New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-10
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

No suhiect is Of greater interest 10 ali classes n
readers than the one that heads this article. Il J,
nearly as easy to fore,e the state Of the pros,
nee, Of the other. OF such information We have,
we give resume, from which others may form Opo.
ions.
The weather in New-Yorb June Q, is cloudy All
60 cool that stout wooden garments are generally worn,
ard this morning overcoats were no way uneomnoI.
Yesterday and day before, rain feI freely, and The
earth j. saturated. Corn generally Is just hsa
enough to mark the lows Rye is headed out, ard
oats only show green sod. Grass is high thick anl
wifi give a great burden OF hay. From the absa3.
arce of rain, grass mus, be very wa,ery. Strawber.
r;.s which are now beginning to come in abundansy,
have the same fsult-too much water for the sugar.
Peaches are growing very wei and promise presI
good crop. but they Will not be cheap, for the ress
that old orchards have died out to greater exisc.
tlsn new ones have been planted, aud the demands
LARGELY increased by the increase Of area that drars
upon the city for its supply.
Apples here and everywhere else where trees have
not been DESTROYED by insects disease, prOmisea
well
OF the general prospects OF crops Throughout 'As
country We state few facts.
The T.mDcratpre Of April and May.-Tks Boso,
TCorcler gives the following relative to the moisture
and temperature of the weather there;
Tho last month ike the preceding, was quite cod
only If the last 20 Mays. aud of the lest IS Apn,
having been colder than There months ~ 1871. ils
quantity If rain in April as before remarked was t
largest here in that month certaa.ly WITHIN - year,
viz. 1888 inches or more than seven above the
average 37q. In May the quantity was 55, or
more than two inches above the average l3.5l). Ia
March there was deficiency Of half an inch. Tes
fall Of rain in the frst five months In 1871 was Wv
inches an excess Of 600 over the average Of the las
third of a century"
Tie Ney-Eugland Farmer of June 8 says; The
.eason though somewhat later thar usual promises,
by accounts from far and near, to b. fruitful one'
On the 9th of May snow fell for hour Or Two az
Burlington VT and also at Litchteld, Conn.
At Rochester n. Y, the mean temperature Of May,
according TO statement in TIE Rural Ner- Yorker,
wa J3.65. which Is 90 below the average For tn,
last half of May was 593o, about % above th,
mean Of 20 years. The fall Of rain IN Nay was ais
inches, and in April and May 9.Ss7 inches For this
year, so far los inches.
Tp to the middle Of May few blossoms bsdsppesr.
ed; but in the last fortnight, cherry, plum and peach
have thrown out and thrown Off their blossoms the
pear blossoms are rapidly falling, and the apple dune
Il /, in full flower. The white lilac showed its ble-
sons four days since, and the purple is clothed nov
with rich flowers. Grass has shot up with unwoo;td
rapidty: the foliage IL full and rich on all the cary
trees and shrubs; the wheat fields are filed with liza.
The blossoms of the smaller plants cover the fields.
The promise Of fruit is most abundant. Farmers
ave sowed week later than occurs except rarely
NORTHERN NEw.YoRE.-In Lewis County, June },
letter ststes that
Vegetation comes forward with great rapidty. Grass
.ccfttr lonL A
sicerable amount of stock winered by the farm;
ers. and hence, no doubt, Lewis County will iarnrh
her quota OF butter, cheese and beef IN me conAS
Fall"
SnHiraa Comfy ~ "a letter says
Although we have had large quantities Of nov
srd very backward Spring, yet our grain ana rsss
crops look as promising for an abundant yion
previous season at this time Of the year. Inc ~
twenty days have brought things on with rush,
SeLoharie County, ". Y-EItract from letter "
THE TRIBuHE, dated Sehoharie, June 8:
Winter grain in this valley gives promise Of
very early and abundant harvest. Grass n stout an
the hay crop must be more than an ordinary one Olt
farmers are experiencing good deal of dIacuny "
their Indian planting from having used poor sseo
Very little Of the heTeebouts fully matured az
season and the result i in nnumerable instances hst
uncertain seed has been used in planting. Many sS
now engaged in replanting; others are caeuatpg ~
sOwi ing buCkwhest upon land previously prepared ~
corn. Corn thought to be good for seed ecTmsSn
large prices here Buckwheat is scarce, and \. Ps
bushel j. offered for II.
HerIime7 County, ". IA letter from this county
dated Little Falls Junos gives US the following aei'
lgence:
.'Our meadows are booking remarkably well W ~
season and pastures are yielding sufhclent ~1 "
stock: but our cows have not yet come up TO me tss
msik a. 10 milk. The quantity of cheese made toas
far has been much less than in seasons previous vi
Is not wholly attributable however, TO the packs's,
season, but is owing in part 10 the greater nuihon
calves which our farmers are this year raising ~
high prices for COWS for the past tnree years hy
op4ped the ewes Of our daIymen TO the Necessity
rearing their own stock to supply their diaries nstrs
Of purchasing every Spring animals dnVeh 10 - ".
neiehborpg Counties The number Of calves raisea'
the county this year VIII lar exceed that OF 90! ~
yious wear for the last ten. -,
Stripg wheat j. looking well, but the weather ~
been TOO Geld for corn; much Of the early planted s'
rotted in the ground, and many ields have been, -
some are even now being. replanted. Our frui "
are row in full bloom ard promise fair yield pu
from ny observation, and the report OF othen W..
have been over the county the prospect OF 90 ~
dsrt crop Is not so good as was anticiPs,ed
weeks sihce. The severe Winter irj ured the gIsi.
yres in tins vicinity. Last Fall put up sissosh.,
Of the white Mexican potato for seed In taxing
out TO pant this Spring. found those that we're
salt barrels sound while those in -four barrels -
one-half or more decayed. They were free noJ hs,.
when taken from the ground and were put u In' Ex
res in the cellar, side by eide, at the same 'ine;
the last three daysSan overcoat has been os'sS
comfortable Yours, &C., h"',n
In ONO the last week Of May was such is'C''
one that a vast amount Of work delayed BY the -
ward Spring was performed, and prospects % "
whole were faiteriDg. ,...d
Tie OHIO Farmer prints an article, under S''''
Lorain County, May 25, which says: c..cy.
:" Peach trees ase little pest full blown Is,,s
plum and pear trees are just in flower; APps,.TE.
viii be- 20 in few days. Strawberry Piane H..
able spots blooming Others les- iayo'sI ssnss
sted are backward. All kinds Of fruit are ph .
sbundab,y. The frosts hitherto have done ME- ,shg
ham. II none come hereafter, there VIII ssssa.
- - amount NJ frrit this year IN tDb iet"