Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-09
Remarks of Correspondents.
Underwater VIRGINIA..

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Booker-R. +. Moss: Bad stand of cot
ton. corn. and peanuts Weather con-
tinues cool for crops. oats, as rule,
very poor.
Dlsputanta-O. s. Williams: 1t is diff
cult to set stands OF corn owing TO dry.
cool weather, and cut-worms. Winter
oats headed and looking as well or bet
ter than other crops. Wheat not promising
az II was ten days ago.
Sunbeam-W. III. Daughtry. With warm
weather all crops have improved very
much during the past week.
Onancock-J c. Weaver: Corn very
backward. Potato-bugs eating apples and
grapes. Oats and potatoes suffering for
rains.
San Marine: DIR. f. C. POWELL The con-
tinued dry weather is telling on crops OF
all kinds. About three quarters Of u to-
bacco stand.
Toano-O. F. Taylor: Some crops of corn
look finely, and corn doing well con-
sidering. Irish potatoes doing well, but
sweet not 50 well. as many plants failed
TO live after being put out.
MIDDLE VIRGINIA.
Fredericksburg G. Howison: Crops
doing we'll Corn well worked, and should
now grow fast.
spoke-W. b. Eanes: Wheat and oats
looking fine. Tobacco about all planted.
Wire and cutworms very destructive.
Louisa-G. ID. NJ. Hunter: Crops gene
rally looking well. Wheat and oats do
ing fine. Has been too cool for tobacco.
Moseley's Junction-E. A. Moseley, Jr.:
Crops improved some during the past
week. Wheat and winter oats looking
well.
Spanish Oaks-J. r. Horsley: Poor
stand OF tobacco so far.
Clover-W. G.. Morton: Corn and to-
bacco are reported a bad stand. The
crop of tobacco will be replanted to-day
and good stand may be secured.
Vienna-W. A Sherman Grain and
grass prospect good wherever there is a
stand. Peaches dropping to some extent
Apples holding on fairly well
Elba-T. c. Greasy: Farmers about
through planting tobacco. Complaint of
cut-worms and fiea-bugs. Cutting clover
about completed-crop medium.
Abbyville-E. p. Mclean: Warmer
weather has promoted growth and crops
generally are looking well. Some fields
are beginning to look ready for harvest.
East Leake-R. a. Siddons: Weather
seasonable and crops generally doing
well. Wheat ripening.
Orange-R. c. Macon. Corn and grass
improving. Gardens good.
Buckingham-W. Il. Pratt: Crops all
growing very fast. Wheat harvest COM
menced I'm good earnest; good yield of
wheat. Large crop Of tobacco being
planted. Grass is being cut. Potato crop
looks well.
Big Island-J. Il. Cox: Wheat promis-
ing. Grasses late. All crops will now so
forward.
THE GREAT VALLEY.
Rileyville-Professor w. J. Wood: Vege-
tatiOn and pastures greatly improved
over the past week. Dat crop short.
Wheat coloring. Corn small I'm growth
for this time Of year. Apple crop
failure.
Buffalo Gap-W. ]. Keller: First part of
week very dry for corn. oats. and grass;
oats very short vet. Wheat looks very
well. and doing fine.
Salem-W II. Ruthrauff: Corn, grass
and oats are backward. Probably much
clover sown this spring has persisted
Corn about gone over the second time.
Dwale--F. NJ. Beverly: Corn il being
worked, but Is very small The con-
tinued drought has damaged grass TO
considerable extent.
Marion-John s. Apperson: Corn Is not
growing well. Oat crop not promising,
Wheat grass. and pastures about tine
average. Gardens needing warmer wea-
Their.
Dale Enterprise. j. Heatwole: Wheat
falling down i'm places since, the recent
rains. Barley turning a shade towards
ripening. Corn growing rapidly in places
but injured somewhat by worms.
Saddle-M. b. Cox: Prospect for wheat
good. Corn small Oats improving.
Hillsville-C. Alderman. Oats and young
grass doing no good. Apples dropping off
Il. ~ EVANS,
Section Director, Richmond, Va.