New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-03
60. tho pastures werc brown and the stubbe OF tns
haYysst and moving Hsds showed but very little nsn

An thu natures verc brown and the stubble OF the
ba,vsst and moving acids showed but very little sign
OF green Judge from the looks Of the wheat slnope
and from some fields still In shocks. that the wheat mar
vest hes been prety good at least in straw bu'
few Of the cot cldu wero cut and some Of thorn were
oui;e green The hay crop hos boen Light Ana nov
one field 10 ten Of looks encouraging Tor CROP
unless we have immediate and heavy rs!na The hay
nostI, secured and the yield is Light Buokvhea'n
not generally over inch high saw but one nelu
that showed blossoms to-day and there tho stakh zen
orally not siI inches nigh 1hs tooaooV hae co.
yet begun to send up stem AZ we entered Tue ~
mlpg valley. found the prospect slightly
thsre saw corn fields TINT had not shown ths ~
sign Of stalk topping out and but vefJ is~ sir
ard mostly green. On the bill farms L saw soou
many f.ids OF unharvcsted wheat and crest poi9h OF
the grass uncut and saw but two moSIE
at work during the day is very evident that every
body "a not yet fully informed OF the value Oh iam
cbIery The lay crop Of Chemung County I, oer'ainy
good. snd although there are some very uDlio.Iss
fields OF cora Judge upon the whole, from what lsts
and heard that tao prospect good for far average
Wheat Is certainly better, az general thing than Wo
have had any reason 70 expect rom VIVA. Nv
beard In Livingston County hear Of plenty Q, crops
that win average Is bushels per acre notceu nins
the day some extensive crops OF beans wheh tnousn
no, Of nrge growth are Pro%ng IN srop
the straw rather short and early bods raner eol ~
the berry but the late will be benefited by he ram
Of Monday which was moro copious 10 al the region
toward the lakes than on the Susquehanna-
Niagara County. owing TO It's strong clay SOIL nhs
suffered severely In the drouth but that Is sow very
much relieved. In all the route that nave uaVoled
there s complaint Of small potatoes and few IN the
hill and some OF the fields arc past improvement nom
the sto rain or from more still needed but TO balance
tho small yield there 10 an usually large area planted
Some have twenty TO forty acres and many i've 10
ten Corn, i satisfied, viii be- short OF an average
crop. but not general failure. am told that fields
which topped three feet high give good show
OF The great failure IL in the appearance Of the
growth Of stalks which short. but Of good color
and healthy BARLEY too s very short IN the straw. IS
yet green, and an told bids fair 20 give pretty good
lsng In this State. know. from observation. that
fsspberries bsckbcrries and huckeberries sener
ally seeds than pulp. The cheese product viii be
lsssoned than butter by the drouth because IL has
Summer drouth is almost always followed by good
Autumn butter season. 1t has rorely punched some
grAxiers but we shall LOOK for plenty Of Autumn feed
Upon the whole, we do not any reason for croak
ing about famine. Some crops In some sections may be
short but the great forage crop which Is the most i'm
portaut Of all. stored In better order. OF
grain not bushC has boon wasted for want OF hands
nor BY bad weather.
| Intend 10 continue my observations and gather
such information and state /! truly. will be bench
products We are SURF that prices will rule higher
than LAST year, o general thing but there u not n
particle Of reason for TO DO alarmed about
famine prices" aud. IL any spectators Operate
upon that basis. they will suffer more than the people
This country too large. ard its production OF food too
various for drouth that only Affects one section b. pro-
duoe n famine. We have a Great West, and some
gTca: railroads which the Rebels never viii nS ode nor
destroy. and possible amount Of oalamiies vi war
can ever make tie people submissive ~ the yrans that
rule the south. 10 make one extremely hopeful. he
should travel and hear what men are talking about now
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