New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-08
THE CROPS.

The SOuH.-A Southern paper says Recent
reports from many portions OF the South particularly OF
the Gulf States represent the crop prospect unusually
encouraging for this time Of the season Good stands Of
cotton have generally been secured and the high prices
have stimulated the planters great efforts In persuade
ing the freedmen to labor many OF whom nave HAD their
ewes opencd 10 the folly of negeCtng their work for the
ycements and dangers which their rapscaliOn POI
lttical leaders have often plunged them In louisiana
the cotton worm, wOrn as II Is most generally
called made it's appearance In number OF parishes sew
ea butts depredatons were arrested Dy the
dry weather which Immediately followed ana IL uoes NOT
npar that serious apehensos of danger from this pest
arc nj present entertained LOcuss have recently APP
reared In Of the northern counties OF MISSISSIPPI
In considerable numbers but have made no extensive
ravages. In this immediate section everything III the
way of fruits aud vegetables seems to have under
gone sort of forcing process by reason OF the warm
Winter aud Sirug, uervnvies ~ pI'lIh stI"Sov'
es green corn ETC. beng PSub anu OF Storm, TnSe ba
Injured the wheat crop. but there compensation in
the amount sown being larger than ever before a
hrewd Intelligent farmer that the crops OF some
Pennsylvania and Virginia farmers, who nave settled
among Us, look better and suffer less than me best
average crops and reports their mode OF cultivation To
he as follows: 1.-THE land was sown IN COW peas last
Iune-thesc suffered to grow until the middle or
september-then pastured for mouth; then broken mp
with two-hose turingplow as deep as possible, eay
ing water burrows every ten feet TOP ultoa,hg OF
manure is then applied, and wheat sOwn and plOwed
transversey with light gangplows the whole work being
finished by the middle OF November
ArkaHSQs,-Au iuuuiry which We hear every hour in
the day is How cropsl The answer IN every case Is
tho same Corn looking fno-never saw better pros
pect in my life Cotton looking we'll but the late
cool nights have retarded It's growth somewhat TINS Is
certainly cheering news 10 u.s. ana more So When we
learn that from every section of the country Is the
thing True. here and there Is little sc4lng Tor
some men who nave planted 700 nuch ,Ollon when eNl'
IL IL be an evil, will be remedied another year Taken
altogether there seems to be general satisfaction win
the prospect OF uch yield for the farmer this Fall May
the hope, of the most sanguipe be realized
south Cdro'iHd-Wth the third weekln May begins the
movement Of the surplus crops OF potatoes ana tns nu
varieties Of vegetables and TIN. year, with the
improved and regular steamer facilities 10 Baltimore and
Newlork. the exports SHOW Iaige Hgules. nc S'cIn
shin Champion last SInrdayO out 5000 packages Inc
steamship James Adgcr 1855 packages making total Of
1913 packages aud assuming thc 9Nerase lA1e .! :,
each have S520j cash earnings Tor te surplus crops
OF the farm, Ground tbs city toT one week Clcuating
this basis ur Of say SIX weeks, we have the
yerI haad-Qme sum Of S3j63O Tor cur enterprSing and
hard WORKING friends "hii, csce OF Sght mnTs Ia1ius
NeirJgrv.-of the fruit crop IN Ncw-Jersey The HAM
monitor Republican saJs: There was never so good a
prospect for enormous crops Of fruit Of all kinds as now
Strawberries will be more abundant here than tGy were
last year. though tn, seems almost lmposoDlc we nave
examined largo numbers Of peach bnds ana nave not
ers with whom we have spoken on the subject Is the
same stWbcrrrs larger than usual owing TO the
cold cloudy and wet weather that has so constantly pre-
MISUNDERSTANDING other states have been dcured with
rain. there been - drouth in Wisconsin, and IN some
places the fires have ragged In the woods. by last ac
counts rain mad fallen.
oa,t Of ,EorK las been done Within very short
period. and the prospect for all kinds Of farm products
0lioTh, Cincinnati gazette says that the wheat crop
!. likely 10 be- an average one taat potatoes look Well
selling at IS cents quart Regarding corn the sea
son Is late b. fully month"; but the ground
hand. the delay may in part be made up dry Summer
prophcsicd.
ihilua-The Terre Hduie journal says: The recent
high waters proved very damaging TO wheat low
lands As general thing, the wheat prospect IN the
county b. very nattcring The grass crop Of this
county will be heavier than for many years past The
SHOWS Of past Winter and the late continued rains,
have brought about the result On the river and creek
bottoms tho wheat appears to have been generally frozen
out but the high and fiat grounds the wet weather OF
the two three weeks has brought u forth In spen
dill condition. BrOOkyille American
In some localities there will be u6 peaches al ALL while
Ia others there viii be abundance; but think
safe predicting ordinary crop Of all kinds of fruit
Our friends from the country inform W that the pros
poets htttcrnR for good crops Conn., however
will Ice little late. owing To the recent rains rs but
small amount has been planted. Ihcy say that n the
WccNil du not modest the wheat may expect large
crop. We need n. Fort Wayne Democrat
The Easf.-Eastward from Ohio the rains have been
more ard more abundant, ill., reaching the Atlantic
Coast in New In gland farm prospects are dscouraglng.
However within a few days dry weather has come, ana
planting will proceed with dispatch. In the states ot
New York, NeW-Jcrs,y, and Pennsylvania work Is well
forward. aud prospects are encouraging SO Tar as can
be a,certncl al KINDS OF fruit will he III much greater
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