The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-03
THE DROPS.


ises well. Unless early frost intervene
there will be a large yield.
in central and southern Ohio all of
the potatoes, except those planted late,
have been nearly destroyed by the rot.
In northern Ohio the drought has ruin
ed all of the potatoes except those
planted early.
-Flaxseed has proved a profitable
crop this year in many parts of Ohio,
the yield having been unusually large,
and the price, 81 per bushel, satisfacto-
ry TO farmers.
The Wisconsin wheat crop is not
turning out quite so well ms was ex
pGcted. Shipments of new wheat have
begun at Milwaukee,. ~.
Further reports from the crops in
Massachusetts and Maine, show that
the late rains have been very damaging
in those States.
"A new enemy to the potato is re-
ported by AN Eastern paper. This in
sect resembles IL snail, aud its head and
feet are black and the body yellowish.
II ciiugs to the underside OF the leaves
and feeds there. 1t is believed TO bethe
three-lived potato beetle, which is very
destructive.
Some OF the. farmers up the Con-
necIicut river have already begun to
cut the early pieces OF tobacco. The
crop was considerably damaged by the
late heavy rains.
The Monroe (Michigau) Commercial
says that in the neighborhood of Mon
roe farmers and gardeners have plant
ed within three years $1,000 vineS.-
Many of the vineyards are now bear
ing, and the yield both in quantity aud
quality, surpasses the expectations of
the most sanguine.
The new pOtatoe bug, which first
appeared in Colorado, has got as far
east us Illinois. The farmers of that
State and of Iowa have decided to give
up the raising of potatoes for some
years to come i'll consequence.
The Minnesota wheat crop has been
nearly all harvested, and has been Sc
cured in excellent condition.
In the central part of New Hamp-
shire there has been rain in abundance,
and the corn is not ripening, but il has
sustained no injury, and II few warm
days will put it ont of the way OF the
frost. The grass fields and pastures
look remarkably we'll. Potatoes are
beginning to rot in some places.
The wheat crop in the. section of
RappahannOck rivers will be about
one-fourth OF an average yield.
The advices from the cotton crop
received by the Savannah Republican
are, in the main, unsatisfactory.
The New Orleans Picdyune advises
the Louisiana planters to SOW winter
wheat. Thirty bushels TO the acre have
been made year after year on the Teche.
The Colorado Tribune learns that
the troops at Forts Reynolds and Lyon
are in good health; and that the grain
harvest is as abundant as ever 1t was
in Iowa, wheat and oats being secured
in fine order. la. .F.rlr H.l.s.4tsa
The Lyuchburg Pir0inidn says of
the crops in West Virginia: 1.-THE crop
of wheat, SO far as we could learn, was
excellent; though the yield is not all
that WAS expected from the 1uxuriant
growth of straw. The growing corn
crop gives promise OF magnificent re-
suit" s
The Mississippi TGlLdhatchidn says:
IAN immense corn crop is already
made in Tallahatchie county, and the
cotton crop, in a general way, presents
most encouraging prospect. Though
not yet out of the woods the prospect
is good for a splendid crop"
The Chicago Republican says: "There
can be no question but that the yield OF
cereals this year will prove the most
prolific, taken in the aggregate, that
has been produced in this country for
many years. Accounts from all sec
tions OF the country seem to agree on
this point; and, moreover, the yield is
of the most excellent quality. Not
only is the wheat crop heavy and good,
but the oats, rye and barley crops have
never been surpassed" % -f- -"A - g..
The Laurensville Is. C.) Herald
says: sit is most gratifying to hear the
cheering accounts of rain and the crops
from almost every part of our own and
the surrounding districts. Here and
there we hear of a small spot where
more rain would have been better, but
the prospect, generally, for an abun-
dant corn crop throughout this district
has not been better for years, while
cotton is growing finely.
The heavy rains of Wednesday and
Thursday, last week, did considerable
damage to the crops in the neighbor-
hood OF Savannah, Georgia.
"A very effective way of stopping
the ravages of the army worm has been
found in Louisiana. At one stage of
their career the worms web themselves
on the upper branches of the cotton
plant. While in this situation the plan
is to go through the fields with scissors
orshears in hand, cut OF the branch or
branches on which the cocOoned webs
are attached and burn them on the
spot, asaEs.' T'T
Lit is estimated that the hop crop in
Maine will be nearlyra n quarter better
than last year. Harvesting is now
going on.
The Lawrence Journal tells what
the farm. OF man living near that place
has yielded this year. He raised eighty
acres of corn, twenty acres of wheat,
and ten acres of potatoes. The corn
yielded eighty bushels, the wheat thirty
bus hels, and the potatoes three hun
dred and fifty bushels per acre. The
value of the entire crop, from one hum
dred and ten acres of land cultivated is
s., ,4S5-a handsome income for farmer.
1t should be borne in mind, however,
that the crops in Kansas are Unusually
good this year, and that, in all proba-
bility, the owner of the farm is an ex-
ceptionally good farmer.
THE following memorandum was
picked Hp by one of the editorial force
of the New York Express
skeleton skirt for wife; Godfrey's
cordial for baby; No.9 shoes for Ma
tilda: nursing bottle No. 2; a gallon of
whisky; pink saucer aud powder for
Miss Jones; one Testament; borrowed
of Smith Sl2; send for bread and beef