The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-19
90 Weather and the Cr0ns.

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eof rain which has allen within the
past week. has materially Retarded
corn planting. Very little corn has
as yet been put IN, and the ground IS
kept constantly wet, so that 1t can t
be worked. The season for seeding IS
passing away, but with ten days of dry
weather. there Is yet time. "A hot
Summer and late Fall will make 1t all
right.
WHARF.-The heavy rains Of the
past two weeks have materially in
iured wheat. Fields that ten days
ago looked we'll and promised good
Yields are now seriously damaged.
Farmers have little hopes. but we
trust they are mistaken.-M. Vernon
Democrat, 10Th. ,
! The incessant rains ofthe past few
weeks have given farmers a dreary
outlook towards the future The
river is as high as it has been in the
past. ten years, and at this writing is
still rising and the rain is still falling.
1t will be impossible to make crop
of corn In the bottoms this year.
There is no doubt, also, that the
wheat crop IN the bottoms is utterly
ruined Fencing, likewise, will gen.
orally be destroyed.
The uplands are faring little better.
There is no corn planted as yet (; but
little ground broken for the crop, and
it will be impossible to pillow for a
week to come. This will put the earn
est commencement Of farm work as
late as about the first of June, after
which it will be impossible to put Ia
even a half crop, with a reasOua bic
probability of fair yield. The wheat
generally, on the uplands, looks well
too well, 10 fact. The stalk has a
growth so rank, that three-fourths of
the crop must inevitably lodge" if it
falls. For grass, the prospect could
not be better.-4U. Carmel (ID.) Dem
ocrat, 18th. tn
The wheat crop throughout this
portion of Posey County presents a
most fourishing appearance, and the
yield will doubtless be over an ave-
rage one.
The continuous heavy rains we have
experienced during the past week
have been most unpropitiOus for our
farmers, seriously retarding corn
planting. But a small portion of
ground IN our vicinity has been plant
ed yet, and from present prospects
the crop will be unusually late. In
addition to this, the heavy rains have
caused rapid rise in the river, rem
dering a damaging overflow of the
bottom lands imminent.-Net1 Hdr-
naony Register, 9th.
The long continued wet weather is
operating most seriously to the dis
of the farmers. But little
corn has yet been planted, and much
of the corn ground in this and adj
joining counties remains unbroken.
There is yet time to plant; and we
were yesterday told by an cid and ex-
perienced farmer that corn planted
ten days hence will probably produce
the best crop. But usually the farm
ers in this vicinity have their corn
planting all finished by the end of the
first week in Navy 4. Gunner
cial, 18Th.
The frequent and very heavy rains
of the past week have entirely sus-
pended blowing in the country, and
have no doubt seriously damaged the
crops. The water standing IN low
places in the fields this warm wea-
Their has scalded and killed in such
places the grass, wheat, oats, and
corn. But we advise farmers to plant
corn or SOW Hungarian grass in such
places, after they dry off, as there is
yet ample time to make these crops
Green (Ky.) Democrat.
Farmers report that much of the
wheat on low ground has been Sc
rIously injured by the frequent rains.
The wheat sown on high ground is
growing very rank, and danger of its
falling, and thereby being injured, is
anticipated Princeton Clarion, 18Th.