, 1861-07-13
II q Crops in Tho West.
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CENTRAL L1lkole.-We have heard It pretty
generally mooted that the storm WHICH passed 50
sad havoc on the corn and other crops In the sur
rounding country. In the netghborhood Of Ath-
ems 1t IL aaid that the damage is incalculable.-
Springfield Register, 10th.
harvest In good earnest and II we are not greatly
mistaken. the crop Of wheat now ready Tor the
sickle will be. Notwithstanding all the croaking
Some az that their wheat is better than last year.
but such is not the case generally. Corn is grow
Ing anely.-Atsdo Record, eth. ,.
age was done to the crops In Rock Island county
By the late etorm. There are few wheat fields
mere Or lees damaged: Since the storm the wea-
ther has been cool with stiff northwestern breeze
it Is good ior tie wheat, but moi favorable for
Other crpps.-Regisftr, 11M.
KANE co-This is about tho turning point With
cur wheat crop. Another week VIII dec1ae Ine ae
bring rust, the wheat Will be fair average crop.
The straw Will be short and light but our hope Is
that the head will be large and the berry GOOD
Egfn Gazette, 10M. .
HENRY Cove have information Of several
fields OF wheat being ripe and ready for the SICKLE
in The north part of Burns township; Ihts - o. o.
the talan variety It u len a9ys oah aafanG1 mu9
&c of which many pieces Of other kinds are more
OF less injured by.-tzroni1s, atA.
MAEsHA Core Is ready tq l. est and sae
r. resar - cut next weck We hear vsrious ru-
1nors oE blight, rust. etc. within two OF thrse
aa aays be- to up 70 aoms y miles south of
harvest is going on and the crop SAD TO be good
Wages Of harvest hands is undecided. One dol
seems to be the case at present. Some farmers,
We hear, declare they cannot pay 80 much, and at
the price Of wheat 1t VIII not pay to harvest more
than thcy can do themsc1ves.--Laeoa lafel., 1oth
CuAArA1GH CouNIY.-Thc fall Wheat is DOW be-
ing harvested, and al through the county it lsoks
fine. Spring beat also looks Hel, and with but
few exceptions the yield Of wheat in Champaign
Sss sesy bseE w os s. to ns 4@15Rn @ % 5 5
army worm, instead Of being IN injury, has been
positive benefit to tae crop. The grain is plump,
and ae!as M that wsre @ apparently destroyed By the
OF TIE State there is = gfeat scarcity Of harvest
hands. large wages being offered, aud in aoma
eases half the cIope being given away for cutting
Perhaps one Of tue largest wheat crops eyer grown
in Champaign county, would ha7e been harvested
this summer had it not been for the devastating
sweep Of the great tornado Of the 18th nltimo
Tbs corn & crop Is growing rapidly, and looks e1
tinucs favorable our county will yield crop that
will astoDish the natives if it does not enrich
the ti1lcrs Of the soil~- Erbaaa Uaioa. 11A.
WISCONSIN
WAurAccA Co.-Crops In this county look very
good. We lad a beautiful rain last Might duly
7th},whch will DO great deal Of good to all kinds
Of cropa, especially corn and potatoes. Wheat,
rye and oats look first rate. Harvesting will com
mEnce earlier than usual in this county. 4 large
amount Of land around b, re is sowed with wheat
and rye: large crops Of both are predicted by far
meEs that Know, We hear Il great about the
drouth in the neishboring counties, bnt there has
been enough rain In this part OF the country, 30
Lar this seasou.-Cor. .Ii3WHnkee Sentinel.
IONA.
uRoGTu-Ftom every portion Of Iowa aud
Northern Wisconsin, complaints Of injury to the
growing crops from lack OF rain are reaching us.
The spring rains were unusually heavy and the
seeding late. The heavy rains Of April and May
left the ground hard: this being followed BY dry
weather and withering west winds, is operating
very much against the wheat and corn. Gardens
also suffering. The wheat crop Of this section
will probably not be two-thirls as heavy as 1t was
iast year. and unless rain comes seon, no: hall as
heayy,-4lc G3eQ0r Press, 9th.
INDIANA. ..
ST JOSEPH Co.--The farmers Of this county are
now in the midst of their wheat harvest. We IN
derstand that the yield will be fully an average.
and that the berry Is unusually plump aud sound.
South Bend Register, It'll.
NEBRASKA.
Cnors.-F1om every portion OF the Territory,
VIC have the most cheering accounts Of the pros.
pccta for every kind OF crops. Never before has
the wheat crop promised so abundant yield, and
II favorable weather continues drtng the ripcning
season-as We have every reason to hspe-and the
the yield will be unusually large. Cora, oats, po-
remarkably well. Our farmers haye good reason
to rejoice In the prospect OF bountTful harvest,
full Eranary, and remn1eratiEs ptices.-QNs1AH
CskV AttTaeHign 9Th.