The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-07-24
The Crops.

Durlng.the last week We nave Deen into the
interior Of the State as far as Oskaloosa.-
We noticed the crops carefully, and made
such inquiries as we could. The fall wheat
is almost entirely destroyed by the rust
Though the quantity sown was not great, it
was still more than usual, and would have
been splendid crop if it had matured well.
The oat crop is very poor. There was only
small quantity Of that sown, and the aver
age product over the ground we travelled
will probably be not over half a common
crop. Perhaps it is safe to calculate it Mt
that. The corn crop generally looks miser-
ably. That planted On rolling ground looks
very well but the great portion Of it is on fiat
land, and cannot mature. A long season,
however, may bring out near an average
crop, but the probabilities are against sea-
son long enough and favorable enough for
that. Two-thlrds of a crop is probably
about fair estimate, though it may fall to
half crop. All agree that hay was never
better. We never saw such fields of limo
thy before. Spring wheat has a heavy growth
of straw, but the heads are small generally.
Taken together it is thought that there will
be an average crop. l, has been hurt some
what Ivy the rust, but not much. The late
showers that we have had in this vicinity
have been less frequent aud less severe be-
yond Bentonsport, on the prairie route via
Fairfield to Oskaloosa. The farmers have
sowed great quantities of Hungarian grass,
and are still sowing it, with view to feed
ing it to horses and cattle in place of corn
and oats, saving the corn for the hogs. By
this means they hope to supply in a good de-
gree the deficiency in the two latter crops.
West and north Of Oskaloosa We were in
formed that corn is much better than in this
dlrection.-Gate City.
Editors and their Advisers.
No one, remarks the Trenton Gazette,
who has occupied the position Of editor of
a newspaper, can be at a loss to call to mind
many instances in which he has received
advice which, if followed, would have
involved him in loss, libel suits and !
trouble. The volunteer advisers OF editors !
are a numerous class, and their advice DIFF
fers at different times, but all agree in ad-
vising the journalists to ''pitch in,' on all
subjects, and into every variety
of person, public and private. We have
found that the readiest way of testing their
sincerity of such advice is to propose to the /
adviser to make the publication desired
over his own signature. In nineteen cases
out of twenty, this ends the matter, for how
ever DESTROYS he may be to encourage others
to ''pitch into somebody be almost nvari-
ably declines to take the responsibility upon
himself. Speaking of this class of bores,
an exchange says the greatest of all nuisances
to an editor, are those small minded gentry
-ho believe that the mission Of a journal is
not to disseminate news, and aid buyers and
SELLERS by advertisements, but to be per-
petually pitching into this or that subject;
more generally into this Or that individual.
Such characters are generally very loud and
laxative specimens Of the genus irritable,
prone to hint that they could carry on a
journal, with all its difficult details, much
better than anybody else in the country:
that they would "stir up things" and that
their firm belief is, that all paper needs is
'pepper," to make it excellent. We can
imagine as we write, that we even now hear
The familiar accents SHOW just rant
you to write an article and give so and so
it's for men of this description are gener-
lily gifted with a degree of assurance which
respects no duty or dignity, and suffers the
oossessor to believe that his miserable fam
lies will actually receive consideration. And
yet we can say with truth, that we never
net with one of these advocates for indis-
"pepper" and abuse, who would
ioe "iithc WIFI agony al the Ialntest anu
lions to himself in type which fell short of
lattery, and who was not in fact a coward.
Wen who put faith in abuse as necessary
element in journalism who take no interest
n articles that are not personal, and relish
10 sfun" unless it cuts, are invariably yul-
gar and selfish, just in proportion to the
legree in which such tastes prevail with
hem. 1t is melancholy to see the number
If them in every community, and the degree
o which they often succeed in inspiring
writer's for the nreSs with their own shirt