The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-25


predicted and show slight departure from the soHserva
live polcy which has been heretofore pursued by the
banks Leans have been sug neutec over quarter Of
somewhat reduced and the other varatnrs are rather
dscourag rg than otherwise.
The Chicago Press says
The MISSISSIPPI and Missouri IA sosJ is mss NJ steady
and sure progress westward. The track aid several
mics west Q. Iowa City, tie Contractor gives
rance that i wh Be opened y Narengo, io.riy nlcs
town surrounded by rich an popuous portion Of tie
state. and ic cpenn 81 the road O. hat p0rt WI add
largely 70 tie business The rolling stock Of the line,
cafa already taxed &c - Umos. capacity, sIi tie
strit ior cars a. tie d.1srcui stations. 70 market
the accrrnuas.ng proceeds Of the abundant bar.
aud ert-yy will furnish satisfactory solution 20
these slight troubles The DeZi section "a The ro1d, thr
t. ncs hctwcc1 NArsrg1 artCriunel e mostly graded,
laG arse amount Of It's arc already delivered Il will
be completed carly Ia he winter or sprS O. lstl. Grin
ae e IL n Is vest d re Mississippi leaving, when
the reaches thai n Mt cng atout 200 miles more
to complete 4 to the Missouri The importance Of the
Inc l. our city and 10 the country through which Z
Passes ought to is competitor early in 1862. Il
could be aone tie ncncy could be provided within the
next sN months The amount Of business that the road
VIII command sill ss;onlsh its meet saugune friends
Bsdcs the trade would attract fro nI<ansas Nebraska
sud tie rppCr Missouri ihero 80 coo people at Pixies
Peak who would contribute very largely e rs trae he
rapidly and the direct connection with Chicago and the
seaboarl Which this read would afford would both accele
rate the developement Of that fertile region aud
cure for our city tie Island read and the roads
meeting With Il from the East, largely ucrea ing aud
lucrative business tr every account thtreieeH very
important that this line, connecting 10 viii with Tho
great Central Pacific Railroad should be eompe,ed ai TIE
earliest day possible
The Milwaukee Ssiiael says
Tie yield Of grain far SURPRISES The expectations o. our
farmers indeed II 10 dcut 10 credit OF tho stories
told Of the rroducivcrcss Of Wisconsin soil friend,
who has llitle farm yell titled, within three miles Of
e city, Informed yesterday that be had Just threshed
out the wheat foar and half acre ted, and that 10
measured tvo hundred and Que bushes-an average OF
nearly forty i've bushels to the acre waukcsha farmer
Informs us at twenty acre aet a his, which he esti
mated TO yield thirty bushels 10 the acre. turns out
thirty ght We think 10 safe 10 put the average yield
az tic state at twenty bcskes 70 the acre. ibis VIII be
double tbs yield Of last year and the bIesdh OF land
sown to wheat nearly II not quite one third greater
thar IN 1859 The estimate, therefore, sf twentynv
milton bushels the wheat crop Of Wisconsin fos 1850,
q reasonable But II 10 not wheat alone that our
arnere have raised this ycar-they have epod crops OF
y and large OF rye, oaas and barley and boud no
untmey most 10 blast their hopes The yield OF corn
viii be uRprecsdentcdy large. ~ tho present tic "
promsa better theu We have known 10 do. Posa
toss, no, arc yegy stwdsst aDd of escoLqns quality