
longer, no fears need be entertained that the
harvest which is to follow will far exceed in
bounty and truiituness its predecessors for
many years. With genial atmosphere, an
abundance OF moisture, and careful attention,
the coming autumn will witness Il gathering
OF cereals which will gladden. the heat and in
sure prosperity for the future
The st. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer is inform
ed by gentleman who has travelled over
large portions of Minnesota, that all sorts of
crops are in better condition than ever before
known at this season of the year, and more
than double the amount Of ground is under
cultivation than last year In Kansas the
prospect is not so favorable ; the drought CON
tinues, and its bad effects are very severely
telt Ihetarmers are apprehensiye that they
'Nsall not he able to get in their corn in time TO
rpen before the trosts. The fall wheat is en-
trey killed out for want of rain The oat
crop Will be nothing, unless rain comes. The
prospect is coed in Iowa. The rye harvest
VIII be very large. An unusual area of corn
has been planted in this state, which is coming
on nnely. The Michigan papers speak of
Tue wheat crop as looking remarkably well.
late number of the Detroit Advertiser
notices some fine specimens of wheat and rye
The rye was fully four feet in height, and was
headed out; the wheat was at least three feet
and would probably have exhibited heads in n
week tune. Short crops are predicted i'm
kentucky. The Louisville journal saws: -
we near many complaints about the wheat
in this state. A good many of the fields in
which the wheat has been frozen out have
been planted in something else. The remain
ing helds present spotted appearance, the
pants beng OF uneven height. The cause of
TINS is stated to be the work of fly. which
deposits Its egg near the root, the worm eats
into the stalk, producing a weak and sicklv
growth. Gram and fruit promise well in
pennsylvania. The Pittsburg Journal thinks
the fruit crop in the western section of the
state VIII be unprecedented. Pears, plums.
cherneS, apples, all promise an abundant crop.
Inc strawberry never looked finer, and such
Is the case with the other small fruits The
wheat crop never looked better throughout the
state and Is advancing finely; and from pres
ent indications will mature early. The insects
are making serious ravages in Virginia. The
Fredericksburg (Va.) Herald says that the
growing wheat crop from fredericksburg to
the mouth of the Rappahannock river-em-
bracing the large and fertile valley of the Rap
pahannock, nearly one hundred miles in length
is less promising than for many years past.
In Richmond, Westmoreland Middlcsex, Spot
sylvania, King George, Orange, and Stafford,
the worm is making great inroads. The worm
has made its appearance in several parts of the
county of Amherst, and is playing sad havoc
with the growing wheat