Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-12
MIDDLE VIRGINIA.

help all crops
MIDDLE VIRGINIA.
Harris Greek. Amherst--Ground still
hard. wheat threshing commenced; oats
harvest begun; poor crop; highland corn
not good; tobacco growing well consul
ering late setting; topping commenced
Irwin. Goochland-Corn tasselling ana
caring: oats crop very light.
Lovingston. NelsOn-Drought broken;
farmers laying by corn and working to-
bacco: poor yield of wheat; complaints
of chinch-bug; apple crop short.
brakes Branch, Chariotte-Growlhs
week; wheat yield poor; oats and grass
half a crop.
wheat crop short; tobacco looks very Wen
snring oats not yet harvested, but yield
will be Light.
Big Island. Bedford-Corn, tobacco, and
all growing crops have suffered from
drought; wheat much damaged by chinch-
bug.
Bases, Halifax-All crops growing fine
w: wheat yield poor, but quality good
oat crop fair; apple and peach crorj al
most failures; gardens good.
Crewe. Nottoway-CTops have all sur
fered from extremes of hot, cold. wet
and dry weather; plants generally small
with very hard appearance, especially
tobacco.
Rodes. Bedford-Corn growing rapidly
pastures fine; stock doing well; wheat
Weld poor: spring oats harvest com
menced; crop not good; tobacco coming
I'm top. growing rapidly, and doing We'll
San Marino. Dinwiddie-Wheat half
crop: pastures giving out growth OF To-
bacco irregular and stunted.
Sunny Side. Cumberland-Wheat yield
moderate; quality good; crops need rain
badly.
Gaines Cross Roads. Rappahannock-
Recent heavy rain greatly revived corn
oats, and pastures; wheat nearly all IN
stack; corn mostly laid by.
Winnie, Nottoway-Spring-sow oats
being cut tobacco growing finely; corn
doing well; fruit all falling off; pastures
good.
Orange. Orange-Wheat. half crop. OF
good quality; corn growing nicely; spring
oats about ready to cut
THE GREAT VALLEY.
Weyer's Cave, Augusta-Drought APP
pears broken.
Rileyvile. Page-Showers revived corn
pastures. and garden truck; wheat yield
fairly good; quality excellent; oats crop
very small; moderate apple crop; melons
look well.
Marion. Smythe-Too much rain for
work; wheat stacking and hay-making
interfered with; corn making too much
growth for an equivalent in seed; white
potatoes promising; pastures very good;
crop Of buckwheat sown; oats improved.
Daleville. BOtetourt-FavOrabl for all
growing crops; corn growing rapidly, tas-
selling. and shooting; work retarded
by wet weather; county record will be
broken in tomatoes.
Bluestone. Tazewell-Corn, oats. and
pastures growing rapidly; haying pro-
crossing finely; gardens good.
Catawba Roanoke-Wheat yield and.
quality good.
Corinth. Wythe-Wheat all cut. about
half put away. but some of it in very
bad condition; not much hay made yet
on account Of wet weather; corn and cab
bage doing we'll
DWale. Dickenson-Corn mostly laid by;
Irish potatoes good; no fruit.
Fueate's HILL Russell-Everything looks
well: fine season for corn; oats ripenlng
finely; pastures very good; cattle doing
well.
Grove Hin. Page--Half yield of wheat,
bur quality good; fine season for corn
and late potatoes; hay-making about COM
pleted
Iipscomb, Augusta--Wheat yield light,
but quality good; hay crop short, put
quality fair; corn we'll worked, needs
rain; vegetables drying up.
Tenth Legion. neat yleio
not much short, quality hrst class
corn very short hay good quality; yielc
about three fourths; potatoes going back
Centre Mills Montgomery-Good crop
OF hay; wheat nearly all stacked; corn
needs rain badly.
New River Pulaski-Good week for
wheat. oats. and hay; corn. gardens, anc
pastures suffer from drought.
Shawsville. Montgomery-Corn doing
well; about all laid by hay-making still
in progress. but TOO wet for that crop
no wheat threshing yet.
In the City Courts.
Mr.. S. It Kessler has Instituted suit II