The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-05-02

WHRl1 AND FEUIT.-In relation to the |
prospects Of good crops Of wheat and fruit
the present year in the southern part Of Ir- !
diana and Illinois, the Evansville Enqarer
of March 29th saysi
"From all the information we have been
able to gather, we are gratifed in being
justified in stating that the prospects OF the
wheat crop in the southern part OF Indiana
and Illinois, are unprecedently faVoebie.
The severe dry winter, now drawing to a
close, has on some of the prairie lands
caused the grain to turn yellow, but has not
affected It in less exposed situations and the
injury to the prairie crops will soon be re-
paired by the return Of the general spring
weather we may now daily look for. A
much larger breadth of ground has been
sown with wheat this season, so that, with
favorable time from now till harvest, we
may safely look forward to coming year
of prosperity.
All the accounts we have gathered of the
prospects of the crop Of peaches and ap-
Piles also, give'us hopes of bouDtlful sup
ply of those fruits, as the frost has not, so
far as We have heard, occasioned any seri-
Gus injury to the trees" fA' i'e ale
MICHIGAN WHEAT CRoP.--Mr. Butts, one
of the editors of the Michigan Fdrnser, in-
forms the reporter of the Inquirer, In rela-
ton to the wheat crop in Southern Michi-
gan, that the present indications are favor
able-quite so. The freezings and thaw-
ings that the plant endured after the snow
left the ground, Pretty much destroyed the
leaf and created some alarm-but the few
warm days of late have revived the crop
SO much, that there can be but little grounds
for fearing failure, if no future causalties
occur. The backwardness of the sedson
may be rcckoned favorable circumstance
rather than dangerous to the vitality of the
wheat crop, or to the fruit crop either.
The Mt. Clemens Advocate speaking o.
the crops in Macomb Co. says:-"We have
every reason to believe the crops will be un
commonly large in this section the coming
harvest. We have made many Inquiries
of farmer sliving in different parts of the
county, about the wheat crop and all seen
pleased well with the prospects thus far"
We have seen within few days q mum
Der of gentlemen from different parts O
the state, and of Indiana who bear almos
unbroken evidence of the fine appearance,
of the young crop of wheat that is coming
- Gin. Eng.
THE CRops.-We are glad to learn from
the farmers round about, that the wheat croy
looks quite promising. The injury done b.
the weevil and the severe winter is mucl
less than at first Supposed Marshall Er
poander. .,
We are enabled to say, that thus far we
have heard the most favorable reports will
regard to the wheat crop. Our very lon1
and severe winter seemsto have acted favor
ably rather than otherwise, on wheat AM
grass. however, we may have draw bacl
yet in the shape of ought.-Jackso'
Patriot.
CRops IN CAss CoUNTY.-Justice Gag
of Dowagiac writes to the editor of tn
Michigan Farmer, date 22d inst, saying w
have had some heavy rains within a fev
days past. Previous to this it was hot an
: dry The fields begin to look green. Med
iterranean wheat looks fine Many piece
of other varieties have been injured by tn
fly, so as to be past recovery.