Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-31

by warm. sunny weather. are required
u In the Valley division light showers has
= been more frequent. and hence crops al
Z In somewhat better order.
Winter wheat has fallen or since la:
week. IL continues heading, but Is thi
s and short In stalk. Some damage Is b
Ing done by the Hessian fly and rust.
Winter oats are heading. The crop cor
! tinues light and thin, and has fallen Of
! since last report.
Spring oats need rain and warmer wea
ther. In portions OF the Valley division
where rains have been more frequent,
mas made some progress, but elsewher
II has fallen Off In condition.
Corn has generally good stands In al
mas been retarded by the cool. dry wea
tner, and some yellowing has resulted
win warmer weather and rains 1t vii
make rapid progress.
| Tobacco Transmitting was carried or
Dy many planters throughout the week
Like other crops IL has suffered from the
un1avorable weather and Is in need OF
warm rains and sunshine.
fotatoes are doing very well. Both
irish and sweet were nipped by frost, but
suffered no material injury
| TRUCK crops have made good growth.
shipments OF peas, cabbage, and straw
| 1ured by frost
Fruit prospects not as good as earlier
In the season.
| TIDEWATER VIRGINIA.
Dogue, King George-Copious rains and
nhsoraple weather are making up for pre-
| sious drought; wheat and grass improved;
complaining almost over. and cultiva-
young corn 800
C9hoke. King wlllam-wheat doing
we'll nay short; corn growing very slow
~ ana not looking well; Irish potatoes
promise "A good crop
Onancock. AccOmac-Nfghts too cold.
sonle frost reported; warm rains needed;
II rsf los .f..1.
everything backward
Jeffs. York-Crops suffering from
drought and cool nights: very little fruit.
nearly Yy an cropping on; potatoes medium:
Iuni. Isle OF Wight-The week too cool
Tor much progress in crops; peanuts rot
ting; good deal must be planted over.
lndika. Isle of Wight-Cool weather has
retarded growth; frost left its mark on
moons and sweet-potatoes peanuts com
ing up very poorly; corn yellow and not
growing.
CaIno. King Willlam-AII crops suffer
ing from dry, cool weather; farm work
Cumnor. King and Queen-Growth re-
tarded: winter apples almost all dropped
off: wheat, oats, and grass, though back
ward. show signs Of better yield; potatoes
Garysvl.e. Prince George-Bad week
for all crops; peanuts reported rotting in
the ground.
Merry Point, Lancaster-Land generally !
uIN tilOuRn 10 WOfk ana all crops DellS |
worked OUT pea crop gathered and ship |
ped; all other crops doing as well as could |
be expected under very cool weather.
MIDDLE VIRGINIA.
Coffee. Bedford-Hay crop will be rather |
short: wheat about normal: some tobacco |
set; plant-beds pretty good; ploughinS |
corn. not a very good stand; potatoes
good: no bugs.
Gaines Cross Roads, Rappahannock-
Complaining finished. cultivation begun:
complaint of cut-worm; pastures good |
and stock doing well; wheat heading out
rapidly.
Marysville, Campbel-Rain badly
needed to set tobaccO-plants and soften
and corn being worked out; oats much
improved; wheat maturing. but not full
crop: clover very good: pastures good
Stony Cross, Meck!enburg-We bad
for all crops; grass and oats poor: wheat
some tobacco planted, but not
loing well; gardens late.
rom drought; corn much damaged by
,ut-wOrms. tobacco pants doing very
we'll. nearly ready TO transplant; Irish
potatoes doing well; no bugs yet.
Edrdge's NIL. BuclSngham-Wheat,
,orn and clover doing well: very little to-
vegetables rather late.
Glendower. Albemarle-Wheat badly af- ,
ected by rust; earth very dry; gardens
Middieburg, Loudoun-Generally corn
70 well: spring-sown grasses bad stand.
Hume Fauquier-Cut-worm at work:
Whole fields rep.anted with corn; apples
San Marine, Dinwiddie-Wheat badly
amaged by rust: cold killing young
tobacco plants; gardens
ackward: oat crop limited in area, def
lent in quality.
'Orked: stand good; oats promise only
air crop; clover ready for cutting; not ,
heavy crop: prospect for wheat worst :
several years II,
e short; corn not looking well; oats
ackward: cattle I'm good condition.
Big Island. Bedford-Corn. oats. grass,
nd gardens retarded; tobaeco-p planting
cling pushed; corn being ploughed'
THE GREAT VALLEY. t.
Swords Creek, Russell-Wet week TIL (
Wednesday: corn planting nearly all
nished hut little cultivation; wheat con-
nues to do well, prospect or better crop
IAN last year.
salem Roanoke-Too cool for corn and
ardens; clover and grass very hnei
Catawba. Roanoke-Apples falling of; e
heat doing nicely; oats not doing WELL Il
)rn needing more sunshine. g.,
Dalevlle, Botetourt-TOO cool Tor corn; 81
heat and grass doing WELL apples fall G
IL off.
Elk Creek, Grayson-Corn up well and &c
BOD stand; wheat heading; oats grow II
q. d"
Etter. Wythe-Corn looking well; wheat m
Fading well but some thin ON ground;
uit crop heavy, except peaches; nay
good pastures fine.
New River. Pulaski-Wheat and grasses
ling well; too cool for corn; fruit crop
Try short.
Ceres. Bland-Early-sOwn wheat ferti-
ed looking WELL late-sown Killed by
te frosts; corn potatoes, ana grass -
,od: good prospect for fruit of all kinds III
pMale Observation-Disclosures slow; II