New-York tribune., 1867-08-21
CROPS IN THE NORTH WESE

The Prairie Farmer correspondents furnish
the following details:
Rock Island Co., Aug 6--It is very dry. Harvest is
failure Pears better, but much blight In the trees
Marshall Co., Aug 5-The weather here Is hot and dry
Corn suffering little Nearly all the wheat cut; some
in stack and thrashing begun Oat harvest has COM
menced. Wheat injured some by spot. Oats heavy.
Wheat in this section is much injured by blight or spot,
the yield not peP'P over ds 10 SrsSe' 18 70 e
antly and is caring well. except the late planted whch
very much better than last year the bugs have been
shown no quarter, and seem less numerous.
The weather has been unusually favorable for seeur-
ing the hay and grain crops in good condition ST. CAR
CO. July 2I-The wheat crop Is already harvested. and
with former years the average yield viii not be ten
bushels per in this county but very little over half
looks promising but is not raised TO any extent Tho
fruit crop is good peaches and apples in a6undsnee We
Die ground in good order for breaking Lirngsion 90,
Aug sGrain is harvested and my former estimate, lss
20 bushels per for wheat will prove TO be Dot Tar
from the right figure. Oats unusually heavy said
is furtherit is in the silk indeed coed deal OF it
where the silk is drying thckdsdc Co., Lotc0, Aug L
Crops OF all knds promise abundant yield the wheat
harvest commencing pieces OF early wheat
already in the shock Indian corn has pushed ahead
greatly within the past two weeks and where not drowned
out on low grounds by the heavy rains m the fore part OF
rally very dry and on hiSides generally the corn crop
looks better than are accustomed TO see IL on tue lst
OF August. Oats never looked better VIII probably
yield om 30 to bushels to the acre Potatoes look we'll
although the tops are somewhat gnawed by the potato
the country; fact If the farmer did not go over his
patch every day or the pests would take of every
week Of o present. harvest ali fields not already cut are
wanting the sickle and must be gathered as soon a posi-
wished-neyer was it more favorable. Stacking has
already commenced IN some fields and the wheat gong
up In fair order The yield found not 10 be 50 great as
Was expected before the harvest began many fields OF
late sowingar badly scabbed-some yielding nOt hau
crop and some not hardly worth cutting. Corn looks
wen and Is doing finely. Potatoes not SO badly injured
by the bug as anticipated some places VIII yield
~ IN IJ1r0
fairly commenced with the prospect OF short crop aud
lee Co. foc0 Aug 6-Past three weeks dry suffer
ing-asO potatoes. Wheat, Winter good Spring light;
warm Fall below an average crop Small fruits, good.
Apples almost failure; bloom very great but eold wet
verv poor Cholera prevails to extent among hogs
| Minneapolis MINI, Aug. 2.-Wheat and oats never
looked better than now and in this County, certainly
gives evidence OF yielding bountiful crop II tho
| frost treats us with his usual degree OF kindness
Yet now in progress Winter wheat is the for years.
rye aud barley fair Spring grain Is short IN straw ba.
stands up well and Is generally free from ruS OF
the berry is very plump and fine farmers VIII geheIa
cap their shocks fast put up last years
well capped all the wheat in the STATE and would have
saved seventenths of the damage, and how many mutton
dollars to the state But the weather mas Deen az aS
cold be desired since haying commenced ana Spenua
crop has gone up help plenty az " per Gay S I1e
| Co Wis Aug 2-We are in the midst OF our gram mar
vest which is very good as to quality as 20 guan.'S qua s
cannot Judge as there has been none tashed YET a aC
as can learn Wheat Is rather thin on the groud oorn
ia very uneven but is looking well and VIII De ia crop
IL the frost does too early Hay was very ncasJ
POTATOES look we-the bugs have done some uaInagv @
HotraId Co., Ind, Aug 2-Wheat not nan SrVp , ~
| mis- county Corn won't be more than nai oioP.
Oats are toleraby good and more raised than common
not all cut yet Flax toeraoy goodsnIdsyi din~ Sito
We'll now Grass was tOeraby goodInn9ssSS ns Sn Q, Without
up without any RAIN wheaa "a Jailed by some injured
wheat very badly We have had neary an a Kinds there
@ SooJ many apples. CdSS Co.. AeoIdSAa' st aus,
Farmers have been very busy a ma gram cSttSS
~ A. cstimated here that wheat VIII yleu, ot . az h
age twenty-five bushels to he acre sG " few grosshop
@ saru aSJ few potato bugs but they have done no
peis a ~ account We have had plenty Oh ram nothng
dannse "a & Sor the want OF h though little shower
Tod not hurt Field crops and Vegetables promise gSCa
yien y IN time for corn and late planted potatoes Wheat
mostly secured and some In market; crop Is nne ge
,..i. VIII llght as fruit Is falllng Daddy