, 1862-06-17
THE CROPS.

PROSPECTS OF TIE CRors.---We have re- |
Gently visited ten or twelve counties, in the |
interior Of the State, and hare made careful |
obseTvutions and many inquiries in regard to
the crops. From all we eau learn, the pros |
pct seems to be encouraging. The breadth |
Of wheat sown and OF corn planted is larger
than it was last year. On the old farms as
much grain has bcen put in the ground rs in
any previous stason, and many farms have
been opened the present year. This remark
applies to every county between the Aftssis-
sippi and Des bfoines. We saw hundreds Of
new farms, with their first crops coming for
ward, and in almost every case they looked
We were III Hardin, Hamilton and Webster
counties the first week in June, and heard no
complaint from anybody in regard to any
crops Wheat and oats looked finely, aud
corn was just coming up, AT Webster City
VIC met the supervisors Of Hamilton county
men from all the toWnships-and they were
clated with the appearance Of vegetation in
their several precincts.
Our observations in Butler AMI Grundy
| counties were limited, but we SAW nothing
| devoid Of promise and We heard none but
! hopeful expressions from the lips of the few
| farmers with whom We conyersed
We visited Bremcr and Chickasaw counties
! tie second week in June, and for the first time
hcard qualifying terms in regard to the pros
poets Of the corn crop. A few fields had been
/ Ieplauted, and were lot looking very healthy.
| Wheat and oats had 4 good color. Rye Was
headed out On the first Of June aud every
| where looks prime.
| In Black Hawk county, along the Cedar
some farmers have had to re-p1ant their corn,
| and the same is true, in some cases, in Bu-
chanan and Delaware counties. In a few in
stsnces, on our return trip, We heard of the
Hessian hE, but Of no serious raEages. On
crops in Northern Iowa are fair.
| The reports of crop prospects continues good
We hear that the Hessian fly and chinc6-bug
have made their appearance III some parts of
the State, but as yet have heard nothing OF the
troublesome pests in this section.-Ctdar Falls
{loaca) Gazette
The WHEAT CRor.-Thc wheat, as gene
rl thing, looks we'll, and promises fair Tor q
! large yield. We are sorTy to learn that the
HeIsian 1ly Is troubling some Of the farnera
in the vicinity, thoug h we h;.ye not yet heard
Of its 1ayagcs being extensive. Reports from
other sections Of the country, however, look
rather bad, and it is stated that whole
fields in Southern Illinois have been rendered
insect--Grant Co. {Nis.) Witness
THE CRors-The chapgeable weather We
have had for some weeks, Followed by the de.
predations Of the chinch bug, has had bad
tf1ect upon our crops, and retarded their
growth. The bug has In some sections Of oul
country already destroyed whole fields oi
grain, and unless they sooH disappear they
will ruin more than half our wheat. Much o1
the corn planted has rotted in the ground, ir
. consequence Of the late cold weather, and
large proportion Of what little is up looks
pale and sickly. The favorable change in ths
weather during the last week, however, vii
, much benefit what is now growing, and If ths
: bug will but let 1t alone, and this weather con
i tinues. it may yet give good account of 1t
!. self.-lacHenry Co. Union.
HARyEsT.-Our farmers have Just con,
mcnccd harvest, and labor is in great demand
= Much Of the white wheat is ruined or serious
;. Il injured by the drouth or fly, and 1a'ely th.
rust has made its appearance. The red Whea
;. generally promises very fair, and in SOM
places is fully equal to any crop ever harvestcs
: in this county. The growing crops are doip!
we!l-coEn, oats. and TOBACCO M look finely tn
: tobacco crop this year will be large-probabl
a this county this year tllan in any year previ
u GUS. Cotton is doing frst.ra*e, ncd ncarl
!. every farmer has *'patch" sufficient to sur
!. ply Ills family with cotton goods the comm
t wear Car1ondale Jackson co. Times
HEss1AS FLY AND SPRING WHEAT.-W
have been making inquiries and searching on
exchanges, to learn something Of the eKten
!. Of the rayages Of the Hessian fly and othe
'. insects. We arc happy to learn thatthere 81
some localities in our county where these IL
y. = sects have not so seriously damaged the croI
e but as general thing, VIC learn that larg
proportion Of the wheat in Winnebago, an
part Of Ogle and Stephenson counties,
= much injured. II. L. Gorham, Of Wlnnebag'
Ia who has Just returned from a trip throug
q, Stephenson, Carroll and Oglc counties, Tsay
that few miles after lcavig FreepoEt, goiu
west and south, the effects Of the fly Is In
perceptiblc; ind au through Carroll and we
part OF Ogle the crop is very promising