New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-24

seldom that eher money manure succeeds IN raising
d single melon tha. weighs oos ID
we learn from Harrisburg PAL paper that in that
,c;rv with The recent fine weather the Winter grain
and rasiur,s are growing rrdly - in the Spring
Some Of Tho farmers are becoming approhensive that
their wheat will grow up too rank and are turning in
their cattle to proven; its too rapid growth
Acorrespondent in Winneshiek County, Iowa, writes
us that
IRON careful calculation and observation he concludes
Wbest Tho quality is universally good being and
stacked IN dr. condition Corn, oats and barley al heavy
sasy ''' ''' al ''0' crops are good Potatoes '''''"
Another farmer, NJ. +. Gates, writing from Musca-
tine County, in the same State, saws:
With favorable weather ste harvest progressing rep
It would be impossible to cat up any conrilersbe share
Our large belds Of com. We husk our corn on the hill
ter work; this year ms1red and sound sud
dry enough to crib several weeks es,iier ,h.n usual
continues vorsie BE- .ie in S before the close Of the
month nws folly mstured ard crbbns had commenced
horse poser nd shipped In bulk IN October II had every
In tTea aud IN Yield per acre the crop postoe, unusually
lare IN Muscane County stands next 60 wheat and in
psr, Indian OctobsT quite po-
Tee t1p a ' oy srS mfecicT
Our work in October interrupted but day by
October 1856 September 20 October 2l 1888 October
1859 October 10 and IN 1850 October Ia difference Of only
three days in the last thee years
Our worthy friend John Johnston, " the Great Tile
Dr.liner," comes to crop column . correspondent
in the following letter on the crops Of Western New
York. The sturdy old Scotch farmer has now become
50 well known throughout the country, that his
spondonoe has become bgrdensome in the extreme
His letter is az follows:
" To 7ae Editor Of The y. J. Td5pne
GA word or two as to crops in Western New-York
think Winter wEoct turned fair average, although fully
We have had but two cops to exceed that in 81 yea and few
70 equal let least far as observation extends THIS
there few crops which exceeded 80 bushels Of Winter
wheat e The eeo Ne ero se4uaiy t.aPpontod At the re
ter A well in Western ewYoh the accounts received
from all quarters were really surprising
a. bushels yr acre Bn ysry tt. OF thst grain 4. so nov in
ruined the crop Winter barley has yielded enormously have
hesd Of 20 bushels per ecTe from ned ten aeTss and from
crop was the best saw, and 80 IL was all over Western
KeYork Owing TO many farmers having abandoned the
culture Of Spring barley immense acreage Of oss
s Sb i 49, - s,eTi;lv be.i5c iBjtip1 The osairy
stu hre Is enough and TO spare The potato has o':ed
zs least the crop for Winter the crop l.
fair bat sill there viii be great deal Of son The sum
and $500 a. t & little their snd aimed the wet
have many letters rom every State Of the Union They
the Seren Of Virginia Georgia tine Caross Alabama Ken.
lucky and Tennessee The Of Spring wheat IN our West
States is large a. also m canada "" ~ Canada tH2
weeks Of as month ana vas told that their 81 lus ae6 had
yielded from ~ 20 - bshe per acre They all seemed to agree
that IL was the best crop they raised The Winter wheat
was failure sections, but IL others it had been
thai our soules wheat here. hey know iie or nothing
about Mediterranean wheat. ana SOW VINE We, on!
th, Autumn sold something 90 bushels for seed
alter harvest some OF going Asbaua, aud to number
distributed the United states during Tie last tour OF i've
years Ons writes me from southern Indiana thst the
Soue wheat he got from yielded from TO 10 bushels
acre more than any whee, they have. H.. $500. =.
Western NewYork /. very good snd so 1t " IN Canada Oar
son We have had frost to hurt the pasture 20 far but
constant succession 81 rain rain. Much ul OI corn l. p..-tls
mS" xas We %S Ny 10 1850 JOHN JOHNSTON
Now that our Southern brethren breathing
threats Of secession and casting longing eye on
Cuba it may not be embarrassing to them to learn the
actual extent of the Cuban sugar crop From recent
number Of The CubaR Messenger, we learn that:
There ara At present OF were In full operation during the last
seasrn 5 sugar n this island which produced this
year ~ 9t $50 H. equal 70 % . as % sas US; 81 s
po-sf aBd sOs with power, the Old o. primitive style
100, w acres v bile ,he estates used for other
purposes Viz cattle heds iIui vegetable GARDEN, r. com
Inc weight Of each box Of is put down The average
- - H. ~ 500 boxes hich the prices that have ranged
s;ne January can well estimated a. per box making me
ys ~ the crop 81 ITO this We edd he value OF
H. s and run produced sugar estates II VII '"eA
ths amount { o a very large extent ,--..-- -.
~ !. ov OF notice the proportion OF production 70
she ,s rder much smaller m the Western ihan
:. - a. sster drus latter yielding IT the rate Of
the while the former l. i4e over y
boIcs end the number Of esle- ~ Tue a''e
A. L.. .bsu orethd those in the Western Ih Is mat
u y the attention Of planters IN this section Of ihe n
.lI,e II l. fact which has hitherto been proven
s.bogh often alluded For the present We must limit onT
fgrres "a the following; .-,.e---- -
5,epattlIen''- Nv az 64l $50 lO22 85j,2j0
" osttIh ''''''''''''-'ssS 50233 IG44C3,JJO
%,SsterIl ............. JuV '''-''
m, gss eql9l3 II21343 $50
% - sn tbs the production Of this year
resclrd m 64 tuns which, Il our Houoy nor 9lSa u more
.,bsD double the quantity produced III LouHs i any
-, 1as9 we be ieve the largest crop e. Io3u tuns
g. euber Of plantations IN Louisiana tlI gSas being lJ or
x - tbsn in Cuba The production Of ~ .op 10 %
- - calculating The weight boxes at AZ ~ each; and