New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-14

MtaHora H. Aug. We have had a shower in
woodord County and think it worth special dispatch
for your crop items The drouh has been awful in this
State This little rain will do some good, but we need
great deal more.
Ya,e. County, N. VI Aug. 1T is the opinion of
some farmers that there has been 5neouth enough
hay saved in this County winter the stock, and many
have commenced selling their cattle for what they can get
The drouth has done vast amount OF damage Hay Is
not TO Be had unless 20 off where is more plenty
than in Ystes.
R,plev (OJ Be Aug. 5-The drouih in this region, eS-
ANYTHING of the kind ever experienced since e se
OF the country. Corn tobacco potatoes and yege
tables generally burning up. Fields of corn which,
month ago, presented fine appearance and promised
well! W n no, Yield One-half and some OF them not one
fourth TIE usual crop Late potatoes dead-tobacco
il very small and growing none. In some parts oil the
county the crops have suffered so severy but unless
il rains abuIdeny very s0ou the crops throughout the
county will fail below half the usual product.
Old Church, Han0rer Co, Va Aug. lo-The drouth
we have suffered is all that farmers have to contend
with this season. We have had hail storm that has
done immense damage in this and adjoining counties.
Some OF the Jumps of ice four or five inches around
The hail lay in piles next morning. Great damage has
been done TO corn and tobacco and trees aud fences
blown down.
Spo,s,irania va Aug. s.-we had fine shower here
Yesterday, but it will not save many fields of the
drouth has been The shower something else
has cooled the heat very decidedly.
Delarore Co. IN. " Aug s.-The drouth since May,
in this county, has been destructive TO farmers prospects
In Green Co it is no better noticed last week that
farmers had turned their into oat fields the pastures
were all dried up
SclOharie IN. " Aug 9.-The drouth in this county
has not been as bad a. in others, have had
the benefit of rains lately which have revived the pas
lures buckwheat late oats and will do good to the corn
and potatoes
MaeLias, Me- Aug. 9.-Hay is unusually good and
well saved here and believe generally through the State
but other crops need rain. But little wheat is grown in
this State don't know why, unless it is on account oil
the wheat nudge.
We suppose the following crop item will be interest
ing, and copy it as find it in The HoHaHder
published OF Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan. 1t IL
dated Donderdag, Augustus, 1884 and reads thus:
DE -four te Grand Rapids den den 26sten H., 80 30
per barrel De ncuwe aardappeen werden her eergste-
SGT cent het bushel verkOcht dat is tegei he
Ned mud berekeDd ongeveer 3. Opmerkeluk ID het,
dat de burgers her zulk pTs MET mayer EN- de
boeren tameijk rjk worden.
We fear that Grand Rapids is hard place, to take ad
vantage of the good old burghers of Holland.
The QUAIL CROP or EURoPE.-A dealer in Lonlcn re-
ceiyed 900 live quals at consignment. They were
caught in the wild districts of Calabria and shipped from
Naples to Liverpool and from there by cars on the rail-
way These birds bring high prices in scarce seasons at
London and they very plenty the shores OF the
Mediterranean, the business pays. SO it would they
were trspped in Indiana Illinois and Iowa. and sent in
cages to this City Prairie hens might also be sent alive
as they are easily caught in winter.