The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-06-21
Crop Items.


From the various parts of this county
the reports in reference to wheat are not
positively discouraging Wheat little win
ter wheat was sown escaped nter.killing,
AID looks promising. Spring whea was
generally sown too late, resulting invaria-
bly, in an inferior yield We hear nothing
of serious ravages by the fly or chinch bug.
We cut from our Illinois exchanges a
few extracts from which a general idea
may be gathered Of the crop prospects in
this state. We should say, judging from
these and similar reports we have read
(for We have no space for ally that the
wheat prospect promises to be fair, but by
no means a heavy one--in Iced below an
average:
TAzEwELL Co Tho wheat crop promises
finely in this country at this time. II no
accident befalls it between this and harvest
there will be large surplus for export.
| SOUTHERN 1LL-Tamaroa, June IA
! Weather hot. The farmers are cutting
their wheat, which is from fair to good
| quality-so:ne very good; and altogether
the crop is good and full grained.
| WHIrEsIDE Cove hear of much com.
plant from our farmers, of the ravages of
the Hessian fly, to the growing wheat crop
IN this county. We have taken pains to
converse with many Of our farmers, the
past few days, in regard to the prospects
! of their crops, and all have the same
gloomy story to relate The fly or chinch
bug have almost wholly destroyed many
| fields, and it is feared their work is only
commenced.-SentineL
WILL Co We understand that the white
grub is making extensive ravages in grow
ing crops in some Of the eastern towns Of
this county. Last year many fields of
wheat and corn were totally destroyed in
the same region by them, and is feared
that they will prove more destructive this
| season. We have heard lime recommend
ed as a means Of putting stop to their
ravages.-joHet Signal
CARROLL, OGLE, dc.-Farmers say they
never saw such poor corn in June, save
three years since, when it was cut down
on the I'd of said month by frost The
wheat crop is suffering from the Hessian
FLY. An acquaintance who had been gone
on two days trip through Carroll INTO
10 Daviess Co, says that whole fields are
fly has visited them. A Mr. Moffat, who
usually sows forty or fifty acres, says that
nearly all his wheat is ruined IL Ogle
Co a number Of wheat fields are being
plowed up for corn, and there is much
complaint Of the fly there-Car. Prairic
Farmer.
VERMiLLIoS Co June S-We have had
very fine weather here for the last few
weeks. The Winter Wheat is heading
out-Corn and others crops are growing
fast The cause Of the PEACHES falling off
of the trees in this vicinity is the eur
of the leaf.
UNION Co., June 9-The Wheat crop in
this region, and for most Of the way north
10 Centralia is very light; and the yield
must be small. The fly Is injuring many
fields seriously, and in some instances the
Chinch bug appears in the same fields.
Nearly all the wheat is considerably rust
ed, but yet mostly on the blade Fruit
prospects are very fine. The pd ach trees
being loaded with all they ought to bear,
the crop will very much exceed that Of
last year
LEE Co, June 9-Wheat, generally
speaking, looks we'll; Oats, do Grass, |
never saw looking better; Corn, tolerable.
SAyGANox Co-The Springfield journal
SAYS the Hessian fly is doing immense
damage to the wheat crop in that vicinity.
Whole fields and nei2h borhoods are being
devastated and rendered worthless.
McHexRY Country. The change bic
weather we have had for some weeks foil
owed by the depreda,ions of the chinch
bug, has had bad effect upon our crops,
and retarded their growth. the bug has
has in some sections ofour country already
destroyed whole fields of grain, and unless
they soon disappear they will ruin more
than half our wheat Much of the corn
planted has rotted in the groun, in CON
sequence of late cold weather, and large
proportion of what little is up looks pale
and sickly. The favorable change in the
weather during the last week, however, will
much benefit what is now growing - tniou
JACKSON Co Our farmers have Just com
menced harvest, and labor is in great de
mand Much Of the white wheat is ruined
or seriously injured by the drouih or fly
and lately the rust has madeits appearance.
The red wheat ceuerolly promises very
frir, and in some places is fully equal to
any crop ever harvested in this county.
!he growing crops are doing well-corn,
oats and tobacco look finely. The tobacco
crop this year will be large-prebably five
times as many plants have been set out IN
this county this year than III any year
previous Cotton is doing first rate, and
nearly every farmer has pitch suffici-
ent to supply his family with cotton good
the coming.