, 1864-07-12
THE WEATHER AND TEE Crops,

1 LII
county will be total failure. The chino
bug is destroying wheat fields in a sin.l
day, and their Devastating presence Is felt d
; over the county. Pieces Of wheat Eh1c
looked more than ordinarily .p1omIsing
week ago, are now completely destroyed
and what is worse still, the insects here al
tackled the corn, Tor the fate Of which Gro
the farmers are good deal alarmed. Cap,
Aug. Allen, Of Munson, Informs us thlt th
lavages OF the bugs are terrible. A piece q
wheat Of his which promised.a big yield las
week, is now worthless, and would be sol
By him for what the seed cost. From repre-
scntations from nil quarters, we fear the crol
: has gone up.-Geneseo Republic, tn.
lRA1S.-A coptous and most refreshing rai1
visited US On TnesdRy night last, continuing
to Wednesday morning. Pluyial blessing!
are rare IN this section, and are duly appreci
ated by the Clinton P1bltc III
The CRoPs-THE WEATuER.-Wc ure
pleaEed to announce to the renders Of tht
6d.xtte, that the crop reports from different
eections of Champaign county, continue
highly favorable for good yield. Many o1
our farmers, at the present writing. are Busy
making hay and harvesting their grain, Which,
We are informed, will turn out well-iull up
to their expectations. In other portions ol
tue country ne hear encouraging accounts oi
| the crops coming on finely. In Michigan
wheat bus improved 60 much under the line
1
better. and an average crop is promised In
one laf The State !; III the other half the TO.
| port Ia not SO good. Minnesota sends cheer
1ng accounts, and large cropis anticipated.
w !earn from our exchanges that In portions
OF NeS York the wheat crop looms up glori-
abundance for home consumption. In Wiss
consin crops have suffered to some extent for
want Of rain, but It Is hoped an nveruae cror
VIII be had. Corn in Illinois was some y hat
backward on account Of tho cold we4ther
which continued until the middle Of Jnne.
but under tie influence Of the hot sun n tur1ns, ,
the last two Weeks. Is now coming on as
11ttc 8N.
We have within the past few weeks heard
doieiut accounts In regutd to the injury
which the growing crops have sustained by
reason Of the drouth which has prevailed in
various parts Of our State this season, and
we have taken Some pains to learn the OK
tent Of the injury done to crops, both by
consulting exchanges as well as coaver5ing
with intelligent farmers from different sec.
ttons. The conclusion ut which we arrive.
IRON ne best means in ou7 power to judge,
Of the State will be fully an average crop, in
some, perhaps: trile under, willie Ia the
valley OF the Minnesota, and counties adia-
cent thereto, the yield will be better than list
year.: Upon the whole, we think there is no
cause for alarm, and Minnesota will continue
10 lake the lead as wheat growing State
Hasting Observer, 9Th.
RAMON Monday and Tuesday mornings
the farming part Of our county was made
glad By several good showers Of rain, which
seems to have wet the ground more than any
nc have had for Some time. This puts q
bright face on the prospects Of our crops
which began to suffer severely. We may lock
1cr IN ordinary yield Of Wheat, oats, corn and
bafley.-Afa'skoio Union.
Cnors.-From mos: Of our exchanges VIC
hear no complaint at the prospects Of short
crops. In our own county We think the
prospect is fair. We have made extensive
inquiries of the farmers In this 1ounty. and
the general report is, that while the drouth
has 50 Tar Infected the wheat that the straw
viii be very light, there is no reason to be-
neVe that the grain has been atltcted.-TM-
under.
A fine shower on Saturday morning last.
followed by another Oh Saturday evening.
has removed all fear Of serious damage to
crops on account Of drouth Tue PROSPECTS
a1e now good for fine crops in this County
Free Homestead.
EhN.-A timely and welcome shower Of
rain tell on Saturday morning, continuing
to the depth Of three inches, cooling The at
mo5phere, and making nAture rejoice with
tue refreshing moisture.-l2ochestsrR Raxk
PLENTY or MOISTURE hare been high
y favored In this vicinity with min. The
beautiful shower on Saturday, Of last week,
md TIE min ot Tnesday has given the aclds
learn crops Of all kinds are promising au
abundant harvest -.Aorer Go. k,gister
RA1S.-A shower Of rain commenced carly
this morning, which, however, lasted but 4
short time. Up to this writing, 10 o'clock
d. m., It still continues cloudy, with occa-
eional showers.-S:iHrater Messenger.
Last Tuesday We were blessed with one
Of the old faehi 2ned "drizzle- e-drozzles. II
commenced mining In the morning, aud cou-
tinued Until noon, wettium the ground thor
hlY.-Oara:o:asa Fain1tater,
Notwithstanding the long, dry, and hot
term OF weather which has prevailed during
the past few weeks, crops look quite fair
Waba2hd Herald.
IOWA.
RAvAGEs OF Cn1scu Buos.-We arc in
formed that some Of the farmers In the south.
west part Of our county, near the Buffalo,
ss "pT % yRowg gR ds ct bar
cause the barley has been destroyed bv cGinch
bugs. We hear, also, that the blcs have
made sad 1ayagcs In tue more northcE,y por-
tfon OF the county among the wheat, some
fields fields not being 3d worth fotog over with
Of barley in Prairie township that bus been
literally ruined By the bugs, and will not be
worth harvesting. ny.-Delamare Co. R+pub'ian.
The CuEcu BUG.-The editor Of tue Iowa
City Republican, lately visited wheat field in
johnson county, which had been destroyed
by this mischleSous insect. Hes says:
On going into the road BY the side Of it We
saw TIC bugs leaving for some other teld Of &C.
tlon. Their number Was perfectly inconceiva-
BILE, They travelled rapidly, would make q
good distance in day. There was stream
oi water across their course, for, although
they did not swim, they entered the ~ater
and loated down the stream uutil they were
lodged On points Of the opposite side, when
they craNled out and pursned their way. The
largest uf them were about the size Of small
house fly. EThey lad wings and looked fully
prepared for flight. The next size had also
wings, but were only about half as large.
The smallest and most numerous class was a
little red bug about as large IS the heud Of Il
pin, but very active, and in their countless
numbers could destroy field Of wheat In q
few days. They work by fasteuins on the
stalk and sucking tue sap from 1t. They are
80 numerous they will cover every stalk IN
the field all over, snd in three days tima q
green to the appca'a lance Of being dead ripe. !
It is just as hard on barley, and will 20 from !
wheat or barley into corn. rye or oats. The |
crop Of spring wheat in this county this year ]
is likely to be nutter failure Wemust look |
to something else for bread.
WISCONSIN. |
WEATHER AND CRoP3.-Ve.ctatlou Of a1l |
kinds, stimulated by the late copfous ruins, |
is putting forth with v1gor that will go far |
towards making up for lost time, Oats, In |
stead Of being Il total tailure, Wiu probably |
average hllf crop. Corn and potatoes |
promise m aycrage yield. Wiuter wheat |
Will generally turn out well, but little can be !
expected from spring wheat, as the bugs |
threaten to deVour all that escaped the |
drought. With q continuance of flyorabie |
weather, the hay crop nay turn out fuir.-
Grant County Wit"css, 1M.
OHIO.
TIE WHEAT CRor-As the time nears |
when what Is left Of the wheat crop no on !
the ground will be gathered, ii becomes |
more and more apparent that in this vicinity |
the yield. will be very light As q closing |
We hear much complaint Of the !
ravages Of the yellow mtdga, In some fields |
they are yerr destructive, while In others J
nearly one hnlf Of the heads arc filed with |
tssmut" The great extent Of country over |
which this grain is now grown precludes the !
idea of IN entire failure; but the crop in 4
many places will be slort.-Sa,dusk5 Ryis. |
fer, IN.
miaeelluneous. |