New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-11
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

CROPS ~ NEw.JERsE1.- Warren Co., W d.,
Aug The crops in tbs county sre generally very
fair. The harves: of rye bstter OF whea. the
Mediterranean lie most excellent the nudge ny aid
The crop s excellent also the hay crop; both Of
which hav. been well gathered. The c1rn crop loofs
finely A large bIesdth was P!sHtet; some very lsts
for Jersey; but all bids fair to BE- good large guam
tty of buckwheat as been sown, and promise vel.
Altogether, in point Of quantity OF the various crops
generally raised by our farnsrs ths year hiss perhaps
never been surpassed Almost everybody Is e.sted by
the OF the success Of the laying OF the Ats2tc
Cable and the defeat OF Lecompton, Iir., IL ksnsas
YouIstrsls, /.
CRops II NERNoST-Tle Windsor JgurRal s.at,s
that the recent have greatly creased the grass
crop in the Green Mountsn Safe, AID that the other
crops, potatoes corn, oats, sc look very promising.
The yield of fruit VIII be quite email.
CRors IN MIcHIGAs.-PIYNoUTH Mich, Aug. D
Our hay crop in this vicriiy is good, never bs.e;
oats are light rusted bsd. Whest lie mostly failure,
from weevil and rug. Masking fields not worth cutting
Tor the wheat. Potatoes al average: Corn islse ana
urever, with lse season there will be al average
crop. y. X. PATfEsGELL.
WHITE CRows.-In your issue Of July II ! fad thst
they have caught white crow near Mledgeyie,
(Gs.l Two yeas ago this Fall, l sew one IN and
about my fields for several successive days, white
ss year ago this season there was one killed
in the town Of Livope, this county, also perfectly
white. few days age, saw blackbird taa. was
white except Email spot on the back between the
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acted like the rest of them, and supposed Il one Of
then. o. II. =.
CRops n WIsCoSsIS.-A friend writes from Crss-
coId County, Wiz, Aug. 3, thst he has ja!t made
tour in Grant County The whcst crops there as wei
as here quite poor; many iieds are powed down,
while the weather is vet tina. three working days
per week lie quite the sversge.
CRors ~ ILLINoIs.Our l3.e letters are more AMI
more gloomy about the crops in Uliaois The wheat
harvested hss been injured by Geluse Of ram upon
it in The shock.
q litter dated Aug. ;, from Knox County, ssys:
:" Our whest crop has proved almost entire
failure 10 Knox, Henry, Warren, Stark aud several
other counties. We never saw the whest look moe
promising than it did there until about week be-
tore the harves. was 70 have commenced at which
time ii was struck with the rust, aad in one short
week more thar onehAlf was spoiled entirely. Thou
ssrds Of acres not cut 8. all, and much tha. is
harvested will not pay for harvesting and thrsshing
and them TO add to our misfortune the weather has
been SO warm, end there has been much rain since
the harvest, that ii Is feared bat little viii BE saved
without being much damaged
letter dated Aug 4, from Lee County, ssys il hiss
'sned for week nesrly all The time and much of the
wheat in shock has been blown down, AID ne sry al
tie standing shocks are green with sprouts.
A letter from Buresu COuoty, Aug. ., says there is
not half crop of SprDs wheat. and hundreds of sores
will be burned as IS the straw is dry enough.
Another letter OF same date, from BIresu County.
says:
:" have been IN three or four counties in his psrt
of the State, and have from some four or
five other counties, and f,om 81 the information csn
get am led 70 believe inst xhes. and cats ip the
northern counties will not be half ss good a. usual
great many farmers have eft large fields of wheat
standing without cutting any, and many fields that
have been Gu, would not pay for harvesting. The
corn crop will fall far short Of Whist is ususy raised
and some men that talked with are Of the op;n;cn
that there viii not be half the usual crop Where the
land level and wet II was nes-y impossible 70 get
corn planted before the 10Th Of June and quen
y there Is crest deal Of corn tbs. viii not gst ripe
Apples viii be very scarce 10 this psrt OF limos
and OF potr quality
thid letter from thst county, ds,ed July 81 ssys
some kinds Of whest vi; yield l. to ~ bushels re.
acre, while others are tots. failure. Tnoassnd. Of
acres Of the Club whest will &c. be harvested Toe
prospect for corn is much the same as wAes,. Where
you see enc good field, you vii ten poor ones.
There !s not than hslf the usual stand Of full
crop or the ground owing to poor seed and VT.
weather.
4 letter rom West uIbsn,, July 81, says:
Crops IN this section Of limos partial tai.
uFe, as regards tie re'cire p,oc1c: bu. tie so.aa
amount cent into market viii be n,srly the ssre as
usual Ny sources O. information are OF the met a.
eurste and reliable sort; snd an ssts ID thai in
this vicinity from txty 20 seventy per cent more slr
oS AZ "esI ILLS year tnar !as, ard tat there
VII be somewhat more than . hSf crop. Ada to this
the fact that c twenty five to thirty Der can't ths
heavy crop OF last year is sill the country and Won
have the kunouDt which tae debt p-sssurss OF t.s
coming fall viii force upon the market TIE corn il
looking finely and IT, 10 fact, making .se: ia tia
warm weather with Amos. miraculous oelsr,v
Nothing bu: very early fsostsvery early. .ad YER
severe-can Low upeet US. Stil the we. spriug hs,
forced Us 10 be content with ess than two .his Of -.
usual suIfsce. Grsss IS looking well
The NosEY CRoP.-Ihe Peoria Trcnserip. "a.
pEks tha. among ne peoplsr incidents CORRECTED
with the present sesso, the fact that the hsys
not increased. No hive IL the. section has sxa-el
tbs s attributed to the vet ves.ae. xaica bss d.