New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-06
THE CROPS.

:, onld he another week Of cold and storms in the
1,;,s5 Kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland has
done Il: and q sad Winter season opens up before the
tsrners The Freeman Journal SAYS that within the
memory Of man a season like the present was never
,1pernoed. For the past three months not one sin.
gle day passed over without rain and generally
much at a time. That influential journal thus re-
marks:
n" TIE present time the most serious apprehensons
ectained for the safety Of the harvest, and it
cannot be denied that the longcoLtinued weness of
the weather has done immense damage to the potato
crop The accounts from the country most dssour
aging as large districts of low lying ground under
tilsge all but covered with water, and the corn
nops though quite green, generally reported to be
lodging fast. Grea; hopes were entertained during
the afternoon of Monday that the weather nsd seued
"a the wind shifted TO Z. n. e. and me not sun
burst forth for the FIRST this season. Tuesday was
aso fine but &cody and rain fell In the earlier part
of Wednesday, but anything to equal the ram ana
storm Of that evening and nght snouu oe
TO be fully understood About o'clock, the wind
went round to s. s. e. and rain descended In torrents
without cessng for moment up to clock ON Thurs
day morning. The mischief done by that night rain
cannot be estimated and unfortunately, from al we
can learn il was general. On Thursday heavy show
ers fell ma the forenoon, and q few glmpses of
shine apueared In the evening a. were, TO herald
snother wet night. Hopes were entertained
that the new moon Of yesterday morning would
bring hne weather with it, but In this were
also destined to be disappointed, as the weather
time within the past three months. Nothing but warm
sunny weather restore the crops and il is most de-
Vouy be hoped for that we are not far from the ter
inatop of this excessively wet Heavy rain,
accompanied by violent squalls from 5. W., continued
during last night, and daybreak there ndica
ton OF q change for the better. Reports from the
country of the goomiest description. The oat crop
is generally looked upon ali but lost. Except In
few uncomfortable districts it has not yet rpened but
remains perfectly green and beaten TO the ground by
the violence of the weather. Wheat promises to share
arnffU vUbt
crops Little of II has been yet cut and this CROP the
eordtion of which inspired the most snguine expec
tatons only few weeks since is now causing farmers
the deepest concern. Mr.. BagweL, NJ. p, annually
gives prize of E5 to the tenant who brings the first
sack Of grain 10 the market aud II will enable you TO
form tome idea Of the unfavorsbe character OF the
weather when tell you that up to the present no one
has applied for this gratuity. With regard to the
potato crop the general opinion that the present
weather continue for another mouth 1t must inevitably
be lost"
Let things 20 on at this rate and what must be the
result al Chicago The British grain crop being
duced one-haf say seventy millions bushels it would
be necessary for the country to import that amount
deduct;ng the stock of old wheat hand This has
been estimated as less than for several years past and
IN fact it was not more than Thirteen millions bushels
three weeks ago. Chicago is the great grain depot of
this country and therefore while the whole country is
interested in an advance in prices that city is peculiar
" 90 The large grain product of Illinois this year
finding markets at the South and West as well as at
Chicago twill be thus absorbed in various drec-
tions ane we think it very unlikely that gus sho aid
be experienced at that point. This alone would have
tendency TO maintain prices and when we add to 1t a
foreign demand for seventy eighty millions bushels
from one kingdom it requires no spirit OF prophecy to
toretel an important rise In the price Of grain West
ern wheat now worth at home from 81 cents to 81
per bushe according TO locality, but unless the next
foreign steamer brings cheering sdvices respect
ing the crops this same wheat will be worth from 81
TO 81 20. The scarcity Of vessels on the lakes VIII
naturally prevent rapid transmission to eastern mar
kets of any desired quantity short notice and hence
there must be large carryih business done by the
Railroads far into the Winter. All now depends on
the foreign meteorological records, which we shal
nrint in the coming few weeks, and, Of course they
will be looked for with the greatest interest
A letter from a farmer living near Hartland, VT.
and dated August 25 gives rather encouraging view
Of the crops in that vicinity The harvest, says
our correspondent, is nearly finished, and such
harvest has not been taken since 1910, though II Is
feared that the long-contnued wet ana neat mas
damaged the wheat TO some extent II ls oeleVed the
average Weld Of wheat per acre Is from 10 10 ~
bushels on all sowed while some Will reach 10 ana
go There will be full supply IN tins town, ana
erbape in the county Corn is heavy but late potatoes
have great growth, bat are 0eglnr ing 10 rust 6ut
al these viii not make up for the Ight nay crop. Inc
droutb which continued for one year, rom gufy :,
1859 and little snow, prevented SEED Hon
terminating and the consequence is from nall 10
ihree.quarter crop of that important article
A more extended view Of the prospects Of Vermont
Is presented in this letter from another source:
have been through nearly the WHOLE State and md the
crops wheat and oss unusually good Coih = hot Fe n
isns though some pieces are me and IN some ocsn b
a VA Be good yet FDs Grass Rs9 Suffered severely
dOgs and hs qusnis Of butter ss1 b most parts Of
the IA fair cay twothirds Of the lsaa is ~
se dTonth has severely felt Many have been
obsed pasture their meadows and much Of ta
Farmers who usually cut hy tuns are
fortunate they this year Instances muen WORE
than this average frequently occur oPs "mo bav
attacked the grain and in many instances heay
instance thirty bushels 70 70. acre Ee'e e ~ ~
abort time in Bridport near the lake shge 'Hey 1920.
svery green ting-howers, garden vegetables ana
Hddbay 81 $50 per tun from the field and some even
hgbn Sheep and cattle Of course quite cheap ano sP
h 49, n III last two weeks give fair promise Of abundant
fan feed Butter sells at sixteen TO twenty cents
Our recent request that farmers should send usfacts,
in place If theories regarding the yield OF their
respective counties or farms, liz complied with by
Postmaster in Dupage County, Illinois, He says that
Charles Watson Of that county cut and thrashed from
- acre. $40 bushes Of osts nor was material diff
ference 70 be observed between this and some other
fields in this vicinity Wheat, when it is not lodged
will yieIo 80 bushels on average, and crops Of 80
and 40 bushels are not uncommon this season OF Corn,
he thnks that perhaps the least said the better. Never
tbeess while whole felds promise 49, many acres will
Weld their 100 bushels. Mr.. X. T. Benjamin, who
has resided in Dupaige County over thirty years. has
field that viii average two plump ears 10 StalK' aha
one Oh the end Of each sucker
One of our friends in Jones County Iowa, says that