Nebraska advertiser., 1861-06-06

written eulogium. Wherever liberty and
freedom of the masses prevails the name
.of Douglas is as a watchword.
THE CROPS IN SOUTHERN NEBRAsKh.-There
never was a time since the settlement of this Country
when there was so great a prospect" for crops, Of al
kinds, as there is at present. We have, during the
past month, Travelled through the counties Of Nemaha,
johnson, Clay, and Gage, and portions ofsRichardson,
7Otoe and Cass. In all these counties the farmers have
.sown much more wheat than heretofore-one half Of the,
cultivated ground in the southeastern part Of Nebraska
is now covered with as thrifty looking wheat as ever
the sun shown upon. The damp, cool weather we have
had this Spring has been very favorable for wheat
Indeed, the only danger now to be feared with regard.
Ito this crop is, that if this wet weather continues it will
grow too rank rendering it more Liable to be blown down
and thereby prevented from properly maturing. Some!
Farmers are becoming apprehensive that the rust mag,
finjure the wheat this summer. But we think it non
sense to "meet trouble half way" Because we have
had frequent showers during May, it does not follow
that it will DO wet in the latter part Of June. Wheat
lis liable to suffer moro or less from rust during hot,
showery weather; but no man can predict, a month in
advance, what kind of weather we will have. From
present prospects, there will be more Wheat in this
county than the farmers can harvest, or the millers
grind.
Rye and Oats look equally well with wheat, but there
has been Ear less Of these crops sOwn than wheat
There will be a sufficient amount Of Oats for our own
consumption.
COrn-This staple crop is now growing very rapidly.
But during the past month, the corn-helds in this neigh
bOrhoOd, with a few exceptions, were not very forward,
on account of the cold weather. But the ground now
- ..--~A1 - - A. - bo...s,o
warm, corn cannot fail to "make up for lost time" If
there should be no more rain this summer, with the
moisture that is now in the ground, and the capacity Of
this soil to retain moisture when it is thoroughly soak
ed, there would be as good, or perhaps a better crop than
twas gathered last year.
That great pest to farmers and gardeners-the cut
swOrm-has been committing great ravages in some To-
s%caities this Spring. ItdOes more damage, and is far
more agravating, fIom its ravages in gardens, than by
injury done to corn. Corn, eaten of by worms, will
generally sProut again but garden plants, when eaten
3of are ruined. Many persons in various portions OF
NEBRASKA, complain that the cut worms have not spared
3them a single cabbage, tomato, or cucumber plant. In
deed some gardens have been stripped Of almost every
thing green by these ~insatiate little reptiles.
In all the river counties The farmers are breaking
a large amount Of Prairie-fully as much as was done
last year. II the weather continues wet there will be
"a large crop of Sod Corn.
We fear there will be a scarcity Of laborers among
Farmers this summer. Most farmers have as much
Ecvrn planted as they are able to cultivate-many Of
3them much more than they can properly attend to IN
sless they employ more help than they now have. Far
mers have learned from experience that it is necessary
to cultivate corn thoroughly to insure good crop-they
have learned that more corn can be raised on t1Uenty
acres well titled, than on one hundred without c%ultivs-
ton. In addition to the work in the corn field will be
the work in the harvest field. Harvest is now nearly at
hand, and such a harvest as the West never before saw.
Il behOOves farmers to engage laborers as soon as pos
sible-"ere lis too late"
II the market the coming fall proves TO be as good
as the "signs Of the tines now indicate, we can no
longer complain Of "hard times" We have gooA reaI
son to believe that grain and provisions Of all kinds
will bring a good price. 1t is an adage in Europe and,
among ali warIike nations, that 'years Of war are al
SO years of high bread" The great numbers Of mem
in the middle and western States who have left agricu-
tural pursuits and Joined the army, must materially
affect the amount Of grain produced. 1t is estimated hat
of the three hundred thousand soldiers now under pay,
of government, eighty thousand had heretofore earned
their living by handling the pillow and spade. Then
too, this army Of three hundred thousand, must be fed
ALTHOUGH there are no more mouths in The country to-
sfeed, yet soldiers consume twice the amount Of the sta
pie articles Of fOOd-bread and meat-that the same,
persons would under ordinary circumstances. Farmers
under all the circumstances at present, are Encouraged
to make every exertion to produce as large crops as
possible. There never was a time when the farmers.
stood in greater need of good crops to enable them to-
apay their debts than at present; and there never was.
a time when a coed crop was more needed by the ooun-
TRY. The present war must necessarily entail upon the
U. S an enormous debt, and The more wealth the far
mers produce the easier will the debt be paid.
The man who stays at home and works upon his
farm or in his shop, though he may rot acquire as much
glory as the soldier, may yet console himself with the.
re Election that he, too, is ser wing his country, and though
his sphere 81 action may be more humble, it is not less.
useful, than that Of his neighbor who serves on the ten
ted field.