New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-01
DPOUIF-RAIN-CROPS.


The heavy shower of Wednesday evening seems 20
have been quite extensive, spd the benefit resuitog
to the country cannot be calculated in donars and
c,Lts.
Eyery.here, over the whole eIpanse Of all the
Sst.s, on plants beginning to sIise Of droagh
which ID .one place hss been OF unprecedented Icpg
continuance. lhls rein Will go very far toward se-
Curing good crop OF in this VIC nifty, and -st
in tine for tun Ips, and, although pct half eoPous
IN. Ugh will very much benefit pastures;
We sed few extracts about crops in other sections
A Letter dated Bucks Coun y. Pa July o. says;
Wheat is believed TO be about an average crop
but very NJ even either very god or very p'of For
ust.nce On two adjoining fsins ote yieds 23 bushels
per acre snd part of The Other va M"ss l% ny
bsy is .hoit from ole thiro " one hsh OAs u hardly
u,ofe than bali crop SDce wss sowed IN Avfn
.e have had but two goot Ia rs up T. this date Moo
of 4 has been 10 short thst IL has been nvweo aud
nul,d in siihout bipopg. C''rn tuat c,ne up from
e Il pla iii just earnR, Is suffering much IRON
tb, dough. That fr"u a secoi and thru oa-hung-
which includes laige proportion ~ The Corn ~ 'oe
count, LOT bring in a condition to rsqnire ran 20
much has at prf sent fairer prospect of god yeid
Potatoes at. yer, sms aid since the rain o. 70. h
OF tnis IL, pth sUme felds have comuenced sec,nd
g,oe tb aho u, b. shoots already sooye grecd-
Pasture i bee ming very scarce Gs'deh wee eeao'ee
are, as the jock.ls ssy, o~be e..
Ano'her. oa,eh Chau,bersburg, Franklin Co, Ps.,
| July -, $50, says:
I'VE are getting glorious rsir al the present mo-
nept, which IL much needec. Tbi' WI usH
l,a,t half corn crop II MT more, and II sii be al
advantage 10 the lot. potatoes
| We uust that the rain OF Tuesday night aso
resch.d that plsce, as the lightning vivid and
| long continued in tie south west. The same. q
better rsult may be counted upon wherever RAIN fcn
beore the lst OF August
The drouth in Cauads West is 20 severe that the
oests aie bunIpg nsivty in some places Crops
also lave b., mi ned. The Port Docer Express,
of late date ststes that re has been burning for
some TINE in the di eciion o. Iiagersvills, and 1st
considerable damage has been d)ne 10 the crops and
fences; also, that The iDs of Messs Smell and John
son were destroyed by fire. One farmer was coni
Ielled cut strip Of weat along the side Of tho field
.x osed 10 Ire fire. and plough up the ground in order
to stay the fir and save HE crop
| We pust, however, that wheat ard -four in Canada
are cheap. for we see it stated that hlsh pig
te,der in Hamilton fatt.bs bis pork upon wheaton
loay.s Wh.n questioned about the extrsvagance, he
said that he fbds the plan far cheaper than the ordh
nary way o, pig feeding TO ssy nothing OF the extra
quality Ct the PORK thus produced He can purchase
the bread at o. so per 100 p,unds from the bakers
who are always glad t. get I'D OF spoiled batehes "
In the central parts of this State the papers COM
plan Of injury to corr, pottoes. bachwbeat and pas.
ture The rain of u.sday only laid the dust
An Akan:as paper complains OF 100 much rain, as H
| ijuIes the cotton crop.
In lnvs it is repo,ted so dry in the center OF the
State, that grais in moving fields is dry enough TO
| hum. and in some instances has taken fire.
The Madison (hd.) Courier says the wheat crop
in that gon vii be the best they have hsd for year,
The Moss'Hon (Ohio) Ners Ways the weather 70 still
very DRY and warm having had rain Of any aooount
since the lst of June. The grass is suffering very
much from the drouth and heat and unless we have
rain soop, II ere will be potatoes Toe Cleveland
pspers rppres nr the Isabella vines beiog full and
the promise Of fruit, as well IS Of wine very f.tsering
TIE prospect of fne yield Of grapes in the north q
| Ohio il better than useual
| A letter from Syracuse July 81, says:
"The W, afher here IL very bot and dry. Potatoes
con- oa Al garden vegetable, softer ing for the
| wont Of rain. Tie wheat and rye crops have been
gsfbere il fine order. Grass IL now being cu'. II is
very heavy, ard being bsined ia ospitsl condition.
a,ice brings only So per tuDi in this city hay sells 10
| the market from "a to sS."