New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-18
Crops and other Things I'm Minnessta.
Correspondence Of The N. Y, rrfbun~

Correspondents Of The N. Y. Tribune
g. PAvr, August T. ise1
WHEAr.-The results Of the pending harvest -
indicated by official reports from every county win
fully sustain the reputation of Minnesota AZ the best
Wheat State in the Union.
The crop has passed through an stages Of growth
without q single check or casually il we except q
slight local drawback in two Or three counties from
a two-weeLe drouth In June, but which was amply
repaired by subsequent abundant rains. The head
is very large, aud filed 70 the topmost kernel With
round, plump grain, that does the eyes good 70 look
at. The reaper is everywhere ct work, and the
crop promises full average, about q, or perhaps
q bushels per acre, for the State at large OF
course great many fields will yield Is. 30, or oven
IS bushels per acre. This will give us an aggregate
harvest of about 900 bushels over 80 bushels
to every man, woman and child In the State. This
s believed to be the greatest wheat crop in proper
tion to the number Of inhabitants ever produced BY
any State Of the Uni0n-our crop of 1850, which
was ~ bushels, aud that Of Michigan in 1913, which
was &5s bushels to each inhaotant, being the next
greatest. Light years ago our whole wheat crop
was but Is 600 bushels, and even four years ago
Minnesota imported large part Of her bread and
provisions. Now she has q surplus Of ut Least
5000, 900 bushels.
OTHER CRors.-An other crops are in o like
thrifty condition. Corp will probably yield the full
average of So bushels per acre, which, notwthstand-
ing the popular notion Of the immense corn crops Of
Illinois, is IS per cent greater than the ANNUAL aver
age of that State. 1t is the Dent Corn which 10
raised here universally, and though It Used 10 b
thought by our first pioneers that In spite Of the
sem.tropicai Hest Of our Summer, tho season might
prove too short H.: the more Southern varieties OF
corn, this apprehension has been entirely fasited By
experience and tee Dent is a. sure TO rpen In Mn
nesota az in Iowa or Illinois. The season Of OK.
from doot fro Il
dry, electric air, and warm, sandy, welldrsIned soil
of Minnesota, than in the heavier and more clayey
soils and dsmper atmosphere Of other Northern
States, even Of lower latitudes.
SHEIP.--But the feature Of the year Is the I'm.
mense influx Of sheep. In 1850 there were but
10 900 sheep in the State. There must be near
ly six times as many. Several hocks OF from three
TO five thousand have recently come in, aud are cold
or let out in small lots W our farmers. The high
rolling prairies dipping d0wp on ell sides " Inc
"beachy margin" OF cool lakes ana stfeamsi re
Iuxurisnt meadows which everywhe checker the
undulating surface, yielding two or three tunsof
hav 10 the acre; the richness of the native UPLAND
grass and heritage, the wide range of free Pastursge,
The heahfulDess Of the climate, above all, the ex'
IRENE aryness Of the Winter and all tho cold months,
and the steady depression of the Winter tempers.
ture below freezing point, thus exemPurg sheep
from the fatalities incident to the s1dden and vio.
lent oscillations of temperature above and below
that point. which in damp Winter climates suddenly
change snow 70 rain, and, presto! ram 70 ics ana
make the saturated fleece shirt Of Nessus to the
chilled and striker Aock-these facts have proved
90 favorable ~ sheep husbsudry In Minnesota, and
the great advantage at this distance from the see
board Of producing staple which loses % nteie OF
lis value in transportation is 30 obvious that the
interest excited In this business among our farmers
has taken the form Of q mania. All they can save
or borrow rs put into Sheep the older States are be-
ing ransacked for the best WOOL breeds, aud sheep.
raising threatens 70 absorb the agricultural industry
Of tue State.
EsLIsTMEKTs.-Tboueh we are in the thick OF
the harvest and the scarcity and high price Of labor
Is a ser,ous embarrassment TO our farmers, enlist.
ments are rapidly progressing. When the harvest 70
ended our new regiments will be promptly filled
The feeling here however. IL smost universal In ~
vor of general eonscription.
EMeRAlIoS-Tbe Homestead law has already
sen, thousands ON their way rejoicing 70 this Stase
in search OF free homss-end We have farms enough
remaining in our broad domain tor two three mii-
lions more Of the owerworked, i'll paid, homeless mil
lions Of the populous East. IA. W.