New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-20

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near and peach trees bOssomsd this Sprng unusually
full ard have every prospect OF an abundant crop
The cold weather KEEP; them back III so 1;e a. IN be
| bevond the possibility Of being injured by frost.
| Winter we i more forward than usual, being well
besdedout some ten dave ago. Ii ls looking finely IA
| the main though some pieces were Winier-klled IN
| spots Spring grains, Owing TO the extremely wei
spring hitch prevented sowing at the usual time, are
lt,l late but are looking finely and are coming for
| ward rapidly Probably by July ], they viii be a.
forward as usual az that time. The same true OF
| Indian corn. The ground beng tho'ouguiy soaHed,
seeds sprouted RAPIDLY Potato planting Is not done
| yet All root crops viii be large. Grass LOOKS re
markedly fine. Old hay and coarse grain are plenty
Tie Homestead, printed at Hartford, June Il, says
Of fruits and prospects of crops in Connecticut:
There has been more complaint Of the ravagcs
Of insects within our knowledge than there ! at present
TO what TO attribute It we ~ loss. but the ta,;
siares in the face. IL may be that the weather,
while il has not been so propous for vegeaI9n TIL
Of late las been favorable to the development of N
| sect life. Curcuhos swaIms on pluns, pears and
cherries. We were shown day Ut two since a hand
tu of pums and pears thus stung and learned from
our friend that his White DOyenne Bartlett Seckel
| aud Mandaga pears and his Goes Seeding cherries
had suffered very severely. The gentleman has
found the boreTs already actively At work IN the trunk
OF Young tree the collar. The tree Is but three
wears old and set out this Spring; brought from nur-
sery in this vicinity He thinks cherries viii be scarce
in market in this neighborhOod-that Is, not plenty
enough TO make picking profitable. Strawberries
promise immense crop if we have weather To ripen
them. Pears set very wei. We notice few peach
trees set pretty fun Notwithstanding the cold sup
posed 10 he fatal 10 the fruit buds and from many
sections apples well reported. Hoed crops are
di,rossiugly backward everywhere much corn Is not
yet planted. and we sympathlze heartily with those OF
our brethren who have 10 roplant second or thrd
time. Much corn has failed to come up. aad we hear
oIplants Of the cutwOm at work upon what l.
above ground and crows, no doubt, also do their
share Of destruction.
CRoP PRosPEcrs II MlcHIGAS.-A letter from De-
troit, dat, d June 10, 1857, says:
"Having Just returned from tour through the
larger portion of this State feel confident in saying
that, judging from present prospects, Michigan Will
prodhce the largest crop this year she has ever done
The wheat never looked better and there was never
so much the ground rs now. The Spring crops
lock equally as well. The fruit crop, too, bids fair
10 be a very large one. We need them all For the
past three years, labor has been neglected We have
all specialized, that might grow rich speedily, and
are now reapng our reward by being harder up
than we have been at any time in fifteen years. Our
farmers have bought all the land that joined them at
home, and many OF them have bought largely IN Iowa
and Kansas. Our mechanics have bought city lots,
merchants dabbled in real estate and bogus cop
per stocks until we are all head over heels In debt
and unable to pay. We've about concluded that
by the sweat of our brow must earn our bread,
ard are once more at work. Prices are higher to-day
for the necessaries of life in the interior OF this state
than they are in NewYork Flour So to - per bar
rel, 50 cents oats 90 to 80 cents and potatoes
81 80 per bushel These prices seem almost fabulous
MIvxEsoTA.-A letter from Monticello, dated May
%, 1867, says:
The young grasshoppers threaten to destroy all
our crops as fast as out of the ground. They came
down from Red River OF the North last season to do
much injury but the eggs they deposited now bring
forth hungry host May We hope for their depar-
ture in season to repan and is there any particular
crop more against their ravages than another
Any information you can give OF their haots VIII DC
OF interest TO your subscribers III Minnesota.
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wheat sown, and that badly winter killed. The Spring
wheat crop is extensive in this section, and, though
late, it looks well, and promises heavy harvest
Corn is backward and unpromsng, though the color
is good. Farmers have planted the second and third
time. Oats promise well. Barley ditto. Farmers
have planted largely of potatoes, and they bid tar.
Yesterday were favored with warm showers.
SOMERSET Co. PENN, June l6.-I have just trav-
eled through Indiana and Illinois and observed the
crops. There is large amount of wheat sown in
Indiana and although backward, IT is well-set and
looks healthy, and then they have almost intermnabie
fields of which can hardly fail to supply all our
wants. The Winter wheat is failure IN Illinois, but
the loss has been almost entirely supplied by sowing
large crop of Spring wheat, which is maturing very
fat under warm sun and abundance OF rain. Nor
gan, Sangamon and Mclean Counties, will produce
heavy crops Of Spring wheat and corn, andrhe pros
poets in Egypt are very promising. There ia pros
pect Of an abundant supply OF breadstuts. IL IS no
uncommon sight the prairie to see huge fields OF
wheat containing several hundred acres, several miles
from the timber.
PHIIIPsTowy I'LL June l., 1sj7.-We are in the
country watered by the Wabash River The wheat
cIop here is very pronngi the season for the past
three weeks has been very favorable. IL Is now IN
full bloom There was a greater breadth Of land
sOwn last Fall than ever before. Old wheat Is now
worth 81 10 TOR prime Winter-we do not have any
Spring wheat. Oats are also very good; VIII COM
nence heading in ten days Our meadows have been
nearly destroyed by the army wOrin with the excep
ton Of clover which Is good, and will be ready to cut
next week. Corn las been planted from the LIST OF |
Gal Inn. FrlVn
il ranges from us coming up 10 ankle high. Old corn
sells now 20 cents per bushel Fruit Of every kind
IL abundantpeach trees particularly are very fuIl
}. ED. CLIFFORD
Howard Co.,, Ind 9th mo. 18th, ls57.-ln the
White River region north of Indianapolis, and up "
the Wabash our prospect Tor Corn the great staple oil
this county is more backward than usual The stand
in the hill is toeraby good, but some complain OF the
cut worm Farmers have planted every acre that they
though they could possibly cultivate, with what help
they could procure The growing season is now fine,
and with reasonable amount of labor, and favor
able Fall, may reasonably expect the largest yield
per square mile that we have ever had Concerning
our wheat prospect, do not think that would be
over estm atirg, To state that with good I'LL We w
have one-third more wheat 10 the square mile than
ever was produced in Central Indiana before. Grass
and oats look remarkably fine. Our peach trees were
all killed in the Winter of - and D. consequently we
will have no peaches. There abundance of
apples set but small green worm II thinning them out
yeiy FAST and unless they shortly check their work OF
hGy &C, viii have DO apples they m0est no fur-
ther may have Il half crop. Our farmers that are
surrounded by woods OF those that live in the tnbered
sections Of our country setting great store by the
mast prospect which the oldest inhabltant says to be
unpnce dented. From present indications 1t now seems
tLa the tilltr OF the sCii only has 10 seasOnabs
Industry to insure q bounitul harvest such would,
ude ed and in truth call forth spirit Of thankfulness
TO the allwise ard bountIful Creator for blessings
bestowed w. II. NEwLS.
PORTAGE CITY, WIscoysIS, June 1O.-The weather
Las been very cold here till within few days when