The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-07-03
TIEE CROPS.


favorable or securing t,e crops. We learn thai
most Of lae late sown winter wheat has been ma
,erially injured by the russ, aud hat the earl,
so~n will produce heavy crop.
DyloX will he found such Information as we
can gather, oi the Condition If the crops in Other
sections,
The Rlchm'a Enquirer Of the 18Th ult. SAYS;
II; CfoP,.-ror the Last week We have had
.ncessaat rains, aad damp, gloomy weather. We
iesrei 10 hear, lsat in This ,.e.ni,y, the wheat
vror has hccn severely inj1rej the ears sproul.
ing "a The er'"ing stalk. The fruit, too, such
as grapes, &c has suffered very much. The
ter brief visit to lower James River. The
weather has been uninterrupleiy bad Cor The
last ~;'k-but yesterday morning the wind
changed, and the day was quite bright. On
Sunday NC rode over two large estates on James
Raer about 1j miles b,l'w Richmond, and
we're glad To see 50 little mi.rh,f done by the
rain. Gul liil'e rust has made its appearance,
AID there is prospect Of rich harvest. The
corn fields were remarkably luEuriant Many
nf the estates on lower James River have either
concluded or commenced their harvcsis. Others
wcre To begin Yesterday.
LacuSis.-Myriads of these insecis extend 80
OF 70 miles north and south, in Tennessee. A
writer in the Memphis Eagle INDUCES in no APP
prchension OF injury to the crops.
Nhem HUr,J.-In some parts Of PasQuoiank
county. North Carolina the cutting of the v heat
crop has been already commenced. with the
promise of an abunlin, yield. In the lover
James River region of Virginia, the wheat har.
vest has also commenced.
The l.ynchburgh and Tincasilc (Va) papers
compllin Of extensive damage to the growing
wheat in those ,icinitic-, by rus, as well as the
fy. Rye, they say Is already destroyed. In the
country a, large, there will he superabundant
crops, and SO Ear as present appearances inlicalc
the qualiiy will be excellent.
Jana Eins--The Southern country, from
Richmond To Savannah, was watered with re-
fresLirg ond cnrious rains. The ingaihering OF
/ he harvest, rlen,eous beyond precedent, may
have brcn neasural ly impeded thereby, hut in
/ the maiu i, was a timely anl welcome dspen-
saliJn.
I he Montreal Herald of June 10Th says -
" An unusual qulp'ity OF 'lln has fden within
The last three weeks, which, under The influence
of the summer sun, is now clothing the fields
aud woods With the most luxuiiant verlure The
hay crop promises to be',ery heavy, and we Dc
not hear Of the rain having, in any respect in.
iurod the young wheat in this neshbirhood
The potatoes in dry soils, are looking healthy
mi Furnishing; but We fear that the rain ha'
injuriously all ciel those planted in ow-ying
wet lard,. Ga the whole, however, the prospects
of plentiful and early harvest are encouraging,
The Philadelphia North American says" A
number Of fIrnars in the vicinity Of the city have
} commenced moving their crops Of grass. Th'
/ yield ID unusually abundant, but the prevalence,
Of wet weather has been uuiavor4hle COT dry IN,
; aud hauling the hay
The Monmouth, (N. j. Enquirer says -
The farmers in this vicinity, give Us tie crafty
o NJ assurance tina, the prospcc, Of an ahundan
: harvest has never been morc lauerjns at hi
i seusea Of the year. Vegetation generally has
: fine appearance. Fruit of all kinds will be plen
, ,'ful. The grass crop will be exceedingly large
The Ohio Cul,ivator soys -" The Locus,
u haze appeared in Ohio in immense numbers, il
= the counties Of Muskingum and Coshcc,on an
. tie eastern portions OF Knox aud Licking. o.
, the national road, their western limit, We found
= was mile or two this side OF HctTon; they ais
c disappear few miles this side of Granville :
G none being found in this (Franklin) county
1 They began to appear about the 20lh Of MAY
and continued 10 increase for a week or ten day
Swine, poultry, and some kinds Of birds, hav
fcas,ed beautifully on them, but without mucI
apparcn. effect in lessenng their numbers. The,
, have not ye, commenced deposilcg their eggs
bu, may lie expected to do SO in week or two
when the Effects il soon he visible On the vOunI
branches OF trees in orchards and forests CAUSING
" The leaves thereon to turn brown, and the tNis
to break IF by the winds. We find many farm
crs an Others lahoTiny under the mistaken ap
pr,htrsion that lhlse inscc,s vii! deyaslsle lhei
garlsrs and orchaIds by eating up the foliage =
but this, Us we often have stated is a mistake
They d. not cat anything a, all during their hre
existence in the winged s,ate--their life beinl
sustained by the abundance Of fatty juices which
lhry conion when rising from the earth. Th
mischief they do is only in punciuring tn
. branches OF trees for deposiling their eggs; bu
this is often very injurious, especially to frui
: trees"
The QainCy (IL) Wing, Of June 81, says -
T q" We notice that several of our farmers hav
commenced cutting their wheat. BY the end O
ibis week, it is probable tina, large share of tn
Nhrat crop will ho secured in this county. Tn
vivid is fully up to The expectation Of the iarme'
aud all he requires nlw, is a fair price for hi
urain--wEich comman Is little better price thn
fn week OF two past. The market price
20 cents
Vcly POHie.--In Richmond, the hotel keeper
send round bowls Of hot turtle soup anu chicke
freas, with napkins, &c, to the Editors rooms
They Oosa''O maho fortunes.
The weather is now oppressiveIy warm
politics rather warmer, hut some Of the coudi
nntas bays , ,noI shnwpr.hnth in urospect nbou