New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-30
THE PROSPECTS FOR HARVEST
LETTER FROM A sKILLFUL OBSERVER.

LETTER FROM Sk1LLtIb OboEhf lN'
Correspondence The N. 2. Tribune.
NEAR GENEVA, June 90 1861.
Having taken ride aud observed the crops.
arm satisfied that the wheat Throughout Western
New-York will be q great failure. You can
occasionally meet with good field Of wheat
where il hes been sheltered by woods, bills, or
or ridges from the hornor-west, as the sailors say
As I wrote you before the failure arose from the
Young wheat being frozen to death IL the BARGAINING OF
March. Spring crops don't look promising hereabout,
owing to sncb deuge of rain during April aud pat
Of May TIE land worked heavy, and was badly rni-
verized Lumpy land seldom procucsa good Spring
CROP What wheat there is is almost sure 10 DO de-
stroyed BY tie nudge, owing to being 20 late. Last
year ., this dae they bad commenced tfe attack bnt
Il is year they are not ready yet lie female ha' Dol
Yet become large and yellow in tie body bu they are
numerous, and will soon Re ready TOR lug our
wheat Last year wheat was In ear fhrte weeks
nsaiyl earlier than Ills md tie cbih had got to-
h.Id for them; but this year II 10 ju IN The state In
viii their attacks eau be most destructive ! have
seyenl letters from Canada. GeneIaily, Wiiter
wLea there is az bad RS ours md IL gerefi tie lros
pet for Spring wheat Is Mt go.d lie wet Aprh and
May mace their land work baoIy. Laud h's 10 DE Ia
ii sht state receive tie iced, or eOod crops cannot
c got
Northern Ohio will make poor crop OF wheat, at
ie,pt OF Winter whet Their corn IL afro very uri-
corn uuil the middle Of October. Every where the
Winter wheat i, 20 late that ever tie best fets m s'
t "A srs fr m midge. 4 know o. one iirl Of Scnle
wheat that il very good. TIE laud wes u0rou9hiy
Sdmmeralljved, and lined at the rate OF 30 bitheis
of upsiacke lime 20 tie acre. No doubt q q nudge
will make sad havoc IL; otierwise IL wJGl Lave
ga. q chance TO RIA e very god crop. Wheat D.
1econ very precautions crop with u.s. 1901 ard 1898
both failures III tb section ara iu iae In all
Itt eagowipy esioU5 OF IRE Free states, ara III
1859 nay lot their crops by tie Jth o. June troNt,
Ihouph il did tot hurt In Seneca County, and am
cer in Seneca County did net produce cetteraversge
IL foy years have Lad three farmers IRON Lvi gs-
Ion County whiting me. Tbey lett yesterday.
They sgy here has been such failure m that county
,uoe 1885, ard hey live in tns very he-t whea-grow-
iug tccion in Western New-iork, o. "a, ieast was
.k q a, on ~ such until they hsd tie niise. They
ost ,eir heat crop in les, by frost. also the Niaier
| barley; lie latter is great failure Til. year.
nave bed ,eYerol letters from Kentucky OF late.
Their wheat is very good aud 81 are all other CROPS
IIndtso Ietters from SOath Carolina aud Alabama
Their heat was very lint. They grow quite a quar-
tty OF wheat 10 Alabama. have sold seed wheat to
veaileLa n tere for tie l.st two years, who grows
10 acre. yearly Ia the Paris and London di6ticts OF
C,nada West He tells NE that Spring wheat is now
prou,iug, OF u, least was 80 ten days ago We have
lad alir,. droutb Tor some iIe Which has hurt
our Spriug rops. We had some rain Yesterday, but
not enough To set tie roots under ground. The wind
| / north = ain and quite ike dry weather. Flour,
| whe.t, aud com are very Tow. have not known
corn 30 low In a great many years, but depend upon
e. U will be tao reverse before THE lime next year,
ani euppo~e the Sonib will send ns hone. still
Link our worthy President should la' in large stock
Tor Lis family uil att while prices are low 1t is no
uia ter wost you may zee In the papers about good
,yot.t riding railroads can tell n0tipg ABOUT
the crops ard great many OF the writer's dout know
good crops from Dad It is rare to lind wiring
i4rner although there are more than there were ~
eas ago OF one thing GIn sure, that taae all the
NotberI. States together there Th be ereat failure
II Uinter .cheat vi and othsr Spring crOis. no
Ian can speak to certainly. In til, section tbs
dronrh AZ hurt then but oats corn and Spring sheat
uay / Ill make good crop, Spring barley appearc
so &c nos, hurt Of any s. ring crop. Old I'eado"s
will give light crop, and those seeded only Que OF
two Years are very good. We will not have wheat
havs until the last yf Jolly urless il rPens pfcms.
turry Last year. and tie year before, we commenced
ON liz 10Th. No ran ever saw good crop that nd
MOI ipen in season-Gt least if any he must
be Older than l. In 1886 ana 1855 coma ed Cd the
18th To cut wheat; in 1872, on the 5th OF July. For
IS yearsI commenced from the 9Th t. the ldh the
other years a,er. My beat crops were always those
'f' V JOHN JOHNSTON