, 1865-08-25
THE FARM AND GARDEN,
g.,e Cropa-T;le Season and its Lessons.

ALL EAHM AMI HAhUCNs
G!se Crors-T;lc Season and its Lessons.
Correspondence Of Tie Chicago Ttibune.l
cuSszFnos, H., Aas. g.
coRS.
Cn the LIST Of August the wet weather that
had so intertcEed with the harvest Ind
| stimulated The growth Of corn to wonderful
extent, and the prospect was highly latter-
| ing. A few days Inter and the rains OF rather
foods had been resumed, when II became evi-
dent that the crop on low OF fat land would
be seriously injured. Add 10 this hot scald-
Ing sunshine between the Galls Of rain and We
have condition Of things that cannot be
otherwise than serious. In the mean time the
rolling, we'll drai0ed Aad held the crap well,
and On this viii be good yield. The crop
| will be fully up to the promise 10 June, which
was that Of ncar1y or quite IN average one;
but had the rains ceased the first Of August,
| it would have been immense. Now we must
be content with good fair average crop on
ail well drained land, md very light one Oh
the fiat land, a portion Of which has been en-.
tirely scaldcd out
OF the crop Of 1865 there wil, be but aslisht
surplus beyond feeding purposes in the cen
trail part OF the State.
The old corn has been pretty fully market
| ed, and what is leit Is badly damaged III the
open cribs. It would appear that the losses
In this direction are little hecded by large
class Of farmers. It Is true that there Is a
steady improvement, mainly by the new;
keep On in the even tenor Of their way, pas
| ture their hogs in the grove Or on the prairie,
| let their calves run with the cows, put mp
their corn III rail pens innocent Of root 60 to
town on Saturdays, fmbIbc more OF less, 70
home with CopPerhead paper IN their pocket
and suspicious Jug In the bottom Of their
] wagon. Such men learn economical habits
but slowly, and then only through their pock-
ct. The loss by rotten corn this season would
have put q good board roof on every corn
crib III Central Illinois. A pen of eleven-foot
rails will hold on an average three hundred
bushels Of corn; TO nakc double roof Of
boards would require three hundred feet of
boards, costing nt the STALLION about eight dol
lars, OF triic over two cents bnshel for the
com projected In one season; but these
boartfs will Inst for len years at least, thus
milking the cost but fraction Of cent On
the b,lsl,e1.
In looking at tue market rates for corn, it
Il quoted: No. l, or sound corn, B7e; No. g,
or tribe wcathered. G5c; md rejected, or
more seriously weathercd, but from which the
rotten corn has been thrown out, Goc. Here
then is lesson directly appealing to the
pocket Of the Turner, and vet 10 great ex-
tent unheedcd. In the Northern counties Of
tic State, and in tho settlements along tho IL
1inols river, re sec little of this loss, but IN
the great corn zone Of Cantral Illinois 1t APP
pears to be the rule rather than the cSccp-
lion.
We look to the daily papers Of the city to
correct tl1s and other similar evils. The class
who stand In need OF these lessons seldom
take purely agricultural papcr, for this
would snlack too muck Of book farming, hut
some one Of the city dailicsr though most
generally some democratic u sheet; but as
these contain the market reports, they occn-
sionaly have little light break In upon
them, By reading Of No. and rejected corr
The rising generation ,s VII DO BE hsitsr, ;,o! io1
school, and comparing the difference between
tarna thrifty and farm hhifllcss.
Tic season has given costly lesson on
open cribs, and thrown out numerous hints on
drainage, early pfuntinE and the 1reo use Of
the two-horse sulkcy eultivators., Say what
VIC viii, tile corn crop is the grcat feature In
Illinois farming, to which all others are but
secondary. With tho present enormous rail-
road frciehts, NC must grow II at less cost of
labor, save il in better condition, or we make
bat little profit on Its production.
WHEAT.
most farmers eaargc tac tal1y ~sacr ~ s9 VIII
sat ~ ..s ~ .ueM e..ss H. ,.-,, Is so~nd IN
not ae ns u H., ntS yn T., ~ ts, S'''su u"
eorh rh orrer ~ t,"t ~ .nancrnijv rrcr,s II,
large portion Of the State OF "thres!,ing from
,ae hsla, Is 'ely o'a ono, & aIu .,sa ieaas n 10
3ossss c'sls Jr J,. ~ a. ,,ss.aIi,. ~ ELLEN
.ti.;. ;i", t,'tnu mt Il sSonii he INV
o. euta GhS lth h,s nni;on 1n, !, aoes a,5o
!i nv t;. 80 .nn,s. ~. ,.nI T.; ti.rca ~ ~.
N.cptts viii II ready 10 tbresh. When allowed |
10 stand out In thc field waiting for The ma |
chine 10 come around, 1t gets more or less |
wcatbered, even In the absence Of rain; what,
thc1, coula We expect other than laEss: ioss
when tue ~ea1her p'e'sn'ea e. saIssns ot.sn lnf
Weeks, anu tne neeoS u tne sLuno4e Ha Maa
grown io oseflop tns staaunG snoShs. 4G
suSn - s1S - aaatt.e;, III.
lac ,,,oreJ hit n sorrr business and il mn.
III ot1,c1p ~ H,a nTnens;re le,sons that farmcra
fon af,e1, indulre In. ''-
'"1 1e ost pntuni'lt .,,,e IA n st,ck t1,c s4orn
40 f,st % 90 i Is Teo5v Wttho1t vaSiins to flnSsl
- ~ ~, cn,tin. ~ md n;nc lines mi IF lon ron
M, ~. IL ,.aner Syhnot Is Saline AZ yh,.
,,.r,t = a. III f5%nres from t1f1y tn nne huni1rrS
ang ftsx cents husi,rl. ThIs Inference Is moi
,andiinr Il Sr rather n ths the Tine Ii M of sticking
AMI ,;-s.,'ir" Ittfla til; can be attrihntci I
~ t,.N ,,sG ~ h,r1s for fhe4e orc f.w oni far
tet tWeo,, hnt tha las l. in rsost cascs c]cariv
traerahic to tf,at oririna, halt. ihrcshlnc from
liz shnct. Inc wonfI surnosc tbat The cx- |
f'ende5 bnf ,rlr., W.. consider thnt the wears
is5s"D taualt tic samc facts WE mus. have less
faith in its efficacy.
II viii be safe 10 say that the wheat crop,
for milling purposes, Is deFTeciated at least |
one, hall, IL not two-thtras, by the eastses re-
terted to III fact there Is but MI No. wheat
In all tLis part OF the State Of the crop of Us.
Those are less damaged and nav be reckon
ed nj loss Of onc-lInli. Tie remarks in re-
gard 10 wheat asc applicable to these crops.
BARLEY.
THE crop always easily Effected by expo-
sure has sI,f,ercd more extensively and may |
be al down Is cc-faurths lost.
Eat. !
foI NY pass HM Seane ~ 1s n., 1tun ;,nnrt ~
ona ,a QUE n",t o ~ H. s.atc Rearc lie
anee ~ tAAs lass " ena 49, - v.-"ai,,s a,.S
war, Wat iat n,t, e. ~1 t1 ~ msa If sbs 1ant.
s t1a, ~. ,.o ns,ru ~ hoa h", to H..
ns, snnn!iea Ji sfG i1ner nresept circumstances the
~ @ .r;th -. s,i1 80, iva ,1;.c ,roufd hor,
~ W. mNn u.s. !; ~ e,p ~ t1,, ther IA
an,eo ,,,. ton ~ - H. hnrt1,n ,a VII, snnnjV
III 1,,u;teI o Jenond and kence tte act II
INV rrIres nasi mt H. feared. The meadows
trt,dth Tora c,,t +, t,mc hnrc hccn stimnlated
to an after nrpwtl. md o very good crop for
1,nnnc 1,sc Il now being gathered. If this view
II cnrrcct. tho loss of 1ic llay crop to the cx-
tcnf uoticed Is not a serious one, though had
II ncrnrTe6 lat year It would have been sc-
rerciv fi1t.
,o-,-oru
fo,AIo "
An unusual breadth was p'antea, oal @ as me
lower land Is usually deVotea 10 1nls efop,Ihe
flooding out has been on hEs;e ssa1s: & vhs
rot ls not making the inroads ant,eipateaa 1 a
some weeks since, N tne ~note tue s.eao
Will be small, thopSd Is 100 early 10 uetel-