New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-06
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

"duced every pcuy tnat o"ns Vot VI 'ou" W P
1T this Spring. Apple trees in this section are all
covered with blossoms. The prospect for fruit Is
Unusually datiering."
The Herald of Newburyport, Mass, gives the tol-
lowing list of PRICES of food, May %:
INN .te.S sse fosk-RossiDg pieces eod
r. y5H.d sSAiMs Metres ~ 0'S rs 1iii Sc b
H,Ns I9dlic q n. TURKEYS 4 q 10 CHekkAs I'0zoc-
assc. cHrssE Isdisc = u. Eses Isc 2 dozen, FIsH-
HsiiIut 7c. cod, .la1c.i lobstsrs id5c r. PorsToss
frIs = br.h' 81 GsFiKaGus Ice. p bunch FLOUR $l4
barrel. 80
TIE Pittsburgh Chronicle predicts the price of -four
after harvest at &C..
Montgomery, ALA May es.-The general opinion
here is tho, prospects OF good crop in this State
are fair notwithstanding the drouth in some sections.
In some parts OF the State however, until crops grow
there will be suffering for food among the poor class
Of inhabitants which abound in oil the southern States
They are naturally mprovitent, and dependent upon
large planters for corn when their own runs OUT ana
this year. owing to the drouth last summer, there no
corn for sale and It is difficult to how such people
are to live.
Chattanooga, Tenn May 95.-Wheat Is nearly
rre and good in this section. Corn needs rain. Oats
will be very short. 1t has been very dry spring.
GreensJoro', n. CT May Give have abundant
rains and blessed prospects for farmers
DansriRe N. Y. May 2e.-There never has been so
creat breadth of ground planted as this season.
Buoks PENN May 81 II was uucommonly dry
here during the rns month but since the present one
came in We have had moderate rams about every
week and although they have been cold ones yet veg
citation has been kept III growing CONDITION. vi uhe
carly erssfes Clover will be extraordinary light
crop. Later kinds such as Iimothy seem TO De wen
set and promising. Wheat, some helds on COCA iaFms
which had been lu IN well, look hse inahlng u CROP
f.,.a. ..atl
rrou,ous The effects of the Hcssian fly Is becoming
mole and more conspicuous and IN the middle ana low
er sections OF our, county there Will probably De
considerably less than an average crop Inc weather
has been too DRY and TOO cod, entirely So Tor Indian
Com. IL was q long time III getting up ana what
shows above ground has been muchlnur by worms.
Il seems quite III favorable fOri IN to beginnings how
il will cone out remains TO be seen. In DolaWaTc
Sta.e great many farmers have been under the nc
cessv Of planting their fields again the second
time. tie first planting having been wholly DESTROYED
by tie ~orns. mona " Amin
THE tlermomotrical error spoken Of by our CORE
spondontwas of those typographical ones that viii
happen in spite Of all care. We certainly did no,
mean to say that the thermometer at Galena was
" 800 below o. in May.
The WHEAT CnoP Is MrcHIGAs.-A letter from
Kalamazoo, May 25 printed in The Desr0" Demo
crat, says:
"CroIs of an kinds, save only wheat ore full of
hone and prouie Eariy sOwei oats look wcl corn
il forcing is way toward the light. The papers for
several weeks past have gwen assurance Oh an aonnd
ant wheat crop III prospect W q have arlenty hopei
that il might be even and that this vicinity might
lie tle only exception; but alas more distant CONF
Tainircs assurc that we are not the only wneat-
growers who will have to buy bread ard seed for the
next season. hat tie insect left last ia tne winter
well nigh Killed and what passed through both ordeals
is row at tie mercy OF he insect again THIS SPRING anu
from Ircfent prospects Trey Will finish their WORK iu.s
time. Many wheat fields have been plowed anu
ohio ernY a
sLurdart crop except where the severity oil lnter as
Eied the reach Good horses are worth 200 to $40.
oxen bring Slo0 TO $50 per team cows $50 to $40.
SLeep can lie had for less than their wnterng has cost
;Sfrrgis. Mich May 20, ls55.-Wheat is being all
destroyed by tie fly. People are blowing up their
fields and planting them with corn &c.
Tie liquor law is being enforced here by arresting
drunkards and fniDg them and the persons who sell
them the liquor.
IsDnSA-The news from the different parts Of the
state of the condition of the coming crops is sill
favorable Some complaints made of dry weather
in few districts, but the great majority represent the
prospect as never good as now.
Tie following letter to The TRIBUNE upon the same
subject does not gi.e haoring picture as we have
heretofore looked upon from Michigan:
Emmett. Calhoun County Mich, May %, 1851
would ark You to urge every farmer to plant stall
ore more acre. and let that be all the ground
for which be can get the seedbe il buckwheat or root
crops. Crops in this part Of Michigan have very
Moor show for a harvest have visited most parts Of
Calhoun County and part Of 81. Joseph, and am sure
that tie wheat will not average five bushels per acre.
There is great deal Of wheat in these two counties
that will not pay for harvesting. The Hessian lily,
which worked in wheat last FAIL has come again with
redoubed forces. Some wheat that looked far two
weeks ego viii not pay for cutting. large farmer in
this ueieLborlood told me that lie would take for his
crop of wheat less than one-haf what he asked two
weeks $50. 1.-THE crops look in all the wbeat-gowing
parts Of our country they do here, and that Chris
"tiGn wGr" continues in the old country, nothing can
save US from The approach of famine. Grain Of
every kind ard meat too must for the coming year
demand famine prices, and al! the root crops that can
vet be sown this should be sown for the pur-
pose of fatiening stock. Urge farmers to give at
eniion to raising root crops Fruit prospects first
rate. j. BAKER
TIE BosToS LOBSTER CRoP The Nerp1rt NeUs
state: There are consumed annually in and around
Boston about OOOOO Holsters, the prime cost Of
(Which Is some $50 per thousand. This figures up
:" the snug sum of $4,000. About 100000 Of these
HOLSTERS are brought from tie State OF Maine, and
" the remaining 200 600 taken from Massachusetts,
" Bay. Nearly 700 mon are engaged in taking the
" fish, and some 500 tuIs Of shipping engaged to
bring them Boston, exclusive OF what brought
"by other Conveyance
THE GROWING WHEAT.
MIcHIoAS WHEAT CRoP.-Hilsdale, May 29.-Our