New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-18

told the weev is work Com 1. prouiiing ard the
gas tiick and greeu. But ] noticed mauV meadows
tack ~ih VLite and Jeow daisies. Bt.tLreu, these
things ought uOt 70 be.
Fiom NcW-York | went through Fssc. and Morris
Counties, Ncv-Jorsey. saw tst-Tato wheat and com.
and potatoes aad the apple trees loaded Back from
the riilriad many OF tbs farmers mouths smiled ike the
bunghol of old whisky barrels. Late frost did great
dEnagr 10 stawberncs.
vent up the Hudson River to Croton Landing Often
10 Western States have farmers entertained ne an pg.
CsE account Here / handed bread aud given .
bod by some Of THH TRIBUNE Association Good Mr.
Sinclair thu Publisher, has % acres beautifully
situated, which he Is improving by deep pbwing, by
mAnuring, draining and planting Mr.. Clark the
nerca Editor has neat grounds, and the best Otatocs
had my travels did not expect ses such good
farming They have hrs-ate corn, vegetables md clover
improved cows tat horses, pigs and calves handsome
girls nice cherries ladies all dressed and lare
RES with plenty Of sugar aud II the In dish, or
any other peoo. can show liner thar along the
Hudson, would like to have them bring IL on.
paid particular attention TO the farming done around
Ne@ FORK BY city gentlemen. They have bOnght worn
out farms and havouyesed much money ferlzing and
general improvements OF course they have hired labor bat
often the owners hand For several years 10 atoes and
corn will cost - bushel strawberries apeco,
hay 20 tun, but cultivation thorough, weeds
go seed mistakes viii be rectcd for they study their
business. After while they will have land equal any
III the world, aud the profits must be largo OF
there Will be some miserable failures saw farms
10 jersey which NewYork merchants have been improv
ing several years, and the soil and crops wi compare
favorably With any in Central Illinois, Those largo
cities have their foundation surround ng county,
naturally good,
| stopped at Poughkeepsie, Duchess County. Wheat
and other crops promising but, owing 10 the dry
weather the grass Is poor, aud hay will not be than
half crop. noticed great many girls here; perhaps "
because was near Massachusetts, the scragllo
State the hub of which Is Boston and THO inchpn me
atlantic Monthly. ] had some curiosity To visit TINS
State, but not being able to understand the literature,
might not unders AID the people.
noticed that IN Eastern kewYoTk and in jersey many
wei dressed people bought The World aud The NcsS 1
Western Ne1-York 1t THR TRIBUNE. ] saw some
a. s..la lltsQ
cles In tho West young folks know better than thi' for
thy know that everybody would understand what IL
means.
1 passed through Albany in the night Day dawncd
near Otica. saw many beautiful farms. beat looked
iOleraLly well. The bet piece | near Palmyra,
on low ground. 1t mutt have been uud rlraincd In
deed think il was the heavits i over | WAS told
that the apple crop through Wesrn Ncwhort fil m
liked tho appearance of Rochester. They have 1.-Two
folks They inst taught us low to tax with dead
ones They have learned what important 10 learn,
thai the slapest tang do Is t. furnish good
articles at reasonable pIccs. From Bud lo along the
lake shore Cleveland the wheat III looked well, but
much Of the corn smo hered with grass.
Now have spoken cf the wheat No looking well IN
most places, but it IL vher' OIL! a1out tdrcc weeks
supply raised In these regions, where the great sur
plus produced, cannot hat thee can be moe than
a fourth Of crup If Winter wheat lc incieBcy mus.
be made fOm Spring heat, wlch comes from 'rtnern
Illinois, Iowa rtota, anu plri OF " isc"Asin
should say we cinnot have more than Rail a. mueh
wheat we had lat year.
And vet the Commissioner Of Agriculture states that tho
crop Of Winter wheat in Illinois Will BE- scyeL-tcnihs AID
that Apr .honsions Of scarcity sround g. Little roi-
ance can be placed tnis Department Long have ism-
err been disguised with II.
People know why their combined Efforts Go not
procure his removal IL under,tond last Winter That
Inc President pledged Ncw-Eng ard that their petition
should b. heard. have the desired reasons hom one Oi
our Western Congressman
First, the Commissioner s a Quaker the only one OF
this class holding office under the eminent rhd al lhe
Friends support him. Second large quantity II beAuti
ful flowers raised et immense expense N O"Fn-
through ever season. these are gwen - members
Of Congress present them 70 iady cempomons-uot
their wives. There Other niy complications. lhis
Congressman asked why he himself did not make
He said the influence Of these ladies was 80 pow
erfu that Of icr measures he had hei would BE- dc
fea cd. II il time we learned who governs ~.
Let us have little story religious. honest man was
sent ~ Cpngrcss from Western New-lofk a ncyru
waiter whore he stopped said Aassa. you'd like nice
missy. / srose1" III, want yOu TO understand Ton
a married man" go, ask your PaIGiHg'Se never had
none o. them kind core here afore." H. NJ