New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-21
NemVok DAILY Gribm,re.
THE WET SEASON AT THE WEST
CROP PROSPECTS.

1lOuN 7@S'S Va iSsNcAoi al va ~-N S~H~'f We
ect the following eports Of tie condition OF things,
and prospects Of the farmers a; the Wet the present
season:
"Duquoin H., J4ae l0--IGdisna ard Illinois, you
ssy are pretty nearly dro out and planting
much bchrdhand. This Is true of some pa.Is OF the
two Stses ye: down here in Egypt our Condition does
Mt fully justify the language above noted. the
wheat l.1ks fne and il well headed ou,, erect, snd
healthy. Il Dow allowed 20 mature without Interrupt
ton the cnp Will be a. good Is lac, year, which was
trst.Iate Grass, oats, potatoes, &c promise well
early potatoes are backward. Large quantities Of
sweet potatoes are m and doing faely; ard although
there cgrn YET being planted, there Is coed deal
and plowed, lot kirg very we'll On the whole, Egylt
il houris hirg-at least the middle portion of it-and
the farmers no reason to conp!an, but much TO
hops and very much u th8Dk God for
" Troy, Mal,s0R Co.. H., June lO.-Our rainy
season sill continues. large proportion OF plow
lands likely 10 escape the pog t6s year. Another
calamity has upon us, In the shape Of the army
worm, which has attacked a great msny fields Of
wheat, end Will greatly IT jure If Tot destroy them. L.
devouIs the leaves Of the wheat, causing the gain to
sbriyel. and sometimes !, ests the grain This worm
also preys upon the growing corn, oats snd grass
al eoydstorn. III. Juae The raising Of corn for
the present sesson is now considered used up. The
rains of the entire month OF May have prevented
NOS. Of the pantir the lower ttoms OF the Hi
nos and SaDganor Rivers. The Illinois is spreading
over an immense territory row, nearly as hlgh as in
1874 when the streets 10 tbs lower sud business por
,ions of our city covered with water and the
river il now rising fast. The rains OF June , and
will make it nearly impossible to reach the city from
sDy Of the thorougLtares leading from the country.
excep, by beat. steamboat recently passed over
the bottoms secuipg several thousand bushels OF com
from tie cribs, TO prevent 1t being swept OF By the
ford II is dark time for the farmers OF the central
portion Of our State. Many of the moderate class,
unable to own farm, rert by the acre at cssh rent
10 be net nex January, and, instead OF surplus crop,
are with their teamG barely escaping the deluge while
othtrs more tsrdy have to take the boats, leaving
titn nf their riiectJ TO soak damage the
lcod. The end i5 not yet; the rain now pouring
upon u.s. and the must favorable season to set in for
the prep Of the fields tor planting could not OBJ
viaie the calamity, the face Of the country could
not be made feasible in for the raising of corn.
But tue great Author CT al blessings is fulfilling
the promi.e that seed time and harvest shall not FAIL
for the small grain Of whole section
promising. The only fear is being 100 rank TO fill
well. Beside this there is I'll Immense surplus of old
corn in this portion Of the Safe sufficient the pes
ent year for man and beast, should there not be- an
ear raised in the country the present season. The
loss however will lie severely felt by all classes.
Our butiness men of the city, though crippled fJr tao
last six months from the monetary crash, deal largely
in grain and pork the two gres staples OF th section,
and they will suffer with The farmer, feeling sensiby
the loss trade which is carried on upon the ystem
Of apuual credits. The Illinois is now within ten
inches Of the top of the business street, and nearly
one half Of the Sapgamon bottoms. fom the extreme
north of our county, az Chsndlerve, to Beards0wn,
eighteen miles ds'ans with an average OF Elk miles
WIDE covered with water, and large and promls-
ing the richest portion of State its natural pro-
"ORYiS NICHOLS"
"Monticello. Ukie County, Indiana, June l0.--We
have had the mos, protrscted rans-nlneteen days in
April twenty five in May, and, thus far, in June six
days none of your cizzes, but good soaking rains,
is suffering badly. No; 1.-THE of oats in the
ground ard the old crop rising fact. All hands are
much discouraged, AID the prospect s most gloomy
L.. y,;ar
plants about the wet weather and inability Of farmers
10 plow and plant and accounts Of the potato rot. In
Wsushsra County, farmers had their corn planted by
the 18th or 20,h Of May. The soil being loose sand,
we can plow psnd As hours after deluge, or tTo
hours after ordinary rain, and We always have asu
CLERGY Of good mealy potatoes. We plant what is
here called the trout potatoes which is good
sized kidney shaped, smooth skinned flesh colored,
many. eyed pC.ato, net liable 10 rot and ripens early
in September, and is an excellent table potato Tor
eleven months thereafter
Fra.ers6arg, Muskiagum Co., o., June IL, 1853.
In recent number of TIE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, an
Illinois correspondent speaking of the weather, says
We are now having our stHteHn'al wet season when
usually lasts twelve or fifteen months. IL tdere
any such septennia law of recurring wet periods or
tie number seven S. G. MESBEsHALL."
I'VE suspect it is one of the seven fallacies-Ed1
"Exaer, Okio, June I2.-It Is now almost the
middle of June, and DO prospect whstever OF
that good time getting into ONO very soon, az
il ms moderately every day, every other day q
yery hard rain, and every third dsy thunder
shower coming down in perfect torrents, inun-
dsting the whole country, and as yet bat little cos
planted and is discOursging time for corn rs,ss
For an example, take a NJ. -, VINO hss ieps?e
farm Of about two hundred acrSe oi nproveu
fc- which he las agreed 10 pay ssoo cash rem, sno
last week he had not ore acre planted anu 20 wei
is almost impossible nos 10 plant one the mu1 lt
our blowing fields s ever the ho'ses tesccks ana one
boots IN shor. time &c: SO heavy %, makes enc
thilk of a chain gang, and 10 spite OF he tRiBUsE
AID Of the old saying nege! Put yOar hsh ls 70 the
rlow and look back, We fee L:tie ehcoafsgsL el- 70
! 90 shesd ,r:. La
| 7. "a ns sLd pcuIs aud pou,s and Talne. We are
pre,ty much irowned OFT Msoy farmers have oly
Just finished planting in consequence Of wet weather.
Whest az general thing looks inst rate brt, inless
| ne hay. dry weather soon, shall have altogether
more s.-aw than wheat
Iyinona Minnesota JuEs RI zee ~ you: last
| two papers oct unssyoraole en-. dlsceu.csng a.,
counts from TIE corn. growing districts 81 several
States. j. may not be altogether undressing 70!
those whose prospect OF short corn crop % alHos.
certain to learn that corn Minnesota ire I'VE
to siI inches high, and growing rapidly. IL lss
healthy appearance, snd from every INDIGESTION the
corn in this State viii be full crop. We have hsd
showers slmos: nightly fer two weeKs, yet it 8 sdc
ceeeed on the following dsy by fine, sursbioy grow
ing weather Garden vegetables, We see, ere IN tie
| market raised here without the aid OF hot-house
Fall and Spring Wheat Jocks hne--cf which ;nere ass
been great breadth sown in Southern Minnesota the
season. The VAIN, Iicb soil OF this locality produces
rapidly ard crops are generally certain o. mstlrinS
| he fore the frlfts veAen fAkhfR.