The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-18
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
II. IA. ROBINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
About the Crops.

IowA.-The Burlington Hd,okeye Of the
18th has the following information In re-
gard to the crop prospects of Iowa.
Winter wheat has been good deal dam
aged, and some fields will prove an entire
failure. Others look fair, and others still
promise finely. From present Indications
we Judge there will be an average amount
of winter wheat.
OF spring wheat and oats there have been
a full average sown, and both now look
promising and well. Corn, of which there
Is and viii be more than an usual amount
planted, Is being put in In good time, with
the ground In a very fair condition.
The scarcity of fiax-seed and the high
price of oil have given fresh impetus 10
fiax-growing, and there Ia likely to be more
attention than usual paid to that this year,
particularly in the vicinity of oil mills.
We hear but little of sorghum, but that lit
tie indicates that that important crop will
not be neglected. The prospect for fruit is
very encouraging wherever there are fruit
trees. With the exception ofpeaehes, which
are hardly ever raised here, there promises
to be an abundance ofall kinds offruit, from
currants to apples. The trees are now in
full bloom, and the air is heavy with their
fragrance.
NORTHWEST MIssoURI.-We extract the
following from the Sc. Joseph Union:
The wheat, both spring and fall, is excel
lent We never knew any good reason why
fall wheat was so seldom grown IN Missouri.
We do not suppose 1t SO sure, as In some
parts of the country our porous soil, light
SHOWS and winter winds require special
pains to give Ii good growth and strong
root in the fall, yet we believe good crops
of winter wheat can be made quite sure In
Northwest Missouri. We never saw them
more promising. than yesterday, in Andrew
A.. lks.4.I
ing finely. Everywhere people are pre-
pairing corn ground and planting, and our
old staple crop be large.
Fruit we were sorry to see, was greatly
injured by the severe freezing of last win
ter. We do not refer to apples-the apple
trees are loaded with blossoms-but the
peaches are nowhere. The fruit buds are
not only destroyed, but the trees them
selves greatly injured.
SOUTHERN ILLINoIs.-The Alton Tsle-
graph has the following:
The wheat Is looking splendidly, and the
weather for the last few weeks has been
just what was needed to bring 1t forward,
SO as to cause 1t to produce the largest
possible yield. 1t stands so thick on the
ground, that If 1t had been very wet or
warm spring 1t would have grown so rank
as to cause It to fall or been very liable to
have been destroyed by rust. 1t Is now just
W snOW. buO lltdus anu IL bn-
maining portion of the season continues as
favorable as it has been, Madison and adj
Joining counties will harvest the heaviest
wheat crop which has ever been gathered
In this section of Illinois.
The farmers are nearly through planting
their corn, and it is already beginning to
come up finely in great many fields.
WIsceNsN.-Spring wheat is about all
sown in this county, and that put in early
| Is up and growing finely. About the same
amount as last year has been sown. There
will be some increase through the county in
| the amount of oats sown. as prices have
been fair for the season past.
Winter wheat in this county is mostly In
| splendid condition, and begins TO cover the
ground. A considerable breadth was sown
last fall, and 1t has not been winter-killed
as much as expected. 1t is remarked that
drilled winter wheat has done better than
that sown broadcast.-EOnd du Lac Reporter.