New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-04
RuHnlo 10 syrneu,e aud Homer.
YpvEcTs or TuR DRovTu-PROsrscTS oy CROPS
RAIN st LAST.
corrc.ponaeroe ofThe n. Y. Tribuas


RAIN at LAST
corrc.ponie.oe ofThe n. Y. Trlbuas.
HOMER Cortland Co. y. Y. hur. ., ltsS.
A shower lev Yesterday and gentle min
through the night and IL continues this morning Rain
wster stands IN paddles. the roads are muddy " Is
An a over The STATE farmers y ~ relieved 90 though
Of an impending terror saw cattle yesterday IN ih-
act ~ beng cd win grron c"rrsinAA ihs' - W ~,
case IN many l1siauccs Tie cora m many fields VII
e,er he ~, thing but staiks.
Much of Tic lafi arnald Bufnlo-irdccd. throughout
Erio Niagaia and Orleans Couniies-ls Lat. gay
soil undiaincd. and not deciy ploucd IA wee &c
wot IN April, May and June snch lard WIS late
ented ana many o! the corunelds nearly worth
lrss. The oats SHIRT but appear 70 % ttrriiiy
vel headed The same Is '-ue Of barley. good many
feils are YET green. an III BE- benehiei - the rnli
q. last seek and this though not haf beav. enough
iec sa;sleC that in thu above counties aAd all inc
here. the wheat crop has b en- hir one ana Lis
been saved in'hne order. great Lay crop has been
gathered ihnuyh short 10 some lonnliiif% Hetween
NiagaIa FEELS and SyraouseI sag moTc acres 81 lcid
lie AZ than 1 ever before ia ono IA! eAd the
groah Is fnir aud ~ good color fsst oi h"ohcs'f'
thrTe are nnny good cOTnhclds FotGOst do lot looA
veil anywhere Buckwl"At ditto and tobacco heiy
smell think the fruit crop " This state Decidedly
short. ! could see onlJ hse and there vel 'onH'l
srvle trees. have few yel..hilcd peaT tTees.
ard very ieS iru4tigl or healthy !OoAhg peach trees
The elect, % The irogiL are strongly mi[A,d tl"ns
the Central Railroad and along the Syracuse and NM
All ton road. trak 10 snfc 10 hhy ihh tbnse foans IN
The distance that Travelled yestcrday, hnfe l"st !U
miles ~ fencing The rond sides are burned over nor
than hslf the distance and iu many cases the bre h"s
ru- over NOV ing and stubtlo fields and IN some cas-
hay aud gTaia has been consumed / saw Ole chse
ahrre q barn Lad a very narrow escape. Flies we're
burning yesterday In several sWamps and IN stunps
Hnc logs u great many grain hclds were lei oprn
In Consequence u burnt fences. although great many
gangs 81 men ~ work rebuilding. These Dcrhtd
fruccs and fields. from sparks from lie locOno1N ~
show the Intensity Of the douih plainly than sny
~ he crops. Oh these. general tiug, am sA'bhtu
that thry abundant ia this state than We have
been led 20 believe from recent statements. The hhy
AID grain have been ed In such admirable of1sr TIA!
these cTOps are valuable than almost ever b"iof"
| Jne sums remark TINT I made IN previous letter
about potatoes ~ sal applicable. The yield If
much Injured BY the drouih. bat The area planted Ia
immense. Indiln corn u not general fairo. lht
crop Ia many sections viii be- good In others
total failure This side Of the Ias saw fields here
" would bc hard h. fud stalk two feet high II -
waste Of labor 10 pElt upon sLch Hat clay ini
They do produce good grass add reBorny COOL vbesi
land Gate Unfortunately for our Inpernakors et NJ
Ggaru. the straw crop short Fortunately tho whoie
Of ONO and Michigan IL open 10 them where tboie u
! an abundance. easily tram pO;i table by wner
The delightful warm rain falling will greatly I'm
prove the interests Of farmers Ia tina great dairy region
which, by tie by has suffered lee Tvn drolth lhhn any
other section that have Probably he I"hi'c.
interest OF OnOndnga has suffered uOi, n, the urnu'i
has been unusually severe there Ihs salt makers nave
been great gamers They never Ind better season.
no blessed ruin still continues. i-