Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-09-16

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CnIcAoo, Sept. ., 1854.
Dear Sir: find The corn crop is very good
in Northern Indiana, fair in Ohio, and large
III Northern Illinois; and lam told much
the largest crOp ever grown IN Wisconsin
and Iowa. The receipts Of corn hero aver.
age over 100000 bushels week, and would
1 am told, be twice lha, quantity if The riv-
ers were moi so low. Mr.. 49,, Of this
city, informs me that there IRE not over one
million bushels in warehouse on the Illinois
liver. MIR. -, whom we met at the
St. Nicholas in your city, has 1000 in stope
and some $4,000 or 10000 OH tie way here
IRON Illinois river, which may account for
his ideas !of short crop. There are MIL
lions and millions Of year before last corn
in Insecurity yet, audi end TO last years
crop. There is old corn emoughtO latlen oil
the hugs in the country. .,4a,
oIs- Another correspondent Of The same
paper, writes in very different strain.-
Under dateof Louisville, KY, September q.
lie says: 's ~
The prospect here for tlp'ensuing crop
Of hcgs,in my opinion, looks more gloomy
,ha,ihefose the late rains, notwithstanding
he newspaper reports to the contrary,
am fully assured that in the hogieediug
counties within one huniredlmiles Of Lou
isyille there will not be half the last years.
crop in weight; in fact do not. believe it
will be slfinnumber, am! the weigh, will
be from thirty 10 City per cent. short Of last
season. This is no idea or Panic opinion.
but based on facts. The only sections OF
country tina, we will get good hogs from, OF
that our packers arenoSs turning their at.
ten,ionto, are the northern part Of Indiana
and Illinois They have purchased large
quantities Of corn in those sections and vii!
drive the hogs there aud feed them.
10 The ST. Louis Republican says: awe
elSarn from Minnesota, Wisconsin, thenOnh,
ernpurl Of Illinois, and much more than one
half Of Iowa, that the crops Of corn, rota.
toes, &C., never promised better returns fol
the labor o: the farmer. So it will be, as
we have before stated, in tho counties front.
ing Iowa on the Missouri. Added to tits.
there is much corn of las, years growth ye,
in the barn. We gave an instance of this
Yesterday inrreculations made at Lcxing-
ton; the Peru, ILL.,, Gazette the other day
spoke Of a large amount sill on hand in
that county: and there are towns on the
uPpctN Mississippi river where large amounts
osraa; corn may be purchased. People
should not be deceived by ctoakers. There
abundant supply Of grain for year to
come, and an Initiation Of prices ,predicle,!
on short crop everywhere, is iSsly to cp'
etpte toi,he prejudice Of sperulatorss%
GA correspondent Of the New York
Evening Post writes as fvlows
YILlow SPRINGS, September ., 1854.
There seems to inc danger of0yer.estilno
ting ,hr decrease Of the gain crop this sea,
ron. For forry-iive years have beer ialuII'
iul with corn growing, and can tecollrct nc
i,lStance Of auy great general falling of IN
the crop Of Indian corn ttusoL by drought
Frequently great alarm, as now, las beer
Sspullueu VI SIc"lly ftuuCtW ''"P i'"'" ll'''
cause. So fur as have seen or been III
formed, every comliell ploualied deer.plan
ted in good season, and kept under cuIliya
ton as long It's practicable in its growing
condition, promises II heavy yield. TBl
stulk has suffered much more than the car
Besides, corn made in u dry season is sound
or aud heavier than dNiius the wet season
ltis The cold wet season that in the mai&t
crop grieyously disapPoiu,sthe expectation
Of the tanner and planter
As.to The wheat crop, though destroyed Il
considerable sections il serms 10 me tina
The tine crorof Canada will balance ever
deficiency, or nearly SO, in the States TIN
damage BY Drought isalways over csina
ted. Youts, truly.
., w, S.