Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-02
,fmners Dfpaldn''rt,
4 Tourney from the PraTiss to
the Atlantic = Cotton, Fful. II
and Grain-Half a Crop OF
Wheat. :


travelled from the praries to the
Atlsntic / went among the lakes,
was four weeks upon the read, and;
stonning at many places, can tell
YOU about orchards and meadows
and next years bread.
Going North for a hundred miles,
/ passed cotton fields and large
nescb orchards. The season has
bean backward, but there is a good
stand of cotton. There are many
LARGO fields. One man, 60 miles
north of Cairo, has 500 acres; the
nrospect is favorable. Although
there was promise of fine peach
crop, the young fruit blasted, and
there can be but few peaches. In
rare localities the trees are loaded.
Pears have failed, but apples are
abundent. At this date the Carolina
June is ripe, the Yellow Harvest is
coming on, and the Astrachan is
beautifully red. This is a fayorite,
and brings most money. The apple
is the king of all fruits in the world.
Through this 100 miles the wheat
CROP is failure, and it is question
whether much more grain will be
threshed than was sown- The
weather has been favorable for oats,
and corn never looked better. AS
usual, potatoes are Insignificant. In
many places the army worm has de-
stroyed the meadows.
Through Central and Northern
Illinois to Chicago the apple crop is
good, but there are no peaches
Oats and Spring wheat are pronis-
ing. and the corn crop is likely to be
very heavy. Winter wheat cannot
be more .han third of crop
There was no more than the usual
amount of Spring wheat sown. But
there is q region of about ten coun-
ties lying east and north of st. Louis
and along the Illinois River, where
the Winter wheat never was more
magnificent. It's also good through
Central Missouri, and every account
from Kansas and the Platte Purchase
represents it as the best ever known.
But very little was sown in those
regions, as myself know, for / was
over the ground late last fall. This
was owing to the unsettled condition
of the people. The hay crop must
be large, and the pastures are the
best. Everywhere grapes are prom
ising.
1 was told that at st. Joseph, Mich.
opposite Chicago, there will be few
peaches, but that other fruits will
be abundent. From various sources
1 learn that wheat, through Indiana
AMI Southern Michigan, is very
poor, but that in q few counties in
South West Indiana it is goed.-
Generally speaking there are plenty
of apples.
Leaving Chicago, 1 stopped next
at Northport, in Northern Michigan,
and at the mouth Of Grand Traverse
Bay, which is in the latitude of
Quebec and st. Paul. I went up
the Bay to Traverse City and visited
other places. 1t was the first week
in June.
The wheat was the best / have
seen, and in no other place are the
peach trees so full of blossoms.
Reaching Detroit, 1 took the cars
for Cleyeland. The grass was of
the richest and deepest green; wheat
looks well; and apples are abundant.
From Cleveland we went through
the counties of Cuyhoga, Summit,
Portage, Trumbull and Granger
Very little corn is planted; there have
been here rains, and much is grassy.
/ call the wheat promising, but the
fields are small. The apple crop
must be enormous.
Thence / went to Meadville
through magnificent country where
the crop prospects are good; then
through the oil regions, where one
is electrified with such hurry and en-
terprise as characterizes st. Louis
and Chicago; then enter the rough
country Of the Erie Railroad, of
which little can be said.
Coming up from Port Jarvis one
strikes magnificent dairy region
The few wheat fields look well,
though | was told the weevil Is at
work. Corn is promising, and the
grass thick and green. But | noticed
many meadows thick with white and
yellow daisies. Brethren, these
things ought not to be.
From New York went through
Essex and Morris Counties, New
Jersey. / saw first-rate wheat, and
corn, and potatoes, and the apple
trees are loaded. Back from the
railroad, many of the farmers mouths
smelled like the bung- holes of old
whisky barrels. Late frost did great
damage to strawberries.
1 stopped at Poughkeepsie, Dutch
ess County. Wheat and other crops
are promising, but, owing to the dry
weather, the grass is poor, and hay
will not be more than half crop.
| passed through Albany in the
night Day dawned near Utica. i
saw many beautiful farms. Wheat
looked tolerably well. The best
piece / saw was near Palmyra, on
low ground. 1t must have been
undermined. Indeed, L think it was
the heaviest / ever saw. l was told
that the apple crop through Western
New York is q failure.
From Buffalo along the lake shore
to Cleveland the wheat still looked
well, but much of the corn was
smothered with grass
Now have spoken of the wheat
as looking well in most places, but
it is where only about three weeks
supply is raised. In these regions,
where the great surplus is produced,
l cannot see that there can be more
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