, 1863-05-11

WHEAT PRosFEcTs.-Nc Enve never know n
u time when the wheat crop looked better at
but we are told that pest, The Chinch bug. has
already made Its appearance in many loca1i.
ties. and fears arc entertained that the crop
will be greatly injured, if not entirely dc5.
troyed.-Mineral Point (Wiz.) Tribune.
The recent rains have done thousands Of
dollars's worth Of good to the farming inter
est Of Polk county. They have helped the
wheat and uats amazingly. We are informed
that the what. despite the inyeteratc spring
drought, is doing well In some portions Of
the county corn. planting was done to I con.
arc not much Of farmer, but we will venture
the prediction that much, If not all, Of this
corn ground will be replanted before there is
show Of crop. Corn will not gerulinate
IN cold, dry ground-Des Holmes loEa Regis
ftr.
The wheat crop in this county promises mt
present to be q very large one. The fruit
also promises to be rely large one.-Ply-
mouth (Ind.) Rep.
The prospects for al abundant yield of
avery kind Of fruit, in this vicinity, are very
fatteriDg, the beach orchards, especially, look
very fine.-St. Jostph -Nich.) Pioneer.
Winter whea. never looked better in our
county than it does at present. The weather
has been very favorable for planting to far
mers. We look for bountifnl crop the next
season. Fruit, too, looks very Well.-1Regon
Mich. Journal,
FRUIT. AND CRor PRosPEcTs.-Bsrring the
cold snap which commenced yesterday, better
weather for vegetation IN general Is hardly
conceivable than that which we have had since
Spring opened; too wet, indeed, for corn
planting, bnt good for almost every thing else
Wheat Is dourishing finely. As for fruit,
every thing gives wonderful promise in budi
d.. - A-nn al nd $I%n
perfect cloud Of blooul-such, We arc told, a.
has not been exhibited for seven years before
and there must be fiuit, unless nipped bJ
untimely frost. Apples, pear and cherry trees
also are unusually pfomi5ing:-t6e 6eua4''a< IA.
Dial.
TIE CRors.-We never eaw crops look bet
ter than they do now Before the late rains
the winter wheat began to look badly; bE1
since then it has recovered, and Is nov grow
ing rapidly. Spring Wheat never looked better
The dry weather just past has enabled tn,
farmers to prepare their ground for planting
and they arc now more forward with thei
Tork than for many yea1s. Everybody is nov
busy planting corn, Of which there is being
large amount planted.
!. There Is more winter wheat growing In thi
county than ever before, wAile the amount o
spring wheat is comparatively small. On
farmers seem to have reached the conclusion
fbat wheat Is very uncertain crop.
OF oats there is being Z very large breadtt
town.
More than the usual amount Of sugar cant
Is being planted, and We shout! NOT be sur
prised If the coming crop should double thai
Of any previous year.
There is being planted quite large amount
Of tobacco. One man, near Lane, Intends t
raise twenty acree, (which he il said to hays
contracted for IS cents per pound); parties il
this place will plant fifteen acres, while many
Of our farmers will plant from one half to tiyt
acres.
We have heard of several fields of fax be
Ing sown, and many Of our farmers are goinG
into raising wool pretty extensively, fhcr1
having been several large docks Of sheer
brought into the country since last fan,-0yi
County an Eepnblican.