New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-18
NEXT YEARS BREAD.
A JOURNEY FROM THE PEAIRiEs TO THE ATLANTIC
COTTON, FRUIT AND GRAIS-sUccESs Oh GENTLE
MAN FARMRRs-SOTEs on VARIOUS PLACES
HALF A CROP OF wHEAT-"LADY LRGIsLA-


TON
From Our speciA Correspondent.
DOSGOIA Union County, H., July D. IsJ'-
Travelled from the prares TO the Atlantic. went
among tic lakes was four weeks upon the road and stop
ping at many places, tell you about orchards and
meadows and next years bread.
Going North for hundred mes, passed cotton fields
and large peach orchards. The has been backward
but there If good stand Of cotton There many large
fields One man 60 miles north Of Cairo, has 800 acres
tho prospect IS favorable Although there was promise
of fine peach crop the young fruit blasted, and there
cen be but few peaches In rare localities tho trees are
loaded Pears have failed but apples abundant At
this d,.e the Carolina June Is rpe the yellow Harvest
is coming on and tho Asrachan Is beau iniy req ihis
is favOTite and brings most money The apple IS lho
king Of all the fruits II the world. go ,
Through this 100 miles the wheat crop - failure hhd
IL question whether much grain will be threshed
than was sOwn. The weather has boon favorable Tor oas
and corn never looked better A. usual potatoes arc ~
significant In many places the army worm has destroyed
Through Central and Northern Illinois 10 Chicago tho
ample crop l. good but there 10 peaches Oats ana
Spring wheat promising and the corn crops ihey 70 De
very heavy Winter wheat cannot b. more than thl w
sssp There than the usual amount OF spring
wheat sOWI But there Is region OF ABOUT uh oUuH'c5
living east and north Of ST. Louis, and along the Illinois
River whore the Winter wheat never was more uagnin
cont IL il also good through Central mlssoHi uAu e'vy
account from Kansas AID the Platte Purchase represents
II "A te best ever knowu But very little was sown IN
those regions myself know for va" Owl the SVuHu
late last Fall. This wac OWING 10 lhs ulsoteu
Of the people The hay crop must be large ana The pas
t,res arc tic hest EPeryWhCro grapes are PROMISING
4 was told that ~ ST. Joseph, hicDi olP0ste OhS"go
there viii be few peaches; but that other iIui5 vi" pe
bn,dsrf From various sources learned that wheat
fbrouoh Indiana and Southern Michigan, IS very poor
but that In few counties ia souih.Mst lAdanA II 10
GOOD Generally there are plenty oi apples 81
Leaving Chicago, stopped next a, Nol1n, =. H.,
err Michigan aud al tho mouth Of GIald lf'ei'e Py
which is in the latitude Of Quebec aad D. iuu ven
no the Bsv % Traverse City and visited other Phe.s ~
was the fSt week IN june StrhWperHes anu 1l 10
er inst blOssouine and lettuce bIeiy Ou OF tAc
ground The wheat was tho best have SEEM IN" IN 10
other place are tho peach trees So fu OF blossoms
is a new fruit region, and shan speak "i u al 'F'
letter ,,.,,5 a1a
grass was OF the richest and deepest green Whea Iooh.
well. and apples ere abundant. Srawoener Were ius'
ripe 1.-THE Wilson II larger than IN southern llIois pu
the onality is far Inferior From Cleveland We went
through tie counties Of Cuyahoga Sumr.it, Forage,
/ Irumbun and Granger VERY little corn is paAsAi III
nave been hard rains, and much Is CLASSY 'hil the
whea. promising bit the fields small The apple clo
must DO snnrmous Cherries arc ripe oudbeing OF la'c
or fancy varietrsbady Iottod. Tho ola asAio.e' ITO
cherry IS most eetceruod and sells highest ia iLsfEeL
On tho ake-shore grapss viii BE- only enout nan 1op
on the clay hNEdeSheaYy rams having cone ihih'AT
damage, by washing down the so- some SInSyai1. ca
DO saved only by terncng with SOD OF stone walls Msny
oue yesrod roots badly weakened during the Winer
Deeper planting 10 important. MT. Leck the ClevehSo
tinenercha1t told lie cannot I'LL all tho orders he Is'
ceyes for wine so great Is the demand Away nom .ns
Iate lac frosts almost killed the vines after they bad
eayed ont and there cam little INIT Here 10 Tie great
| dairy region. The grssAs excellent; cows are doine
yell and the farmers sreknskne much money. first
'fbsnca went 20 Mesdvine through 0 magnificent
country where the crop prospects are good then through
the oil regions where one 10 eecuned with snon nurry
and ENTERPRISE a. earscserzes ST. Louis ard Chicago;
then entered the rough county Of Erie Railroad, Of
Gaming no from PoYs Isrvis ono strikes magnificent
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