New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-17
THE CROPS.
ILLINOIS.
From Our Special Correspondent

ILLINOIS.
LINCOLN, H., July a. 1873
On Sunday, the 5th, we had in spots very re-
freshing showers The showers very patchy Here,
a mile square pretty well wet ana there, mile SQUARE
with hardly a drop. The north end or farm much
more wet than the south end. We were beginning to
need rain; not suffering perhaps but getting along
where we would be- Corn ground pretty generally
well worked and I'm good shape to have rain do much
good Ground which is level aud consequently could not
he plowed very early, and much ~ which pOwcd n
little wet and none too deep shows the effects 81 the last
two weeks drouh most Corn in such land curs mp very
much i'm the middle Of the day aud j. not growing much
The owners OF such pieces have been praying for rain
more earnestly than others. As | am writing rain
tho onlng Such will do much good, although
much lay is being cut to-day and to-day the Winter
wheat harvest will commence the italian" being about
our earliest Spring wheat But few years SINCE we
raised i'm Central Illinois. but ro kinds OF spring wheat
italian and club Now In circuit OF rev Inlra'
there grown ten or more varieties. presume We
raise many sorts rs the Yankees OF Northern IL
lrois Wisconsin, ana Minnesota. -, --.
such pieces Of Winter wheat "a we have I'm the country
will make from % TO IS bushels per acre. saw piece
yesterday, IN the shock, which THINK vi" make the ilt-
ter quantity Our boys. who are accustomed 10 iakg
on can give n very close gues ~ to how much IL III
will make per acre. As the Yankees say, they Acit ~
every head OF it,. ,,.,,.
az alias been red rust ana confined 10 me pane ~
together The machine will be pat 10 Tie first pieces of
Spring wheat to-day. Harvest commences with Italian
and winds mp with Climb. fiie' cc. Ihe earliest spring
wheat Ia general way, j. niue Tie suIc't more pr
ficuary account or lcdulug tue chnch mug. INC
italian always makes sure crop ana YET ucl' tu NlIa
ordinarily large crop. Flour made from IL Is Always
sowing Fife called "Crcassian' III TINS secuohl,
more than other sorts. Club, few years ago was our
fayone, but some men say Il has " run out IhoNe VINO
send North every two OF three years for seed make no
complaint Of It's running out
yesterday Held OF about twenty acres OF wheat
where should Judge. something like five or six varieties
had been IN alternate strips Of two rods IN Ndth
the Held The owner was evidently one OF th9se
experimenting men who get hut tie crcdi' IN tcr ddy
and generation, and whose HclShboF' constantly iEA AZ
them, and yet learn from thcm-wlthout knowing H.
There are, in every nclghboiho"u men VINO h'lu'u,e
the best stock newest aud best KINDS OF gram az Dig
figures whose nci2bors lu year of TWO ger tc same al
small cost and yet have but poor opinion oi uer Den
efactors.
There every appearance Of the wheat crop Of the
State being better than average. Winter wheat now
mostly cat and IN the shock, Is hstrate; Spring wheat
heads are long and fun. There j. some smut but then
winch make a big show ioI the damage they do.
Men who have but little wheat on Their hands are now
and harvest In The south AID West 10 j, l harvest, bat
making hay is hayharycst not hayng The hay crop Viii
81 the grass is concerned Tho hay cror IS a ltc ~
the old drkey said about he two half days masking
day: that" Mis,us make 10 forenoon nut de Lord make
Dc Afternoon" Tie trouble Dr.. nature makes tie grass
but very careless suckers nave thc cur 81 me nay ana
that men don't get at their hay soon they ought
reckon cut rper hay than the people OF any V'sr
so much wheat harvest and lomc Of us ~ many sheep
10 shear that ought lot Go have any hay-at least
nothing but redtop. IhrH 700, we lut In Hpin ono
to 80 moving machIncs 10 o meadow, rnd 20 sAshlhg
n I
weather that II should not rain Tor nonth lou see
man can sit WING machine aud ride Just as easy
So too 10 IL very easy 10 rdc suAy rake, nut Whrh IL
When we get that the horses 30 al the work of Aayng
that soon we shall make better lay than AT present
Taking all field crops 10y ana large as INC Yankees
say-I think have better show than Tor hvc years
TO be few weeks Of wet weather with wheat ~ The
shock would reduce tho number OF bushels powerfully
when brought 90 the tircshrg machine. wheat crop
is dreadiully uncertain crochnt ten certain ABOUT IL
until the bread is In your mouth.
sheep are an shorn, and good share OF the clip has
a market The majority OF Western wool-growers are
sick OF the business that they care but
little what they get FOR their wool They are selling
their sheep Just fast gets In good enough order
so that town-bucher will buy 10. lie who Is lucky
enough 10 have carload Of tocraby fat ones, sends
them 10 Chicago Many nocs have already started for
Southwest Missouri and SOUTHEAST Kansas.
The Northwest Wooden Manufacturers Association
holds an Exposition IN thcaiO tLe hIst Nceh III august
IL is 10 be Joint show OF woods and wooens; 10 which
the Association has invited the woolgrowcrs OF the
Northwest. From some bad advice ana direction the
Association Endorsed code OF buyers rules
growers 10 assist their show Being satisfied that they
wrong, they have done what 40 DINER association OF
woodcalers manufacturers has had the manlness to
d0agreed to rescind their acon WIN regard 10 hoso
rules. Here In the West We wish all western mahuac
training, we feel that the nearer We can get
factories and shops to our farms, the better our
markets lGr iall pIouiuIJts, ~ i'IV - d - , 49,,
and Pennsylvania competition ID ron WOOL anu SoIt3n
manufacture much "a tho people down East dislike
the competition Of Birmingham Sheffield and Manches
ter, In Old England Perhaps its sectional selfish ul
patriotic. and all that hut there's heap OF human nature
IL. Business IN the west extremely uull fSlHtfs
have but little money All waiting Tor the moving OF
the waterStLc marketing Of the present years wheat
GEoRGIA.-Refreshing rains have fallen in
Georgia and planters report great Improvement in the
corn crop. Cotton, though small, is generally fine. on
the ChattahOochee the caterpillar has made its appear
and the entire crops Of several planters have been
NEw-H AMPsnIRR-The hay crop in this State will be
large enough Tor all practical purposes put coTngow-
complaining greatly Of The dry weather New hay
Is nOminally rated at SIS per tun.
NEw-YoRK.-A Rochester paper says: In this Vicinity
the weather holds pleasant cutting Will become general
this week. and within ten days the crop will be secured
The yield Will be above the average OF some years past
it Is believed. All other grains look well.
CALFORNGA.The wheat crop in California Is reported
Valley give very encouraging accounts OF the crops gen
orally and speak OF the wheat product remarkable In
crop since the occupation OF the country by Americans
The rainy season continued much later than usual the
pprehenslon Of lodged and tangled fields which, when
they happen. bid defiance 70 the crop Gatherers Recent
accounts however represent the fields as In good cond
ton with the prospect OF an uheAampled product
LOUIsfANA-The cotton crop IN TINS state Is promising
In some localities tho dr0uth In very severe Inc cater
pillar has made IT'S appearance IN some sections, Dut III Is
not apprchended that It's rayages VIII be severe m
MICInGASThe Detroit Post Of Thursday last says In
the southern tier OF counties ofts state the wheat never
looked better aud It Is now ready Tor the sickle On me
line OF the Michigan Central Railroad some heds are Iny
ripe and, win continuance oil tno Plesomt iaIoaDc
weather the whole Will be harvested within ten days
From correspondents and others who have aVersed
the state should judge that wheat will yield 20 per
Centum more than last year"
IOwA.-In Des MOiucs County, this State, the wheat
harvest has commenced and tho yield reported good
Reports from various sections Of the state are favorable
To the crops.
MARYLkSD.-The farmers have generally finished reap
ing their wheat and well satisfied with the return
the crop has made although the yield In some counties Is
smaller than anticipated. In some sections the crop
was materially injured by the rust. OF the frut crop
The baltimore gazette says "The iruit crop, which has al
ways formed important branch Of the trade Of Bat
more, and which for several year past has afforded con
slant employment 10 number OF the steamboats, on the
several rivers penetrating the Eastern Shore, Is now al
most entire failure. The peach crop will not be
twentieth part large IL last year and in Dor
chester, Talbot and Caroline Counties, tho soils OF which
are peculiarly adapted to the production OF that fruit
ara whose orchards have usually yielded immense crops
tht &c VIII not be enough for home consumption. The APP
pe win also be lar ahnrl OF the avernge. Ihe