Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-25
THE RUTLAND HEhALD
MONDAY, MAY %. 1871.
I'm. wheat Crop Prospects.

was StDtIhHJ
and vigorous growth the winter has bee
comparatively mild and uniform in ten
psrature; the freezing weather mainl
occurred in midwinter, and found tn
wheat plants protected by sufficien
covering of snow; the spring has beef
unusually early, and the growth of grail
advanced two TO four weeks beyond it
accustomed status. There is no State il
which winter killing is not exceptional
and in several it is almost entirely I'm
unknown. 1t may be that future I,port
will be less favorable; they certainly can
not be more fattering. Very little whea
is grown in New England, but the croI
promises at least an average yield. II
New York three countries report NOR.
winter killing than last year. The warn
autumn gave strong growth in western
New York, and though the covering o.
snow was light, the plants retained their
Vigor through the winter, and are in
more than medium condition. The coun.
ties reporting very good" are Tioga,
Wtstchester, Seneca, Steuben and Colum.
bia, while Jefferson estimates her area
"20 per cent. better than last spring"
Three fourths of the returns indicates
merely an average prospect.
Of fifteen counties reporting from New
Jersey, none present discouraging &C.
counts, but three limit the prospects to an
average, two estimate an advantage of 10
per cent, three of 20 per cent, and one of
IS, while others return the crop "better
than for years; ;" Cooking remarkably
we'll; )" and in Burlington one correspond
eut makes it the strongest and thickest
stand be has ever SEEN" Forty counties
in Pennsylvania send returns, of which
only two represent an inferior prospect,
and three-fourths report a more than
average luxuriance. Every report from
Delaware and Maryland is favorable in
comparison with those of last year. OF
thirty-six returns in Virginia, three are
less favorable than usual; II show great
improv. ment, and the remainder report a
medium appearance. North Carolina
makes 40 more favorable than usual; II
show great Improvement, and the remain.
der report medium appearance. North
Carolina makes AZ favorable returns,
while two declare winter grain "more
backward than usual" though in the lat
ter rye ~ fine. Three continues in South
h. IL
promising, but the other counties make
favorable reports. In Alabama, wheat is
generally good. A very small area was
sowu in Mississippi and Louisiana, but
what there is presents uniformly prom
i-iug appearance.
Several counties in Texas report great
injury from drouth, several that but little
was sown, but more that the prospect is
good. Not county in Illinois reports q
poor appearance of winter wheat or rye.
Ia Randolph it is olsimed to be "25 per
cent better than at the same date within
30 years ;" in Monroe and in Williamson
it "has not looked better in 80 years ;" in
Putnam a similar comparison is made for
period OF 20 years "never appeared
batter" in CASE, in Knox. or ia Madison
"has afforded pasture all winter" in Jer-
say "oue month earlier than last year" in
Clinton in fact, scarcely a county pre-
s-u'- moderate statement. All circum-
sNrces have favored the crop. OF SO
Counties in Indiana, none represent win
ter grain in poor condition, and but five
Indicate a mere average prospect, while
more than a third state the appearance of
such crops was never excelled at the same
season. In one-fourth of the number
represented no rye was sown. There is
some com plant of the ravages of the
Hesei4n fly in Hancock and Lucas, Ohio,
and in Lake county the promise is not as
good IA ususl in 26 counties a condition
above an average is reported in z the
winter grain looks better than for several
years, and in IA it "neyer looked better"
Very general returns from Michigan
represent winter grains in superior condi-
tion, II counties only giving an average
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In Wisconsin there was some injury in
the more northern counties from freezing,
6 reporting low condition, but the larger
number represents the crop better than
usual But 26 counties report winter
wheat. Very little winter grain is grown
in Minnesota. Five counties report
wheat looking well, and 2 make unfavor-
able returns. Less than a tenth of the
wheat of Iowa is the winter variety.
Only 2G counties report 1t all favorably.
In Kansas the returns from 81 counties
represent the range of condition of winter
grain from ''good" to "the finest known"
snd ian immense yield is expected"
Nebraska is a spriRg wheat region, but
the winter variety "looks well, what
there is of it." The reports from Califor-
MIA are more variable, but in the aggre-
gate promises a probable average yield.
The TREATY IN New BRUNSWICK