New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-20
Crops IN THE WEST.
Care,ondence Of The ~ Y. Tribune.
DoyGoLA, UNION Co., III, Ang. H. 1863.
.a. fro,n my own observations and

ooo extensive INQUIRIES nm account of the crops rom
airo TO Chicago will Indicate their condition through
the West Many farmers haye had gloomy forebodings
a, account Of he drou and they have found ntteronce
In TIE TRIBUNE
Rain. according to the careful Observable Of Pro
fssor Biolget and others has teeu found TO visit te
United States in what may Re called ranhc.ts each be-
Inc abont two miles wide Those passing through Ill
pos are three in number, aud ore traced follows:
Commencing on tie Gulf Of Mexico near the Rio
Granle they radiae IKE fan branches through Ar
kansas. Missouri and Southern Iowa. then curvng to
ne northeast they I'll al the country lying be-
tween Carlo and lake Michigan. and pass through the
States Of Michigan. Indiana and Ohio OF these tno
hover belt is doubled back around Cairo crosses 'he
OHIO and passes through Western KENTUCKY ana i'"'
ncsSee This change or course. common 10 'ne ''".i
two belts seems as tcurh caused striking ''e
Alicghauies foy the Whole three Irocecd down p''"e'
these monn RS and III, Mississippi then cnr'li east
ar5 ,cs trorrh the States Of Mississippi ard Alaha-
-. Guitar coc-ria and then follow the Atlantic coast
fu;, ,be whole region aetween the Alcghancs andthe
coast passiuc through Pennsylvania, New'AorS' snd
England ana 70 ont upon tie ocean across the banss
ofycwf5rudand. There other bets visiting other
,ect,cus and even crossing these il pieces hut do not
sneak If hcse The lower Of The three belts crossing
Illinois reaches from Cairo IN 80 TO the Ohio ana Mis-
sissPpi Railroad IN 800; the second or middle belt cx
send from 500 10 400 40 the uvpo- from 800 3@ 70
40 90 on Lake Michigan Now IL r 20 be said that
is tits middle belt only which has not brought the
usual sIaoru Of rain while the upper and lower ones
have furnished good supply. l. should he added thu;
these bets iuterInngle with each other along their
respective boundaries almost So cfaoo those bounda-
Yies While our extensive rains visit as indicated.
occasional showers have connection with them for
Ncv ere limited 10 few miles In extent rnd these hive
been al the rains fallen in Central Illinois since April
Perhaps afer tais analysis better prepared to
consider the snbject in detail.
FRUIT.
Ir Southern Illinois there was heavy snow and
freeze last October and sueh late fui: was on the
trees 2. the tine spoiled Tie wood Of peach trees
was frozen through Our fine carly peaches are rottrg
bsdlyon low grounds the trees did not blossom. and
Nere IS net tsal eighth e crop. Apples ore
pclhars half crop. in Central Illinois what peach
frees they have loaded and the apple trees are i
In NJ l. DunlGp's nursery end orchard grounds ~
Cham7airn Champaign County, sew al kinds Of irmt
trees and vines in fGI bearing. This region has not
beer considered favorable FOR the growth Of fruit trees
but M Dunlap thinks. and shows, in fact, that b!
planting timber belts Or shelter viii excel frIi;
region particularly regards APPLES. So confident is
be Of is that re Is trarspanting trees from As fine
narsery so as 20 extend lis orchard to one Of 100 acres
consider his judgement Ill such subjects - Eeyio
Be very correct
within The Southern raiahc there was 10 rainrsorn
NV TO june. Through June it rained nearly every
day The cotton up lote when II did come up The
ground was 80 wet Il almost impossible TO voiF IL
s now in blossom Is from two 10 three feet high and
growing very fest. Ufros. keeps of TIL late " "" he
rorethiI more than lalfa crop Generally u Is two
weeks too late But people by 70 means discouraged
lam really astoashed at tie great amount planted
Pieces Of from two % five acres arc very common
ueighbor who planted caIly Las ton which is first
rate Anotl.cl Las ss.iy sorcs. lew Elies dist
one Las one hundred AMI forty acres, which looks well
This would be very large rorirG in tie best cotton
States presume .heEe bund ed farmers st least
who have fifty acres each OF course they WHO planted
within the central T,in BET have Little cotton. because
Il could not conc up
TOBACCO.
This is frstrate south o. 80 degrees on high lind.
On low land the wet killed IT, IN the dry region Re"
ernd time moist enough set out the plants 4Aey
had made calculations raising largely, for whatever
tbev do there is on a gleat scale Where hey could
GO, s.apd the crop is fair. When Gen. Grant took
ycksborg the bottom Of the tobacco mario, fol out
Merchants holding II have lost heavily. Some are
rnined. Prices I'll BE low.
OATS.
Through thc whole West this crop IL better than II
has been FOR FIVE years have not heard Of case ~
xust Usuay in Central Illinois osts have been damaged
more or less after being by wet weather Ills year
xey have been saved good orders the straw Is Shor
but the grain Is full
WHEAT.
On tie whole venture TO put tbs grain AZ f1N "v'
eraee. The quality in the Central region is unusually
good but in the Southern region where tie farmers
seaye IL standing IN tie shock, much q i was damaged
In st. Louis prices varied 50 greatly; II brings
Nh the way from 30 cents % q. IL tie Northern re-
zion is perhaps above average. set ny inoTHa
lion in rrec. degree from the editor OF The fTair'e
yar,ae, Mr. Emery. VINO keeps well Informed AID fur
aishes paper Of great value to Western farmers lie
told me that in most sections Spring Wheat lie perhaps
tbe best tie farmers have Lad fer five years and that
The Winter variety is fair yield For instance. Spring
Wheat in Dc Kalb ard winIebago Counties VII aver
age twenty bushels al acre.
soRGo
In the Northern rain bet this and valuable sta
pie never was better and preparations ere making 70
work IL ID Oh q most extensive scale. What DO you
thuk 4 a fed OF sOrgo Of so acres within tic
GENITAL rain belt u IL more uncertain but conceded
.hat n dry scason the juice s better than In wet os
and that 1t ia much likely 10 axe sugar To give
an idea Of The magnitude ills crop is assuming men
Con the very surprising .act tla 1900 barrels OF ast
years crop Of laoiasses were Slipped doDH Tie hi''f'
sypL without what il called book irnairg Lot
PITT would have been shipped
YLAZ.
This was very generally Down. snd In some sections
largely some ting In much 100 eores. IL Cen
tral Illinois tie straw is short but tie geCd s superior