Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-17
THE Observation-Disclosures CROPS.

lppears and the berry is shaped and leo
yiih milk drawn from the root through :
lousanl arteries. If at this time tn
Dot is oyercharged with gross matter ali
Is diseased, or if Inc blades which are the
breathing organs dry up or open too vide
y and inspire too freely of impurities, the
whole plant n ust grow consumpted and
the berry perish. The weather in the
months of May and June may be unsteady,
dry. wet cold or warm and wheat not I'M
Ibbe disease; but July must be well tenn
.pered to insure fair crop.
Thus far, July has been Ill tempered
with showers and hot sans inc, cloudy
weather and heavy dews, the heat running
up in the neighborhood Of 900 and stand
ING there for several days, then falling to
400. Such extremes of wet and heat,
fog and cold have we'll nigh ruined the
wheat crops; there are no mistakes about
lit. We need not to ask farmers how their
wheat is looking; it may even look well
but it must be diseased; we are as sure OF
a slim harvest of wheat as that any cause
produces its effect How universal the
like causes and effects may have extend
ded-how general the rains and heat, the
cold and clouds may have been, we do not
know to certainty, but we here venture
the opinion, aided by news reports, that
throughout all the Middle and Western
States, the same causes have existed-the
weather being similar all over and that
he effects will be the same slim, very
slim wheat crops. We do not wish to
spread alarm would rather always report
favorably Of health and crops and show
the fair side of everything; but in this
case to conceal is to humbug, to lie even.
Farmers of Grant county, our columns
are free and at your servics TO correct our
remarks next week, if erroneous. We
may be wrong; if so, speak through our
columns.
Corn is doing well oats is lodged, gener-
ally and pretty badly. Potatoes, we know
nothing of. Barley fares like wheat.--
Grass is splendid and fine crops of hay may
be secured.
Rep Cong. Convention at Prairie du Chen.
1t will be seen by notice at the head of
our leading columns that the Republican
Convention to nominate a candidate for
Congress in the second (Washburns) Dis
trict is to be held at Prairie du Chen on
the lat day of September
next, at IL o'clock, M.
Each Assembly district will be entitled
to two delegates.
1T is also recommended by the Commit
tee that Assembly district Conventions be
held on the Saturday before, being Au
gust 28th. at the usual place of District
meetings. to choose deleg ties.
Will the Central Committee of Grant
see to giving notice Of tho time
and place of meeting in every District i'm
mediately, that due notice may be had.
SUFFOLK PIGs.-Our good friend, john
N. EAYREs, has presented to us brace
of Suffolk pigs, nearly genuine blood,very
pretty. Were we on farm they would
be of incaculabe value, but in a narrow vii
lage fettered by hog law they cannot a
mount to so much.
These SUFFOLK Hoes grow very large
IN short time, and consume less than the
ordinary porkers. They are being sought
for bv our best farmers and those who
have tyied them longest approve them
most. Mr.. EAYREs advertises that he
keeps for sale Suffolk pigs on fair terms.
He paid very high for the stock two OF
three years ago; as compared with the
cost he will sell very low.
SPANISH MERTNo SHEEP-Mr. EAYREs
will also sell for breeders few Of bis pre-
MUM sheep of this noted stock. He
showed to US the Aeeces of three Spanish
Merinoes, weighing 81 pounds-the fleece
from Buck weighing 70 lbs, twoEwes, re-
spectivefy Il and IA lbs.-very fine wool,
such as will command the very highest mar
ket. The wool market is depressed now, but
Mr.. EAYREs informs us, he can do better
at raising wool, having such sheep, than at
any other farm business. Wisconsin is
probably the most healthfu for sheep of
any state in the union; it is claimed they
do better here than in New England or
the Middle States-the yield of wool is
certainly greater, and the liability to dis
ease less. The sheep noticed were brought