Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-30
The Crops.

third OF the State of Illinois, did con.
siderable damage to the corn crop.
Accounts from the section thus affect
ed, report much soft and immature
corn. Throughout the country, how
ever, the crop is above the average
annual yield, though not so very large
as was expected it would be three
months ago.
The potato crop is large; but I'M
fortunately the tuberS are infected
with rot, so much so that dealers re-
fuse to buy in large quantities, and
prices are consequently low.
The apple crop is fair in the west
ern States, and the fruit is of excel
lent quality. In the middle and east
crn States the yield is light.
The hop crop has been over-esti-
mated. 1t will not, as has been sup
posed, be unusually large, but will
barely exceed the average harvest.
Grapes are in fair supply, but of
inferior quality. In many localities,
byreason Of early frost, the fruit failed
to ripen, and hence is dry and insipid.
Good grapes are very scarce, and
in great demand.
Though We are without definite in
formation on the yield of the bean
crop the high prices, active inquiry,
and snail supply indicate a short
crop.
The New York market has never,
hitherto, been so completely overrun
with cattle, hogs and sheep. They
are poured in upon us from all parts
of the west, where the supply seems
to be iueXhaustible; and both growers
and dealers are anxious to sell at
present prices, which are gradually
settling to a lower basis.
Turkeys were never before so album
daut throughout the country. Small
poultry is also in full supply. Pres
emit high prices, therefore, are purely
speculative, and must eventually break
down. The quantity of butter made
this fall is truly enormous, and a vast
supply is held by both dairymen and
dealers. who have overhead themselves
and will now be compelled to reduce
their stocks at lower figures, as the
supply is quite too large to maintain
the present prices. The accumula-
ton Of cheese even exceeds that OF
butter. and must, for the same causes,
experience a decline in price. Wool
is il GOOD supply. The shearing was
larger than usual, and Of fair quality
The army demand having ceased, the
market Is inactive, and has already
experienced a marked decline.
The cotton crop is coming in slow
" and with great irreguIarity. After
overcoming the effects of defective
seed. early frost, food, fire and drouth
the planter found relief in a most pro
piti0us summer; in the early autumn
the corn fields, from Virginia tC
Texas, promised an abundant yielC
Of fine staple. Much Of the cottol
was late for the season, but the stalk
were vigorous and of luxuriant growth
and with favorable fall, would hav,
produced up to the full average yielt
per acre. In ordinary seasons, witt
GOOD seed and fair spring and summe
weather, the cotton plant will attain
a degree Of maturity by the lst o
September, that places it beyond Sc
rious damage by the army worn
which usually appears in the Vale
Of the Mississippi about the secon
week in September The stalk, bein
then well boiled, may be defoliated b
the worm without having its produC
of fibre materially diminished. Thi
year, however, the crop was full
three weeks late in arriving at matt
rity. The army worm made its al
pearance in the lower portion of TeXa
about the lst Of September. A wee
later it appeared in great numbers
Louisiana and Mississippi, and, befor
the middle of the month, had crosse
Alabama into Georgia. Fields tha
had been planted with good seed, an
were well cultivated, suffered bl
slight damage; but all late cotton
the low lands Of the Gulf States We
tcarlully destroyed. Lands that @
the first of the month promised a ba
Of 400 pounds to the acre, on the 2Ot
of the same month presented a mo
barren prospect; on some, halt a ba
to the acre, on some a quarter.
some nothing will be gathered.
Middle and Northern Texas e
capped with but slight injury; Arka
sas, Northern Mississippi, Alabam
Georgia and the country lying nor
OF this line. were not infected by tt
insect From the Yazoo Valley '
have most doleful accounts of the CO
dition of affairs; both corn and cott'
are reported to have failed. The
ports Of severe drouth and of cal
frosts seems to be nothing more tn
the tricks of trade, and are untru
worthy. We are safe, therefore,
counting on fair average crop
the area planted in those regions
visited by the army worm. The
however, are not the best colt
lands, an d hence the aggreg'
Weld will fall short of our former
Inmates. While 100000 bal
would have been gathered under
yorable circumstances, it is now dou
full whether the crop will reach ,OC
600 baIes.-NelU York Tribune.