Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-07-29
CROPS.
The Council Bluffs (Iowa) Non

better the corn looks Inc De'
Moincs Valley, especially the uppel
part of it, promises a reatef return
than last year, while the famous Ce
darYallcy, from Cedar Rapids north
ward, through Linn, Benton, Black
hawk, Bremen, and ChiuknsaN
counties, aud down through John.
son, Washington and Louisa, is full
of promise to the farmers, West
ward along the Northwestern, the
Dubuque a. Sioux City and the
Burlington " Mississippi Roads,
the same hattering information
comes, with the addeRda, always,
that it looks like a better crop than
was harvested last year. The Sec
ton most entitled to self eongratu.
lation is our own. The harvest OF
all kinds of crops in the tier OF
counties extending from the Mis-
souri State line as far north as
Woodbury. county, last year was
verylight The graashoppers clean
ed everything out This year they
left this territory without having
nolosted anything, and the wheat
and corn stands with finer prospects
Of yield, we are informed by those
who have seen the magnificent
growth Of other sections, than any
where else in the State.
A dispatch from Bloomington,
H., July l3, says r. "a trip to the
country since my last dispatch re-
veals the unpleasant fact thnt one.
half of the corn will be q perfect
failure, and the other bali is not q
half crop. Many farmers asserted
that if it rained yesterday they
would give up the entire crop OF
corn. Could we have pleasant wealth
er a couple or three weeks, an av.
erage crop Of oats, rye and barley
might be saved What little fall
wheat there is here is good. Spring
wheat is very light and poor We
had a heavy shower last night, and
arc having a drenching rain today.
The old corn in this section is said
to be a very poor quality Many
cribs are exposed to the weather,
and have suffered much in consc-
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The Watertown (Nis) Democrat
says: "Rye and barley are head
ing finely, and both crops promise
well. The wlleat fields, with some
exceptions, have most promising
In many plnces the
heads begin to form, and they seem
full and large. Ifnothing occurs
to mar the present prospect, the
yield will be far more than the ay-
erage for several years past
Corn is unusually backward, and so
constantly has the ground been
soaked that there has been but lit
tie or no chance to hoe it. With
fair warm weather during July and
it may yet recover, and the
crop be as good as it generally is
in that latitude"
The Marion find J Chronicle
says: "1hc farmers are now III
the very noon of harvest In this
county The frequent storms OF
last week undoubtedly damaged the
wheat considerably, but it escaped
Detterthan expected Monday and
were splendid harvest
lays. Our reaper men, who have
been in tile fields putting new ma
chimes to work, report the grain
full as heavy as was expected, TheI
heads are large and well filed, and
the seeds plump and fine Should
no misfortune befall it, Grant coun
ty will gather such a harvest as
never before sprung from her soil,'
The Otlumwa (Iowa) Courier, OF
the 10th, says; "Canfleld informs
US that new bug has made its ap
learance in the wheat, which is
lbout the size Of a small pea, and
If the color of silver They are
aid to go through crop Of wheat
Ike lightning"
The Sullivan find J Union says
Harvesting has commenced in
arnest in this country The wheat
as proven to be equal to all ex
ectatIons, and Is pronounced the
est crop Sullivan county has pro
uced In fifteen years"
The Delphi lind J Journal says
1--WE are informed that the new
gheat crop now being cut in this
ountry Is by one third the leaviest
yer raised
The Coldwater mich, sentinel
ays; Every much has been writ
en- and said regarding the aatter.
ng prospects OF the coming wheat
rops, and we are assured by good,
uhslantial farmers that the pros
iects for q large Weld docs not ap
Ily To Branch county, Yesterday
ge were shown half a dozen wheat
eads taken from a field in Batavia
ownship, which had the appearance
I beiug good, but, on close exam
natiou, we found only here and
here good herry--the targets
art being either blasted or rotted;
md we are assured that this case
$ no; an isolated exception, but
lelds Of this character are common
good fields being the exception. T"
A Kalamazoo, Michigan, letter
Df the 10th says ~ saw some
kernels Of wheat on Friday night
they we're full and plump, aud the
Geld from which they were taken
will be ready to harvest next Mon.
day. A gentleman who has been
about the country a good deal, saws
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