The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-04-20
Fruit aud Crop Prospects.
The DAYTON ,Jonraai saws :

The Dayton Journal says:
Some Of our agricultural subscribers complain
that the barley crop in some neighborhoods will
prove an almost entire failure the hard frost Of the
winter having killed the seed in the ground. The
wheat, also, In many places, is said to have been
badly frozen out" Spring barley will probably
be mainly relied on by our farmers.
We learn from our frui growers that some Of The
fine varieties of cherries have been so injured by
she cold weather that The fruit will be a failure.
The early Maya" (" Moreals,' and one or two
other standard 9es have not, our country
friends affirm, q Smuch injured by the frost.
Apples will be theNSy, crop II fruit we will have,
if fhey are not killed anertts.
The Steubenvile Herald says,
A gentleman, farmer, residing in this county,
called at office this morning TO inform us of the
appearance OF the wheat crop in this section Of the
State. He says during the past week he has trav-
eled over large portions Of Jefferson, Harrison,
Carroll and Tuscarawas counties-he paid partic-
ular attention to the appearance Of the wheat fields
both on the hills and in the valleys, and wheat
suwn upon limestone as well as upon sandy soil
he reports that the prospects of full crop are
most encouraging. =, g.. ,
lie has no recollection Of ever seeing at this sea
son Of the year, so wide breadth Of grain hfthe
ground look so uniformly we'll The apprehensions
depressed some weeks ago, that owing to the ftO-
quent sudden and severe freezes, together with the
absence Of snow for protection, that the wheat
would be killed, frozen out, our informant says,
may be dispelled as hAllucinatious.
The Fayeite County Hirdl3 says
In this county the wheat has been badly dam.
aged by the bard freezes Of the wiuter and the Sc
we're weather Of last week. Ii may, however, dis
appoint the gloomy forebodngs Of our farmers,
and tosrablc crops yet be produced.
The Dayton JomHdt says, of the wheat
in the Miami Valley;
Mr. j. w Turner informs us that between this
city and Union, to Randolph township the wheat
crop has proved an almost entire failure. Many
farmers are blowing up their wheat AMI sowing
flax seed instead and others are breaking up the
wleat folds. intending to sow oats. or plant corn
in them. North OF Union, he SAYS the wheat looks
better, and will turn out pretty we'll The great
est injury to the wheat has been done within the
past three or four weeks, the weather having been
very unpfopitious. We have pretty nearly tho
same account of the crop from other sections Of the
Miami Valley. 1t is not likely that the crop has
entirely failed, but 10 will not, we feel sure make
more than half crop, and we will be dependent
upon other sections for our full allowance.
A correspondent, writing from Hamilton,
Ohio, to, the Cincinnati Gasette, says;
The wheat. and barley harvest will b, ftilure
in Butler County. Seed, bread and beer for our
selves is ell we can possibly expect from present
appearances. Il Thousands Of acres are being
plowsd mp for spring crops. Fruit prospects are
poor. Our farmers are very much behind with
their spring work.
From Highland County, Ohio, comes the
following report: j
Wheat has the appearances of being failure
having apparently been killed during the severe
winter. Peaches are generally supposed to be
killed Cherries ami apples aro not yet much in
jured. . '....
The pcach an cherry buds in MARSHALL town
ship are about all killed, aul as for the wheat it
never looked worse. In fact, some fields that
looked well nthe fall have but li.tle appearance
Of anylive wheat. F 3E
The Chicago 7tBme is in receipt of a
number Of letters from different parts of
the West concerning the fruit prospects.
From these we extract the following:
From Alma, Southern Illinois.
Concerning prospects of peaches in this locality,
would lepnrt them injured probably buds two
thirds killed think we my expect half orsp
on all but tender varieties, such as the UrawfOrls
Early York, etc. Rasberries, straw b.rries pears
and all kinds of other fruit cultivated in this see
ton, show good prospects OF an abundant crop.
," From Bloomington, Illiuoisl
1t will be a. bad year for fruit in this section.
Cherries. except early Richmonds, killed straw
berries injured by ice of currants AMI goosebar-
lies not mucp to be expected pears badly injured;
grapes, Catawbd, Delaware, Hartford, Prolific Is
abea, killed Coneords, not more than half n
crop. DO not alarm the people or they will quit
planting fruit. Such years will som5tim IS come
particularly if II miserable Tennessee tailor is
President. The devil could not give us worse
one.
From Vincennes, Indiana.
Our buddsl peaches were mostly killed, on the
might of the l4th of February. Owing TO The late
warm fall weather the buds were swollen more
than usual, and were killed by degree of cold
which, under bthor circumstances, they would
have resisted. On Seeding trees, in some locali-
ties, there will be considerable fruit Cherries are
considerably injured. Apples not seriuasIy.
Strawberries and other small fruits will be abun-
dant from present appearances.
[From South Bend Indiana.1
Layton blackberries, if not killed. are at least
on the list Of . badly wounded" We do not ex-
?ect paying crop from them. Apple buds have
no injury as yet. Our spring is very backward
indeed, and cold northeast winds prevailing. This
interferes materially with spring work. but will, if
it keeps Spring back till it is robbed Of tho usual
late frosts, give the largest crop of small fruits
we have ever had.
From st. Joseph, Michigan. -.i--
The extreme cold weather of February 18th and
10th injured peach crop very materially,
though on close examination an occasional perfect
bud is found. 1t is generally conceded that there
will not be much shipping of peaches this season.
The less hardy variety of grapes have suffered
also. Small fruits are not effected.
[From Willoughby, near Cleveland
Apple buds in this vicinity appear all right and
plenty of them. The cold weather of February
killed all the peaches, and learn that they are
generally killed tbrOuQlOut the lake shora ,cnuntry