New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-08
A CsYss,y G.atl<~s. correspondent writes from
Buoks County, Pa, July 10:

A CeSstyy Gsatltma~ correspondent writes from
Bucks County. Pa. July 10;
"whest Is much Injured bv the nudge and tho heads
| are much shorter than usual Some farmers do not
cle than FIVE bushels per aore The dry wes ther
Is be ginnng to tell most seriously upon the growing
crops IN Bucks County"
In Washington County Pa. tho prospects are more
favorable. One account says:
"Wlcat has been over an average crop. having
escaped, so far 40 We can earn the ra'sgss o, se
weevil which In former years, nr'do sucD havoc WIN
th0smooth varieties OF THIS grain.
The CouHpy Gerilet.ans correspondent writes from
Royal Oak. Maryland. July y:
Our wheat harvest ia and now that farmers ore
threading ont their crops fully realize the shortness
Of the yield In section Of the State There cannot
possibly be than half as much made as IL usually
realized on the number O acres Eown. some OF
our mers from 100 bushels sown, have onH got 2oO
AT the West much Spring wheat ives sown 70 make
~ fer that badly .alurcd by the Winter. The pro-
tracted drouth favored insect depredaios ard in some
localities the feds were nearly destroyed by the ohinch
bugs.
The DTroit (Mlch) Adrsrtiso fsys:
"The wheat crop in Eastern Michigan viii mt he
heavy although much larger than at first supposed bnt
the aoandlnt harvest in the western psI OF We s'ate
VIII more tban make up for the deficiency. On the
Whole IL Is believed That there xi be more good wheat
haryess Michigan than ast yor or the year pre-
vioGs.'
a Wisconsin correspondent who has travelled over
tie STATE writes thai ho prospect OF starving.
lie says very little Winter wheat is raised In that State
bat What sherc Il looks 6rstrte ard VIII turn ont better
than FOR number OF years back Spring wheat is poor
though in some localities the yield is gccs.
One account from Hamilton County. Ohio. states
tina. the crop lust harvested is excellent Tae Dayton
(ObiO Jourr9l sayo:
"Genilcmen rom portions OF this county and OF the
Nslri Vclley that tie wheat crop ii8 seq
GOA exceeds in quantity and quality that of list lear
mud l. the general estimate that the crop 10 larger
tlaa for half dozen years post This estimate IL
claimed BY seDtlemen who ought To AGow what tney
affirm, having boeD engaged IN farming Tor years me
crop has been nearly all harvested; and the little
green and tangled PITCHES are being Cleaned aud
the whee..ieds will b. cleared for the stock
j. ". Mlssen writes as follows IN The Olio Fir,,
"T Fail there was an unpreceS cnted breadth ofland
sowed in wheat Ii promised ell. until re lot OF the
Writer, when il received supposed fatal Injury.
Wi:aJut disposition to croak 1t was generally be-
cyed that TIE cfYp col not produce one'ha ~ many
bushels per mere "a We usually obtained. Mere than
hall OF tho Plsnts we're utterly destroyed 1hnhsf,
hnwovsr. 10 kinl Providence the spring was iA'9l'
ale. The remaining plants etCocd out f,toushinsy
The wscthc. wss specially adapted "a TIE grown vi
wheat. IL encountered 10 enemies. aud g4rS Veoi
onty and riieaed regularly giving the true sodsn y,l
ow 10 the Nigh. straw AID prCduNng fine large hescs
with FIJI pluup berries Harvest commenced ana Me
Flu baIIren asOnished TO find their fields yield
Ing much abundant esogc than eey had expected
teio they catered aer leids With Their reapers The
rerut H. lhgt We have IN Butler County ri least two
selc, OF wheat IN ls5I r one acre 1. toJ. aud ne
yield per acre is batter FOR THU year than hL TIE hSt
ounsequcntly IL IL safe 10 say .hat tue crop Of wheat 10
Buier Comfy Tor lea Is doghe tlat OF lct3 goOd
average for n1y year"
In Illinois and other portions Of the West tie ehinch
lue has proved very Destructive in fields OF late wheat
s,ondcnI writes to TIE CAieaso TritIHsJuiy Il;
lyon may add Leo Cornty 10 yonr list q counties
visited by he Tayahes 81 Ne chhe9 pug' her III ,
Ia this locality II legion Many fields 81 wheat wiI no,
be harvested snd 81 those hit are. tho average iea
viii not be (.e than tive bash'ls per core lh.F ou,e
rleo attacked fields OF corn ADJOINING zoe Nheai anu
rto John Browns soai they continue 'DarchirS On
This enemy neacI DC dcfened ~ s.rn;hgsm nor ~
direct ss,aalr The man ho '5eat he bugs lac
yst 10 De discovered some farmers are bufElng the!s
lelds vi heat ~ rather d! wheat str1s.
Another rites. arder ds.e ofJGly l2i
"Dr 4. W StIt. VITO has been travelling in pareau,
Kane nld Duiafe Counties. hilues ns terJ diseoar'
lie s.ys be visited fJIy farms foT the Purpors oi ~
cst-ui.on. al 9! which lie found 'rfcs'ed vain the
chilch lag. which - destroying The gro~ins Wheat
oats sorgaum AID corn. T,e meet lieTal! EwrTIns
in the feds killing acres and acre. al grain. fleds
which on saturday were green and aouIshng. on Mon
dsy were w!ltsd Yellow ard deco. Dr. suit thiuhs
tGt IN COT Of this visitation there wal not be
one-eigbth ~ a crop OF any Of the gram above
namsi IN the couuiies mentioned. Many farmers
are blowing mp her fields o! eTain-others ore uaTn
ug them. 50 complete is the work Of deetTuoiisn
ihat the grain il noi deemed worth hsrvcftlg. Iic
has brur, n, ms Samples Of the killed sruln. The
xbca, sGas aud the kernels rfecOmpletey dr1ed up.
Tho bug oporates the root OF TIE stak snosing
the sap out u 49, and thrs killing IL Tho chinch oug.
~ which Dr. S1tt has Shown us bottle iull Of I've
specimens IL smnl black insect, very i'ely about
a, large louse Serious approximations exist IN
those and neighborpg counties OF the dis1troz result
If he operations Of tbs postfsrous Insect La moist
or yet ands, however IL does not touch tbs sTa!A,
swan ming oalg where the ground Is dry.
A TRIBUNE sub.eri0er writes as follows from Lake
County H.. Jaly Is:
"Of the harvest IN general ON sorry 70 say there
never was year in which tho chiBch bug has dono
much mlaclic.. They BEGAN early that IN many
plIees they have e!t LoAHc ~ MI. Two u my neigh.
DoIs cnt heirs FOR hay more than two weeks sg arc
another has done 20 since. To tie work they did
IN one week among our own wheat wa stt0HlshinF:
and II the same bot weather Lad continued they would
hive taken ALL hut got aelriy twod htas! ram
In thunder Showers and that stepped ricI a~ hi.e lie
eTiaud is actually haol with tAea. and they can be
taken up by tie handful
correspondent Of 72e Missouri De@oerlt writes from
Springfield. H.. July &C. follows: Adams and Bond
Coanies-winier wheat, good little Splug grown.
boone County-Wheat short hom dIou!h and bug.
Bureau Coanty-Winter wheat, poori Spring. below
average. Champagne Couniy-Winter wheat. fair but
thin; Spring sheai look well. Clinton Coun:yWheat.
two II irds crop Dupago CountyWinicr wheat. none
Spring poor Edgar County-Both Winter ana spring
wheat very good. Henry County-Whoat hnf crop;
ohnch bug rnyaged tie county. Kane COunty-Win
ter wheat failure; Spring. good Livingston County
Winter wheat Ltt!o sown; Spring, light. haooupin
and Madison Winter wheat, good. Melon
ourh County-wi1.cr wheat little sown Spring wheat
good and large breadth. Monroe and hon'gomery-
Wheat. good. P,ter-Winter wheat. very superlori
beet since le56. Tazcwcl-Winter ana Spring wheat.
good.
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