New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-26
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

- short visit In the interior of the State has con.
WINGED the prospects Of neither the cotton nor corn
crops are as hoursbiDg they last year this time
We and converscd with many planters both q, Macon
and Griffin who gave very gloomy accounts OF the cot
ton crops especially. The stand Is very irregular and
owing 10 The dr0uth in April the crop generays
very backward Some indeed, has not yet come up.
The rains OF which spoke in the early part Of the
e0nih, very partial and we arc crediDly informed
af in many places thc'e has been ram OF consequence
for two months The earth parched, and fields aud gar
dens are suffering severely for want Of rain We learn
also that the lice have made their appear and are do
ing much damage to crops already backward and unpro'
sing We make these statements in strict accordance
With facts collected from planters by ourselves, which are
corroboracd by experience, ~ FAR as we could
'u'ee y Savannah Republican, 2oth inst.
- The wheat fields in this county are in most prom
isng eondoD Svsry OF 5rss crops
someW bat in planting corn, but they have nearly all lin
shed. The fruit IS quite promising and bids i,r to b
abuudsDt lIIsgersto sn Nd Peoples Own, May p.
~ The wheat crop in Tennessee is said TO be very fin
and promising ia this section wheat looked better
with untoward accident TO the crop VIII be large one
LHuutsyile Ala Advocate, May i.
- Cherries without stones have bssn produced in
FraHce by the following method In the spring before the
circulation Of tie sap yOkng seedsg cherry tree is split
from The upper extremity down the fork Of its roots
then by Ct piece OF wood in the form Of spatUs
the pG Is carefully removed from the tree in such
ner as 10 avoid any sxcor4ton other injury knife is
used only for commencing the split Afterwards the two
sections brought together aud tied with wooden care
length If the cleft The sap reunses the separated
portions Of the tree anu two years afterwards cherries are
produced Il the usual appearance bat instead Of stones
there VIII only be small sos peiiick5
- The wheat fields in this section Of the country never
looked finer The long contousd rains seem 10 DO il no
injury, save perhaps fen fields upon bottom lands
Eiess ldichJ Repub-can, Nzy q.
T. The Chicago Daily TS5RHe, OF the 18th inst says
that ~ noon the DAY previous there sudden andve
change n the atmosphere which brought an over
coat into immediate requisitiOn About the same time az
exttacfinsry rise observed in the Lake There was
10 great Of wind at the time and the Lake was as
calm ss usual IL began, however 10 swell and aow pre-
cisey Like ocean tide, each rise occupying fully fifteen
twenty minutes then the Lake receded and rose again
TO higher point than before TIL the water ADO three
feet above the ordinary mark. Then followed, outside,
very heavy swe ard there every appearance that
the northern part OF the Lake had been visited with ire
nendoLs hurricane.
~ Lsnsngburgh Is TO be illuminated by gas So Gays
The Dsmoerot The gas works viii bel operation by ne
lsi june The site chosen for the location Of the gasworks
is opp0se Dale Furnace, 10 the northern part OF tho vi
ge The citizens Of that enterprsing town should nov
made srGaI gsmeBs co. the construction o. pubic wA.sT
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