New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-29
cROP PROSPECTS.

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-, MANY Of our business letters add post
on. .le crops in that vicinity. From these
sadour exchanges we are led 10 speak still encour-
olv II he prospect OF q good harvest. Upon sew
81 life excursions into the country noticed that
everything in this vicinity is growing uxurantiy'
wheat il about knee high, rank and dark green rye
!. heading out; corn is coming up; potatoes are big
enough b. begin to cultivate; grass bids fair TO reduee
a.. nTce If bav below $50 tun. The sround Is MOST
ard in GOOD condition. The weather Is Little 100
oool The farmer eoes afeld with wooden coat on
Emit i certainly promising. Virginia Strawberries
hero e- those who can afford TO eat them. From
Neu.Jersev they will begin 10 come next week some
xba, pleriifuHy The most surprising thing about
or nat we see is that farmers that live in sight OF
mi, CITY should SOW their land To wheat rye and oats
when hay sells for a dollar and half hundred and
garden vegetables are at the present exOrbitant price
Ten ncres in asparagus viii pay better than ten hun
dred in wheat and rye.
From all sections wo hear Of large increase IN the
number Of acres planted. The Rochester Union
speeks particularly upon this point in the Genesee
Valley. Every farmer exerting himself TO increase
his PRODUCTION. and nature is lending her aid:
IAN the more common kinds of fruit, except
,escbes promisc well The apple, pear, cherry ana
pum trees are literally laden with blossoms, and ep-
Ienr 10 be very healthy Peaches are not to be
took.d for. The destruction seems to have been com
,o,e Where the trees are not killed altogether they
sLow DO signs Of bearing We hear that in some In
s,,nces where the limbs well the trunks OF the
trte completely buried IN snow during The severe
cold weather, few blossoms are to be seen. But the
reach crop IN this vicinity may be called total failure,
and wo must look elsewhere for this delicious fruit
Elsewhere they will find it plenty. One remarkable
fact about peaches particularly at the West, is that
IN many cases doubcts and triplets come from one
blossom.
The Ed,nJurgh 1nd) Reeicw relates the most TO
usrkable case we have yet seen:
ave have been shown by Mr.. Noah Perry of this
Mace specimens Of peaches SIX and seven toyether,
which were from one blossom. Mr. i. says he mas
ersmined trees in several of the town and country
-cberds and found il 10 be a common occurrence.
Tbeljko has never been known about here before
In Iowa and Michigan the papers have been COM
rlspiug of a severe droutb, but The 81. L0ais In
ileenccr of May p chronicles fine rain apparently
vsry extensive The drouth has injured the Wheat,
but fe prospect of other crops is very good. Fruit
in those States has been injured by the frost.
Complaints begin TO reach us Of wheat insects de-
s.oying wheat in Michigan. The kalamazoo Ttte-
erepl of May % says that many pieces of wheat
that looked fine early in the Spring now almost
wholly destroyed; many also have been plowed up
In Grant County, Wisconsin, there is large
breadth of fax
At Milwaukee ii was reported late as the 18th
csiyey dry.
The Jolif 1l.l Democrat, May II, says:
"The weather, with the exception of the cold snap
oil week, has been warm and pleasant FOR the last
three weeks. Farmers nearly through with SOW
ing and planting. An unusual breadth Of corn aud
osn has been put in--full One-third more than last
year. Winter wheat looks well and promises fair
yield. < large crop may reasonably be anticipated
fruit was more less injured by the killing frost
Of last week. Peaches viii be total failure. The
apple yield cannot be over half crop
Parkcrs5arg, VA May 81, l555.-Tho crops in
this region look remarkably we'll If nothing unto
ward happens, even without another drop of rain,
though We have not suffered for want of it, wheat
viii come in splendidly. Flour is now $40 50 and
sl barrel and corn meal 81 10 bushel-prices
which our farmers dreamed of realizing in this
,ection of the Ohio Valley. They must come down Il
little after harvest.
Tile Cincinnati Price Current of May 90 says:
ain the South and also in Virginia aud Maryland
the drouih has been severe but in the Western States
The rains have been abundant. 80 far as the growth
Of the wheat and the quantity OF land sown IL con
cercd there Is nothing to be feared but the rust may
vet blast all hopes for good crop All other crops
are doing well. The corn IS growing most uxuriantly
and grass is also thriving rapidly. A much larger
amount than usual of corn and small grains has been
pated and every acre that the means of the farmer
can bring under cultivation is being used Tor the pro-
duetiou of some cereal which will literally repay in
kind"
The Charleston Courier May %, gives a note from
acnteman Just from Georgia, who says he has ex-
pored extensively the State of Georgia, and portions
oAabama and Tennessee that the crops of cotton and
com, although backward, had generally obtained a
GOOD stand and with seasonable rain will promise an
abundant Weld. The wheat crops in the upper coun-
ties OF Georgia are very good, and will be ready for
the sickle by the middle of June; indeed, one farmer
in the vicinity of Macon commenced harvesting his
vhea, crop on Friday last.
The following letters are not so encouraging;
PicSenssile, (Ala.) May II, 1s55.-Wc are now in
the midst OF a distressing drouth. The oat crop is
zone Corn two dollars per bushel, and hauling II
fOn the prar:es of NOxubce County, Miss. to Idsca-
oOsa and Jefferson Counties Ala IN the east, and 10
Alfalfa County, Miss, on the west lhe want OF
river will cause the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to DC
finished to Macon early next year. &c
Gonrales, fTcxas May = ls55.--Crops are suffering
for the want of RAIN but last evening we had hSht
sprnkling of rain, and there Is every ihulea'on
Of more Of the same sort. There Is more corn PiHVu
this season than formerly Cotton sun holds out
against tie drouth and, with an occasional shower,
will make fair crop. b. > H.
In Louisiana drouth has been aud the sugar
crop badly affected but the planters are putting IN
large crop of corn.
The Baltimore San of May "a says that rain has
fallen there AID greatly benefited crops. Some coun-
ties arc still suffering. In Dorchester County no rain
has fallen for six or eighth weeks to do any good
The Eoston Pa argus says;
There are still large quantities of last years wheat
slowed away in the barns Of some of our farmers.
We heard one man say he had 200 bushels stil on
hand Although wheat is az 80 a bushe they are