New-York tribune., 1868-06-12
THE CROPS.
ILLINOIS.
THE sEAsON-FARM PROSPECTS,.


Prom Our Special Correspondent
LINCOLN, ILL.,, June 8, 1863.
Since | sent off to you my last, we have had
another rather wet week. 1t raned Monday Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturday which might be called rather
damp, although hardly wet some weeks have
had. Complaining stil continues, and judge that
many planters Will run through the week Last week
was catchingtime" for planting. but noticed but
little running to the house except when it poured down
foul with weeds and in some fields it would bother
mule with pair OF eyes 90 patent double million mag
nifying gas microscopes OF hextra power" to sec
the rows In one such field l saw two men
dressing out the hills with hoes with the apparent
s6o9 Of the %%' e TSere see 0 meS to
scratching away in an Illinois c0rnheld with hoes is
pearance that Of the old lady down the sea-shoe
attempting to sweep back the incoming tide OF the
broke old ground for very early have done good
thing by pOwing 1t again previous to planting They
OF the second pOwng In the essened labor OF cultivation,
beside making better crop of corn The best looking
corn in this section that planted fedOut" prairie,
broken this Spring The most OF planted Timothy
sod broken this Spring very grassy but grass not 80
bad as weeds notice in my own corn, planted such
ground that the cut work scarcely at ALL which s
rather unusual on grass ground particularly when
Yesterday and today among the fewI had almost
said the Only-bright, sunshln corngrowing days OF
the season. don't how over average
corn crop this year. should have a dry June"
from this From the large amount Of new ground
broken tins spng-perhas AS much as in the three pre-
cedng yearsI suppose there must be quite large gain
in acres planted In corn, even should much fiat old
ground have 20 implanted Men get around in cult
waiting corn much yeer than they used to years ago
Then the rule used to be for all hands TO go fishing after
planting aud be gone week, then come homo and wait
two three weeks longer for TO get cup big enough
to plow"- O., until map could walk right along with
out stopping TO uncover much Now, put the square
harrow ON and harrow the ground well as soon
planted or, stradde the mark left by the planters
rollers with "A" harrow, and get 10 work before
the itself above ground. We aim, In these
days, TO push the corn, instead OF having the corn
push
Large amounts Of concentrating machinery be
stacked about the platforms Of our railroad sta
tOns and In vacant lots In our Owns-scarcey as much
perhaps In 1862 and 1863 which may not be much
owing TO buying and using at that time, to
the fact that many OF implement dealers now have
other sheds than the broad canopy Of heaven under which
TO store machinery The name OF the patents OF both
riding and walking outivators IL Legion For year or
Two after riding twohorse cuvators were first put In use
could name all the Sorts too seventeen years since
could name all the patents OF reapers used In Central
Illinois viz, all told, Mccormick and Hussey.
During the past two weeks. between rainy spells we
nave nave employed our time Ia killing poatobugsthe Colo
9uo beetle, or pOssum bug g"and setting out cabbage
plants Although have. In the West, OF the best
"H caps. entomoogsts In the whole country yet they
v De expected 20 kill everybOdys bugs so that we
ui"S" "us own between two laths Although used 10