, 1861-08-23
Crops in Illinois and Iz&tana-.Sup.
Ply OF Hogs.
From the Cincinnati Price Current, SDth,7


At Ga1sua- Illinois, wheat Is now fAugust 1eth>
being harvested, and will be secured In good or.
der. Yield three to five bushels lees than Last
gear: but far mors ground being sown, the quant1-
ty will be fully up to last year. The quality il
very good, 1nd these remarks will apply to the
whole country northwest Of Ga1ena- Corn looks
well, and with favorable weather, the crop will be
last year per acre. Hogs very abundant in that
aTd and oHT vest 9 te om
there will be an increase Of fully fifty per cent as
compared With last year, The high prices oi
pork tie last few year.. have encouraged the rails.
lpE Of hoga. Corn being very plenty, aud large
surplus Il the hands Of farmers, they are feeding
It to hogs generally. Onr correspondent says l,ok
our for an eEalanche OF hogs from Northern MI.
Eo1s, Nltcousfn a-d Iowa, and even from Min.
Leeota.
Al Quincy, Illinois, wheat gathered in good Or.
quantity will be fully up to last wear. The a-my
worm took 81 the cheat out Of it in June. Corn u
nettes m than IT yeaz, and three weeks Of hot dry
that the crop will be oae-third less thsn ast yesr
hay greatly injured By the army WorE not over
nAn crop, Hogs more abundant, and larger than
A Naples, Illinois, the wheat has been harvest.
% IN good order; the yield Is fair average, bet
me Ferry not well filed. Last year and the Fes1
t1en: C1rn u very forward, az much 30 as Usual,
and the indications are that the crop will be an
an1tn e,5 nally large one on the bottom land, and
tnll average on the upland, much better than eyer
before. Oats not raised in thst place, as the
ground Is too rich for them. Hay short the arm1
worm destroyed most Of the timothy. Hogs vers
ho= cholera has made Its appearance and one
fs5mef near that place lost two hundred hsad by
1t last week.
At GRANVILLE; Illinois, wheat 9atherediin 60 ID
and one-fourth more ground sown this rear. Ths
average yield is about twenty bushels per acre,
Cora not as forwaId as usual, injured to some ex-
good one Oats poor. Hay not good, Injured 6y
army worn. Hogs more abundant than last year.
At Quincy, H., winter wheat cared in good COZ
dition, yields Is to 80 per cent. over last year.
n5t ovst 5s crop tara lot quite as pGir iorward
81 usual. hut the crop promises to be an extzeor-
dinaHg heavy one Oats good, as regards quality
j1red BY the army worm Hogs lot vsry plsaty
in this vicinity, but farther bsck, stock hos ar
r gooa s1ppy snd eesn ns59g cheap sad plenty
cd IN good order, b1t not yet threshed- The esti.
mate Is that the yield will be full ayerase Corn
not as forward IS usna, bat nevertheless promises
ase tass es sp 3 a1es s
incrsaae, as compared with last year.
INDIANA.
At Lagoofie, Indiana, the wheat croo is secured
in good condition, the yield abont averags one.
AAl pflDaH1y uut luAL. NJ upt0 DelnH t6FGslGd tue
yield is found TO be less Than was expected aad
not Gz good as last year. Com good, and promises
an average crop. Oats almost total failore Hay
hardly IN average crop. Hogs more abundant than
usual.
At Mount Pleasant, Indiana, wheat crop saved
in good order; yield poor, grain badly killed. Oats
very Light Corn LOOKS we'll hut car be hardly IN
average crop. Hogs and cattle in fnll supply.
AT Delphi Indiana, wheat seemed In good con.
diticn, bnt the yield not over onehsIf that or last
year. Corn not so forward as last year, at this
time; but recent r1fns and warm weather render
it probable that the crop will be as good as that OF
last year. Hay an average crop. Hogs plenty
LAT Wabash, Indiana, the wheat crop has been
secured in the beet possible conditions the yield
is less than that Of last year, and fully oneourth
to one-third below an average, Since threahiug
began, the farmers have been disappointed in noI
obtaining the yield they expected: the heads were
short and not filed out we'll Corn is aaout as-
forward usual and there never Was 80 good pr
pect ofan abundant crop that section of country
Oats good, but not much sown this year. Hay
poor; the army worm destroyed good deal OF 1t,
but even without this, the crop would not have
been good one. Hogs In better supply than last
year, and there will be grester number fatted
owing to the abundance and low price OF corn.
| At Michigan City, Indiana, the wheat crop has
beeI secured in the best possible order, much bet
ter than last gear; the gield not 30 good ss Tad
Of lat year. Curu looks very well. and the crop
| promises to be better than lsat years. Hay
thot.. owing to dro1th, fully onefourth less than
that OF laet year. Oats short one-fourth for s4me
cause as hay. Hogs plenty, much more 70 thsn
last year Corn plenty and cheap that farmers
now feeding, believing ttat it Is tha best dis
position they ca4 make Of their corn.