The New York herald., 1865-05-27

The Farming Interests tn vfrginia-
Splendid Prospect: or . Crop, DC.


Splendid Prospects or . Crop, DC.
(From the Richmond whig, May Ml
There no reason why under the order OF tbaxr
there should be abundance both OF provisions
and money In the country. There Is question but the
season has been most p0pous both for the prodec.io.
the next year. all available stock was gathered up 70
feed the armies Otherwise the country WIN by winter
be we'll stocked with food. Sorghum has been extea-
sively planted and will yield abundaDty. The wAssa
and corn CROPS are Hourshng The pofusIon Of strsw
eS Is. sassas apple s
Tho close of the war has found hundreds Of able bod
men without employment or sustenance Those whos .
the outbreak OF the strife busly engaged In prod
table employment and business find themselves lido and
with but little prospect OF workat least at an early day
Youths who accustomed 10 live at ease or qised
the scholastto bench deserted their Atsso Aasw
sSsmssSss esS.ss tho greatest Of WARS oS, no% neS =
them made pen6iness BY Ill fortune, and thrown 1905
the Wide world in penuy There are none who caasee
In partnership II Is easy matter pow the groxnA
to SOW the seed and await the result. Tho season ~
garden There will be no lack Of purchasers Capital MUS
have labor and labor produces capital Energy and indus
aud the sound OF the hammer the hum of the wheel to
rattle Of the loom, must be heard instead The earne
cry fthe poughman must take the place Of the shes
Of command 70 mastering armies and the blue smoke
wreath from the homestead now rise "a heaven where
not long since hung the thick cloud OF battle Induy
failed 70 prospcr individuals nations No lands
more broad moro fertile than Southern ooun-
try. Then 60 to work, young men; cultivate, and
roap ana tnougn maze pennue5s py misfortune yUa ~
and that labor is capital
The Oat Csop or virglnia-A CaraOus
PhenOme nom, de-.
From the Richmond Republic, May %
In several neighborhoods from which we have hearA
there has occurred what some regard agrcukarA
phenomenon. Fields early this spring with fair
article Of shol oats covered with most uXuant
crop of cheat This Is the first tine that have hoard
of such occurrence in this State; but it
thing to be expected, and Is easily explained.
The osts-a native of q more northern CLINE
when the seed B not renewed each year By
fresh importations rapidly degenerates and becomes
cheat Previous to the seed oats each year
brought the North, and the further north the bet
ter-the Nova Scotia oats being esteemed the best bat
during the last four years farmers have of necessity
been seeding native gram and the cheat crop we have
mentioned the consequence But that tho crop has
turned out in this way must not be regarded an un
gated disaster The farmer will get oats but he win b
able to much good hay, and, with proper manage
ment with secure splendid set Of timothy To do tht
necessary he should cut the cheat before gots
fectly ripe, and ordinary hay and having
moved stacked it, plough in the stubble next spring
The ground will be well set In timothy. 10 secure ths
result the Northern farmers cheat which invariably
comes up timothy. Thus that the oat In thas
climate degenerates into cheat, which everywhere when
sown becomes timothy and that to make good oats We
must import seed.