New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-10
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

Nec- York, Aug e.-Dry and dusty, with comparative
cool nights Illuminated by bright full moon with hot
sun through the day. the character of the weather here
From all directions hear complaints Of drouth and in
some counties in this State it is ITALY distressing. We
cattle in market every week that sent here just to
"get rid Of them" Our market is well supplied with
new hoy, Of very excellent quality which sells from
wagons at about dollar hundred The market is well
supplied with potatoes but there appears to be very
large proportion of small ones PROBABLY owing to the
want Of rain in the latter part Of their growth. Peaches
are poor, and hgbprced. We have not half
dozen baskets this year Of first quality They sell
ing from 81 25 70 s. q basket of fve-eghhs of bushe
The small kind retail at l2I 0ls3c quar-. Apples as
We, make bad show. We advise our country friends to
their crop carefully and they may depend upon good
sales here aext autumn and winter.
THr DRoUTH AT THE WEsT.-Indan Corn, we arc
sorry TO see by correspondence and exchanges will
fail to very large extent in Of the greatest
growing Counties of Indiana and Illinois The drouth is
beyond all precedent Perhaps such repre-
sentGons come from those who have not been familiar
with the western prares for twenty years. We have
seen the drouh bad in Northern Indiana and Northern
Illinois that traveller would have to pay more for wa
isrDg than feeding his horses. Ponds springs streams
aud wells dried up; the musk left the dredup marshes
and rambed about search Of water often entering houses
and making for the WATERFALL, trying to get into the
well or ciston The feed upon the prairics amo,t
worthless in September in winter. II the drouh had
occurred earlier no crop could have rpened and
bad this year in 1889, coming as it does so much
earlier the entire and poatoe crop will be- a. some
of the Central Illinois papers state they are, already
ruined And the the country is settled the oftenor
these killing drouths will
II time for the jewellers upon that rich soil to think of
iigationi and in many places this will have be ac-
complished by of artificial reservoirs and wind
mills.
The trouble OF such terrible drouth does fall alone
upon the summer crops and pasurage of the great herds
but in years of former drouh after the ground and small
streams pools frozen the difficulty of watering
cattle from deep wells has been very serious particularly
when the only upon farm is barely sufficient for
family
DRouTH IN JEFFERSON AND ST. LAWRENCE COUNTIES
One of reporters has just returned from elerson
and St. Lawrer Counties reports the drouth beyond
all the experience Of those suffering counties for two years
past where they have been nearly burnt up He learned
that selling at So and $40 each By persons
who could not keep them until winter, and had no posi-
BILE chance of keeping them TIL spring Hay is $40 to
$la tun in field and scarce at that
Tie Indiana Standard, Bedford Indiana August g.
SAYS that there has been those parts. at this ms
of the year great douth is scorchng up ycye
tson and drying the streams The grass and the corn
are literally drying in the sun, and if does not speed
lily to their assistance they will be beyond the hope
OF resuscaton. Our farmers have had fine weather bs.
ting % great heat for harvesting their grains and hsv
but they losing in their corn and pasture fields
than they have gained in their wheat their oats and their
hay.
Bedford in the White River Valley in the very heart
OF the richest corn region OF the State.
The Republic, Portage Wis Aug. l, actually COM
plains OF the weather being hot the thermometer ranging
90 1902.
From Lite Rock, ARKANSAS we have accounts of heat
and drouth, which have ruined some corn aud cotton
fields.
LiriNgsfos Co., Mich Aug. s-Farmers here are in
the midst of harvest Wheat was badly DESTROYED in
beyond precedent Potatoes and buckwheat will be great
Apples, pears and peaches very fine.
Flint, Mich Aug. 5.-Harvest is over all in good
order. Hay is light, other crops ali good.
MlraHkee, Aug 5.-We have had 80 much rain in this
State that fears have been entertained for the wheat in
shock and stalk; and l believe it has grown some but
not 80 badly anticipated. / hear of some fields
Of spring wheat lodged by the rains The crop the
whole viii be well cured and very large Pretty much
all the old wheat is of the s,orehousos and price
fixed for the The scarcity of help viii keep back
the crop. little barley and rye have been offered. The
weather delightful now and the farmers will be able to
cave the bulk Of their grain though good fields will
Be loet for want Of harvest hands.
Montreal, Aug. s.-The drouth in this province has
made light hay crop. The first twenty dsys of July
gave US no rain. Since that good deal of scky grain
has recovered. Our harvest you know is late often in
September Some patches Of grain viii be ct to cut next
week. Hsyipg general at the present time Early po-
tasoes. wstered by drou,h, sprouting. We have
good show Of turnips. The Thermometer has been up
ward Of 300 many days Butter and cheese will be
asd dear this fall hear Of grssshopsn being very bad