Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-11

..ve been broken by the recent
t,s.bet: Chapman's, PERKINS,, Giles's'
Ts,msr's. Lockstt's, ellis, Gregory q
Claws. and Bridgeforth's badly dam
sosd. have also been informed thai
81, tho wooden bridges across Apo
mstox river, and large number oil
creek bridges have been washed away.
roftowaY.
WHEAT YIELD VERY FAIR; OATS
FINE: NOT HALF A CORN CROP ;
TOBACCO DAMAGED; MILL-DAMS
nRoKEN; BRIDGES LOST.
The whest crop is very coed. think
the Weld is generally considered very
fair. Since harvesting, however, great
deal Of it has been injured by the con-
slant rains. The growing crop Of oats
is considered unusually fine. have
heard a good many farmers say that
their crop Of oats is the finest they
have made for many years. or course,
the heavy rain of last Thursday night
destroyed the oat crop of great many
Of the farmers which was seeded on
bottom lands.
It is generally considered that there
will only be half corn crop made on
account of so much rain, which HIM
Gered the proper working Of 1t, and
great deal of it was destroyed totally
bv the rain Of Thursday night last.
That growing on Nottoway fiver aud
many of the creeks was swept away.
All of the mill-dams in this section
were broken. We have very large
uill-pond about half nile west OF this
place, upon which is situated Fltzger-
AIDS mill. This dam has stood the
storms of many years, but had TO sue
cumb to the freshet on last Thursday.
Most Of the important bridges. both on
Little Nottoway river and the large
creeks, were swept away. | have heard
of much damage to live stock also. |
heard of one farmer losing forty-odd
head of sheep. The oldest inhabitants
say that they have never before Wit
messed such flood in this section. 1t
is hard to approximate the damage done
throughout the county, but IL will
amount to many thousand dollars.
The tobacco crop has also been very
much damaged by the heavy rains
some washed up entirely, and some CO.
yered over with mud and sand. 1t is
hard to tell at this time how much the
Yield will be affected.
Our farmers are very blue over the
situation. They have scarcely had an
opportunity Of working their crops
since they were planted. However,
am hoping that the situation is not as
critical as some think. These things
are apt to be too highly colored.
brunswick.
LESS THAN HALF WHEAT CROP:
OATS AND CORN ALMOST ENTIRELY
DESTROYED; COTTON DAMAGED,
&C.
The wheat crop this year is one Of
the most Indifferent we have had for
wears. 1t was very late, and vas not
estimated to be more than half a crop
before the rains commenced. 1t Is nov
hard to say how much of the crop will
be saved.
The oat crop, which was the fiaest
made for years, is almost entirely de-
stroyed by the wet weather and the
high water in the streams.
It was thought a week or so $50 that
the com crop was a good one, and @as
growing very fast, but the freshets Of
Saturday and Sunday last almost de-
stroyed the crops on the Roanoke, Me-
herrin and ssNottoway rivers. The
water was higher than has been known
for years, and the damage was very
great.
The cotton crop is very materially
damaged by the wet weather, and 1t IS
thought that but little Of it will be
saved if the rainy season continues
many days. The tobacco crop has not
been very much injured as yo,. The
farmers a few weeks ago were very
much encouraged, but now the outlook
is very gloomy.
Penninston's bridge over the Me-
herrin and several bridges over the
Nottoway have been washed away,
and the expense Of rebuilding them
will be very heavy.
GrocnsylIlc.
[ CORN OUTLOOK BETTER THAN FOR
YEARS COTTON CROP FAIR, &c.
Our outlook for an abundant corn
crop is better than it has been for many
wears. The corn in the low-grouads,
however, has been damaged to some eX-
tent by the recent heavy freshet.
The cotton crop tour staple crop
has been materially injured by the con-
tinuous rains, but the farmers hope
even now to make fair crop with
favorable seasons.
Peanuts and whea! are not raised to
any extent with us. Some ofOur farm
ers are trying bright tobacco this year,
but don't know with what Success.
hear OF no damage to mills in this
county.
CALAMITOUS OCCURRENCES IN THIS
GRAND OLD COUNTY.
Sixty days ago the outlook vas
splendid, our farmers having so8ot an
unusually heavy crop of oats ard the
wheat locking promising, with plenty Of
tobacco-plants and an increased acreage
for corn. Not over orc half Of this
magnificent oat crop will be saved, and
this portion greatly damaged aud
blackened, and almost unfit for use ;
ard this is confined almost exclusively
| to the uplands, the lowgrouud crop on
the rivers and the creek fats being de-
stroyed.
Wheat was harvested, but is still o1t
in the fields mildewing and being great
ly damaged, while much of this has
been washed away.
Much of the highland corn has not
been worked at all, and the river and
creek-crops are destroyed. One gen
tleman on Dan river who, with a 5000
season, would have made $50 barrels
saws he will not be able to gather tive
of good corn if what is still standing
produces we'll. Gardens and water
melon patches have alike suffered, Wills
the damage done to the public roads il
fearful.
Tho tobacco cron il running uD, wher,