The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-06-27
Crop prospects for 1866.

The New York Commercial devotcs sew
eral columns to intelligence respecting
the state of the crops throughout the
country, of which it gives the following
editorial resume, which will he read with
interest:
Jt;o true tbe season thus far has been
,,,otrr,lIv cool AMI backward, delay
;n,, The rrowth of vegetation, and es.
nnSc;oIIv "S retordiag the winter crops; but
annie timo yet remains lor warm
Weather to institute rcctiiylng process
and bring the crops rapidly forward
Tbe,o is no occasion, therefore, to borrow
trouble concerning their prospective con
1;tion We find that III tho Now Eng
land States Wheat was considerably III
;urod by winter frosts, and came out IN
sou,e localities in sadly scathed con
,Iit;op Grass has been benefited by
recent rains, and now promises heavy
Yield Rye. Barley and Oats look well
ss n general thing There are most en-
conraping reports from the fruit crop in
eynrv one Of the New England States,
and The farmers are happy over the pros
pect. ,,,
promise an average yield, looking less
favorable in this State than 1t did year
ago, Barley, Corn, Oats, aud Spring
cereals generally, have been delayed by
the backward weather, especially in
PepnsyIvania, but are now coming for
warJ RAPIDLY under the stimulus of fre-
ouent rains. Potatoes, we Judge, will
be about an average yield, unless attack
oil Inv the potato bug, which is commit
t;ng severe depredatlOns elsewhere.
There will be a good crop of Hay, though
not as large by considerable as last year,
wb;cb was an extraordinary year, par.
t;cnIarly in the Empire State. The Peach
eron was injured by the frost in Niagara
and adjoining counties, but we are as
sured that there will he an average yield
of fruit throughout the State generally
In the Western States there were gen
eral fears entertained earlier in the sea
son that wheat would prove total fail
ure. This was especially true of Ohio
1t is now believed, however, that the
Ruckeye State will produce fouT-fifths of
a crop, while in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota it will show an average
Weld. The same canRot be said of In
diana. Corn has been replanted in some
nortions of Indiana There will be a
good Weld OF oats aud grass generally
throughout the Western States. a con-
siderable surface has been planted with
potatoes, but the lady-bug is doing much
damage in some portions of Iowa. Con-
siderable destruction has also been in
cnrred from violent storms in Illinois
The fruit crop. as a general thing, prom
ises well.
The reports from all the Southern
States. except Texas, are not Of an en-
conragine character Considerable al
lowauce, however. must be made for the
disconteut of the people, which leads
them inst now to take diseouragiDg
view of affairs generally. Owing to a
scarcity of labor, seeds and agricultural
implements, they are unable to plant a
large surface of ground, while storms,
tornadoes aad overtiows, especially along
the Mississippi, have undone a portion
of the work which they were able to
perform. Sill, we do not believe that
famine stars them in the face. On the
contrary they viii doubtless realize
enough froro thair harvests to meet all
their want. The reports from the
Lone Star state, are OF very en-
couraging character.