The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-28
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Aoqlsac>sP9Sssesis e.ssi 1yiei.
No Meat, No k0lAt 0eSs No Bread,
IHs Csals $50 ,Neyemhee APpreaehr
Eondon our.npouasuss N. Y. Hrsld.l
There car, b., no. doubt that, many
people 10 this country look forward 10
the approaching winter with the very
grateet sDpSS hensions. People 10
AiiericaSca have scmeideA, but prob
ably not ~ adequate one. of the de.
rangemeut l~hicks has been produced
here by the .dispntes in the various
tfsdes: FRS, btAe building operations
of ,tRiis city hsye been stahding idle tor
weeks at the moment fine weather and
long days offered the greatest facilities
for building. In the country the agri-
cultural lsberer,hssmade up his mind
that be 1sha1i no longer be satisAed With
wages that barely paw him ss much a.
can keep BODY and soul together, and
the i6elds have been lying idle at the
momeat when agricultural operations
should be in their fullest swing
Side by side With tbiss'ate ofthings, We
have smother evil OF terrible magnitude
namely, the failure OF the potato crop.
That this failure is vide spread, not
only il, England but also 10 Ireland
and Scotland, there can no longer be
the slightest doubt, On the 10Th Of
this month find It etsted that in sew
eral pats Of Csilh cess The disease has
made its appearance TO such An extent
a. to excite fears Tor the whole crop.
"Eatire fields are already affected" 90
the anne day another letter states that
the disease bss appeared id many pars
of d ottiughsmshire, especially in the
north. "The potato crop" it lie said,
gave much hope of being one OF the
best known, but within the last fort.
night the potato heritage has shown
proof Of disease, which, upon examina.
lion, has been confirmed. A great
many potatoes are affected, aud the
maj lady seems daily growing worse.
The holders OF large plots are much
copeerued."
On the 10th Mr.. J. Algsrnon Clarke,
the editor Of 8 leading agricultural
weekly, wrote: 1--WE. are threatened
With an CELEBRATION of the potato crop
--at any rate as far ss this year is con-
cerued. Yesterday I carefully exam
iued q number of fields in the potato
growing district around Long Sutton.
in Lincolnshire, and found that already
three-fourths of the tubers 10y weight
are diseased, while the mischief is still
in active progress. The testimony OF
many growers 10 the neighborhood is
that scarceiy any sound potatoes can De
discovered throughout whole fields, and
the general anxiety is to know, not what
may he the probable smountof'wafe for
the market, but whether enough pro-,
duce will be forthcoming as seed for
next year. have not the slightest
doubt that the same condition OF the
crop prevails over the entire tract OF
potato country between Boston and
Wisbeach, and that the yield. if any
thing at all, can be little more than q
return OF the seed planted.
The Consideration among the farm
era, who p.y high rents and apply to
their laod very large quantities OF. arti
fl ;ial manure, may be imagined, seeing
that the loss Gao scarcely be under els
or perhaps EGO per acre. Disease ap.
pears to have smitten the crop 10 all
parts o. the Kipgdom audi it is desir-
able that accurate reports as to the
present etate of the tuber should be
forthcoming from Fire, Forar, Perth,
Ross. Lsnsrk. Cumberland, Lancashire,
Cheshire. Yorkshire, Falconshire, Cam
bridgeshire, Essex, Staffordshire, Kent,
Somerset and Devopshlre counties,
growing the greatest acreage in Great
Britain, and also from all the provinces
of Ireland. For if the salsble produce
of Zoe entire, popsto crop OF the British
Isles is all but DESTROYED, the lose means
something like l,640.00u acres (besides
ysrdens), at cay four and halt tons
per acre, amounting to 1856 600. which
az f5 per ton comes to- $29 10000, or
the value of 100000 quarters OF
wheat !
Again, We are threatened with rise in
bread; Tor bakers are expected ina lew
dsys to. 20 ont ON . strike. What
s,aie London will be in when all the
bakers chops are closed-London,
where scarcely q sbopkeeper knows
how to make her own bread. Dear