Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-18
TIE CROPS.

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more favorably than was the expectation
early in The season. Many Of the farmers
viii harvest a much heavier crop of wheat
than has usually been expected Oats
and barley are locking very finely. The
crop of each will be at least an average
one. The harvest of grain has already
commenced. The busy season, in fact the
busiest season of the year, is just coming
to the farmer. The wet weather of May
and June gave the grass a good start,
while it put crops back considerably.
Potatoes are looking well and promise
first rate. Much of the corn looks badly,
being very backward and not thrifty.
The present warm weather, however, is
giving it a new start and a better color.
The Canton Repository says the wheat
crop Of Stark county viii be nearly, ifnot
quite as good as that Of last year.
The Canton Republican says the wheat
harvest will begin this week. The prom
ise in this vicinity is fine. Corn is " let
ting out vigorously these days. The
growth of oats was never ranker- Hay
ing has been going on for a week. The
spring was backward and the season has
been observation-disclosures which tended TO
protract the maturity of vegetation.
The Columbus Journal lays A gen.
tlemsn in the city yesterday from Cham
paign county reports the wheat being
harvested in that county, and farmers in
good spirits over the prospect. In Con-
cord and Mad River townships there is
more wheat than ever before, and the
county will average two-thirds of a crop.
Many farmers who ploughed up their
fields would have had very fair crops had
they been patient
The Bucyrus Crawford County, Jour
nal says: Notwithstanding the cry made
some weeks ago, in regard to the failure
of crops in this county, we are now credi-
bly informed that the c~ropstaken together
will be a fair average. Wheat in the ma
iority of cases will be light, but there are
some most splendid fields; and as the far
mers are now engaged in harvesting, all
the wheat is found to be of excellent quail
itv. Oats and grass could not be better,
and some are complaining that oats are so
heavy that they cannot stand up. The
prospects for corn q week ago were slim,
but the hot, dry weather of the past week
has worked wonders, and if good weather
continues this crop will be up to the aver
age. Potatoes promise splendidly.
The Mt. Gilead Sentinel says: As a gen
eral thing oats, corr and grass promises
well. although corn is a little backward on
account of the late and cold spring. Grass
and oats look exceedingly well, and the
crop will be better than it has been for s
number Of years,
The Ottawa Nelcs says The wheat crop
in this county will be found much poorer
than many have been led to expect. Far
mers inform us that the weevil and rust
have made their appearance and promise:
to take that which was left from the Jan
uary frosts.
The Ottawa Union says We have made
u first trip among the vineyards, and
find that in some thirty we visited, at Put
Inlay Island, Kelley's Island, Danbury
/ and Catawba Island, the "spec rot anc
mildew has already made its appearance.
Speaking of the prospects of th'
grape crop, the Sandusky Register hai
the following A good many vine
yard owners are wearing rather long face
| this summer. The season has been deci
dedly unfavorable for the grape crop
The continued cold rains of last month in
iured it materially. The earlier rains
coming when the grapes were in their
most tender state, caused blight and mil
dew to some extent, while the later rain
so affected them, as to cause many to fal
of.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch says: Tn
prospect for a large yield of potatoes j
very promising in this section of tn
country. Owing to the partial failure o
the wheat crop, a much larger extent o
territory was devoted to the growing o
this indispensable vegetable, and from
present indications farmers and gardener
will be amply repaid for their labor. The
plants are vigorous and healthy looking
and as the weather has been quite favora
Bile an unusually large yields anticipated
The Norwalk Huron county, Refeetoi
ays:-From every part of the County
we hear favorable reports of the whea
crop. There seems to be a general opin
ion that there viii be more good whea'
raised this year than there WINS last, anC
we think there will be fully half an sTer
age crop. Our farmers have been busy
for the past week in securing this grain
for which finer weather could not have
| been desired. In riding through a por
ton of Erie County a few days since We
were astonished at the appearance of tbs
wheat fields. 1t seems TO US as though We
never saw them looking better. The
/ grain stood thick on the ground, and the
berry was very plump. We hear som
complaints about the corn farmers assert
| ing that the recent wet weather prevented
them from c~ullivating It in time, thus al.
lowing the weeds to get the start of them
Grass and oats were never better.
The Ironton Lawrence County, RegIs.
ter says:-From all parts Of the county.
we learn that the wheat is turning out
much better than expected. The wheat
is thin, but the heads are well filed,
The S~teuhenville Herald, of Wednes.
day last, says :-"Wheat harvest in this
county has been commenced in most
townships. Reports discouraging.'
The harvest in Missouri is ended. The
weather was unusually favorable for field
work, being dry and rainless, and the la
Dor of cutting and shocking was conduct
ed under the most favorable circumstan-
ees. The wheat and oats in Central and
Western Missouri is good, and rather
more abundant than usual. In the
northern part of the state there was a
large proportion of cheat in the wheat
fields, and the yield Will be curtailed to
this extent. All over the state the corr is
as fine as it could be. There will be no
scarcity Of grain in Missouri and in Kan
sas the crop of wheat, oats and corn will
be the finest ever gathered there.