New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-06
THE CROPS.
COLUMBIA COUNTY.

Corespondenee Of The ". Y. Tribune.
HuDsos, Columbia Co., n Y, Aus. l, 1855.
The farmers in this picturesque county are more
scared than burt" ! am informed BY those better
qualified to Judge than myself that the late rains have
done comparatively but little injury The damage to
the whole community is none TO speak Of. There
are some indoent farmers who natentiye to the
signs of the weather who have suffered slightly; but
the impression is gaining ground that discount
of one third must be made off what was anticipated
when these rains came. In other words, the Losses
are but drop in the compared TO the Immense
produce of this harvest This the third day OF sun
shine, and the green fields are full OF busy men coec
ing the heaps OF produce .,.
a youpc man who has brought into this ciiy-market
some thirty or forty barrels of potatoes SAYS there 10
not the slightest appearance Of rot visible 50 Jar.
"Sucb lots of them growing, said he, you don
know. YOU city folks
To show what season this has been for growing
may mention tina: one raspberry-vine has grown @91
feet right and lett and 6 eet from root to apex, up 10
this day Twenty stalks of corn have grown ten feet
high and stl throwing new shoots II the root
like fringos 20 grasp az more food to sustain them
selves Tomatoes, cabbage, beets, Caulhowers, from
the PstentOiice, are growing in corresponding pro-
ror;ious J.. D..
gentleman Of discrimination, who has ju-t re-
turned from trip through this State and Ohio writes
as follows
ON passing over northern Ohio and New York. we
had seme opportunity to uotice with part uiaT
~ the Crops IL both States, until the LIST OF August,
almost every day for two weeks The ram had fallen
profusey- iQuring the corn on low grounds and pre-
venting almost eltrelg the gathering IN OF gras.,
wheat and some other grains now fully ripe. In ONO
the whest had been mostly cut and lett IN shoczs IN
the field but in New-Yofk the greater part was stand
ing in bundle in the held previous 20 the Is, OF Au-
gust bu. very little In either State had been taly Sc
cured.
The grain cut and uncut has both grown more or
less and in occasional instances q green shoot vas
appended 10 the berry in tie field from one 70 hyenches
ia length.
Various estimates ere made OF the comparative
damage but after looking at i With care We come To
the conclusion that The injury resulting from this IN
precedented weather cannot exceed Onequarer 10 the
wheat crop. The weather since the morning OF re
LIST inst has been very fine for harvesting The cat
crop is immense. Corn s good while potatoes mus,
be drug ever where, for large heds abound IN every
locality One farmer ~est Of sandusky has twenty
nine acres. If rear New-iork City the quantity
would not be considered proper ioDabiy 30 large.
The apple and pear crop viii be very large 10 BON
States with but very few or no peaches.
We we're surprised al the very large amount OF
travel in the far West. The trains OF cars were longer
and contained passengers than nearer our Cry
The roads are in fine order and trains run with
great exsctness Only think OF 1t, We left Fremont,
lear TolecO, Ohio, az II o'clock and II minutes on
Thursday forenoon and came into Jer.ey City Gu the
regular timetable over the New-fork and Ere az
twenty uinu'es past Il midday Of Friday, to-day
with ample time all the way. r. G.. ?.