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June 2, 1831 in Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

Domestic News June 2, 1831

Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

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Crop Damage, Strange Weather, Heavy Frost, Hessian Fly, Wheat Fields Destroyed

Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia

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Strange weather and recent heavy frost have devastated crops in the county, with corn withering due to insufficient moisture, small grains ravaged by frost and Hessian fly, and some wheat fields completely destroyed, casting gloom over farmers' prospects.

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The Crops. - The strange weather which we have had for some days past has proven extremely disastrous to the vegetable kingdom. We are informed that in some parts of this county the growth of the corn cannot be observed at all - and some of it has withered and died, the moisture of the earth being incompetent to sustain it. - And the injury to the small grain occasioned by a heavy frost within a few days, in addition to the ravages of the Hessian fly, spreads a gloom and despondency over the prospects of the farmer, unparalleled in this section of the country. Some of the wheat fields have been completely destroyed. - Rock. Intel.

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Agriculture Weather Economic

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Crop Damage Strange Weather Heavy Frost Hessian Fly Wheat Fields Destroyed

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in some parts of this county the growth of the corn cannot be observed at all - and some of it has withered and died; injury to the small grain occasioned by a heavy frost within a few days, in addition to the ravages of the hessian fly; some of the wheat fields have been completely destroyed

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The strange weather which we have had for some days past has proven extremely disastrous to the vegetable kingdom. We are informed that in some parts of this county the growth of the corn cannot be observed at all - and some of it has withered and died, the moisture of the earth being incompetent to sustain it. - And the injury to the small grain occasioned by a heavy frost within a few days, in addition to the ravages of the Hessian fly, spreads a gloom and despondency over the prospects of the farmer, unparalleled in this section of the country.