The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-25
THE CR0PS.
Wheat PfOspeets-The Condition of
the Fruit Trees.

the people to know what are the pros
1 poets for the coming wheat crop. ant
some fears have been expressed as e
the effect of the severe winter on the
fruit trees. It is rather early to de-
ermine with certainty but we have
collected what facts we could on these
important subjects:
jooa GIBSON COUNTY.
Our Correspondent at Princeton
says:
The fruit trees have not been iniur-
FED by the cold weather of this Winter,
and the fruit is not yet damaged. and
unless we should have some pretty
SHARP weather following warm spell.
We may expect pretty good yield of
fruit, so far as the fros. is concerned.
The wheat crop looks well. and at
present bids fair to be pretty good.
There has probably been more wheat
planted in the country than usual, and
a much greater proportion of it has
been put in with drill, and farmers
have generally exercised more care in
preparing the ground and planting
than heretofore. Hence, we may rea-
sonably predict good yield of wheat,
unless some unforeseen difficulties
arise.
PosEY COUNTY.
Our correspondent, from Mt. YER
non, writes us - lH BOO
Our farmers, stimulated by the
high price of wheat last Fall, pre-
pared the soil for d large crop-some
using the drill others sowing broad
cast and blowing in-each doing his
work asihe thought in the best posi-
BILE manner The result is, larger,
number of acres were sewn han
formerly, all green and look
ing more promising to-day 3 than
it has, at. this time of the
season, for the last five years. It may
be little too early to draw correct
conclusions, Our last wheat crop in
this county was serious and badly fro
zen out in the last half of February
and the first half of March. 1t app
pears that often freezing and thawing
draws theywheat out Of the SOIL
then follows. a short crop, 1eertq 4tI
ITO day the prospect for fruit is
g0od-most of the peach buds show
life and vitality, In, looking back to
the past, we conclude there is no GER
tainty in estimating the fruit pros-
poets till after the 10th of May"
We giyein another column an In
teresting Renaissance from this cor
respondent about the destruction Of
the fruit crop around Evansville in
1884 which will be remembered by
our old citizens.
SPENCER COUNTY.
Our correspondent from Rockport |
says:
+ 4 The farmers agree in the statement
that their prospect Of a good wheat
crop was never better at this season
of the year; and | am satisfied, from
the best information / can get, that
there was more. than the usual
bFeadth sown last Fall.
Fruit is uninjured as yet, except
peaches; they have suffered some
what, but not seriously, and the best
say that there will be an
abundant crop. if the present warm
weather does not swell the bud too
rapsdly, and expose it to severe frost
in March.
Our correspondent at Petersburgh
says:
The peaches are partially de-
but the general supposition
S that there will be half crop if not
further damaged. f. .-7'....-'..'.1 !.
sFhe apples are. not much hurt.
Wheat never looked better. There
vas more sowed last Fall than has
been for years, and was soVed earlier
ind in better condition, but, | have no
means Of asceftaining the average =
The cold aYeatbsre damaged hogs 4
1 The 6ea 4 sSSS 8fsT let ehg
contract for erecting house for an
lsylum for the poor Gins this county, d
IN the 18th inst, at trife less than
hreesthousand dollars. GsG E ssE .0F,
: A ! change will be made in our
Jourt House, embracing an addition
i expense Of Sc, D00, .H5ogs as Il
White River and the Patoka are
Tery high. GO j. ialy31 u +.
A fatboat loaded with lumber,
rom Orange County, came by Wins
ow q, few days since and ran against '
he bridge across the Patoka, on the
'etersburgh and BoonvilIe road. and
'ameonear tearing away the, bridge,
'ut latest accounts sayit has nearly !
esumed its original position. This ]
would have BEEN. ten thousand dol
ars- damages to the county had the /,
bridge been carried away. : er1,rsIl
The third fatboat load of pork left 7
= place a few days since for !" down Il
ne river. 'e,s -,o,... s..e.,,1l.' ~. ,,r1s 7
lines hard"
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