New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-01
TIE CRors. GENERALLY.

During the month just closed we have travcrsed in
various directions the large and productive reg on
bounded by tie It Lawrence on the North and the
Ohio on the South and stretching from the Green
Mounia aims on the East to the Cuyahoga the West
II addition TO the observations thus made, We have
conyeTsed with many in ehgent travellers from nearly
al parts Of the country and received letter. giving
some accouut Of the Of the Crops ia almost every
psrt Of the Union From the inform ,con thus obtain
"a, We sum up he general sa,e aud prospects of this
year. Harvest as follows:
Hbsai vas considerably injured by the Fly ana he
Wetsil. but not so serousya was q, l,st supposed
Toe crop is fair average.
RE came a well, bat was not extensively som IL
Iardy fails
Grass and Hoy sre short in the ayesage-Ee think
mol over tire, ourths Of an average yield throughout
the Unon. Ii vas very generally injured by droutb
aud by grassloppers ana later growth 80 hasrned
by ne intense hest u at very much OF IL suffers by
s'auoiIg in the field after it should have been cut
There much yet out which VIII not be worth nearly
80 much as il would have been il cur fortnight az,
/, IS very shor. in he great Grazing states of tae
West
Iadon Com was quite extensively planted auj about
ha.f If 81 we have seen bears a good color though
often shortened by drouh Abou, quarter Of au ve
have seen very mscrable and cannot yield ten bush
os 20 tie acre-nuch lot 1--WE The reCa Mug quarter
is rather worse than mddlpe There is time yc- go-
mlrovtmenr, if rams are feqaelt and lros hold off,
lu, the probab nos is that the yield per acre viii
Pc below Al average II so;Fofk must be higher. In
the South Goa is great stse. and there viii not be
hal' crop thsyesr
Po'atsss cover a great deal Of sround-ve think more
than usual. buG he prospects for yied not bright
They have widely suffered from drourh and the vines
are generally less luxurian, than they should be- We
hear repors ha, tie dreaded Ro has inside ts appear
srce in Wesrclester County. where rain has been
sburdant We believe the average yield viii be small
though many fields look well
Oa's are a failure There ~as great brea5,h s1Fl.
but tie severe drourh of Juy hs tuu-ei them that
hey are short and look badly Even in Wes,ches,er,
where here hss been rain enough, they look hin and
feeble result attributed TO tie intense heats oiJ
We did not see a dozen really good 6eids in re las,
thousand miles Ee travelled There viii not be over
hall crop.
Sosrtd Corn for fudder) is doing fairly.
BucIslsdf is seen in al sages-some fields IN he
blossom others hardly out Of the ground The earliest
,oun general, short les ,oo soon % sasik IS 20
eh.es.
Roots other than Potatoes are not extensively soEn
OF are not yet no The shortness Of the Grass crop
ought to have induced very general sosng Of rar-
nps and Indian Corn to exc out the deficiency Of Hay
but We do lot learn that it has done SO.
Our general conclusion is that Grain viii rule high
and probably advance during the next nine months,
carrying Pork along With it, and that Cattle and Beef
will be cheaper in the fall Sheep cannot well be dear.
er. But August may materially change all this. So
much depends on the ulncss deficiency of the Har.
vest that we will thank our friends ia every quarter n
advise US early Of anything that may occur affecting II
il their respective Eeiehbortoods and to be careful 20