The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-08-13
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The Crops.


,nnsar,,,ce of the growing crop has
,nncL| improved. The weather,
,hosfh some of it excessively hot,
haS been dry, with a clear bracing
ar-peculiarly fitted to give plump.
aralthy growth to wheat. The past
week has been attended with show
ers and heat together but most of
the wheat, except in this immediate
neielborhood, was already ont of
the way of rust; and where it was
sufficiently late for that catastrophe.
its. previous healtlful gro"th is a
good preventive.
UHconsia has turned out an en-
trordinarv crop. The Fond du Lac
Journal says:
"NIany of the farmers in this vi
cinity have commenced harvesting
their wheat, and the crop Xceeds all
former calculation. Many of the
farmers with whom we have CONVEX
sed, estimate their yield Of winter
wheat to average about 40 bushels
per acre"
OF the States of Iowa, Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana and Michigan, we
have no occasion to change .Eateri-
ally the opinion expressed last
month. The winter wheat, though
of different stages Of forwardness in
the same fields, owing to winter
killing, is described as remarkably
fine in growth and quality. The
heads are very long, and the berry
plump.
There will not in all probability
be more than a third of the usual
crop of winter wheat in the States
of Illinois and Indiana but in the
north of Illinois this deficiency will,
so far as we can Judge, be made up
of spring wheat. In Middle and
Southern Illinois the deficiency will
be remedicd by corn and other
crops.
Accounts of crops in Ohio and
Pennsylvania lead to the conclusion
that there will, on the whole, be
near an average of wheat. and of
other crops the prospects were new
er better.
The Southern and Middle States
give very encouraging accounts, as
do also the Eastern.
Looking over the whole ground,
we are inclined to modify our former
opinion somewhat and we now in
cline to the belief that, taking the
whole Union together, there will be
crop OF wheat fully equal TO that
of 1916.
In forming this opinion, it is not
forgotten that the area sown is great
CT than before. 1t is also tie case
that in years OF partial failure like
this, the yield is always better than
the estimate ;.whilc, when there is .
general expectation of full crop,
the yield is always below it.
OF crops other than wheat, the
promise was never better for album
dance.
The season throughout has been
favorable TO grass, and potatoes /;
and for month back corn could .
have nothing further to ask.
We hear nothing yet of the potato
though it is yet early to ev-
pcct its extending appearance. We
shall now look for its gradual extinc-
ton in all those places where it has
been felt, and shall expect to see
the potato in favor again, equal TO
that formerly enjoyed.
On the whole, the famine need .
hardly be expected among It's this
year.
Although there has been a re-ac-
ton in prices since our last, we ad- /
here to the opinion then expressed, /
that produce must command rcmun- .
Grating rates for year or more to
come. Atpresent the expectation
is strong ola full harvest in Europe /;
and though this should be the case,
there will still be an opening for a
considerable quantity of produce
from this country. This, with other
causes, must keep up the prices at
paying rates. There is, however,
some difference of opinion as to
what paying rates are. Most per-
sons think rs cents in this city for
wheat will do very well; but we
learn that some has been kept back
for II 90 in the country.-Prairie
Far"'erjor august
SdH for Hyy-IIay may be often