, 1859-06-27

parrd with tile SAME per iod last yenr, would
present the o'lo"lng conf rast: Twenty-Five per
crn,. les. vi, eat growing FIR wc'l~, ,t,in.
nj, >..,lrr; lls'"n per vent H,n,r cur. ;,rtter
,,..l VI the, 1'snd, ;s4tnt H.. s..ru:4, l. ta, 1nr
w...li.r, liz, o'n1"rison i'll qnanG ~ ii oa,s
rye, all equal amount; less bari er, Th;s, oii
course, i, 70 ugh guess, hut it comedies With
thc testimony o. farmers with II hou copycrscd
on the cars.
Never betor . did / Sc. iarr lers SO universally
engaged in 1orking their corn. DAYS, gi,ls,
youn: woul' n, old women, men Of all nges-all
seemed tn br wassny ar Of determination
uion tl.e weeds and grass. in t'seir ccrn Grlds.
IL: tsc r.tl,cr continue dry fur fortnight,
anil they will generally succeed but week y
rain wo lid battle all their efnrt>. SIunld ,l'e
wcedS mud rra>s be le: a!onc, there w"u!d not
bc .ulr corn crop. II all other clusscs would
" , Us rcsolutefv to work rs those far1ncrS, to
increase the productions tr eur country, we
.,ln.ull soul, hear ITO more about hard times.
Tic as,>enc: Of trees is 4 great drawback To
beautiful landscape is spoiled for want Of them.
In aI.cn;n. Il new prairie farm, the very first
thin. after house and fence building, should be
,rrr planting. For 1isc first planting, wGuld
rrc.',ilnlend fast growing trces-wil!uws, cotton
wonl-alnost anvthing which will SOON create
shade aud protection. Another g,icyous want
is. t;,,c grass One ton Of it Is worth almost
Us much US two tons Of common prairie grass.
II Yields more per ucrct it Is us easily cured !;
il makes stronger horses. more aud better beet
aud mntisn nn.l more value and substance
! can lr slowed away in less space. never saw
Il better country for growing large crops Of line
| hay than Northeastern Illinois,
In tllc vicinity IF Uuarga, about "1lc hundred
| ard ten miles south Of Chicago. there was
visible improvement in the furwarlness OF
| crojss. Corn six 10 eight inches ligl,. not 20
wcclv. but equally thin sprin:. wheat The same
lis before, but further advanced; all vegetables
| arl'aEcntly two weeks carlirr- Such Was the
change within half au hours ride. IN occa-
s'u.at lied ni winter wheat, turned out for pas-
tsre, rushed br, but the Ecncral ASPECT of tic
co,si1t-: WAS cheerful by comparison. \ swe
| ~: ru:v!.el CrbAna, ont hundred and twenty
| live miles IRON Chicago, we c:l!nc UPON *rriur
! wheat and oats headed out; cDrb ranging ironl
eight /" twelve lnchcs high; 6elds uf fine ti,no-
lily, ready for the scvthe,.ssA severe l,ail storm
| PASSED over His region about one ncluck til,
afternoon We calnc along nearly fur hours
!;.tcr, and sill there were Jumps OF ce I'LL inch
il diameter lyin. in sheltered irnce corucrs
Many OF tile llaitstones measured four inches
in circumference when they fell Fortunately,
tIr,e nut much wind, and the storm did not
con:innc long. 1t pros,rated po,a,oes, corn,
NlIEltt etc, uhl lllt',| VIII sh0n rec Eer.
For the next fifty miles-hciwecn Cri,atla
and Ma,oon-tfle crops and the country pre-
serted tue same general aspect. There was Ill
increase ni winter wheat, lE.[ colrr> bonding
dinsinution Of spring; but the c,anye was 80
gradual :> to excite no surprise. III this SIC.
liu1', half the winter wheat was turning. vcllnw.
Harvest will cusnueuce next week. 1cxa,,,;n.t!
e::ry field coscly is l cuu1d, and a,n >atis-
lied that .'lr VERY best yield wall nct exceed
t"entv.ti1e bushels per acre. Mucll Of il viii
r.4,l.c between Twelve and fifteen Thc c..ru
here is 'nt mrre iurward than ut Crbala. Ill
write frun Cairu Tomorrow.
JA.Ls {. MEn,t..