Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-07-23

THE CRoPS.-It has not rained for
three days, and at the time of writ
ing Thursday the weeth continues
bright and favorable, AS the only
hope of the wheat crop depends on
the pleasant weather of the next few
weeks, the all absorbing question
now with everyone is, will these
bright days continue? The disas-
trous rains of the past six weeks,
which seemed to eliminate in the
great storm of last Thursday, a week
ago, left very brittle thread for the
farmers to hang their hopes upon. -
Our repeated inquiries have elected
conflicting reports from the farmers,
but in summing them all up we are
of the opinion that there will yet be
an average yield in Black Hawk
county, at least two thirds crop of
wheat.
The blight and scab are reported Sc
we're in some places. AlonZo Helm,
in Washington Township, commence
ed cutting his wheat last Monday
and quit, concluding that it would
not pay to cut, on account of the
blight. This is the most serious in
jury yet reported. Harvesting in
many parts of the county has COM
menced, though the ground is yet
quite soft for the reapers, particularly
on wet land. Barley is tinged slight
iy with the rust, but it is thought not
to be injured to any extent. We are
Informed that the straw of the wheat
is unusually rank this season, and
should it fill well, will go far toward
bringing this years crop up to that
of an ordinary yield. Wheat and
oats were considerably lodged by the
late storms, but have recovered their
erectness, so as to admit of reasona-
bly, clean reaping. Corn is grassy,
but doing We'll.
In other parts Of the State the re-
ports are about the same as in this
county. They have been favored
with less rain in the vicinity of
Parkersburgh, and the crops promise
large yield.
The Waterloo Reporter thinks a
great mistake is made by many in
waiting too long before cutting, and
their grain is all on them at once
They could secure their grain i'm bet
ter condition and more of it, at less
expense, if they were to cut it little
greener. Harvesting will be i'm full
blast, in this vicinity, by next week.
The Dubuque Herald, of the Goth,
sums up an unfavorable report which
the pleasant weather of the past few
days. will go far to dispell. The
Herald says:
AS usual, it has rained nearly every
day during the past week, including
one or two very severe storms-that
of last Thursday having extended
from the uninhablted regions west of
us to New York state, and from Brit
ish America to Tennessee. The crops
are in dangerous condition, and
every day adds to its danger. Our
exchanges, and private letters, agree
in disagreeing rs to whether the
crops are injured or not. Corn is
backward, and there certainly cannot
be a full crop-many say not half
crop. Wheat is greatly lodged in
many places; in some places rusted
and bhghted; while in other places
we are assured that the wheat crop
will be excellent. The reason of this
is, that many Of the heaviest show
ers pass through the state with a
track not more than fifteen or TWEEN
ty miles wide; so that some zones or
belts of country have partially es-
capped them-for instance, the north
ern and central parts of the state are
in much better condition than the
region directly west of us, and the
southern portion of the state.