, 1859-05-30
Crops In Central Illinois.


Most Of the fall wheat in this county is said to
'e turning to chess, or, as it is generally called
here, cheat. w convcrscd with scrcrnl relia-
ble ulcn yesterday. and Heard about the SAME
story from caci. one Of them. DR.. Dunlap Of
this city lad q field Of seventy acres sowcd with
1all whear. Cntil the first oi this week he was
confident that he would have heavy crop, bat
he is now satisfied thut tic will lot have enough
wheat to pay for harvesting, His lind is about
fire miles east Of this city He informs us that
hctravclcd more than twenty miles in the coun-
try On "Wednesday, and saw more chess than
wheat.
Ex-shcri1f Moore lives near Kappa, about
fourteen miles from this city. He Informs US
that hc and his ncighbors consider their fall
wheat "gone up" Many farmers in this neigh
borAood are making preparations to plox up
their wtle:st and plunt corn i'll its place. Nj.
Moore fears that his oats will not yield much
The stalks look Us Il they Ind been struck with
r1syt:
Thomas Pisell, who lives in Normal township.
Informs LIN that there is total failure Of fa!l
wheat in his neighborhood. The turner's there
arc plowiny their wheat up md planting corn.
4 reliable resident Of this city was in Le1ing-
ton on Wednesday,. lie heard general com-
plants III regard to tue fall wheat. The farmers
with wlson he conycrscd tcld linl that their
prospects for getting ont Of debt by means Of
their fall wheat were very slim. He also heurd
much complaint about the ravages Of field mice,
which are said to be destroying corn by whole
sale. We hare heard much complaint on the
same score. Farmers from various parts of tue
country inform us that the mice are exceeding
" troublesome. and apparently determined 10
get their living by eating tender corn stalks.
We learn from E. Smith, Of Dale township,
that the fall wheat in that locality is also turn
ing to chess. The samc story WAS told us yes
terday BY q resident Of Empire township, who
lives near Leroy. We don't Eecofiect his name.
The chinch bug is represented to US as being
rather troublesome in Fuuk's Grove
from the Springfield Journal
The farmers of Saugamon are mostly done
planting. md the prospects Of the growing crops
are now very aattering. In the Southern part
Of The county, whers great deal Of rain has
fallen lately, the planting has been retarded, and
much Of it remains to be done. The same is
true Of The Macourin County farmers, who have
suffered very much by heavy rains. We are in
formed, however, that in spite Of these discoura-
glng facts, more than the usual amount Of corn
has been planted in Sangamon and adjoining
counties, and it is now up and looking we'll also
the wheat which was not winter killed, is Like
wise coming forward finely md promising a fair
yield 4 more busy class Of men than the far
mers of Central Illinois orc now cannot be found
anywhere. They are determined to raise large
crop and cxtrcatc themselves from financial
embarrassment, If there is any virtue In steady
and industrious application. In this good work
We wish them success, rs upon the solvency Of
the farmers depends that OF nearly every other
class in our great agricultural State.