The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-07-20


Loss sf The Wheat Gs.os is InaIa.a sIG OA!o.
As the amount q! Wheat grown IN the
country las a very Important hearing upon
| prices, the following paragraphs nom i"d.'
ana and Ohio papers will be interesting 10
our farmers who are ROW nearly through
With their wheat harsesl- which, we may
add, is very good one. The news from
! Indiana and Ohio extensive " heat grow
! Ing states, indicates q material advance in
price, which We have reason 10 hope may
I be suytainrd. The surplus Ia ..,> state viii
be very large, and good price. " 10 add i'm.
mcasuEaGly 10 the wealth u cur poruIa-
/ ton:
! From vi alive ran learn from ous llimCTs
/ and olnc,s We doub, whether there VIII be
( sufficient WHEAT saved uom the present
crop for seed and 10 b,yad lhe producers
until another crop. Many have decided
not 20 attempt 10 save any, aHd have tufne"
| their stock into tG,ir wheat fields. The
| ucigLburng counties are net mach, if any
| better o.. - the following extracts from oar
exchanges show. Flour has risen lruu So
! 81 tn - 80, ana - IN doubtless be hGteg lie.
| The !ihcat CJop.-ln this Couu'y TIE
! " heat crop is almost IN cEtigc failure
| Hundreds o.. acres vii! uot be touched iy
( the reapsrs. And that harvest w..i not
Weld over talt an average crop. Mach O..
| it was cut down during the wet days Of last
week, and has become m'Iie"ed. The
prospect for shc1. cake is fat,eI.ug IN tbs
seciiou.-Shei5rrDt gazette.
Il
converting with farmers, that great portions,
( Of the wheat crop ~ the nrignboraood have
| been destroyed with rust. Some fields are
! hardly worth cutting, and Others SoGamag-
Cd as to yield bU! the Third Of osop.-L4-
| t1geie Journal.
CrJpS ia Franklin Coualy.-- Tie wheat
ia this county has been So severely affected
by the rust. that there wlll mOt be half q
crop realized. We have ccuycrSed with
farmers from various parts Of the coun'y,
and the injury j. represented TO BE- general,
in some cases Whole fields are not worth
harvesting. The cropiS very backward &C.,
/ BrOohrHe Democrat.
The CrODS.-Ne regret TO learn that the
prospect OF an abundant harvest liz this
county, has greatly diminished wilhin the
past ten days. Farmers from u,au portions
Of the country are complaining Of the de-
StruClon of their crops by an insect, IA some
cases said 20 be the weevil, and in other,
an insect hitherto unknown. EuNt i also
doing damage IN some quarters, but the
most serious injury i caused by Insects
Until recently the crops Of this section pre-.
secuted at unusually promising appcarauce,
bot we have lately heard farmers remark
that they dOnot look for more than one hall
Of an average yieiA.-TiHa D.. Idr.
The Wheat CyoD.-Vhe wheat in good
portion o! this county has been SO lady
injured By the rust aud other causes that Il
III no, average more than fourth or thiid
OF crop. Many farmers have found II not
worth cutting; and ate making the most Of
il BIZ opening the fields to their stock. Aud
Judging from the complaints that reach Us
through our exchanges from many other
portions of the state, the failure is general.
This must operate as serious drawback
upon those who depend upon this crop as
one Of the chief means for making " ends
meet,"- DdnuiHe Alr.
Terrible Destruction Of he IihcGt Crop
in Ohao.-The news pours IN upou us from
almost every quarter Of the state, Of the ter
rible destruction Of the wheat crop, by rust
and fly, (rcd weavl.) Thousands upon
thousands Of acres are not worth cutting.
whole fields remain untouched by svthe or
sickle. Our own wheatiS pretty fair crop,
and about toe only one we know Of in this
region Ono Salesman.