New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-07
CROP PROSPECTS.

We print few items from exchanges and core
spordebts, of the crop prospects IN Their pa'tca'G
localities Perhaps the rain Of yesterday Will have
the effect to materially change some of these pro-.
poets.
A correspondent at Hudson, August J. wr.e' before
TIE rain OF Wednesday, as follows
"Tbe copious showers OF yesterday afternoon aui
those Of this morning guara tee to tae farmers and
earc entrs IN this vicinity, and for miles aud mice
atonnd full crop, If not a bountlful one. FrneAa
month has beeh very hot az dy; the Thermometer
rang ng most of that tim. from % to 100 deg. Ihe
tears Of a drou,h fiom this nov d-pe'ied.
Cbeeluness prevails where before was dependency.
The t,ncecy of this state OF things suggests 10 the
proyidtrt busbsndrnan and oultvator Drainage, and
especia ly irrigation. In our country We want shaie-
"Grass and rye were never finer and better got IN
than during the present bsrvest Oais-an average
crop iigh and early so~n; excellent on los amos
field in particular, which have Just rotlrned
fiom visiting got in just in time, and in excellent
order One lot Of grass forty aces, 10 estml,e1-so
liz owner told me-to have yielded oy one h~Rdred
tuns OF bay Of uDurua excellence. Cabbages, caui-
flower b Occol Scotch kae-,hc seed from the Pat
1T Office are in excell,n growing trim Sweet
oln appears well. and ton ato vines are 81 greea
l,tk Potatoes suffer the most but these rains vii
i've an average CROP"
The diouth has been very bsd in Western Viz.
gipia. The Republican, printed at Charleston, Va,
July 90, thin Ike the Corn crop now beyond recovery
dust. The Potato crop is already almost total fall.
ure. The pastures dried up All the small streams
dry This lie bad for the extensive grazers in that
part Of the s ate.
In South Carolina it does not appear 10 have been
as hot as here.
The Char'eston Mercury of Aug l., in giving the
rarge Of heat here, says
"The temperature of Charleston is moderate com.
pared with suct fiery intensity az 10 indicated BY
uete leues. Yesterday Was another very warm day,
though, to our feelings, ehdurable than Wednes
cay. In the sun, however, il was Oppressiyely bo,
and but few c ud long Withstand ts iihlence. Two
Of the Day Police, Mr.. ans and Mr. Levy, While
on outy, were completely pIo-Iated by the heat and
we're conveyed IN an iDsensbe dton 10 their resi-.
dtncer."
EhuIT CRoP ~ ONO -T1e Cleveland Plsi.deslr
II OF opinion that there will be very little u. in that
section the present season. The peach crop will be
little better than none Out OF whole orch ards in many
cases scarcelys peach will be gathered. App.s are
more plentiful but there will not be a, many az
usual.
In Maine the potato rot has made its appearance in
scme fields earlier than usual but a. the vines are
shl growing vigorously, it is hoped the crop will no.
be generally injured.
In Vermont the drouth Is severe A friend ja..
from there says the Green Mountains are no longer
green. The hill pastures terribly burnt up. The
burlington free Press OF August l, Gays:
"The heat is not so excessive il hss bsen but the
want Of rain in tbs place amounts to positive drouth
Tie CON IL wnherng; potatoes are rip+ ming prema.
tuIey sud fproutng IN the bs the ao in our streets
is oust and ashes, and the atmosphere is about the
same"
letter from Burlington, August 4, says:
I'm our vicinity the diouth has been very severe,
but we had some rain yesterday and the prospec for
II ore ore favorable. The corn and pOt.to crops
not quite dead, and soaking rain would revive them.
| trust We sball hove It, The wheat and oss have
be, injured, but there will be fair yield.
SUCCESSFUL FARMIsG.-It is stated thst during the
late crop Of wheat raised by Mr.. George
". Dilard, Of Essex, Va, from six acres Of land
which Letted 3i6 bushels, weighing % pounds 20 the
bushel The crop was sold few days since, in Bati-
more, aid brought 81 e5 per busbe
The Gayden State published at Lodi, H., teIs the
following story Of successful farmir ( in that State:
In 1854 J. j. Taylor purchased one hundred and
sixty acres OF prairie land, which he hired broken and
tIced and sOwed TO Fall ~heat, either by the day
ufor cen ract. and erected neat and convenient
iaiin house. His wheat crop 10 1856 va. gs,hered,
thiashed and mark eted the same way and out Of the
proceeos Of ths crop Mr.. T. paid for his laod-io he
hncifg breaking, sowing, bui ngs, aud indeed eve9
expeLoifure connected with his farm-lesving BAL
sIce Of tl43
The editor might have told OF 9 thousand Others
that have not made sli3 in Ten years IN NE same
State.