New-York tribune., 1867-08-09
THE CROPS.
ILLINOIS. IOWA. AND WISCONSIN.
bo following, from correspondents of

rIo fonovinr. from correspondents of The
roirte Farmer gives fair idea Of crops in the West;
O1orpqigt Co., July 29-The past week ] mas uJes I e
paTtSs' n and hav crop Corn is looking we'll and is
sT1g very tall The yield Of spring gram VII hOo De
81 heavy as anticipated, bu there Is gGS6er % aioG @
n fb9n ever before, that the number OF Drses Mi
Sejnercascd. Potatoes are Renty IN hT b bofSts
esIs, J fC Start them Red Astrachan and Wilson's
Fsvoitc apple, and Lawo, Ky O. est ~ w rcotbcr
81 Ciqr CO.. July 22-We have now the nnesI WeaIlso @ U
O. sanelle Corn Is promising 10 be superior cfor so
hay ard Sats ,s in this county lone Of the
iorgef rheat-eTowng counties IN tlls etateb IS ph i
tsIT&t & m % TIizcl il is both Inferior in quality and
onauy; Is nearly all stacked ana threshng anu lnarhSs
ING arc going very brisEly Price y 25@sz 4G o.d
Xfeat 3 60 Few apples, but pears and grapes are doing
WCU LOqqi Co., July 29.-We are suiierng 1Or RAM
n patches, over the country; begins to show
the eGccts Of droqth; potatoes, ditto; pastures res
prospect Of today clear and cooler Wheat Is being
hTeaed and yields about as Tos sT SS% aefd aS G
slruuken; oats good, about al cut hay put 10 IN
Harvest about half through; grain better than
was expected. Early wheat slightly scabDed; VII VII
plenty Wheat has been very slow rpening and InoSt
Of the work has done by neighbors changing
well as the weather Viii permit but it keeps dry @ Gl
be decidedly short crop IenadSoh 20, Soly eynecta-
lions result in not more than n hSn IL t5is time:
larger breadth being planted the yT MN
much exceed that Of last year. with lay Al
appearances foretel dronh Pastures dyng g ,S ia5s
farmers harvesting grain oi an klIs sEOu otice faf
the Gortrs making sad havoc III Sc Se%ial % @ @%Pl0 VI
ehards; the leaves all dead on many OF te
Ottawa Kq,iSds July 22.-We are having spehu1 seA-
SON little too wet fer harvesting, but so IaI as cl
lean The wheat Is mostly harvested in good order Crops
Of ali kinds are as good ever saw in any portion ot
the country The lOcusts-" GraSshopperS, "hat was
ift of then-perhaps Tor every so we had last fa
tad here i'm heir wings attained fun size and then got
M and left The damage they have done to this part
Ok the country anountrs 10 nothing except giving azS
"A n
told thar in Of the countries nOrth oI US se! @
tSe io%Sts now and what are they doing - scot CO..
IoTa, July 2s.The crops in tins county are 6U % pu sncc
tame grass was cultivated. This is the smallest IN eX.
tent but segest ~ oot bsre onions potatoes and
eogn IN than any county the State. The crops arc al
@ i SS' 6 f and some fields by detective head called
0cab hear nothing Of chinCh bugs Barl'y Is s soo9
otatoes enough; the spearan bug ia not so bad as was
expected constant picking Will save deeeht GTSi oas
in former years Corn late, but where Wen put m gooa
seed, and well tended, never promised & oevSt G bs6
tended the crop Will perhaps be an average Is ~ nO
strange that more than half the farmers, IN the NeSt
neglect 10 gather i'm season. and procure seedcornf IL
requires protection from Winter just as uch as
NY seed corn laid in the ground this season four weels
mt perfo{y sound and dry, never exposed TO Met
or heat i all came up, and have the best prospect
0iirion Co., Io,oa July 29weather hot and dry; good
for hayng Hoed crops are beginning 70 suvp aoL r
NO rain OF any note since the 5h OF Juy potatoes lscS
destroyed by bugs. We have had rain al aIonne s
few hone shower lS hVt
distant Wheat looks well; not much cut yet a
Deldtedre Co., IOiea, July &-We are naVlng nmne m
weather my neghbOrs commenced to cnt wheat to-day
harvesting will he general in about week Ihe crop Is
Jae}soa CO. No July 24The prospect for an abundant
harvest in ts county, all kinds, is very iatterlhg
Frut OF an kinds abundant. GrasshOppers almost en-
trely gone they did US but little damage TINS sulneT'
INDIANA.
From all accounts, the wheat crop is scarceIy
mn to an average of a rstrate crop. Corn Is irregular
F3eds well tended are hrstrate; those not So are very
backward and mprOmising oats ana nay arc very
good
A letter from Pine Bluffs says: Crops with
us are tolerably hatterng, though the cotton is con
Sdersbly injured by the heavy rains If they should con
Enue of which there is every prospect the cotoh crop
must fan short of last year. OF cOrn we VIII nave an
ABUNDANCE and the planters on the upper !aIt OF ny
river say they intend to supply the Arkansas Naey WIN
All the wheat and flour required at less price th u can
Be brought from the West Business here has not re-
S1ved fbouah one OF twOt New-Orleans houses have
agents M here making advances. Everything Is az
stand: no one paying, and but few expecting II.
NEW-YORK.
Never before did the cultivatOrs of the soil
Of Long Island have 70 rejoice over the e
midst of this abundance, We are soIry 10 near tna ie
potato crops Long Island Is IN danger Inc IOt nas
suddeny auueared aud 10 Is feared that very extensive
damage vii be the result We hear already or helds OF
notaf0es that will rot be worth digging Over-he crop
Being destroyed" The continued wet weather ana occa
perhaps so The loss of the early potato crops Oh Lone
island will be soTely felt and this year especially WheL
40 MANY fields planted, and the promise iOr an ul
usual yeld 20 very good